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OBSERVED PRECIPITATIO:
(APPROXIMATE)
MID-APRIL TO MID-MAY 1956
This chart shows the general nature of and heavy, and the precipitation amounts
the total precipitation which fell during which determine these classes are obtain
the preceding 30 days Precipitation is ex- ed from an analysis of many years of rec
pressed in three classes: light, moderate, ord at many stations.
Used Farmall H
and Ferguson 20
1951 Models
John Deere
Forage Harvester with
hay pickup.
Cope & Weaver Co.
Willow Street
Ph. Lane. 3-2824-
SWING-O-MATIC
FARM & RANCH GATE
JUST BUMP IT OPEN, EITHER
or TRACTOR: Closes Automatical!;
STRONG WIND. No Ropes, Weigh:
Life Long Gate. Made in 10,12,14 &.
High. Farmers all say SWING-O-M.
SAVES LABOR, TIME,
WRITE OR CALL FOR COMPL
L. H. Brubaker
350 Strasburg Pike
Ph. Lane. 3-1607
STRAStiiTjRG OV 7-2305
SPECIAL PRICES ON USED GARDEN TRACTORS & POWER MOWERS
MARKET-MAKER
That’s the new Meatpacker Gross . . .
Time and time again top place and top price
bird at the Lancaster Poultry Exchange.
Wider breast—heavier legs—bigger size—
put the Meatpacker Cross on top! White
feathering makes cleaning and dressing
easier! (Big meaty body keeps dressing
weight loss down, gets premium price
from poultry buyers!
COST-SAYER
That’s the new Meatpacker Cross •
A bird that practically grows while you
watch. Goes well over three pounds in 10
weeks uses less feed to get there too!
Disease resistance makes the Meatpacker
Cross hardy, cuts early chick loss!
LET THIS NEW BIRD
PROVE ITSELF IN YOUR FLOCK
Order Meatpacker Cross Chicks for 1956 delivery!
Call or Write.
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Precipitation Preceding 30 Days
Broilers Thursday Average 21.5;
C. O. T. Entries Also Sold Here
Poultry, 21 1-2, 52, Elmer Sen
senig, 300 Lancaster Whites, 9-5,
to Leola Poultry, 20 1-2, 53, D.
E Horn (Nelson Fitz), 12,500
White Vantress, 9-6, to Grimes
& Hauer, 21 3-4, 54, Dale King,
10,400 White Mountains, 9-2,
withdrawn prior to sale; 55, J.
W. Eshelman & Sons (Red Rose
Research), 160 Belts, 18 wks, to
Daniel K Good, 31 1-4, 56, Elam
L. Kauflman, 300 White Rock
cockerel capettes, 13-6, to Walter
C. Mellinger, 28 1-2; 57, Miller &
Bushong (Phares Auker), 2300
White Vantress, 9 wks, to Man
data Paultry, 21 1-2;
58, Henry Elsen, 3000 Silver
Cross capettes, 12 wks, no sale,
24 1-2 bid; 59, Miller & Bushong
- R. D. #3, Lititz, Pa, Phone 6-2407
Exclusive hatchery for
I \
HEAVY HH
MODMKATg ) |
(Wm. McFalls), 7000 White
Vantress, 9 wks, to Producers
Cooperative Exchange, 21-1-2,
60, Kenneth McCracken (Enos
Eshbach), 6000 White Mountains,
9 wks, no sale, 21 1-4 bid, 61,
Hershey Hostetter, 850 Red Van
tress, 12 wks, to Roy E. Ream, 22
1-2; 62, Marlin Cassel, 125 Meat
packerss, 10 wks, to Daniel K
Good, 21; 63, Miller & Bushong
(Evans Dague), 2200 White Van
tress, 10 wks, to Leola Poultry,
21 3-4, 64, Miller & Bushong
(Elmer Garber), 3800 White
Vantress, 10 wkss, to Roy E.
Ream, 22.
„ SPECIAL SALES REPORT
C. O, T, Sale 148
Here is a special sales report
of Chicken of Tomorrow entries
that sold Thursday on the Lan
caster Poultry Exchange. Sara
Ann Herr, who placed first in
the state contest last year, top
ped the sale with 80 White Van-
Tress, 10-2, that sold to Harry H.
Weaver as lot 12 for 28 1-2 cents
a pound. Prices ranged upwards
from a low of 22 cents per pound.
* Sales are listed below by lot
number, grower, address and
county other ' than Lancaster)
amount and breed, age by weeks
and days buyer and price:
1, fred Bowman, R 1 Myers
town (Berks) 85 White Cornish
Cross, 10-2, to Tilley’s Poultry,
27; 2, Ray Keeney, Rehresburg
(Berks), 80 White Arbor Acres,
10-2, to Roy E. Ream, 22 1-2; 3,
Robert L. Kunkle, Lincoln Uni
versity (Chester) 88 White Rock-
Cornish Cross, 10 wks, not sold,
4, George Ernestine, Jr., (R 1
Womelsdorf (Berks), 35 Meat
packer cockerels, 10 wks, with
drawn prior to sale; 5, Edwin D.
Swope, R 1 Robesonio, (Berks),
35 White Cornish x New Hamp
shires, (NX No. 7), 10-2, not
sold; 6, Naomi J. Blessing, R 1
Grantville (Dauphin), 85 White
Vantress, 10-2, to Roy E. Ream,
22;
7, Luke Nissley, Middletown
(Dauphin), 200 White Vantress,
10-2, to Victor F. Weaver, 22 1-2;
8, Fred Bernhard, RD Mount Joy,
175 White Vantress, 10-2, to Roy
E. Ream, 22; 9, Roert Fahne
stock, R 4 Manheim, 85 Meat
packers, 10-2, not sold; 10, Ira E.
Fahenstock, R 4 Manheim, 85
Norris x Aror Acres, 10-2, not
sold; 11, Ira Graybill, R 3 Man
heim, 83 Meatpackers, 10-2, to
Victor F. Weaver, 22; 12, Louise
M. Herr, Rohrerstown, 80 White
Vantress, 10-2, to Daniel K.
Good, 27;
13, Sara Ann Herr, Kohrers
town, 80 White Vantress, 10-2,
to Harry H. Weaver, 28 1-2; 14,
Miriam Herr, R 6 Lancaster, 80
White Vantress, 10-2, to Daniel
K. Gbod, 22 1-2; 14A, Robert
Herr, R 6 Lancaster, 80 White
Vantress, 10-2, to Daniel K.
Good, 22 1-2; 15, Reid Hummer,
Manheim, 80 Indian Rivers, 10-2,
to Walter Lehman, 25; 16 Bon-
Lancaster Farming, Friday, May 25, 1956—3
me Lee Jackson, Windy Top
Farm, R 1 Christiana, 85 Indian
Rivers, 10-2, to Harry H. Weav
er, 22 1-2; 17, Jill Jackson, R 1
Christiana, 85 White Vantress,
10-2, to Harry H. Weaver, 22; 18,
Linda Kinsey, R 3 Quarryville, 80
White Vantress, 10-2, to Harry
H. Weaver, 24; 18-A, Mar|an
Kinsey, R 3 Quarryville, 80 White
Vantress, 10-2, to Harry H.
Weaver, 24;
19, Mervin N. Martin, R 1
Mount Joy, 80 White Vantress,
10-2, withdrawn prior to
20, Danny K. Miller, Rohrers
town, 34 White Vantress, 10-2,
to Daniel K. Good, 23; 21, Arthur
Newcomer, R 2 Lancaster, 85
White Vantress, 10-2, to Daniel
K. Good, 23; 22, Judy Warfel, R 1
Conestoga, 87 Indian Riverss, 10-
2, to Harry H. Weaver, 23; 23,
Raymond Winters, R 2 Conestoga,
80 White Vantress, 10-2, to
Daniel K Good, 24 1-2; 24, Shir
ley A. Ream, R 2 Leanon, 85
White Vantress, 10-2, to Roy E.
Ream, 23;
25, Ruth Longenecker, R 3 York
(Yoik), 80 White Vantress, 10-
2, to Daniel K Good, 25, 26, Mar
lin Cassel, R 1 Manheim, 85
Meatpackers, 10-2, to Glenn H.
Herr, 25, 27, Charles Guy Moore,
Eden Road, Lancaster, 30 w White
Vantress, 10-3, not sold; 28,
Floyd H. Moore, Jr, 35 White
Vantress, 10-3, to Walter Mel-
Imger, 23, 29, James R. Groff,
R 7 Lancaster, 31 Meatpackers,
10-2, to Harry H. Weaver, 22;
30, Roy L. Harding, R 3 Werners
ville (Berks), 80 White Moun
tains, 10-2, to Victor F. Weaver,
22.
Israel is reported to have ap
plied for a 575 million loan from
the United States Export-Import
Bank It would be spent for wat
er development.
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Sara Ann Herr
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Sara Ann Herr, Rohrerstown,
Pa., last year’s grand champion
ship winner of the Pennsylvania
Chicken-of-Tomorrow Contest, is
shown here with this year's
fifth-place winners in the Coates
ville regional Chicken-of-Tomar
row Contest. With her is Mrs.
Howard (Anna) Martin, whose
husband is general manager of
Martin’s Hatchery, Lancaster,
who supplied the chicks ori
ginally. (Lancaster Farming
Staff Photo).
The easing of credit by fall is
predicted
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