County’s Milk Income in 1955 At $23 Million HARRISBURG Lancaster’s cow population stepped forward again dining 1955 as a major wage-earner Lancaster County’s income from milk was $23,069,- 347 during the year according tp figures released by the Pennsyl vania June Dairy Month Com mittee and the Pennsylvania of Crop Reporting & Re search. N E Sampson, chairman for the Pennsylvania JDM Comrpit tce, in releasing the figures said, “Because our state is so indus trialized, with steel and other in dustries gaining much more pub lic recognition, few Pennsyl- Classified Advertising APPROVED PULLORUM Clean Chicks —unsold June 25—1200 Spx Links 17c, pullets 28c, 2500 Beltville Silver, Cornish Hamp Cross 18c, 12 000 White Rocks 17c L. L Logan Kennett Square Pa make big money raising guinea pigs, rabbits, pigeons or chin for us write for free in form Keeney Bros Farm' New Freedom, Pa. 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Classified Advertising Rates Use This Handy Chart To Figure Your fost Words (1) Issue (3)lssues 20 (Mm.) $lOO $2 40 21 105 2.52 22 1.10 2 64 23 1 15 2 76 24 1.20 2 88 25 1.25 3.00 KEYED ADS (Ads with ans wer coming to a Box Number, % Lancaster Farming): 25c addi tional. Send copy to the Class fied Advertising Dept, LANCASTER FARM ING. Quarryville, Pa Ads running 3 or more con secutive times with no change billed at 4c per word each time with 80c minimum. DEADLINE: Wednesday morn ing of each weed's publication. PosHfve’y no ad' accented after 10.00 a. ro Wcd-cyd <ys. Wallenpaupack Dam Area Closed Again The area of Lake Wallenpau pack within 750 feet of the dam, which The Pennsylvania Fish Commission has designated as nnursery waters, will be closed to recreational activity again this year, Pennsylvania Power & Light Company announced to day. Boating, fishing, swimming and other forms of recreation are not allowed in this restricted area Red flags mounted on buoys separate the nursery waters from the recreational area of the 13-mile lake. vanians realize the Common wealth ranks in the top three as a milk consuming state and among the top five as a milk .producing state in the nation ” 61,000 Cows Milked Sampson pointed out that in Lancaster County alone over 61,- 000 cows were milked daily dur ing 1955, producing a record 405,- 040,000 lbs of quality milk. Another estimated $4,923,547 was paid to dairy plant employees. The milk production provided Lancaster dairy farmers with a $18,145,800 farm cash income, more than any other single farm crop. During 1955 over 45,000 dairy farmers in Pennsylvania milked an average 940,000 cows for a total milk production in excess of 6,364,000,000 lbs, and'valued at $287 million Milk production annually reaches its' peak late in May and early m June For this reason 13 national organizations, with the American Dairy Association in Chicago acting as national head quarters, band together to pro mote June Dairy Month, as a sales stimulus designed to in crease consumption of dairy pro ducts during peak production. In Pennsylvania the State June Dairy Month Committee numbers nearly every organiza tion dealing in some manner with milk, and milk -pi oducts Each year an honorary chairman is selected. J. Collins MeSparran, secretary, Pennsylvania State Grange headed the 1955 program Sampson, president, Dairymens Cooperative Sales Association, Horn Volant, Pa, is himself a dairy farmer The Sampson farm, located in Lawrence County has been in the family for over 140 years. Besides serving as presi dent of DCSA he has been a di lector for the past 15 years He is also a director of the national Milk Producers Federation, vice pi esident, Atlantic Division, Am erican Dairy Association, vice president, Pittsburgh Dairy Council and a member of the Executive Committee of the Pennsylvania State Council of Farm Organizations Other Committee Members Other members of Sampsyn's 1956 JDM Committee are: Dr William L Henning, secretary, Pennsylvania Department of SUBSCRIBER'S BONUS! Subscribe Now to Lancaster Farming and receive FREE one advertisement each month in our Mail Box Market i Subscribers using the MAIL BOX MARKET will be governed by the following rules : Limit your advertisement to five lines which means not over 25 words. All Advertisements most ire in onr hands by Monday 6 t*. M or same will be held over tor next week’s paper. Only one adverlisemenhiHowed each month. Vo business advertisements, accepted for this column, Vou are allowed to <un the advertisement only one time- Send in no duplication. * ★ ★ Please mail ail advertisements ore of MAIL BOX MAR KET, LANCASTER FARMING, QUARRYVILLE, FA. Original forms that were laid out for er. This picture, taken Tuesday, shows groundbreaking many weeks ago still progress to date. (Lancaster Farming stand, marking one corner of the base- Staff Photo}, ment of the new Lancaster Poultry Cent- Agnculture, Harrisburg; Frank Bushek, manager, Atlantic Dairy Association) Philadelphia, Joseph O Canby, president, Pennsyl vania Dairymens Association, Langhorne, George Diffenback, director of public relations, Ab botts Dairies Inc, Philadelphia; Paul Richards, head, Bureau of Milk Sanitation, Harrisburg; Clarence Funk, farm director, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Co operative, Harrisburg, Henry R -Geismger, executive vice-presi dent, Pennsylvania Association of Milk Dealers, Harrisburg, Howard F Haitman, president, Pennsylvania Association of Milk Dealers, Harrisburg, Dean Ly man E Jackson, Pennsylvania State University, College Park, Joab K Mahood, chairman, Pennsylvania Milk Control Com mission, Harrisburg, Lloyal D Odhner, executive director Penn sylvania Chain Store Council, Pniladelphia, William A. Hubbs, executive secretary, Pennsyl vania Grocers Association, Phil adelphia, J Collins McSparran, Pennsylvania State Grange, Har risburg, William H List, execu tive president, Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers of Penn sylvania, Delaware & New Jer sey, New York, and Charles R. DeHaven, director of public rela tions, Pennsylvania Association of Milk Dealers and secretary, Pennsylvania June Dairy, Month a Basement, Poultry Center QUARRYYILLE CONCRETE : PRODUCTS COMPANY I A - H ' BURKIIOLDERPh - 175 [' Chimney Block and Lintel. I iteel Sash, Cement Paint. I Phone 109R2 For Better Harvest Paydays The Big-Bin Model 66 ALL-CROP Harvester built by Allis-Chalmers puts more in your bin at lower cost. Do It Fast Wide-Flow feeding plus “on-the-go” un loading keep you moving ahead of weather. Save Every Crop From the smallest grass seed to the largest beans ... cut field losses in more than 100 crops. 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