One week later, and she’s nearly finish ed. Here is the barn on the farm of Aaron Click, south of Quarryville, with ventila tors and tobacco -stripping room chimney Side View, Click Bam “Surely enjoyecT your July 13 - issue ' with progressive pictures of the Glick hafn,” Lancaster Farming reader G. Har old King of King Herefords, Canton, Miss., Farmlands in State Advance In Dollar Value HARRISBURG The dollar value of Pennsylvania farmland advanced one per-cent between November and March and is seven per cent higher than a year ago, the State Department of Agriculture announced today. Federal-State surveys' showed Pennsylvania farm real estate values are at an all-time high. The index on March 1 showed the average value per acre is 222 per cent of the, 1912-14 base level. This is an advance of three points over November 1, 1955 and 16 points above the index of 206 registered as of March 1 last year. Same As U. S. As A Whole The Department noted that the November-March advance of one per cent m Pennsylvania farm real estate values is the same as for the United States as a whole. The March 1955 to March 1956 increase of 7 per cent for Pennsylvania compares with a national advance of 4 per 'cent m the same' period. - - ~i. Front View, Click Bam Continued strong demand fo: farmland to enlarge existing, farms, together with* the opinion that farmland is still a safe long-term investment, appears to have sustained land values throughout the country despite the decline in farm income, ob servers said today. Expansion Cited They added that urban and industrial expansion, the con tinuing demand for part-time farms and rural residences, in creased use of land for timber production, and climatic condi tions were also factors tending to hold up farm values in vari ous regions. Many of these con ditions hold true in Pennsyl vania, they explained. Looking ahead, the survey re port declared that the con census of farm real estate re porters in the March survey was that values may decline slightly in the next: six months, although some increase may be expected in several southern and north eastern states. These reporters indicated that demand for farm land weakened slightly during the last year, and they also ob served some increase in the num ber of farms on the market. ■ in place. Scene of one of Lancaster Coun ty’s typical barn-raisings, final hardware has been installed. (Lancaster Farming Staff Photo). writes. Here is a side-view of the barn raised almost overnight. (Lancaster Farm ing Staff Photo). New record high' farm real estate values were established _ last March 1 for the entire | HERR THE PUMP MAN United States and in 21 mdmd- II ~ mT 4 ™ o oarrt* uai states, including Pennsyi- | 211 N. Ann St. Lancaster, Pa. Pn. d-0694* application blank American Mechanics Building and Loan Association “Lancaster’s Oldest” Organized 1868 Meets Fourth Monday of Each Month 58 N. Duke St., Lancaster Pa. New Series Opens Monday, July 23, 1956. Shares SI.CO per month. AOf currently paid on 1 hereby subscribe for shares. T* /O installment shares GIVE FULL NAME INDICATE MISS OR MRS ADDRESS MAIL OR PRESENT APPLICATION TO OFFICE, OR CONTACT ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING DIRECTORS. Bruce A. Boggs , S Richard Harr, Esq. Rnben^Smlth John D Bienner k 6 vf r , u'w, Farl V Stauffer H Clay Burkholder, Esq. - E Melvin Hubley Earl V Stauffer H. F._Diffenderffer E L Matterer Albert F. Witmer H Stanley Hamer Harold E. Smith Arthur W. Siegler, Treas. Joseph R. Byars, Solicitor Two Queens to Be Named During Pa. Dutch Days HERSHEY, Pa Pie 11 y soon aheady it will make big doings at Heishey Park. The eighth annual Pennsyl vania' Dutch Days, Pennsyl vania's original Dutch celbra tion, is coming up Thuisday, Friday, Satmday and Sunday, August 23, 24, 25 and 26. It will be a festival of old-’ time merry-making, mit (ex cuse) square dancing, working craft exhibits, livestock shows, Dutch entertainment, and tradi tional Dutch food, including the famed seven sweets and cours. Two State Queens Two state queens will be crowned during the four-day celebration. The State Lotwaer nck (Apple Butter) Queen will be selected on Thursday eve ning, and the Pennsylvania Poul try Queen will be crowned as a highlight of Saturday’s pro gram. The popular ciaft exhibits, featuring glass-blowing, cera mics, basket weaving, iron ciatt, quilting, and many other old time crafts, will ocucpy the huge Sports Arena Free Square Dancing Free square dancing will be held in the spacious park ball room on Friday evening, and dialect entertainment and an old-fashioned Dutch auction are carded for the paik bandshell. Hershey Stadium will again be the scene of a dairy cattle show and a farm implement exhibit. A market hog show, a feature for a number of years, will be held in the field adja cnt to the stadium, and a new feature, a goat show, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Goat As sociation, has .been added. And, as has fyeen the custom since the celebration was ori ginated, no admission is charged to any of the events, except for Dutch food. I®l IS' Vsv>» Lancaster Farming—ll Friday, July 20, 1956 Juvenile Grange Gives Degrees; Has Talent Show The meeting or Fulton. Giange No 66, held on Mon day evening in Oakiyn Grange Hall, was in charge of the Juvenile Giange. Degree woik was confeired on a class of candidates and a talent show was held, an nounced by Karol Styer Betsy Sinclair presented a piano solo and jokes were told by Robert Gnmsey. A piano solo also was presented by Patsy Birmingham and leadings were given by Nancy House keeper and Dairy Sinclair. A vocal duet was given T>y Joan Beck and Hamet Glackin; a reading by Sandra Beniamin; an instrumental duet by Patsy and Sylvia Eshleman; and a baton-twirling exhibition by Lois Tindall. Production and use of news- print continues heavy BBBBBBBBBBHBBBBBB* Belmont a ■ b 97 Per Cent Pure Bl 5 Agricultural Limestone S a ■ aCaleium Oxide 30% ■ b a 5 Magnesium Oxide . .20% at J Calcium Equivalent 57% ■ ! Wenger & S ! Sensenig Co. S ■ Phone Gap HI 2-4500 £ g RD 1, Paradise, Pa. ( S '■■■■■■■■■■■■BBBBB +t«*t» lUHtHMUtmmill . PUMPS FOR EVERY FARM HOME AND INDUSTRIAL NEED
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