Garden Spot ]Vinth in U. S. ' (Continued from Page One) Minnesota, New Jersey, and Wisconsin, two each; Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, and Virginia, one each. In other Census report figures, these facts are gleaned- Land from which hay was cut: Lancaster County 67th in tn st 100, with 94,909 acres, Hay _ excluding soybeans, cowpeas, peanut and sorghum hays Brad toid County, Pa., in 49ih place, w as the only other Pennsylvania county ranking among the first 100 Hay, excluding soybean, cowpea, peanut and sorghum hays, was cut from 69,930,058 acres on United States farms in 1954, with 12,457,994 acres, or 17.8 per cent, on farms in 100 leading counties, accord ing to 1954 Census of Agricul ture figures. Cherry County, Neb., was the leading county in land from which hay was cut in 1954 with 579,135 acres 0 8 per cent of the U S. total; Holt, Neb., was second with 445,879 acres; Hand, S. D., third with 213,205 acres; Custer, Neb., fourth with 207,004 acres, and St. Lawrence, N Y., fifth with 205,410 acres. Among the top 100 counties m from which hay was cut in 1954, 27 were in South Dako ta, -,13 each in Nebraska and North Dakota. Peaches 100 leading coun ties, 1954: Franklin County, Pa., 15th with 376,839 trees harvest ed, 831,910 bu. harvested for 12th place'inr yield; Adams Coun ty, Pa., -226,954 trees, 26th ' in rank, 471,510 bu. harvested for 19th place; Berks County, Pa., 225,367 trees, 27th place, 316,- 704 bu. harvested for 25th place; York 'County, Pa., 181,976 trees, 34th in rank, 182,320 bu. har vested for 42nd in rank. Peach trees of all ages on United States farms in 1954 numbered 36,912,804, with 26,- 175,125, or 70.9 per cent, in 100 leading counties, according to 1954 'Census of Agriculture figuies for ranking counties re leased today by the Bureau of Census, U. S Department of Commerce. Peaches harvested amounted to 55,125,161 bu., with 46,498,872 bus. in the 100 coun ties which led m number of tiees. Stanislaus County, Cal., was the leading peach county, with 2,295,132 peach trees 6.2 per cent of the U. S. total and a harvest of 8,301,917 bu shels, Spartanburg County, S. C., was second in number of trees with 1,908,992, and sev enth in _quantity harvested with 1,944,085 bushels. Sutter, Cal., third in number of trees with 1,624,993, was second in harvest with 4,992,875 bushels. Fresno County, Calif., was fourth in number of trees with 1,364,538 and third in quant ity harvested with 3,158,208 bushels. The top 100 counties in num ber of peach trees in 1954 were distributed by States as follows; California, and Georgia, 16 each; South Carolina", eight; Pennsyl vania, seven; Michigan and Vir ginia, six each; Arkansas, Jtfew Jersey, and New York, five each; Noith Carolina, four; Texas, Utah, and Washington, three each; Alabapia, Colorado, and West Virginia, two each; Con necticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, and Oregon, one each Hatchery Schedules Meeting A poultry meeting sponsored Windle’s Honegger Associates Hatchery, Cochranville, will be al 8 p. m. Tuesday in Cochran vilie Fire Hall. J'he meeting will feature films and open discussion. At present, Sam Honegger, president of Hon egger’s Hatchery, Forrest, 111., is ex Pocted to attend. Despite loss of their warehouse and mill by fire in April, the Lancaster County Farm Bureau branch at New Holland has been able to keep up and step up production of millfeeds by use of a porta- 4 YOU wouldn’t think a tack could cause much trouble. But just recently a lineman fouled his climber on a staple, and in falling en countered more than one hundred nails and tacks that tore his arm so badly it needed 18 stitches. - Ironically enough, such accidents axe most frequent when linemen work in emergencies at night sometimes heroic ally in foul weather to restore service to the very folks that cause the mishaps. And ea<jh year the accident records pile up'. . . PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY Portable Mill Suffices /. 1 ble mill, shojvn here by the warehouse, half of which is new construction, and the •office on the right. (Lancaster Farming Staff Photo). 1 *tC5S5< % I '' HAVE A HEART! falls when the lineman’s climbing irons “cut-out” ... cuts and abrasions from rusty nails . . . serious shock where nail-ripped gauntlets failed to protect against high tension wires. And, while it is now against the law to post placards on electric, telephone and telegraph poles, the real answer is in public understanding. It must be realised that it adds danger to the lineman’s already hazardous job. So try to understand and heed the lineman when he says, “Have a heart. .. please post no bills.” Lancaster Farming—ll Friday Sept. 14, 1956 Fair At York Opens Season (Continued from page 1) show division, the show will conclude this afternoon with,a 2 p. m. auction of 65 prime beeves by pens and individuals. The ten barns, the Seven Val leys, Pa, resident )t|'l]s, were filled to capacity. There were 475 dairy and beef cattle entered, representing nine breeds; 450 swine of eight breeds, 130 sheep of seven breeds; 60 steers of three breeds and 170 dairy goats of seven breeds The Goat Show is a feature of the Statewide Second Annual Show of the Pennsylvania Dany Goat Asso ciation. Other Lancaster County en tries included Guernseys shown by C. Kenneth Young of R 1 Mt. Joy. I
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