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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-
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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
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ble mill, shojvn here by the warehouse,
half of which is new construction, and the
•office on the right. (Lancaster Farming
Staff Photo).
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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
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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.
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