Farm Women
Will Convene
(Continued from page one)
whose mother is a member of
Society 10.
Mrs. Shriver will install offi
cers at the end of the afternoon
session.
Committees for the convention
include:
-Program: Mrs. Charles Felty,
Society 8; Mrs. Robert Weicksel,
Society 15; Mrs. Park RessSl, So
ciety 21; Mrs. Henry Reist, So
ciety 4, and Mrs. Walter Him
melreich, Society 14.
Nominating: Mrs. Raymond
Stoner, Society 18; Mrs. C H.
Reinhold, Society 10; Mrs. Harold
Stuber, Society 3.
Auditing: Mrs. John Herr, Jr.,
Society 21, and Mrs Lester Sig
man. Society 12.
Decorating: Mrs Roy Shelly,
Society 2 and Mrs Park Rein
hart, Society 20.
Registration: Mrs Willis
Rohrer, Society 22 and Mrs Floyd
Reinhart, Society 13
Place' and Luncheon Tickets:
Mrs Neil Clark, Society 1, and
Mrs. Leroy Hottenstem, Society
5.
Favors; Mrs Esther Weidler,
Society 19 and Mrs Elvin Keen
er, Society 6. ~
Ushers: Mrs. Elmer Huber, So
ciety 9; Mrs. John Denlinger, So
ciety 13; Mrs. Melvin Marron,
Society 17, and Mrs. James Ret
zer Society 11.
BEAR KILLS TRAINER
LIBBRTYVILLE, HI While
his fiancee tried desperately to
save him, Paul Lemery, 28-year
old animal trainer, was killed by
one of four bears he had been
training for television appear
ances. Hans, a European brown
bear, pinned Lemefy to the floor,
clawing and biting him Screams
by Lemery and Shirley Rodri
guez, his fiancee, brought Rob
eit Bellefuille, operator of a
nearby shop, who seized a .35-
caliber hunting rifle and shot the
bear in the head, killing him.
Lemery died en route to a hos
pital.
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PROCESSED POULTRY
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Philadelphia, Oct. 31 (USDA)
—Processed poultry ready-to
cook (ice packed) young chick
ens market unsettled. Supplies
and receipts moderate to liberal,
i Demand fair to improved but this
about normal for a Wednesday.
Pnoes paid delivered -ware
house, Philadelphia (cents per
lb).
Grade A & U S grade A 2-3
lb 28-30, mostly 28'2-29.
Hens ready - to - cook (ice
packed) market steady to firm
Prices unchanged Supplies just
barely ample for current require
ments.
Prices delivered warehouse
grade A & U. ,S grade A quality
4-51 i lb 30V2-32
LIVE POULTRY
(By USDA)
Philadelphia', Oct 31 (USDA)
Market about steady. Supplies
and receipts model ate to exces
sive. Demand fair with sales
forced in most instances to effect
clearances. Few fancy heavy type
hens sold for 22 cents but No. 2
quality 12-15 Few one coop sales
of light type 13-15 Caponetted
fryers 21-24. White- Rock capon
ettes 5 lbs and over 24-26 with
occasional sales as high as 27
cents. Weights under 5 lb 22-23
Small type turkey hens sold at
30-35 cents
Receipts Oct 30 included Md
4000 lbs, Del 900 Q lbs
Wholesale selling prices No 1
and fancy quality broilers or
fryers heavy Muscovy 22-27, Pe
kin 24-30.
YANKS WRONG CUSTOMER
SPOKANE, Wash. An im
patient customer, Settle. Pearson,
32, walked into a barbershop for
a haircut and shave. Told there
was no empty chair, Pearson
grabbed a dozing pardon by the
collar and pulled him from a
barber chair. The patron ha
pened to be Policeman Leroy G
Cummins, Jr., complete with uni
form, revolver and handcuffs.
The impatient customer, caught
after a chase, was booked on a
disorderly conduct charge.
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County Leads
State Farming;
13th in Nation
Harrisburg Pennsylvania
has three counties Lancaster,
Chester and York that rank
among the first 100 counties'in
the United States in the value
of all farm products sold, the
State Department of Agriculture
said today.
Lancaster’s rank of 13th in
the nation puts it first in Penn
sylvania with 1954 sales com
ing to $80,150,566, more than
one-tenth of all gross farm
cash income for that year in
Pennsylvania, according to U.
S. Agricultural census reports.
In addition, the Department
pointed to the fact that most
farms in all counties that lead
Lancaster in California, Ariz
ona, Colorado and Washington
have irrigation for crops. This
gives Lancaster ranking as first
among the more than 3,000 coun
ties in the United States in the
value of farm production without
the aid of irrigation, observers
said.
Chester County ranks second
in Pennsylvania and 60th in
the United States with a total
of $32,730,526 in the value of
~all farm products sold in 1954.
Five years earlier Chester was
second in Pennsylvania and
47th in the United States.
York County’s $27,178,969 gross
value makes it third in Pennsyl
vania and 87th in the Nation. Its
national rank in 1949 was 65th.
Lancaster County has 7,951
farms, according to 1954 census
enumerations This is only one
less than the total five years
earlier It is one of the few coun
ties in Pennsylvania that failed
to show a losj3 in the total num
ber of farms between censuses.
Durm,g that period the State to
tal dropped from 146,887 farms
to 128,876, a decline of 18,011
farms. The average farm in Lan
caster County is only 62 acres
in size, the same as in 1949.
The number of farms in Ches
ter County is now 3,383 com
pared with 3,847 in 1954. The
average farm has 99 acres,, five
more than the 1949 average.
York County now has 5,549
farms against 6,506 five years
earlier. Farms there average
75 acres, whereas the average
in 1949 was 70 acres.
Twenty per cent of the farm
products sold in the nation in
1954 were grown on farms in the
100 leading agricultural counties.
Registrations
Of Angus Gain
In Past Year
A gain in registrations of
purebred Aberdeen-Angus cattle
in 1956 has bolstered enthusiasm
for the; breed at a time when
cattlemen in widely scattered
areas are battling drought and
unfavorable economic conditions.
Aberdeen - Angus registra
tions hit 186,771 at the close
of the 1956 fiscal year. Sept.
30, announces Frank Richards,
Secretary of the American
Aberdeen-Angus Breeders’ As
sociation. This is the second
highest annual registration in
the history of the association.
The Angus is the largest of the
beef breeds to show a gain in
registrations this year.
More significant in the growth
of any breed of livestock is the
number of new breeders enter
ing the business each year, points
out Mr. Richards. For the seventh
consecutive year new breeders
joining the American Aberdeen-
Angus Association have exceed
ed 2,000. This past 12 months
the new lifetime memberships in
the national organization totaled
2,371. Breed 'expansion pushed
the adult memberships in the
association to 32,286, maintaing
its lead as the world’s largest
beef breed registry group. In
Lancaster Farming, Friday, Nov. 2, 1956—3
275 Steers, 20
Pens of Lambs
In Yards Show
The annual Southeast District
4-H Baby Beef and Lamb Club
Round-up and sale will be held at
the Union Stock ards, Lancaster,
Nov. 7 and 8
A total of 275 steers and 20
pens of fat lambs will be shown
Wednesday, Nov. 7 by 4-H Club
members from Adams, Berks,
Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin,
Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin,
Northampton, Perry and York
counties The auction sale of the
animals will be Thursday.
Separate show rings will be in
operation for Hereford, Angus
and Shoithorn, with judging in
five different weight groups
Judges of beef cattle will be
W A Cowan, of the University
ot Connecticut, and Myron D
Lacy, Cornell University Lamb
judge will be Thomas B King,
Pennsylvania State University
Steer showmanship judges will
be Robert Houston for Angus,
Robert Hartley for Herefords and
Roger Halsted for Shoi thorn-.
Show director is M M. Smith,
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SLASH POLICE CAR TIRES
WASHINGTON, D C. —Police
are looking for the vandals who
punched or slashed ten tires on
eight police cars parked in the
Police Department’s municipal
center garage Six of the cars
were police cruisers and the oth
er two were owned by police in
spectors.
Lancaster county agricultural ex
tension agent Auctioneer will be
Abram Diffenbaugh.
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