Apple Harvest
Set Back by Rain,
Labor Shortage
Harrisburg, Nov. Shortage
of pickers, combined with late
October, rains, delayed the al
ready late schedule for harvest
ing Pennsylvania commercial ap
ples and cause'dr heavy dropping
of fruit in some areas, the State
Department of Agriculture said
today.
■ In Berks. County many un-
dropped to the
ground after October 20 and large
quantities of the slightly bruised
fruits was salvaged by growers
through retail sales and process
ing plants.
A number of Pennsylvania ap
ple growers increased their esti
mates of production as harvest
ing neared completion. The No
vember 1 estimate at 4,590,000
bushels represents a five per
cent increase from October 1. The
crop compares with 6.500,000
bushels last year and with, 5,945,-
000 for the 10-year average.
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VAN TRUCK 14.95 10.77
LUMBER TRUCK 14.95 10.77
BEKINS 16.95 12.22
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P.I.E. TRUCK 19.95 14.44
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Deer Need Good Food Supply
NOT MANY HUNTERS will get this close to a live
deer during hunting season. This handsome 240-pound
buck is a part of feeding tests of white-tailed deer at the
Pennsylvania State University. Tests show that a good food
supply affects the weight of the animal, number of points
and size of the rack more than does age. Bucks fed a re
stricted ration, like that often found in areas over-populated
with deer, are smaller and may weigh half that of well fed
deer. Project leaders shown here are C. E. French and
NTT). Magtuder of the Agricultural Experiment Station.
Observance of itwo simple com
mon sense precautions would
eliminate more than 90 per cent
of all hunting accidents. These
are “Treat EVERY gun with the
respect due a LOADED gun” and
“NEVER point a gun at ANY
THING you do not want to shoot.”
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County Tomato
Grower Honored
For Record Yield
A Lancaster County Tomato
Grower was honored Tuesday for
producing an average 25.78 tons
per acre on his three-acre plot
near Elizabethtown.
A plaque marking the accom
plishment highest yield in
southeastern, Pennsylvania and
certainly one of the highest in
Pennsylvania was given to
William K. Martin, Elizabeth
town Rl.
Martin and nine others were
cited as 110 tomato growers
from, this area toured the H. J.
Heinz Co. processing plant at
Chambersburg.
Martin’s yield graded out 79
per cent U. S. No. 1 and 20 per
cent No. 2.
iSecond best yield among coun
ity Heinz contract growers was
made by Harlan M. Hoover, Eliz
abethtown Rl, 22.72 bushels on a
seven acre tract. His crop graded
73 per cent No. 1 and 25.1 per
cent No. 2.
Other high yields were 22.56
tons per acre by Harold S. Bru
baker, Manheim R 2, on three
acres; 21.8 tons per acre, by David
G. Miller, 'Manheim E 2, on
acres, and 21.53 tons per acre,
on 18 acres by B. Mnsser Forry,
Manheim R 2.
Bass Excluded in
No-Fishing Rules
Beginning Jan. 1
HARRISBURG The, Penn
sylvania Fish Commission has
further liberalized the fishing
regulations for next year by pro
viding a year round season for
all warm water fishes except
largemouth and smallmouth bass.
The 1957 season for bass will
open Jan. 1, and will close on
March 14. It will reopen June 15
and extend through March, 14,
1958. Through the creel limit of
six remains, the size limit has
been removed.
(Size and creel limit changes
for the other warm water spe
cies are as follows: Walleyes,
creel limit of'six per day except
when caught through the ice
when the daily limit shall be
two; the minimum size remains
at 12 inches; Pickerel, the creel
limit of six remains bu the size
limit has been reduced to 12
inches; Northern Pike, daily
creel limit of six, the minimum
size reduced to 12 inches; Mus
kellunge, size and creel limits
remain the same as at present
—‘ two per day, not less than 24
inches long.
The season opening for trout
will remain the traditional April
15, with the' dosing date set for
Lancaster Farming, Friday, Nov. 30, 1956—3
Poultry
(Continued from page two)
chickens - unsettled. Offerings
from all producing areas were
more than sufficient for the fair
demand.
Prices paid delivered ware
house Philadelphia (cents per
lb.) Grade A & U. S. Grade A
2-3 lb 29-31, mostly steady. More
than sufficient supplies were
available for the light demand.
Prices paid „ delivered ware
house, Philadelphia (cents per
lb) Grade A&U. S. Grade A
4-5 Ms lbs 31-32.
Receipts Nov. 27 included
other than turkeys Maryland 65,-
000 lbs Delaware 92,000 lbs
North Carolina 45,000 lbs. South
Carolina 5,000 lbs Me. 3,000 lbs,
Virginia 12,000 lbs
TURKEYS
PHILADELPHIA NOV. 28
(USDA) Frozen ready-to-cook
steady Supplies light on hens 14
lb and over and on Toms with
sailers inclined to hold closely
Demand was good, especially for
heavy Toms for storage.
Wholesale selling prices -
Grade A & 7. S. Grade A qual.
Fryer-roasters 4-8 lb 44-45,
Young Hens 8-10 lb 43 14-45, 10-
14 lb 43’4-45, 14-16 lb 4414-46,
Loung Toms 16-20 lb 4214-44, 20
22 lb 4214-44, 22-26 lb 4214-44'4,
26-28 lb 44-45*4 28 lb up 4614-49.
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The number of deer that died
of malnutrition because of over
browsed forest areas m Pennsyl
vania last winter has been deter
mined at about 2500. This is a
reasonably low figure, the Game
Commission and informed out
doorsmen believe. The count was
made by game protectors and
field research men. Early season
trout fishermen contributed, in
many cases, to the compilation.
The International Monetary
Fund has approved an agreement
allowing France to purchase up
to $262,500,000 in foreign cur
rencies in the next year. It was
the second largest such commit
ment in the Fund’s history.
The 1956 Nobel Prize for medi
cine was won by two Columbia
University professors and a West
German neurologist, in recogni
tion of their work in exploring
the interior of the living human,
heart.
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