Farm Prices for
Mid-November on
An Even Plateau
HARRISBURG The index
ot prices received by Pennsyl
vania farmers for their principal
■products in mid-November was
Unchanged from a month earlier,
and two points above the same
period a year ago, the State De
partment of Agriculture said to i
day. For afll farm products the]
price index stands at 246 per
cent of the 1910-14 base level.
Federal-State surveys showed.
The Pennsylvania crop price
index was down one point
from mid-October, but 19
points above the same date
last year. Higher prices re
ceived by fanners for wheat
and oats were more than off
set by declines in corn, soy
beans and buckwheat.
Increases for milk and butter
fat in cream were the major fac-
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$233 Million Paid
Under Soil Bank of
Total $261 Million
.Washington (USDA) Pay
ments to farmers participating
in the 1956 Acreage Reserve
program of the Soil Bank totaled
$233,487,151.64 in 45 States and
Puerto Rico reporting
Nov. 30, 1956. the~U S. Depart
ment of Agriculture announced
today.
tors in-avoiding a decline m the
Index. They caused an upward
trend in the livestock and live
stock products index for the
sixth consecutive month. There
was an advance of 20 cents a
hundred pounds for milk at
wholesale ’
Beef cattle, calves and sheep
took a seasonal drop of 30 to 90
cents a hundred pounds iive
weight, causing a livestock in
dex decline of 13 points from
mid-October.
Live chickens averaged a re
turn of only 17 cents a pound
to farmers, one cent below
Oct. 15 and more than four
cents under a year ago. Eggs
were down one cent a dozen
for the month and seven cents
below Nov. 15, 1955, but feed
costs were higher.
Average prices paid by farm
ers foi principal feeds m mid-
November showed baled aSfalfa
hay at $36 per ton, $2 50 under
a year ago, $28.50 for other bal
ed hay, down $lOO per ton, $4.45
for laying mash, up 15 cents a
hundred pounds; $4.00 for
scratch gram, up 25 cents; and
$390 for 20 per cent protein
mixed dairy feed, up 15 cents
from a year earlier.
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This is the tenth weekly report
on payments (negotiable certifi
cates) issued under the 1956
Acreage Reserve Program. The
ninth report, covering payments
through November 23, showed
a totafl of $228,221,997.52 dis
bursed in the 45 States and
Puerto Rico from which reports
were received.
In the report on participation
in the 1956 Acreage Reserve
program (USI>A 2464-56), the
maximum 'amount of payments
farmers could earn by remaining
in compliance with the program
was placed at nearly $261 mil
lion. Since then, the Department
has authorized termination or
modification of 1956 Acreage Re
serve agreements by farmers who
misunderstood terms of the pro
gram. Consequently, the total
amount to be disbursed under the
Quota Set For
Lancaster Co.
To Aid Hungary
The Lancaster County Chapter,
of .the American Red Cross, has
been given a quota of $8,738 in
the current national drive for re
lief of Hungarian citizens ac
cording to an announcement
made today by Francis L Cassel,
chapter chairman.
The Lancaster County quota
represents this area’s share of
a five million dollar national
Red Cross Fund which has been
approved by President Eisen
hower. All contributions will
be channeled through the Inter
national Red Cross which has
been designated by the Austrian
government as the official
agency for Hungarian relief.
i The Executive Committee of
the Lancaster County Chapter
met yesterday to map plans for
the local dnve Dr. Bala Vas
sady of- the Theological Semin
ary of the Evangelical and Re
formed Church, Lancaster, and
Dr. William Toth, chairman of
the history department of Frank
lin and Marshall College have
been named honorary chairmen
for the area campaign. Both men
are natives of Hungary, but have
spent most of theiir lives in the
United States. Dr. Vassady was
also chairman of the Interna
tional Red Cross Committee
during the seige of Budapest in
World War 11.
The critical situation both in
Hungary .itself, and m Austria
which is" attempting to cope
with the problem of over 100,000
refugees necessitated this action.
The American Red Cross is co
operating with forty other Red
Cross Societies throughout the
world at the request of the
International Red Cross which
has been named the official
agent of the Austrian Govern
ment to handle the problem of
refugee relief The International
Red Cross established a head
quarters staff in Budapest on
November 29 and is beginning a
mass feeding program It is
anticipated the progiam will
support 200.000 by the end of
December
Until this time the American
Red Cross met all requests of
the International Red Cross
from within its limited re
sources, having spent over $300,-
000 on refugee relief pro
gram. The enormity of the
current problem, added to the
recent expenditure of $3,000,000
to Puerto Rico relief, has made
this special appeal necessary
Red Cross, the agency officially
designated to handle relief for
victims of war, views the special
campaign as an opportunity for
all groups to unite behind a
program of assistance to victims
of war in Hungary, and to pro
vide continuing assistance to
Hungarian refugees arriving in
the United States.
Contributions should be ad
dressed to American Bed Cross,
Hungarian (Relief, 430 West |
Orange- Sired t, Lancaster, Pa.
- Lancaster Farming, Friday, Dec. 14, 1956—3
program is expected to be some
what under that figure. No re
ports are available from States
to indicate the extent to which
farmers who signed Acreage Re
serve agreements have modified
or terminated them
DOG HERO HONORED
EASTON, Md. Reno, a.Ger
man' shepherd dog, who saved
two small children from a ramp
aging bull, was recently present
ed a special heroism award from
the Talbot County Humane Soci
ety The president of the society,
Mrs. John C. Beale, presented a
silver tray to Reno’s master, Don
ald 'Baker, a Negro waiter at the
Tidewater Inn It was Baker’s
two children who were saved
LIVE POULTRY
Philadelphia, Dec. 12—(USDA)
Unsettled. Demand fair for
more than adequate supplies of
all classes Buyers were very
critical on size and quality Large
White Rock pullets 27-30 cents
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Large White Rock caponeltes 27-
30 cents, medium and small sizes
24-26 cents, Vantress White 25
cents with clearing Few lots
roasters 20-22 cents with bulk
unsold Stags 14-15 cents. Oapon
etted cross fryers 24 cents. White
Rocks 21-23 cents, mixed 19-22
cents, Vantress Reds 22-23 cents
Turkeys unsettled Demand fair
for more than sufficient supplies
Few lots Bronze and White Hol
land fancy quality young hens 37-
39 cents, ordinary quality 35-36
cents Fancy quality young toms
29-31 cents, ordinary quality. 25-
27 cents
Total receipts Dec 11 132,000
lbs, including Delaware 6,000 lbs,
Maryland 12,000 lbs
Wholesale selling prices No 1
and fancy quality Broilers or
fryers heavy' type 3-4 lbs 19-24,
roasters 20-22, pullets 4% lb and
over 27-30 Hens heavy type 16-
22, light type 10-15. Old roosters
10-12. Ducks: Muscovy 20-26,
Pekin 30. Turkeys: young hens
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