Better Roughage
Given Credit for
Milk Increase
HARRISBURG More favor
able wholesale milk prices during
November encouraged Pennsyl
vania dairymen to give their cows
higher quality teed to take ad
vantage of the 15 cents increase
per hundredweight from a month
earlier, the State Department of
Agriculture says
According to Federal-State re
ports, Pennsylvania farmers in
November averaged $5 65 for 100
pounds of milk sold at wholesale
1 his compares with $5 50 for
October and $5 33 received in
November 1956.
Milk production in Pennsyl
vania was 488,000,000 pounds for
No\ ember A month earlier pro
duction was 512,000,000 pounds
while 464,000 000 pounds of milk
were produced in November 1956
It was the first*time this year that
production reached a level well
above 1956
The Federal-State Crop Report
ing Service said some of the pro
duction increase was attributed to
the feeding of higher quality
roughage in most of the state
Low quality roughage affected
milk output last fall and in the
spring of 1957
Farmers reported feeding an
average of 8 4 pounds of feed to
each cow last month, almost 10
per cent above the 7 7 pound i ate
lor a year earlier
Production per cow averaged
514 pounds during November this
year in comparison with 488
pounds a year ago and 540 pounds
for October 1957
The average price paid for bal
ed alfalfa hay stabilized at $42 a
ton, the same as a month ago,
but other hay averaged $32 a ton,
50 cents more than October In
November 1956 baled alfalfa av
eraged $36 a ton, while other hay
averaged $28.50
Production of milk for thef irst
11 months of 1957 was 6,021 mil
lion pounds or less than one per
cent below the 6,057 million
pounds a year ago.
Two Egg Dealers
Receive Fines
For Mis-labeling
HARRISBURG—Two additional
fines for violation of the Penn
sylvania Fresh Eggs law were an
nounced Thursday by the State
Department of Agnctulture.
Secretary William L Henning
said Goldstrohm Giocery of Clair
ton, and Serv-all, Inc , of McKees
port, both Allegheny County,
were cited for offering eggs for
sale that failed to meet giades
specified on the carton, although
the eggs were of edible quality.
Serv-all paid it fine, $5O and
costs, while Goldstrohm was fined
525 and costs but has elected to
appeal the charge
The maximum line of $5O was
administered against the Mc-
Keesport firm since the violation
was the second in two years. For
a 1956 violation a warning was
given by the Department
The State Depaitment of Agri
culture is charged with enforce
ment of state egg regulations pi o
vidxng for the sale of quality
merchandise Jan 16, 1958 new
egg regulations will go inta ef
fect requiring that the grade,
weight and identity of the packer
appear an each clrton or package
of eggs sold in Pennsylvania
Farm Women 7
Christmas Party
Features Music
Society 7 met at the home of
the president Mrs Horace J
Lantz The meeting opened with
the singing of Oh, Little Town
Of Bethlhem and Silent Night
On the piogiam for the aftei
noon was Linda Lantz who gave
the poem “A Visit from St Nich
olas” (The Night Before Chnsi
mas) Miss Lantz, together with
Ricky, Sally and Kathy Lantz
and Carolyn Johnson sang Wihte
Christinas acsompamed by Mis
Richard Lantz.
County Fruit Growers to Select
1958 Apple Queen at Dinner Meeting
County fruit growers will have
a chance to help pick the Lan
caster County Apple Queen Jan.
4 at a dinner meeting to be held
at the Meadow Hill Dining House.
On hand for the meeting will
bo Miss Lois Demmy, R 1 Ephrata,
1956 Peach queen, Miss Nancy
Gray bill, R 1 Manheim, winner
of the apple dessert baking con
test in 1957, and Miss Eleanor
Brossman, 1957 Lancaster apple
queen
Simon R. Snyder, fruit growers
association secretary, lists the fol
lowing rules for possible contest
ants The girls must be unman led
between the ages of 17 and 21,
and a resident of Lancaster
County. In addition she must be
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related to a truit grower or a
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to be an active queen, free to at
tend the Winchester Apple Blos
som Festival next spring
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111 Ephrata or Anthony Stoe,
Millersville Pike, Lancaster, not
latei than Dec 30 Judges will
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by counties may be entered if
that county does not select a
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Speaker at the meeting was the
Rev Mrs Francis Barnett of
the Church of God Her Mess
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