Farm Families Live Better --And Pay More to Do It Farm families have made tre mondous gains m levels of living since 1941 This shows up in all categories of family spending Mm e money is going loi medical care foi modem cuipment and laboi-savmg materials which give homemakers more leisure, and for impiovxng homes for more com fortable, more pleasant living. Findings from a recent analy sis of faim household expendi tames by home economists in the USDA Institute of_Home Econo mics provide evidence of the gains Data used for the analysis come chiefly from a survey in which nearly 4,000 farm-operator families living m all parts of the Lmled States reported their 1955 cxpcndituies, fiom a recent sur vey of urban family living ex penditures, and from a survey of both farm and urban family living expenditures in 1941 These data weie supplemented by mforma lion from the Bureau of the Cen sus on housing facilities' and euipment Farm families spent about two thirds more money m 1955 than in 1941, when dollar values arc adiusled for price'changes Tin-, late of spending is about half that of city families The rate in was about 30 per cent Rural levels of living are closer to ur ban spending than these figures indicate, however, because farm # Let us prove on your job • •. **mam that counts/ pr^~ k s&sfhevmum |\ inpn'ce, too! A I A McCormick Farm Equip. Store Ephrata J. B. Hosteller & Son D. L Diem & Sons Mt. Jov Lititz Let’s talk trade. We need your used tractor and we’re trading high. See how much farther your dollar goes on a Farmall or International light now. Pay as you earn on the IH Income Purchase Plan. C. E. Wiley & Son Quarryville - Wakefield Cope & Weaver Co. Willow Street families usually have much home pi educed food and usually don’t pay separate lent for the faim dwelling Medical care made most gain in this category Faim families ap pi cached the closest to city levels of spending Farm families spent an average of $325 in 1955, as compared with $155 spent in IQ-D (in dollars of constant pui chasing power) The 1955 level is about three-fourths that of cit' families One reason for the gain is the 7 widespread growth of medical piepayment plans and health in suraice These enable families to procure surgical and medical tieatment when neded Also, new' hospitals built under the lural community health assistance pro gram make medical care more icadily available to farm families Almost impossible to measure is the improvement electric pow er and equipment brings to coun try living The rapid spread of po vei lines is an indication of the value farm families pul on power In 1940 only 33 per cent of farm households had electri city, 18 per cent had piped i mi ning water, and 15 per cent a mechanical refrigerator By 1956, 94 per cent of farm homes had electricity, 64 per cent piped running W'ater, and 90 per cent a mechanical relngerator. v v ”5* V } IV -JSM* O . y i' < V. ✓ J. 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'v goodly number had washing machines, telepflbnes, indoor flush toilets, and other facilities and labor saving euipment II ow much use of electnc cui lent has increased is indicated by cxpendituies lor cuncnt In 1055, luial families spent a ycaily aveiage of $Bl In 1941 the aver age was $39 and the rate for cur icnt was higher More farm families now pur chase piped and bottled gas loi cooking and fuel oil loy heating and fewer buy wood, coal, and kciosene That’s lust another evi dence of how city conveniences aie spreading to the farm Farm houses also are being im pioved In 1955 farm families spent an aveiage of $125 for re pairs and remodeling Work most tieuentlj fepoited was painting, papering, and installation or re pau for plumbing, awnings, storm vwndows, or screens And moie than twice as many families bought furniture in 1955 than m 1941 Food was one item which took the same percentages ol the farm tamily dollar in 1955 as in 1941 The patera of food spending, how evci, has changed Farm families cat out more and, like city fami lies, they buy more of the con \ ement processed or semiprocess ed foods Less food is home pro duced This may result in fami- UfTfKMAT)#HAI MAKVtm* C. 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Hooter Intercourse David Kurtz Morgantown Lancaster Farming, Friday, March 14, 1958—5 Four Lancaster County Farmers Attending PFA Wasliigton Meeting A group of Lancastei County other ielated subicets Fanners were in Washington D C this week to talk to Con gressman Paul Daguo about legis lative problems affecting faimcis of the area I As a pait of a statewide delegation of 150 leadeis ol the Pennsclvania Farmers’ Assn ,| the entire Congiessional dele the local men helped to entertain 1 gation from Pennsylvania at din ner on Tuesday evening I Those fiom Lancaster County attending the Washington meet ing were ,1 Roy Gieidei, Rll Mount Jo>, Henij Shciner R 2 L 1 titz, Noah Keider Sr, R 2 Man heim and John Weidman, R 2 Mount Joy | On the agenda for discussion with the Congiessmen were the questions of price suppoits and farm progiam, trade with for eign countnes, labor problems affecting the faimer and various Potato Prospects Down Due to Weather The wintei potato crop is now foiecast by the Ciop Reporting Boaid at 4 975 000 hundredweight down about 715,000 cwt, from the forecast of a month ago, laigely due to adverse wealhei condi tions in Flonda. lies eating less of some important foods they used to produce, be cause it has been found that fami lies use less when they buy food than when they produced it them selves IjabeodbA * Healthy Chicks Make Great Layers! Why Laying Pullets Pick One Another There are five mam leasons foi cannibalism in laying pullets 1 They may learn to pick during the starting and growing period 2 A layer is in a constant state of pregnancy and therefore has many cravings for various foods 3 Lack of exercises and not enough to do 4 A tendency toward prolapses (eversion of the egg laying organs) in some strains. 5 Inherited cannibalistic tendencies in some strains. Picking Among Chicks and Growing Pullets: Chicks may start picking because they are too warm, because they are left too long without feed or do not have an adequate water supply. White-washed walls causing too bright a house may cause picking in chicks and older birds. Pullets on range that cannot get out of the house at daybreak frequently start to pick because they are hungn, thirsty and don’t have anything else to do. Babcock Bessies, and all Leghorns bred by Babcock, are gentle strains and do not have a tendency toward pick ing. Just the same, any strain of any breed will pick if improperly managed. Babcock Bossies will come up into large eggs for you rapidly which will increase your profits tremendously next summer and fall. BABCOCK HATCHERY Lancaster County Branch Route 3F, Lititz, Pa. Russell Mease Route 4 Manheim, Pa. Phone MO-5-4705 Also while in Washington, the gioup was scheduled to visit the offices of the U S Dcpaitment of Agiiculturc Meetings wei e scheduled with undci Secietaiy of Agiicultuic Tine D and Miles Hoist, formei Secic taiv of Agiiculturc m Penns\l vania . The Lancaster Countj iolks were scheduled to aruve in the Nation s Capitol at 2 p m , Tues day and weie to letuin home (ne evening ol 5101 eh 12 Dead Animals Removed Promptly Will Pav Full Value For Dead Animals i Dealers in Bones, Tallow and Hides FRY’S RENDERING WORKS Prop., John Fry 2114 Hollinger HD. Lancaster Ph. EX 2-4815 Toll Charges Accepted Write or call collect to Phone MAdison €-5872 Monroe C. Babcock Bob Decker R. D. -1 Miltord. New Jersey Phone Milford 4-4909 ' wISJ
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