12—Lancaster Farming, Friday, November 14, 1958
Keystone Farm Prices Off Two Points
HARRISBURG A two point
decline in the mde\ of prices ie
coived by Pennsylvania farmers
lor all farm products m the 30
day peuod ended October 15 was
icported today by the State De
paitment of Agncultme
The Pennsylvania Crop Report
ing Seivice said the index stood
at 238 on October 15, nine points
hoiow the same date last year An
index of 100 is equal to the 1910-
14 base price peuod
While the crops index mcreas
od thiee points in the peuod, the
use was offset bv a five-point
diop in the livestock asd products
gioup index, the Ciop Reporting
Seivice added
In the livestock gioup, an
eight point gain in the index o r
dairy products, attubuted to the
seasonal incieases in milk and
bntteifat prices was wiped out
bv an eight point diop in the met
animals index Pennsylvania
fanners received lowei prices for
beef cattle cows hogs, and lamb*
during the peuod, the suivey
showed.
Lloyd ML
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Lancaster, Pa
Phone EX 4-3006
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Lower prices leccived for farm
dnekens, broileis, turkeys and
eggs caused the poultry and eggs
index to fall 14 points, the survey
artded
A three point rise in the crops
group was attubuted to uses in
the food gram and vegetable in-1
dcues which moie than offset
d'-ops in feed gram and fruit
Higher prices for wheat caused
a two point gam in the food gain
index and the vegetables index
lose one point
Nationally, the index of prices,
i eceived by farmei s dipped slight
ly more than 2 per cent (six
points) during the 3 dayO penocf
FARM INCOME TAX
COURSE OFFERED
The fourth annual Farm In
come Tax and Social Security
Short Couse will be given at
The Pennsylvania State Umvei
sity, December 8 and 9, 1985, an
nounces Associate Chester Coun
ty Agent Joseph H Way
Attending will be bankers,
magistrates, lawyers, insurance
agents, accountants, justices of
th epeace farmer, and any others
who may help farmers to make
up their farm income tax re
turns
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Hi-School Effort
Vital For
College Success
“If you are a young person
thinking of going to college, do
jour best while in high school
1+ is getting tougher to be admit
ted to college and it is harder to
slay there once you have arrived,”
advises David R. McClay, Assist
ant Director of Resident Instruc
tion in the College of Agriculture
ac the Pennsylvania State Univer
sity
Dr McClay says greater stress
is being placed on mathematics
and English By the fall of 1961.
only high school graduates who
ha\e successfully completed at
least one year of high school alge
fcia and one year of high school
plane geometry can major in agri
culture at Penn Slate
The 20 curnculums in the Col
lege of Agriculture leqmre a fum
background in mathematics in
such courses as chemistry, bot
any , physics, zoology, bacterio
logy and agronomy
Starting soon, Penn State will
admit onlv those students who
can immediately take the first
university English comse requir
ed of all students. Previously,
students who did not pass an Eng
lish placement test were allowed
to take a special review course
‘The cost of such lemedial
Ira B. Landis
779 Valley Rd., Lane.
Willow SU R. D. 1
Clem Hoober
Intercourse
work has been terrific,” Dr .Mc-
Clay points out “Also, students
who stait out deficient in a sub
ject get ‘out of phose’ and are al
ways ‘irregular’ in scheduling
courses,” he adds
PINE WOOD SHAVINGS
For Poultry and Livestock Bedding
Convenient Sanitary Serviceable
Delivenes Made Over Two Tons
Trailer Load Prices, Bagged or Bulk
HAROLD B. ZOOK
220 Lampeter Road,
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Layer House as low as $4.50 per bird
Broiler House as low as $1.35 per sq. ft.
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For More Information Contact
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school usually do well in college,
studies show About 66 per cent
of those who rank in the upper
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will finish college
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Lancaster, Pa.