»-"• £ mr-$ A.*K 4" r~ » ■» r- /v Mj / $ F* f7^WT c &**' » v /< ' ■J ) " * m HE 4-H DAIRY demonstration team from Lancaster County this year will he Aaron Landis, 20, R 1 Strasburg, and Joan Paes, 19„ R 1 Strasburg. They were selected from about a dozen 4-H Firm Production Of Fall Pigs Draws Comment WASHINGTON Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson has expressed gratification that farm ers’ plans indicate that hog pro duction will not be over-expand ed, at least in the next six months The Pig Crop Report issued June 21 indicates that farmers in _nd to have a fall crop only one per cent larger than a year eaili er Their plans for the fall pig crop were made at a time when the hog com price ratio was well above aveiage Usually a hog corn ratio as favorable as that of recent months results in a size able expansion of hog production, often bringing about an over-sup ply and low prices The 1957 spring pig ciop, mbst ■f which will be marketed over "the next seven 01 eight months, was about the same as the 1956 spring crop Farrowmgs of the crop were somewhat better dis tributed by months than usual, which should facilitate a smooth flow of hogs to market Secretary Benson urged farm ers to abide closely by their pro duction intentions, as shown by the Pig Crop Report With pro duction remaining on an even keel, price prospects for hogs are favoiable from now through the summer of 1958 The Secretary expressed hope that producers will continue to avoid excessive increases at the time of breeding for the 1958 spring crop “Over expansion leads to ineffi cient use of resources and low prices and incomes, as the ex perience of 1955 and several other .-cars demonstrats,” the Secretary said The Secretary also stated that the trend toward production of meat-type hogs is continuing, which indicates, he said, that produceis are becoming increas ingly aware of the need for pro ducing quality pork for effective marketing New Zealand Selling New Dairy Product The New Zealand Dairy Prod ucts Marketing Commission has recently reported that New Zea land is going to supply a U S firm with a comparatively new dairy product called lactalbumen li is a semi-pharmaceutical food Processed from casein or cheese .vhey, and is almost 100 per cent protein When final arrangements are made, New Zealand will sup ply the U S firm with 300 to 500 long tons of lactalbumen each year for three years, according to the Foreign Agricultural Service. | rv/rw? r~ y <y / v ■*//*/yy* <»• '« "*r- • * Annual losses from brucellosis in cattle have been reduced from $5O million in 1954 to $24 million in 1956, according to the Amer can Veterinary Medical Associa tion WWz&T" i - s P / &*■* f* -5> V 4 A S ., ; Dairy Club members in competition Saturday The alternate team member is Miss Florence Mae Flory, R 3 Man heim. (LF Photo) Laboratory tests are essential to differentiate a leptospirosis infec tion from several other abortion causing diseases, according to the American Veterinary Medical As sociation „ MANZATE is tops “increased our yields several tons per acre" —Dan Kaple, Route 1, Leipsic, Ohio “very good control of early blight and anthracnose" —Coloney Bros., Albion, N.Y. “rows sprayed with ‘Manzate’ were very green with foliage" —Sparks Bros. Farms, RR, Greenfield, Ind. Just as these growers have, you'll find Du Pont “Mandate” meets your every requirement for an outstanding fungicide. That’s because a spray program based on “Manzate” gives sea son-long control of all major fungus diseases . . . including both blights, leaf spots and anthracnose. And “Manzate” preserves green tomato leaves and vines ... won’t stunt vigorous growth. You gain higher yields, better-quality tomatoes and a longer picking season. fiUPOKJ u S PAT OFF BETTER THINGS FOR BETTER LI VING...TH R O U G H CHEMISTRY mummr I jr, ><j •/, - ■*, A v„ f * „ ' 1 - / * ? ’ ft * > > ' " '< Tomto growers report- Do Pont MANEB FUNGICIDE in every way! On all chemicals, follow label instructions and warnings carefully. MANZATE Heavy Swine Entries Cause Move Of Sheep al Slock Exposition HARRISBURG The Pen nsylvania Farm Show Commis sion today authorized use ol a portion ol the four acre mam evj hibit floor foi the housing of 8001 head of pedigieed sheep at the 1 fiist annual Pennsylvania Live stock Exposition to be held next Nov 12 16 in the Faim Show building heie All ot the livestock barns will be filled with beef cattle and swine, making the move to the mam hail neeessaiy to accom modate all entries expected foi the open international exposi tion, according to state agncul ture Secretaiy W L Henning The Pennsylvania open live stock show Will provide space for more than 1,000 head of beef bleeding cattle and fat steers The exposition will use the Farm Show’s beef and daily barns and the entire poultiy section for beef animals The pen soace allo cated to Faim Show sheep and swine will be itaekn over entirely by an anticipated 1,000 head of swine Special pens and floor cover ing will be provided by the ex position for 800 head of sheep m the mam exhibition hall Secretary Henning declared that the Pennsylvania Livestock Exposition will be different from the Faim Show in that all com petitive classes will be open to entries by livestock breeders in any part of the world Farm Show exhibits aie restricted to “improved the quality of our tomatoes” —Anthony Metzger, Foil Jennings, ‘gave us a good clean crop of tomatoes" —W iltonß. Dey& Son, H ightstown, N. “ ‘Manzate’ mixes better it outperforms them all’ —John Sterrenbeig, Rt. 4, Marion, MANEB FUNGICIDE Lancaster Farming, Friday, July 5, 1957—5 Pennsylvania bieede.s ami in clude dauv cattle and hoises in. addition to hoot cattle, sheep and swine “The Nmcmboi exposition will have large numbeis of entnes irom Pennsylvania faims, ’ Hen ning explained “The open show represents a challenge to our breedeis in international coin petition for pienumus that may urn close to $70,000 of which the state is providing an appiopna tion of $50,000 ” Quieting Drugs Fail To Help Steers Gain A feeding expenment at lowa State College, Ames, lowa, shows that the addition ol such quiet ing agents as thiouiaul and thio urea does no increase gains of feed efficiency of cattle on feed. Since these chemicals de crease thyioid activity, the ex periment was - made with the thought that the chemicals should benefit fattening cattle by keeping them quiet, accoiding to animal husbandman Wise Bur i oughts of ISC Although stilbestrol was used in the ration to stimulate ap petite, liveweight gams weie slightly lessened and the feed cost of gains increased where thiouracil and thiourea were fed. And when both Thiouracil and thyroxin were fed, the result was about the same as with thiouracil alone.
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