8— ’^mifrg” 1 Friday, August 2, 1957 Argentine Wheat Acreage May Be Down The wheat acreage now being seeded in Argentina may be about 10 per cent below the 15 million acres seeded to wheat in that country in 1956, according .to. the Foreign Agricultural Ser vice. To meet tne needs of increas ing cattle numbers in Argentina it is expected that some wheat growers will shift to corn and sunflower production. future V- a ’ TTI . * ’ L allstlinlcss stkkl VACUUM BULK COOLER l(j AUTHORIZED MOJONNIER DEALER ■k)i ALFALFA for Fall Seeding Cert. DuPuits ■ Cert. Buffalo Cert. Ranger ■ Cert. Atlantic Cert. Vernal ■ Grimm Type %/■ BALBO RYE for Pasture CERT. BARLEY, OATS, WHEAT Contact Your Local Hoffman Agent or Phone Landisville TW 8-3421 A. H. HOFFMAN SEEDS, Inc., Landisville, Pa. > - ' v- H. M. KRADY SEIBERLING SAFETY TIRES WRITTEN GUARANTEE ON ALL SEIBERLING TIRES WINNER OF A REGISTERED HAMP SHIRE gilt at the Swine Producers Field day as top swine judge was J. Robert Book, 18, R 2 Lancaster. Presenting the gilt to Book is A.B.C. Groff, owner of Stauffer Homestead Farm and field day host. Book, First Swine Producers Field Day Draws Crowd of More Than 80 More than 80 Lancaster County Swine Producers and their families saw 18 year old Robert Book, R 2 Lancaster, take top ■r ' ' Distributor For Let Us Handle Your Tire Problems AUTO Tractor Tires Recapping , s vC'*&K -v j H Ja ‘ H /<’ S •£ < «■ •>' TRUCK Phone EX 2-9507 608 N. Prince St. Lancaster. Pa. honors as a swine judg* at the producers field day Saturday at Stauffer Homestead Farms, Rl. East Earl. Other winners in the judging; contests were : senior division, R. P. Maule, first ; Chelster Eby, second; Eugene Hoover, third; Mrs. Anna Skiles, fourth; Ken- 1 neth Skiles, fifth; and Mrs. Doris. McHenry, sixth. Junior Division, J. Robert Book first; Constance Witter, second; Darwin Boyd third; Donald Welfc, fourth, and William Maule, fifth. Hightlight cf ine day, other than the judging contests, was a demonstration of meat type, determination by Dwight Younk in, livestock specialist from Penn .State. m 'i* 4 A Starting in the morning with a' back fat probing demonstration he then showed how the loin eyfe is measured and how carcass length is determined. “Split the loin between the tenth and eleventh rib to measure the loin eye,” he told the farmers. “To measure the carcass, start at the tip of the hip bone and mea sure to the first rib.” * A ; s 4 For a true meat type hog, the carcass should measure 29 inchesi and the loin eye should have an area of 3 75 square inches. Younkm said that tracings of, loin eyes can be sent to him for measurement by special instru ments. Also on the program was Frank, Sherntt of the Penn State faculty who showed plans for the new swine building and experimental laboratories to be built at the Lniversity. He also told the farmers that tests at Penn State tend to prove that most brood sows are fed toci well during gestation. In experiments run at the Uni versity using soybean silage as a carring ration for brood sows litter size and weight have shown an increase which, combined with, lower feed costs for the roughage means greater economy in. opera tion. However he said that gilts that have not completed their growth need a heavier ration to carry them up to farrowing time than do the sows. All the sows should be put on a flushing ration about two weeks to farrowing, he said. Earl Fisher, manager of Stauff -er Homestead Farms and chair man of the association bred gilt sale committee, gave a report on the sale progress. He said that gilts will now be accepted for listing in the Feb, 22' sale on the following conditions. Any cross bred or pure bred gilt bred to a registered boar after Nov 10 can be sold. The gilt must be vaccinated for cholera by any accepted treat- a graduate of Lampeter-Strasburg High School, was on the 4-H swine team that was second in the stdte last year. In win ning the gilt, he scored out over some .56 other contestants. (LF Photo) ment. A blood test for brucellosis . must be completed 60 days before the sale. The gilts will be sold under the fair practices code now adopt ed by most of the breed associ- ations. A local auctioneer will cry the sale. GREATER PRODUCTIVITY i IS THE KEY TO PROGRESS \\ assured .top production complimented with good type to assure longevity. Breeding service is as near as your tele phone and costs so little you’ll be amazed. All this is pos sible through “Farmer Cooperation”, the test “off-the-farra tool” to assist you gain higher profits. || Artificial Breeding Cooperative H pP. O. Box 254 Lancaster, Pa. Phone EXpress p IHH CIUNiIJ i »0»* ‘/gj " -‘ /* lit j|b ""“""X r W*. tijj} »(^lllii ,l »> ■Vi is I« v fill** ?T«lli I 1 Through Proven Sires The ALWAYS A CHOICE OF SIRES WITH S. P. A. B. C. Southeastern Penna. tandard&Jitaoposecl For Christmas Ti'ees . At the request of the National Christmas Tree Growers Assn, and several state associations, the U. S. Standards for Christmas trees have been developed and proposed by the USDa. The proposed standards, as pub lished in the July 27 issue of the Federal Register, provide for three" grades of trees to be known, as U S Piemium, U. S. No. 1 or U S. No 2 depending on the den sity, taper, balance, freshness and freedom from tree deformities. Dead Animals Removed Promptly Will Pay Full Value For Dead Animals Dealers in Bones, Tallow and Hides FRY’S RENDERING WORKS Prop., John Fry 2114 Hollinger RD. Lancaster Ph. EX 2-4815 Tell Charges Accepted * «* i n
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