Farm Building Repair Loans Get FHA Okay The construction and repair of farm houss and other farm build ings may be financed by Farmers Home Administration loans, A ( Rudolph York, the agency’s local county supervisor, said this week He said the same kind of farm housing loan program is available as last year when American farm owners borrowed $21,300,000 to construct, improve or repair farm houses and other essential farm buildings, or to’provide water for farmstead or household use. Farmers Home Administration loans are provided only when a bank or other lender cannot ade quately serve the farm owners credit needs, at t)he present time The agency does not compete with with conventional or cooperative lenders, York said, but does sup plement the credit services sup plied by other sources Borrowers agree to repay the housing loans within the shortest time consist ent with their repayment abilities, but no loan schedule can go be yond 33 years The interest rate is four per cent Although housing loans go only to farm owners, an owner may borrow to repair or build a house or other farm buildings for his tenants or farm laborers A bor rower must be an American citi zen Any farm involved must be big enough and operated in such a way as to be considered an ad? tual farm, and it must produce a substantial part of the operator’s annual cash income. Farmers can not use farm housing bans to buy and or refinance debts. York cautioned loan applicants against starting construction work or incurring debts- for workf or materials before their loans are closed, if they expect to obtain their financing through the Farm ers Home Administration Farmers buy their building ma terials wherever they please, usually from local dealers They obtain their building plans from any reliable source they choose. The Farmers Home Administra tion has a limited number of jilans that applicants may use if they want to. During construction, the agency makes periodic inspections to make certain that sound construc tion standards are followed. State Potato - ♦ Crop Smallest In 81 Years Pennsylvania farmers this year are harvesting the smallest pota to crop in 81 years, the State De partment of Agricultural report ed Friday Federal State surveys estimate this year’s production at 6,660,- 000 hundredweight, compared with 8,437,000 bags of 100 pounds each harvested in 1956. Poor growing conditions were said responsible for holding pro duction far below average and cnly farmers m northern counties anticipate good crops. In south ern counties many farmers claim sizes -of pota oes are too small for U S. No. 1 grades. Potato production in 1876, the year with which this year’s crop is compared, was 5,542,800 hund redweight. The Oct. 1 estimate for this year’s Fall crop at 135 hundred weight to the acre indicates a crop of ,142,000 bags. The esti mate is 20 per cent helow6 1956 production and 31 per cent under the 1949-55 average. Late Sum mer production is estimated at 518,000 hundredweight-and com pares with 731,000 bags last year. Yield per acre for the 1957 crop is estimated at 115 bags in com parison with the 170 bags harvest ed a year ago. igns of infection in an individ ual bird are not always typical of a flock’s disease, evral birds from an ailing flock should be examin ed by a veterinarian before an accurate diagnosis is possible, the American Veterinary Medical As sociation says. Safety Picking Begins Before Machine Enters Field Modern corn pickers are more heavily shielded, have larger capacities, and fewer places to grease and oil. But, says Assist ant County Agent H Wallace Cook, Jr, of West Chester, these fundamentally safer machines are not reducing the number of corn picker accidents, and the annual toll continues to increase Unclogging a running picker is the biggest single cause for pick er mishaps Adjustment of the picker to suit field conditions is essential for safe, efficient opera tion The machine must be in top running condition for full eftici encey. Before going into the field with a corn picker; Cook urges these precautions 1. Replace i worn or broken parts These include snapping lolls, husking rolls, chains, drive belts, sprockets and gears 2 Have all shields in place 3 Be sure crop is ,m condition to pick, and not too green for safe harvest. 4 Adjust picker for condition of crop and weather. 5 Have your working clothes High-Speed lay . . .''Hen-housed average 200 to 242. High Efficiency . . . High rate of feed conversion. High "1.Q." . . •. Excellent shell and interior quality. Get them all in one Package: The Mount Hope Queen. The folks who make money, good times and bad, are the ones who have lots of Big Eggs year-round, especially from July to January, when large egg premiums are highest. , Ask for circular with proof of ihete qualities FRANCHISED HATCHERY ALWAYS STOP THE corn picker before you leave the tractor seat and this will not happen to your hand Moving machinery is dangei oils' fit snugly and properly 6 Always stop the power take off before leaving the tractor seat, even though it may mean taking moie time to clean the picker. Cook concludes, “This year let’s keep our hands out of running pickers so we won’t have our hands off permanently ” This is your largest nearby Franchised Hatchery Mark C. Hershey R. D. 5, LEBANON, PA. —' New Holland Concrete Blocks New Holland Concrete Products 39 Million Birds All-Time High In NPIP Program Birds in flocks participating in the National Poultry Impiove ment Plan reached an all-time high of more than 39 million as of June 30, 1957, the U S Depart ment of Agriculture says These birds are in about 7,000 NPIP flocks thioughout the country Flock owners in 47 states are taking part in the national pro gram, sponsored by USDA Its ma jor objectives are breeding im provement and the control and eradication of poultry diseases, with specific emphasis on pull orum and typhoid The previous NPIP participa tion record was set in 1951-52, when the piogram included more f han 37 million birds in some 96,- 000 flocks with the On Rt. 222 North of Shaums Corner R. D. 2, EPHRATA, PA. Ph. RE 3-5475 Made to Stand the Test! New Holland, Pa. ELgin 4-2114 Lancaster Farming, Friday, Nov. 1, 1357 — birds represents those in flocks in which no reactors to pniloi mn oi typhoid weie iound in the quali fying test, out ot more than 40 imJlion buds in flocks officially tested tn the initial test this year 18,000 reactors were found, amounting to only 045 pci cent of birds tested, the lowest in the 22- year history of the NPIP Fully 95 per cent of the birds in paiticipatmg flocks, following the tests this year, qualified as U S. Pullotum-Typhoid Clean Commercial hatchery participa tion in the NPIP, as of June 30 this year, included a total egg capacity ot about 384 million This represents 73 pci cent of total es timated hatchery capacity in the United States—the highest per centage of paiticipation on rec oi d Eighty six per cent of the paiticipatmg hatchery capacity this year attained a U S Pul loium-Typhoid Clean classifica- This year’s recoid number of t- 10n - f&M 1-Row HUSKOR The MM I-Row Huskor gives you the right combination of husking features that really pay off in low-cost operation, cleaner fields, and cleaner husked corn. Long 53 '/2-inch snapping rolls pick fields cleaner. Five position snouts and free-floating points adjust to crop and field conditions. Eight sectional husking rolls of cast-iron and rubber busk com cleanei. Three steel-hnk gathering chains assure even, smooth-flow feeding. Um-Matic Power provides hydraulic header height control. MM I-Ro\v Snapper is also available. it will pay you to see us for all the facts on the MIA pull-behind 1-Row Huskor, MM FARM STORE fields PICKED CLEANER Corn HUSKED CLEANER ;tijnc 5
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