14—Lancaster Farming, Fridi Dairy Production Set New Record During 1957 Although poor pastures (hamp ered dauy cattle through much of las4A um n>er the state’s dairy cows established a new 12 month re cord production with 6,548 mil llion pounds of milk According to the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service, 1957 pro duction exceeded by 2 million pounds the output for 1956. Milk production last December jumped to 527 million pounds,, 38 million pounds more than for the same period in 1956 when rain damaged roughage had to be fed. Suiveys show most Pennsyl vania dairymen used quality hay during the late months of 1957. Farmers m drought-stricken Southeastern counties obtained supplies from surplus areas. The higher quality feed used in Pennsylvania dairy herds m Dec ember was reflected in production per cow, the same as in November 1957. In addition to using better quality feeds milder weather in December enabled some cattle to stay on pasture as late as Christ mas Day. tiVS\SV%SNV\\W\V\\\\\V\\V\V\\\VS\\V\\\\\V\V\VV I JOHN DEERE DAY I £ MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17 | lO AM TO 3:30 PM p I LANDIS BROS. f I MANHEIM PIKE LANCASTER > y ' !,\\\\\\\VtVCVN\V\\V\\\\XVWV\\V\\XS\\\\WtXVWs Du ml Front Whoals •' Xrl Singlo Float Whoal Before you buy,,,see us and tompare! Denver Elizabethtown Farmers Supply Inc. Ph. EM 7-1341 Haverstick Bros. Columbia Pike Conestoga Farm Service 4jfiarryvlUe iy, Feb. 14, 1958 2 SPABC Bulls Given Awards By Associations Osborndale Sir Ty Vic Forbes, owned by Southeastern Pennsyl vania Artificial Breeding Coop., Lancaster, has been designated a Gold Medal Sire the highest recognition a Holstein sire can recive by the Holstein-Fnesian Assn of America. Admittance to the super-select Gold Medal Sire circle is limited to those Holstein bulls with daughters meeting exceptionally high standards of both milk pro duction and body conformation. Pinebrook Hiboy, registered Guernsey bull, owned by the co operative, has become a Sum marized Sire according to the American Guernsey Cattle Club. To attain this distinction, a bull must (have at least 10 daughters with official produtcion records. “Hiboy”, has 49 tested daugh ters that have made 86 official records. Their average production is 8,729 pounds of milk and 446 pounds of fat, when converted to a twice-daily milking, 305-day, mature equivalent basis. FORD CROP TRAC Here’s new power, efficiency and conven ience-tailored to your own particular row crop requirements. Available in the big capacity Powermaster which will pull a 4-bottom plrw in many soils, and the low cost, versatile 2-3 plow Work master series, both with your choice of front end options. All models have power steering as standard equipment. Easy credit terms available. Sander Bros. || New Holland Ph. EL. 4-8721 Allen H. Matz Lancaster Ph. EX 2-5722 Ph. AN 7-6502 Ph. ST 6-2597 Honey is awfully sticky if you spill it. Large producers are likely to have facilities for handling big quantities, but small producers sometimes get themselves into messes for want of suitable equip ment, says E. J. Anderson, Agri cultural Experiment Station Api arist at Pennsylvania State Uni versity. For this reason, Anderson has designed a many-purpose, stam ■les-steel tank for use in preparing limited quantities of honey for market. An electric unit in a wa ter-filled jacket m the bottom of the tank provides heat for liqui fying the honey. Egg Producers Told 1958 Looks Best Since 195 T At a meeting for Lancaster County poultrymen, at the Mem orial Bldg, Leola, Dr. J. M. Snyder, a poultry specialist for the Beacon Milling Co., Cayuga, N. Y., told farmers that the out look for egg producers in 1958 was the best it had been since 1953 Dr. Snyder explained that for the years 1950 thru 1956 poultry men had only managed to break even after paying themselves a reasonable labor income. The specialist predicted that produc ers would make a profit of 4 cents per dozen eggs for the 1958 production year. The past few years have been -so harsh on egg producers, Dr. Snyder explained, that there does not seem to be much enthusiasm for chick place ments this winter. He advised farmers that winter chicks gen erally were the most profitable since they come into production when egg prices are relatively high. DR. SNYDER TOLD the group that winter-reared, confinement birds did fully as well as the range-reared birds started in the spring. However, more attention must be given to the details of good management. He told them that confinement rearing had a number of advantages including; (1) Less 'labor is needed. (2) Less land is required. (3) Con finement rearing cuts losses from predators. (4) The poultryman can keep a better check on the performance of his confinement birds since he can observe them more readily. The specialist cautioned his audience that care must be taken to provide the confinement-reared birds with plenty of fresh air. He told of experimental work con ducted at the University of Con necticut in which they found that birds getting insufficient fresh air became victims of Chronic Respiratory Disease. A well venti lated poultry house, he sad, is more acceptable to the poultry man too, because the litter is kept in better condition and there are nc offensive ammonia fumes. DR, SNYDER TOLD the Lan caster poultrymen that the all mash feeding program was recom mended in preference to the com bination of mash and grain. This The tank has a capacity of three 6u pound cans or 180 to 200 pounds of strained honey. Honey, liquified in the tank at 140 degrees Fahrenheit and pas teurized at 156 degrees, turns dark and develops strong flavors at higher temperatures. The tank is a great aid in bottling honey and may be used to liquify crys talized honey either in cans or bottles. With the tank, extracted honey may be preheated before seed honey is added in making a creamed product. Or the honey may be heated m the tank before or after bottling to prevent crys- program is more advantageeous, he said, because each bird is as sured of a completely balanced diet. He added that the all-mash program saved labor, especially for those poultrymen using auto matic feeders, and that in using the all-mash program it was much easier to switch to a complete, medicated feed. The scientist warned his audi ence against indiscriminate over medication of poultry. He said that certain medications, such as the continuous feeding of a coc cidiostatic agent in the mash until the birds were 12 to 16 weeks of age, had proved highly practical and very effective. Moore Farms Produce 6,000,000 Chicks Yearly From America’s Most Popular Breeders Yantress - Arbor Acres Cross ■ VV-dvD-UiSS Si/ Chas. Vantress Farms, Ga. Hansen’s Leghorn City (H.L.C.), Wash. Moore Farms No. 58 White Leghorn Strain Cross We hatch Leghorns every week in the year. Write or call for prices and catalog 780 Eden Rd. Lane. Ph. EX 3-3882 lallization, Plans for making a tank of this kind may be obtained from And erson on request. Beekeepers will have to call on their local tin smith for aid in making the tank. 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 Bollinger RD. ' Lancaster Ph. EX 2-4815 Toll Charges Accepted 'OIQ- Arbor Acres Farm, ■/% \ criss cross ©\ a ,K i sixty I j-y ' J HANSENS LEGHORN CITY % Conn. V "
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