TOMATO PACKING and harvesting in the Washington Boro area is petting into full swing now. Shown here is part of the pack ing line readying the stake grown tomatoes for shipment. The quality of the crop this Prevent Mildew Damage to Fabrics • Persistent dampness carries a threat to clothing and household articles Miss Bernice J. Tharp, NOW KILL FLIES AND SAVE BY USING . Dow Korian Gives Fly Control from four to six weeks Geigy Diazinon Gives' Fly Control _ in barns from four to six weeks! Dipterex Bayer (LI 3/59) Is a fine blue powder use it as a bait, on barn floors DuPont Mar late 50 Rub Mai late on the back ot cows. 1 handful per animal Blue Ball Jacob B Zimmerman Bareville Martin’s Hardware Denver Denver Supply Co, Paul H. Gehman Allen A. Mats Elizabethtown Farmers Supply, Inc. Kaj lor Bros , R D t 1 Ephrata Farmersville Equipment Co > R. D. 42 Martin’s Feed Mill, R D. »'3 C P. Wenger & Sons Florin Hess Bros, Mumma’s Hardware 736 - 38 E. Chestnut St.. Lancaster. Ph. EX 3-2210 or VJ extension clothing specialist of the Pennsylvania State University says the best way to fight mildew is with preventive measures Mildew thrives m damp, warm, dark unventilated places Before storing ai tides be sure they are • • Get Your Supply at these Dealers Gap Summer Bros, Hardware Intel course Charles B. Hoober Khkwood L. H Jackson Myer’s Store Lancaster Lancaster County Farm Bureau Lincoln J. E. Galen, Hardware Lititz Eby’s Mill, Inc. Manheim Cassel’s Mill, Inc, R. D. #1 N. G Hershey & Son Millersville Millersvilla Supply Co Mountville Kauffman Bros, J. C. EHRLICH CO. Distributor +t ’**’ year is termed very good. However a sud den spell of hot weather following the current rains cculd cause severe cracking (LF Photo) B B fl • Ehrlich's Livestock Spray R-l 1 wet hairs on animals once daily • Ortho Fly Killer Dry Bait Just scatter thinly by hand on floors. thoroughly dry and store in a dry place Never leave dampened clothes rolled up for too long a time This practice encourages mildew If ironing must be de layed unroll the clothes and let them dry, then dampen again (OS Peach Bottom C E Wiley & Son Quarryville Conestoga Farm Service R D. #2 Musser’s Mill, R D. Ross H Rohrer & Sons Ronks Lester A Singer Schoeneck Brehm & Enck Stevens Snader’s Mill, Alt' Airy Strasburg Homsher’s Mill Washington Boro Ament’s Hardware, West Willow West Willow Farmers Assn, Inc. Willow Street Dombach Bros. 3-2489 Lancaster Farming, Friday, July 18, 1958—7 Governor Convenes Dairy Farm Health Inspection Committee Governor Georgs Leader, meet- ing Monday with the newly cre ated Governor's Commitee on Health Inspection of Dairy Farms, said that “one of the main problems in milk market ing is tha number of Federal, state, and local governments in volved in milk regulation.” The Committee, meeting for the first time, is composed of the following men appointed by the Governor Dr. Charles Livak, Chairman,, Penn Dames, York; Dr. Henry Alberts, Allegheny County health department, Pitts burgh; Dr. C. W. Selemeyar, Lan caster board of health; Dr M» A. Shiffman Philadelphia health de partment, Philadelphia; Dr Earl Cook, quality control laboratory, Philadelphia; Paul Anthony, StrausstoWn; Leßoy Light, Coeh ranville; William Howard, Wyal usmg; Georg eStaele, Pocopson, J Mark Robinson, Tunkhannock, Dr Roy Davenport, Supplee Wills Jones, Philadelphia; Henry Geismger, Pennsylvania Assn of Milk Dealers, Harris burg; Edward Glass, Suncrest and Mowrer Dames, Bethlehem, Karl Mason, Pennsylvania De partment of Health, and Paul Richards, P ennsylvania Depart ment of Agriculture ‘‘As an eample of the number of government agencies involved in milk regulation,” Gov Leader said, “When I began this pro gram to put milk vending ma chines into State buildings I found that threxe separate de partments of state government were involved besides the De partment of Agriculture and the Pennsylvania Milk Conti ol Com mission ’ The governor said that more than 6,000 letters have already been sent out to industry, schools and community centers through-! out the Commonwealth, urging the use of milk vending ma-' chines I He told the committee that (fatten from GREIDER LEGHORN FARMS, Inc. Keeping Hens Laying in Hot Weather 1. Put lights on hens from midnight on. This H allows them to eat early in the cool part of the :: morning. Be sure there is plenty of fresh feed avail- \\ able in hoppers early in the morning, even if it means :: filling the hoppers m the evening. I would not recommend lights on laying pullets at this time of H year as it may affect production later on. 2 On yearling hens, if an all-mash program is be ing used, feed consumption can be mci eased by ||, switching to an all-crumble or all-pellet program. || 7 liens became lazy in hot weather and can eat more Hi with less effort. :: 3. If you have a pen that gets exceptionally hot due to no insulation under the roof, ti\ white washing -si the roof. Ordmarly the white wash will last over IV most of the hot weather, and you'll be surprised at the difference it’ll make. 4 Fans reallv pay off Use large capacity fans and j|> mount them so they blow into the pen A thermostat IV can be used to stop fans if weather suddenly gets too U l cool at night. 5 Check for lice and mites Lice and hot weather ::i can wreck a good flock of layers. ;| l Manv poultrvmen have told us that Greider leg- H horns hold up better than most other strains in hot weather. This ability has also been shown in egg ;: r laving tests. Whv don’t you try a flock of Greider :r leghorns and see for yourself ;: J Greider Leghorn Farina Inc. Ph me OL 32455 Mt. Joy, R. 1. Pa. with the cooperation of the fed- eral government, steady effort by a special task force in the De partment of Public Instruction, and the help of local school boards, the school milk program has more than doubled “During the 1957-58 school year,” Leader said, “some 90 million half pints of milk were! consumed in Pennsylvania! schools, compared with 40 mil-! lion during tne 1954-55 school! year.' j i>/ ‘ '"v FOR ANY FARM PURPOSE MADE THE FARMER’S WAY Lancaster Production L Credit Ass’n. SI!/ 411 W. Roseville Rd. Lancaster, Pa. r Ph. Lane. EX 3-3921 Tips On
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