•■‘*sr’7~:rz. ij-. r Farm Equipment FOR SALE Massey Fergu son 50, slightly used, W D with 45, C A tractor; and Ford Tractor plow and culti vator New Idea tractor, man ure spreader Snavely’s Farm Service, New Holland, Ph EL 4-2214 FARM VENT-O-MATIC Air Conditioner. Keep floor litter DRY increase capacity, auto matic ventilation Engineered by Hiestand, Inc , Marietta, Ph HA 6-9301. Welder & generator combin ation PTO $450 180 amp AC welders $l6l H'estand, Inc RD 1, Marietta, Pa Phone HA 6-9301. Mail Box Market FOR RENT Nice cottage, partly furnished Call Butlei 4-4822, Mrs Oscar J Erb R D 1, Pequea, Pa FOR SALE One oil heater, good condition, heats 4 rooms Cheap Mary A Robinson, Conestoga R D 2 Pa FOR SALE Cairots 65c pci bu , Cabbage, SI 00 per bu , wh-le supply lasts Aaion Wengci, Bareville, Pa, 3 i mi N of Bareville Poultry & Supplies VANTRESS ARBOR ACRE broiler chicks available in Januaiy Greidci Leghorn Farm Phone Mt Joy, OL 3-2455 Lost LOST 1000 lb Hereford Steer between Chustiana and Nine Points Call Atglcn LY 3-5310, or write to B F Stoltzfus, RD 1, Christiana Household Goods FOR SALE Used gas stoves, good condition, prices low to =cll At town store, Ward Bottle Gas, 25 S State St, Ephiata, Pa Mlscellaneous FOR SALE New and recon ditioned, hand or elect! ic ad ding machines at low prices Guaianteed Also office safe suitable for a home Will de liver W L Zimmerman & Sons, Intel course, Pa WANTED Old barn pigeons any amount Will pay 25 cents each Delivered to Earl Shirk Baiovi'lc, Pa LeoLt OL 6-7517 FOR SALE 112 acre faim on Route 15 55 acies tillable Colonial 9 loom house Conv vomenccs $7OOO Oscar Sher man, Representative, West’s Farm Agency, Mansfield. Pa Classified Advertising Rates Use This Handy Chait To , Figuic Youi Cost Words (I) Issue 20 (Mm ) SI 00 21 1 05 22 1 10 23 1 1 5 24 1 20 1 25 KEYED ADS (Ads with .i.iswoi coming to a Bov Number c o Lancaslci Faun- , mg) 25c addit'onal Ads limning 3 or moic j consecutive times with no change billed at 4c per 1 woid each time with 80c 1 minimum 1 Send copy to the Class ified Adveitising Dept, , LANCASTER FARM ING. P O Box 1524, ’ Lancaster, Pa DEADLINE Wednesday mom ng of each week s pub -I'cation Positively no ads accepted alter noon Wednes day Classified Ads Endrin Known Dangerous To All Fish Two Commonwealth agen cies warned orcharchsts to day that careless use of a pesticide known as “Endrin” could cause widespread kil lings of fish The warning was contain ed in a statement issued by William Voight, Jr , execu tive director of the Pennsyl vania Fish Commission, and Secretary of Agriculture William L Henning The statement said “Endrin is one of the most powerful of known pesti cides Research has shown that a concentration in wa ter as small as four parts per billion will kill fish ‘ This poison has been us ed for a number of years, and is registered for use in Pennsylvania, for killing or chaid mice and other pests Manufacturer’s labels urge extreme care in handling and applying this pesticide “We are irdormed by com petent research specialists that the killing component or compounds in Endnn do not break down and dissi pate Their effects are pro gressive and cumulative Therefore, unlike many other lethal-to-fish substanc es that disappear as a result of the normal body functions of a fish, Endnn is stable It accumulates in the fish liver and can be isolated and iden tified through simple labora tory tests "Endnn is a contact pois on, not something that ani mals must chew In view ol this, users should take the utmost precautions to protect themselves After using En dnn, farmeis should wash their hands and any soiled clothing thoroughly “This is the time of year when orchardists customan- "Also Bail Bond Service * BUHRMANS CONVENIENT - ONE PRICE PARKING LOTS IN LANCASTER Opposite Brunswick Hotel Opposite Post Ofiice Chestnut 4 Queen Streets West Chestnut Street Next to Western Auto and New Weber Hotel East King Street Noiman A. Buhrman, 228 N. Duke St. ‘ Aiso Bail Bond Seivice' F R E E! Lancaster Farming will receive FREE one advertisement each month in our Mail Box Market Subscribers using the MAIL BOX MARKET will be governed by the following rules Limit tout advertisement to fi\c lines, which moans, not o\ ei 25 w ords All ad\ ertiscmcnts must be m our hands in Mon da\ 6 P 1M oi same will be held o\cr loi ne\t w'cck's paper Onl\ one ad\ ci tisement each month No business od\ ei .iscmcnts accepted loi this column You arc allowed to urn the advertisement one time Send m no duplication Please mail all advertisements care of LANCASTER FARMING MAIL BOX MARKET P. O. BOX 1524, LANCASTER. PA. (3) Issue*- $2 40 1 2 52 | 2 64 1 2 76 | 1 O ■» J. oo 3 00 ly spray for mice It also is a time when it will be rela tively easy for ’the poison to reach and pollute streams Endnn is best applied be fore the ground freezes be cause it is less likely to re sult m excessive run-off “Unless the utmost care and caution are taken, fish in large numbers could be killed Both Clean Streams Act and the Fish Code pre vent polluting the waters of Pennsylvania and provide penalties for violation.” Voight said fish wardens have been alerted to the dangers of Endnn and m stiucted to visit personally as many orchardists as pos sible to advise them of the hazards ' * -V A man whose normal wei ght is 150 pounds would weigh about 50 pounds if all the water in his system were dried up Classified Display Stanley H. Deiter Auctioneer And Appraiser LAMPETER Ph. Lancaster EX4-179S " For Service Call twwn»m aw BUUer 4-4592 PAUL H. HERR |*|rjgHftj Holtwood, Pa. The BADGE of { SERVICE j PROFITABLE BREEDING IF William H. Walker Phone ST 6-2395 Nelson P. Kreider Phone OV 7-6214 CHAIN SAW SERVICE CENTER New & Used Snavely's Farm Service NEW HOLLAND EL 4-2214 DEAD ANIMALS jj REMOVED PROMPTLY § Will Pay Full Value H For Dead Animals fi Dealers in Bones, Tallow 11 and Hides l| FRY'S RENDERING 1 WORKS | Prop., John Fry jj 2114 Hollinger RD. || Lancaster | Ph. EX 2-4815 If No Answer ij Phone EX 7-0472 }| Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, December 27, 1958 State s '5B Crop Output Up $43-mil(ion Over 57 Harrisburg—Value of Pennsylvania’s principal crops duung 1958 is rcpoitcd by the State Department of Agi'- culture at 5317 million, a 16 per cent increase over the 1957 valuation of 5>274 million. Nearly all of the Commonwealth’s major crops, except potatoes and apples, recorded an increase in value of pro duction, according to the Pennsylvania Ciop Rcpoitmg Sei vice Corn production was val ued at SI 03 million and spearheaded the State’s in crease with a gain of 526 million over the previous year All hay output was valued at ‘■>lol million and dollarwise was the second most important crop in the Keystone State Farm value of tobacco rose 65 per cent above the 1957 value and was the largest percentage mcieasc registei ed by any of the major crops "The increase in farm \ al uc this year is mainly the re sult of the record high yields of most of the maior crops ’ the Crop Reporting Service said Pennsylvania's 1958 corn production 82,202,000 bu was the largest on record and 30 per cent above the 1947-56 average Yield per acie of all corn at 65 5 bus was 17 per cent above the 56 bushel record set in 1956 The Commonwealth s 1957 wheat production hit 16,920,- bushels, an increase of 18 7 per cent over the 1957 crop wluch was the low cst on rec ord The average wheat vield of 30 bushels per acre also set a record The oats yield at 43 5 bush els exceeded the previous iccord by one bushel, while rve at 26 bushels per acre also established a new maik LIVESTOCK SALES PUBLIC SALE New and Second Hand Farm Implements WEDNESDAY JANUARY 7, 1959 At Blue Ball, Lancaster County, at the intersection o£ Routes 23 and 322. about 14 miles east of Lancaster CHy. ALL KINDS OF FARM IMPLEMENT ALSO DAIRY AND POULTRY SUPPLIES LOCUST POSTS, HAY, STRAW AND CORN Bring youi equipment in one week prior to da> of sale. Will have a man there to check in goods during that week prior to the sale. Sale to start promptly at 10 a. m. Terms by WM. Z. and PAUL Z. MARTIN PUBLIC AUCTION Tuesday, PROMPTLY AT 6:00 P. M, Shoat Sale at 8:00 P. M. Sale of Fat Bulls Sleeis Cows Calves and Hnt;s S'ockci and Feeder Stocis and Bulls Me Got Top Market Puces loi Your Livestock GIVE US A CALL HI 2-4181 Vintage Sales Stables, VINTAGE, PA. William Beam, Manager. •janaaßßßM iiimiiiiiiasiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiißßEEii New Holland Sales Stables Horse Sale Dairy Cattle and Hogs— Every Wednesday at 12:30 Beef Cattle and Calves— JOHN H. GINGRICH, Mgr. Ph. New Holland EL 4-2194 New Holland, Pa. i ■inn ■■■■■■■■■in ■■■■■■■■■■■l ■■■■■■■* Fall potato Mold at 175 hundiedweight pci acre va.-, 9 pci cent abo\ e the i ecoi d established in 1954 While total 1958 potato output at 9.5.10,000 hundredweight was 27 pei cent above last year, the yield was 10 per cent un der the 1949-56 average Pennsylvania s tobacco yield hit 1,700 pounds pei acre and equalled the iccord set two ycais ago Flay out put totaled 3 828 000 tons, 21 per cent above last yoai a low crop The State s 1958 peacn ciop—3,loo,ooo bushels exceeded last \ cai s output by 35 per cent ana equalled the Commonwealth’s record output The commeicial ap ple crop at 6,400,000 bushels was 3 per cent under 1957 Giape production totaled 25- 000 tons, 28 per cent o\ er the light crop in 1957 Light Listings For Friday Broiler Sale The Christmas-delayed auc tion at Lancaster PoulUv Exchange this week was sche dulcd too late ic - coveiagc in this weeks issue o£ Lan castci Fanning A total ot 19 lots with 37,500 birds were listed The se included 35,475 broilcis and 2150 Leghorn Fowl December 30, 1958 Every Monday at 11 A. M. Every Thursday at 12:30 11 Inc.
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