—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. February 10. 1962 16 Auction Building Penn State Has Largest Of Kind Short Course In In Eastern U.S. 'SR*'***' week with the pouring of Northeastern section of the footers for the Garden Spot Umted States will be con . Equipment Auction building, ver g in g on the Pennsylvania said by its builders to be the state University, March 20 first of its kind in the eastern an( j 21, for a concentrated part of the United States, course on all phases of bre- Construction of the large eding of purebred beef cat concrete block building, to tie, sheep, swine and horses, be located on a 22 acre tract First day’s instruction will along the northern edge of consist of basic' breeding Lincoln, is expected to be facts. Genetic principles will completed by late March or be discussed, and suggestions Early April. given as to how they can be The proprietors, Chester K. a Pbbed. Production records, Long, Akron, J Omar Lan- pedigrees, and show ring dis, and Jacob H. Ruhl, both r^cord ® Wll l als ? be c ° nslder of Manheim, purchased five “J. tbe development of a acres of the lot from J. Hen- b "j?&ng prog ™?, ry Hummer of Lincoln, while ° f . p^b^ d bv .f^ , J ~ is of vast importance it wiU ttie remainder was bought be the subje< £ of a panel at from Mrs. Lizzie Kline, also an evening J banquet . of Lincoln. During the second day’s The auction will offer new sess i on those enrolled will an d used farm and industrial a ttend individual sessions on equipment, tools, hay and breeding of different kinds straw About 25 persons will Q f livestock according to be employed on sales day, their interests. They will initially scheduled to be held ma ke their choice from ses once a month, it was report- sions on horses, sheep, swine ed. The structure will also or beef cattle The entire contain a restaurant and of- day will be devoted to the fice. further developmnt and ap- Ruhl is part owner of the plication of breeding princi- Manheim Auto Auction. Both pies and practices for each Landis and Long are auction- specific type of livestock list eers ed • The nearest auction' of this Any individual 16 years type is'reported to be in age or older is eligible Archibald Ohio to attend The registration J fee for the course is $lO for wttct r-&T ’ Pennsylvania residents and MUST EAT $l5 for non-residents If hens go on an egg pro- p or further information duction slump they ve prob- anc j application blanks write ably lost interest m feed. Director of Short Courses, says F H Leuschner, Penn college of Agriculture, The State extension poultry spec- Pennsylvania State Umver ialist. He suggests one way sl t y , Room 211 Armsby to increase feed consumption Building, University Park, Pa is to furnish mash in a dif- ferent and appealing form. People die physically be- Simplest way is to feed pel- cause of lack of food; they lets, but wet mash also is die mentally, due to lack of appetizing to the birds. ideas. HI'S 1 Apply safety on frozen ground Ivan M Martin Tnr New Holland ELgin 4.2112 ivan iwamn, nsc. Terre Hill Hlllcrest 5 3455 BLUE BALL. PA. Gap Hickory 2-4148 ROHRER’S Can Supply These TOP Recommended Varieties • Cert. "Alfa" Alfalfa • Pennsylvania Red • Cert. Buffalo Alfalfa Clover • Cert. Du Putts Alfalfa * Pennlale o ">>" d Grass • Cert. Ranger Alfalfa • Saratoga Brome Grass • Cert. Vernal Alfalfa • Viking Trefoil • Cert. Narragansett Alfalfa • Climax Timothy • Pennscott Red Clover • Cert. Russel Oats Dekalb Corn SUDAX * Alfalfa & Red Clover available Pre-inoculated P. L ROHRER & BRO., INC. SMOKETOWN Stock Breeding ill! Phone Lane. EX 7*3539 Almost $lO Million Decline Reported By Lancaster Yards The Lancaster Union down almost 40,000'head dur Stockyards had $9,713,644 ing the year, and -this play less business during 1961 number of cattle was also than in the previous year ed a big part in the total The annual report issued dollar drop. Livestock num- Wednesday shows the vol- declined from 412,253 ume of business to -±>e the head in 1960 to 372,000 head least in ten years. * ast y ear - Receipts in 1961 totaled This marked the second $51,314,479 compared with consecutive year the 5t0ck 561,028,123 for 1960. yards showed a decline. The . . . 1959 report showed a total BEES ENDURE COLD caster^SvSock 0 " ° f ~ * 69 ’ 562 ’ 238 in receipts Bees can take good care of said two main factors were themselves in cold weather responsible for the drop in There will be 323 eggs, 7if they are provided enough dollar volume. First, he said pounds of turkey,, and 25 food says William Clarke, Jr. there was a deflated .cattle pounds of ready -to - cook Penn State extension apicul market during the year with broilers for every man, worn- turist. Some wind protection fat cattle prices down to a an, and child in this country is helpful in conserving food point where they were about in 1962. That’s an estimate and in saving the brood in $25 lower per steer. This a- from the Economics Research early spring. Don’t worry a lone would account for more Service of the U. S. Depart- bout snow on the hives; it’s than a $5 million drop. The ment of Agriculture. good insulation. YOU'LL DO BETTER . . . STARTING PULLETS EARLY BIRD Recent pullet'growing records of last Fall on our own and customers' following factors. AGES RANGED FROM 140 to 152 DAYS LBS. FEED CONSUMED PER BIRD RANGED FROM 16 LBS. (Some outstanding growers had feed costs as low as 67.65 cents at 23 weeks.) PERCENTAGES FIT TO HOUSE ON THESE FLOCKS AVERAGED 94.8% LET US HELP WITH YOUR REPLACEMENT PROGRAM For the finest poultry service anywhere, contact your Miller & Bushong Representative ' or call Lancaster EXpress 2-2145. "Hsf w - Miller & Bushong, Inc. ROHRERSTOWN, PA. Manufacturers of Poultry and Livestock Feed Since 1875 TO 19.1 LBS. ON farms CO Phone Lancaster EX 2-2145 compared to the slightly ov er $6l million*in 1960. Here is how business during' the nine previous years com pares with the current re port; 1960— 561,028,123 1959— 569,562,238 1958— 564,992,279 1957— 558,620,136 1956— 554,187,873 1955— 556,760,980 1954— 560,056,424 1953— 558,124,792 1952— 587,589,128 indicated the Hel?
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