—Lancaster Farming? Saturday, M&rcH 16} 1963 •' 10 • Cottle Feeders (continued from page 1) feed cost variations to make a profit. Aloie and more small feeders in the corn belt are going to corn silage to help reduce costs, hut the latge feeders who havfe to buy most of their feed are depending on concentrates AVith the high price of hay, lie said, more therms ot eneigy can be purchased,pei dollai in vested in corn than in hay. The cheapest piece of equip ment cattle feedeis can put to is the scoop shovel, accoid nig to Lestei Bmdette, live stock specialist He said that automatic feeding equipment uill piobablv not pay for itselt it the feeder is fattening less than 100 head ot cattle at a tune With 200 to 500 head on feed, the best set up is proba bh an outside auger system, but tor over 500 head of cattle, a fence line feeding svstem with selt-unloading wagons is probably the best bet, he said, Di. William Adams, extens ion veterinarian, cautioned feedeis not to control foot rot in cattle by feeding antibiotics He recommended a foot bath of a solution of copper sulfate oi formaldehyde, or a mixture of ooppei sulfate and lime on the floor betore the bedding is put dov n. Treatment with sulfa dings is necessary in some in dividual rases, he a&id. A panel of thiee local cattle feedeis modeiated by county agent HI M. Smith discussed their individual operations Cl yde Ebhelman, Washington Boro Rl, Band Burkholder, liflitz R 3, and Eugene Esben shade, Xevv Holland all agreed that the local maiket is dem anding lightei cattle and a les ser degiee of finish than is did Irt veais ago. CHORE <fc> MASTER HI-PERFORMANCE fa TEMPO W 500 .ilk with Exclusive Tempo Design Tines ove' i yo- performance design directs every ounce of power to deeper, better faster till ing New Tempo Design Tines change from “pick" action for ground break ing to 'sheer” action for cultivating expand to 30' tilling width See a dem onstration of «|( the labor saving fea tures today l Full 1 Yemr Warranty Fay ms ymu Gr*wl See Hie l')«;5 Alortels ol Tillers .it (.Kliments at Ij. H. Unt il.ikei’s Spun;; Op<“ii House r l limsd,n .ittcinoon and eten inn, M.mh 21 at the latit/ stoii* .mil I<ii(l,ii, M.iiili 22 at l,.m< aster Stoic, L. H. Brubaker S(iasl»ur«; Pike J,.iii(.isi<‘c ami latit/;, Pa. 307-51 7‘l - 087-GOO3 - «2«-77«G • Soil Conservation (Continued from Pago 1) and Hugh Scott, and Represen tative Paul B. Dague. Directors voted to change the time of the meeting witli lo cal township supervisors from April 8 to April 15. The meet ing will be held in the Produc tion Credit building, Roseville Road at S p m. John Herr, county Agncul tuie and Stabilization Commit tee member, urged farmers to sign up for soil conservation piactices as soon as possible. “Requests foi seeding and othei tempoiary practices have been coming in at a high rate due to last summer’s drough”, he said Last year .the commit tee exhausted its available fun ds, and Herr suggested that any farmer planning permanent practices with ASC funds sho uld make his needs known be fore the funds are assigned tins year Last year some $25,000 m ASC funds went to other counties because they weie not requested early enough. Richard Hoover, Lancaster County Farmers Home Admin istration, reported that some 32% of FHA—barrowers are So il Conservation Dist. coopera tors when they apply for loans, but over 62% of all barrowers are cooperators before the loans are repaid. In other business, diiectors approved three new farmer-co operators requesting free as sistance in conservation plans for their farms. They were Earl D. Hurst, Lititz R 3, 92 acres; Robert F. Shearer, Mount Joy Rl, 65 ac i es, and Paul E. Garber, Mount Joy Rl, 113 acres. Five agreements, totaling 457 acres, were cancelled, mai nly because of farm sales. Protect Cow s When the March winds blow watch those open doors, broken windows and large cracks in the dairy barn Joe Taylor, Penn State extension dairy specialist, explains that drafts chill the udders of high-prod ucmg cows and mastitis often lesults. Inflation can be quickly de fined as a drop in the buck. ~<* ft .S' 1 • Medicated For Your Added Protection Come In and See Us Next Time You're In Town Joseph M. Good & Sons LEOLA QUAREYVILLE ; -..a,., Witmer Fifth In PETERBOROUGH, N. H. Th'e Registered Guernsey dairy herd owned by Raymond F. & Louise A. Witmer, Penn Del Farm, Willow Street, R 1 was Fifth in United States in the combined Herd Improvement Registry Dairy Held Impro vement Registry average dur ing 19 62 tor Guernsey herds with 30,100 records American Guernsey Cattle Club figures reveal that Penn Del Farm Guernsey heard last yeai aveiaged 12,411 pounds of milk and G2l pounds of fat, 305-2 X M. E for 62'eows. There were SS7 herds on Herd Improvement Registry and Dairy Herd Improvement Registiy last year with a total of 42,143 cows. Money may not go as far as it once -did, but it goes a lot faster. FARNAM ROPE-WICK Fully Automatic Cattle Oiler As lon as .$34.75 3% discount tor cash Insect, for use in oiler’s Kotenov “Triple XXX” 1 sal. to 20 sal. fuel oil $12.13 gal. or $4.00 qt. See them at the follow mg sale’s Fills K. Martin, March 18, 1903 along 322 Edwin X. Zimmerman, March 19, along road leading from Hinkletown to Farmers’! illo ZIMMERMAN’S ANIMAL HEALTH SUPPLIES Ijitit/, R-t, iVoodcomcr, Pa. ' Basler, Cattle Gentl-izer . Pharmaceuticals Yet-lnstruments Mastitis Treatment Remedies REDCOMB start and sturdy growth that means more profits later by feeding RED COMB CHICK STARTER. Highly palatable, nutritionally correct and uniform in quality, RED COMB CHICK STARTER is your best buy for Quality Results at Low Cost., r 'rilArtrlai' . reoreanizattonniat .>the iitSFU I ulill valClUlar - Farm" "Bureau Cooperative UC (Continued rrom rage 1) building, Dillervllle Hoad. • *“'• Mar. 21 7:30 p.m. Coun- Mar.-22 —lO a.m. County ty FFA sports tournament Farm and Home Planning finals at Manheim Central session at the Farm Bureau High School. Cooperative building, Diller -7:30 p.m. Manheim You- ville Road. ng Farmers class at Man- 6:30 p.m. Pequea Valley helm Central High School. FFA parent and son banquet Subject, liquid fertilizer. in the Pequea Valley High 7.30 p.m. -—County Agricu- School. t ‘ Iture Council reorgamza- Mar. 23 all day Science lion at the Production Cred- Open House for high school it building. Roseville Road. students at the Pennsylvania 8 p.m. 4-H Leaders conn- State University. All-Jo mwß Brisk New It’s here—a new 2-3 plow all-purpose tractor with greater flexibility than ever. sharp new styling, bright new colors of meadow green and clover white, new starting safety switch, new twin-dial instruments. All are yours in the, new Oliver 550. But that’s just a start. You get the most modem utility-tractor features of all. Your new 550 feels its own way, goes from position to draft control automatically. Your choice of a gasoline or diesel engine, Powerjuster wheels, power steering, Inde* 1 pendently Controlled PTO. You get six forward speeds, double-disc brakes} a rubber spring seat —all at no extra cost. See the new 550 soon. Feel its extra eagerness, its quick,) smooth response to every touch. N. G. Hershey & Son Manheim, R. D. 1 Farmersville Equipment Co. Ephrata, R. D. 2 ■ags l*h. S' yv* Chas. J. McComsey & Sons Hickory Hill, P*. • ♦ w
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