*aj -- ’ ; i - tj, ,rr v EGG PRODIICEM: For An Autumn Treat The Golden Goodness FRESH EGGS Help to tell this stpry and help yourself and your industry to a greater future. EAT ** A* SELL EGGS For more efficient layer feeds, "FINEST SERVICE ANYWHERE " EARLY BIRD FEEDS v Y 7/ 10K Jid; t* v, .joul*'ro l 3JooJ'B9vi *aj Jv i> \ «; u q il.fr ,jsail*»au. •i.ifi mo-, ?di „ r ?*n, _ w ' «, r k f *M &Si.k £**'**, of Pennsylvania PRODUCE EGGS lower production costs and - Cta> ’ ' -a a* * t m - Enjoy And try Bushong, Inc. ? _i \f Miller & Rohrerstown, Pa. Ph. Lancaster 3&2-2145 * -»'■> i . } fj 1 ll Lancaster Farming, October 12, 1963—! State Oats Crop Is Better Than Early Estimates HARRISBURG Pennsyl vania’s surprising oats crop stumped the experts tins year. In June, the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service fore cast a record yield of 48 hush els per acre, and a month la ter they revised the figure up ward to 50 bushels Today the PCRS said late harvest reports indicate the yield will hit a whopping 54 bushels per acre average. That tops the previous record of 47 bushels, set in 1961, by 15 per cent. Some farmers reported phen omenal yields of 100 bushels an acre, according to Dewey O. Boster, chief of the State Agriculture Department’s Crop Reporting Service. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” one crop reporter commented. Total yield is estimated at 3'2 million bushels, a 25 per cent increase over last year, Boster said. Prepared by American Foundation far Animal Health At a time when the nationwide effort.-to- eradicate--bog cholera should be picking up momentum, there are signs that some ground may actually have been lost in one of the key points of the pro* gram. That key point is vaccination.' Authorities agree that at least 75 per cent of the nation’s swine need to be vacc'nated, to provide a solid wall of immunity against cholera, our No. 1 hog ln With fall outbreak season for hog clv-loi a i •> r 4 ahead, every he»d shon.l Le vacci nated NO»V. 1961 choi*-, a vaccinations reached >nly 4 > i er cent E en "o. .e lucre now is a seri iu-. indication that vaccinations ■cuaily decreased in 1962. This i serious It has been estimated that hog ■holeia costs the farmers of this ■ountry about SGO million each 'ear That figures at about $1 for 'very head of swine in the nation. But, farmers who lose pigs to iholera will suffer far greater osses A recent study showed hat the loss of 100 pigs at 100 lounds would amount to about 875 in feed alone Yet those hogs •ould be protected through vac mation for about one-tenth the oss figure. There are many factors to be aken into consideration if the de ■ired solid immunity is to be ichieved It is important to have '©gs vaccinated at the right time, villi the right type of vaccine and vhen pigs are in proper condition. T'or this reason, it is important o have a veterinarian check the erd before vaccination; and It s also best to leave it up to the etermarian to detei mine the best vpe of vaccine to use under the nrcumstances. Unfortunately, many farmers iave become content to gamble vith cholera because they have gotten by for a few years without >n outbreak. Actually this makes ’O more sense than cancelling a ire insurance policy because there iave been, no fires on the farm, better have them vaccinated be ore fall outbreaks start, and be <afe! 5
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