Stock survey Is Begun A semi-annual survey was underway today to determine livestock and poultry numbers on Pennsylvania farms. Aural and star route mail carriers are distributing 26,- 000 cards at random to farm ers throughout the state. The farmers are asked to report the number of cattle, milk cows, hogs, sheep and chickens, and to return the cards pro mptly to the carrier The survey is conducted twice a year by the U S and Pennsylvania Departments of Agriculture in cooperation vuth the U S Post Office Depart ment Information gathered in DAIRYMEN No Expensive Green Pastures Dairy Pellets Ask one of our Dairy Specialists to explain our Dairy Program to you and then give it Performance is the key You will be satisfied. for offlCial ; ‘'estiniates of' live stock and l ‘poultry in tlie state and nratidnu'mD'etiailed results will be available an February. Pennsylvania fanners in the past have led the nation in the number of cards returned and in percentage of participa tion-. Dig Gladiolus Conns Leave gladiolus bulbs in ground until just before hard freezing weather, advises A O Rasmussen, Penn State ex taision ornamental horticul turist Burn tops if they ate diseased or infected with in sects Leave conns outdoors in small trays todry before cur-, mg After a few weeks stole in a cool, dry cellar or Additives Needed when you feed your cows Important components such as: Trace minerals Vitamins Reproductive capacity are all built into one quality feed GREEN PASTURES DAIRY PELLETS a good Sry. to low cost. FINEST SERVICE ANYWHERE! Com Crop EstiriialesDown Latest estimates on the com monwealth’s 1963 corn crop, hit by summer drought and untimely spring and autumn frosts, have revised the yield downward to 43.7 million bushels, the.Rennsylvama Crop Reporting Service said today. The total is 3 7 million bush els less than the October 1 forecast, and 1 per cent below last y ear’s poor crop of 44 1 million bushels. Extremely dry weather in October hindered growth of grasses and fall sown grains In some areas, wheat sown in September did not sprout un- Specialty Feeds cr> a Miller & Bushong, Inc ROHRERSTOWN, PA. Ph. Lancaster 392-2145 >aiutai WngrSfi til aided by late October rains. Estimates of the potato and tobacco yields on November 1 were unchanged from a month earlier. The PCRS noted, how ever, that late tobacco is not cubing so fast as usual in sheds because of unfavorable drying weather. Experience Is what keeps a man who makes the same mis take twice from admitting it the third time around Teiry McCormick PATZ Sales & Service Barn Cleaners - Silo Unloaders - Cattle Feeders Robert K. Rohrer Quarryville, R. D. 1 Hensel KI 8-2559 Get the BIG silo unloader value! 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