j r’r t ' }» iv-dirr*'nH Vli)'"'’ 1 * ununr*? 10—Lancaster Farming, Friday, November 4, 1955 indemnify Pay on Parafuberculosis Made Retroactive Di. William I Henning, btate Secretary of Agriculture, advises that dajry and beet cattle tarm ers of Pennsylvania will be paid indemnities on cattle found to be a®cted with Johne’s disease or parhtubercuiosis An official proclamation made payfnent retroactive to August 10 Federal officials in charge oi rj S. Department ot Agriculture livestock disease control work in Pennsylvania said Federal in demnities also would be paid on cattle destroyed on account ot " J dime's disease Maximum Payments Listed State and Federal indemnities the same as for tuberculin and? brucellosis cattle, a maxi mum of $3.50 per head for grade catt{e,and $5O per head for pure bred cattle. Federal payments are a maximum of $25 per head tor grades and $5O per head tor phrebreds. Jqhne’s disease is a torm ot tu-. berqulosis and in October 1948 wasl-proclaimed “an mtectious dwefee of a transmissible charac ter.’| R|lativdy few cases were re ported in the State until 1952 wheh nine animals were tound to havd- the disease, Dr. Henning said? The next year there were ll reactors and last year the total was 13. Written Authority Needed '"yhe State has paid t indemni ties jfor many years on animals condemned on account of tubercu- brucellosis through a program of control and eradica tion, Secretary Henning ex plained. Hfe said Johne’s disease, if al lowed to go unchecked, could »e -comp a major disease of cattle in the and., seriously affefd the dairy and beef cattle industries. indemnities will be paid only aftejjwritien authority to conduct a Jonnm test has been obtained by ap accredited veterinarian trom the Pennsylvania or United States Departments of Agriculture and the Animals given a positive reac lio |rto the test. ■TRI-TOWN ELECTRIC CO. GAS AND ELECTRIC ‘ APPLIANCES j S SALES * SERVICE II Electrical Contracting Ledla, Pa. Phone 6-6661 I‘Open Thur*. & Fri. ’till 9” 1 RED^ROSE 118 DAIRY FEED Aj test ration —a conditio,*- img and production ration —tthat will stand the test. Scientifically formulated from pijtfe, high quality teeding materials, to help overcome the heavy drain on the high producing cow's system. High in fat, rich in essential vifamins. Try it. Red Top Grain and Feed Co. Mount Joy, Pa. _ «w^n*y.*WfWn>l / ' l> ui 1 > < '•fii , 'b«v. r - _ Its. electrically heateci overt is ,}ugr the thing for jnaking breakfast to&st.and tVo-element too Cdn’be used tor at-the-table cooking be minimized Chopping o i slic ing potatoes increases their pala t; biUty." , Per 100 pounds -potatoes are worth 2 Z per cent the price of gram mixture, on a T.D.N, basis, potatoes ate a neconomical buy it 50 cents per hundred pounds when good quality hay is selling for $3O per ton Potato silage may be made by .running a combination of 80 per cent potatoes and 20 per cent hay or ‘dry corn fodder through the silage cutter The addition of 40 pounds of ground grain per ton may improve the silage This about equals good quality corner grass silage. Limit the -deeding of potato silage to 40 pounds, daily per 1,000 pounds ofb ody weight. Potato silage is similar to grass silage in pressure On silo walls and seepage. , Marine Afr GorpsTias a deadly I bird under its wing. Named the I “Sparrow," the all weather, air to-air guided missile features an “brain" which tracks the target after being launched fepm ejighter By George \ i > ' - rsty rf'Vi *"*> tfT. Ervin Delong Gets Eastern Award [For Poultry Flock Production Ervin DeLong, QuarryviUe "EDI, will receive a Champion Egg Producer Award in addition to a Master-Egg Producer'Award for a poultry flock having one' of th® highest production records in the Eastern states, Victor L. Koe nig, Executive Secretary of the Hy-Lme Poultry Management Association announced today. L The Master Egg Producer trophy was announced during the -1053-54 season as an incentive to poultrymen to join the Hy-Line Management Record Program. The trophy is awarded to par ticipating farmers whose flocks make a'record of 225 or more eggs per hen housed in a 12 months period. But' in a single-season- the ■verage production of the Poultrymen participating rose to 227 eggs per hen housed. It was felt a higher incentive was needed nd so a Champion Egg Producer trophy is now being awarded those who reach a figure of 250 i better DeLong’s flock reached a score f 251 3 eggs per hen housed in the 1954-55 season DeLong’s hens averaged agout eight dozen eggs higher than the average tor all laying flocks in the United States. Members of the association keep daily records on the per formance of their flocks and send these Records once each month 21jo per annum current dividend rate on Insured Savings and Investment Certificates ' Savings received by the 10 th of any month earn from the Ist of that month payable June 30 and December 31. IFIRST FEDERAL! Savings andean V ASSOCIAjPoN OP LANCASTER wV. 35 North D " ke s * - m\\p ,>|,oi,t- ** Emlen H. Zellers, Secretary jSc Treasurer -I u .,-- -II - I -I - wr * ? h *ii !■ r >« < r ft* DHIA Tests Area Herds A registered Holstem owned by John C. Metziei, Christiana El, completed the highest 305-day lactation completed in September by the Red Rose Dairy Herd Im provement Association. Winding Glen Dunwood Miriam produced 732.6 pounds of butter fat and 19,406 pounds of milk to lead the field. High herd for the month was the Guernsey herd of Raymond F. Wibner, Willow Street RDI, Which averaged 856 pounds of 7?3.3 pounds of butterfat and 13,- 591 pounds of milk. A grade Holstein, Number 25, Vora the herd of Martin" Weber "Hast Earl Rl, led in individual nitterfat production with 1018 ■ounds yielded in 1,590 pounds’oi> nilk testing 6.4 per cent. Second was Bonnie Lea Fern, a registered Guernsey from the herd of Donald E. Weicksel, 'Christiana Rl, with a record ot nilk and 44 pounds of butterfat. to the Wallace Hy-Cross Hatch >nes at Doylestown. The figures are analyzed and each member gets back a report snowing how ■is flock’s performance compares v/ith the performance of other flocks of the Same age and Breed ng Members use these compari sons to find and" correct any de fects in their methods of flock management: With this alfl to' management the 250 eastern poultrymen par ticipating m the program have reached the liighest average egg production ever achieved’ by any comparable group anywhere. PLAIN SUITS We Now Have An , Experienced Tailor - - (formerly with Bernstein’s 1 Epbrata, Pa.) Who Cag. Change Over Any Men’s or Boy’s Suits Into PLAIN STYLES Brin£ Us Any Suit! Men’s and Boy’s Plain Suits Always In Stock RUBINSON’S DEPT. STORE New Holland, Pa. n,