Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, December 02, 1955, Image 12

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    —-Lancaster Farming, Friday, December 2, 1955
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Four Lancaster County Poultry Mer
Win Champion Egg Producer Awards
DOYLESTOWN, Pa- Nissley
Bros, RD 1, Washington Boro;
Robert E- Kulp, RD 1, Manheim,
Leßoy M- Martin, RD 1, New
Holland; and Abram T. LeFever,
Millersville, have won
Champion Egg Producer awards
for the unusually high production
records made by -their poultry
flocks, the Awards Committee of
the Hy-Line Poultry Management
Assn, announced today.
Champion Egg Producer tro
phies are awarded to owners of
Hy-Lme poultiy flocks which
make an average production of
250 or more eggs per hen housed
in 12 months or less.
Three Others Named
At the same time, the commit
tee announced Master Egg Pro
ducer awards to three more Lan
caster Covinty Farmers: E „Earl
Walton, Peach Bottom; James 'M-
Garber, RD 1. Elizabethtown;
and Aaron K Riehl, RD 4, Lan
caster. Master Egg Producer
trophies are awarded to owners
of Hy-Line flocks which reach an
average production of 225 to 249
eggs per hen housed in 12
months or less Most of the win-
A SOUND SLEEPER
Oklahoma City, Okla-—Mrs-
Jasper Smith reported to police
(that her husband fell asleep while
(the family’s new radio-phono
graph was playing and slept on so
soundly he did not hear a burglar
walk into the house, unplug the
player and carry it off Mrs Smith
was visiting neighbors when the
theft occurred
FURNACE OIL
By-using TEXACO FURNACE OIL you can always H
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FARM BUREAU FREEZER SALE
24 Cu. Ft. UNICO FREEZER
Only $399.95
Alumium Interior - Holds up to 840 lbs. - 5
year Warranty Compare UNICO for Price - Si2e -
You’ll agree it’s your best buy.
Sorry about last weeks error
® LANCASTER COUNTY
FARM BUREAU
Dillerville Road, Lancaster
BRANCHES - Manheim New Holland Quarryviile
BELMON F
High Magnesium
AGRICULTURAL LIMESTONE
ANALYSIS :
Calcium Equivalent 57 pc.
Calcium Oxide 30 pc.
Magnesium Oxide 20 pc.
PRODUCED AND - SOLD BY
Wenger & Sensenig Co.
Phone Gap 45R21 R. D; 1, Paradise, Pa.
EVEN SPREADER SERVICE
AND SOIL TESTING SERVICE
Night Phones:
Glenn £. Gehman Lancaster 3-7764
David B. Johns Strasburg Overland 7-3301
ners completed 12 months of rec
ords at the end of October Nis
sley Bros- and Abram LeFever
completed 12 months of records
at the end of August but their
scores have not previously been
announced
-12-Months Production
The 12-monlhs hen housed pro
duction figure*, leached by the
seven Lancaster County flocks
were as follows -
Nissley Bros 267 7
Robert E Kuip 262 2
Leßoy Martui
Abram LeFever 250 0
E. Earl Walton 247 8
James M- Ga Ler 2398
Aaron K Rich! 234.1
Since the Champion Egg Pro
ducer trophy was first announc
ed m October, seven Lancaster
County farmers have qualified
for the award York and Frank
lin Counties aie tied for second
place with three Champion Egg
Pioducers awards each to date
Record Keeping Plan
Winners of toe awards are all
members of the Hy-Lme Poultry
Management Assn which has
about 250 active members m sev
eral Eastern slates- They are all
cooperators ir, a uniqiis poultry
t ecord-keeping program whose
aim is to raise production levels
by providing a basis for more
efficient management- It differs
cooperates in a unique poultry
programs m that the coopera
tors send each month’s records
to the Wallace Hy-Cross Hatch
eries here At the hatchery the
records are computed and tabu-
Count On A Warm Home
Subsribe Now
Charter Offer
$l.OO First Year JJJ 1
lated, and each cooperator gets
back a report comparing his
flock’s performance* with a num
ber of other J 1 ticks of the same
age
This comparison enables the
cooperatoi to tell at a glance how
his flock is doing m relation to
the pi eduction goal he has set
for himself fot the year It often
enables him 10 spot weaknesses
in his management and to take
steps to eouect them. Awards
are offered for high scores simply
as incentives to keep accurate
records and make full use of thei
comparative icports, the commit
tee ppinted out But it added that
real incentive is the effec
tiveness of the program and the
added profits u is earning for
the poultrymen who take part
in it.
255 7
Mail Now to Be
Sure of Delivery
By Christmas Day
“It’s time to start those Christ
mas mailings!” Postmasters warn
ed today, launching their 1955
“Mail Early for Christmas” cam
paign.
“On the calendar it’s less than
a month away, but here in the
post office it’s Christmas today—
and every day until December
25,” they said. Extra mail carriers
and office help have been secur
ed, the deliveiy trucks serviced,
and in fact everything is ready
for the mammoth flood of Christ
mas mail that is expected to
smash all records-
post off.ee has already dis
patched a tremendous quantity
of gift pacagcs headed for mem
bers of the mined forces over
seas In the United States, smart
people are now mailing gifts to
friends and relatives living in
other states
Calls On Housewives
Postmasters especially call on
housewives to help in his effort
to deliver eveiy package and
Christmas card before December
25. “The lady of the house,” he
emphasized “is really in charge
of each family’s Christmas mail
■ng program. She selects the
Christmas cards, buys most of
the gifts and sees to it that t/e
mailing list of friends and loved
ones is up to date,
“Actually, success in having
all Christmas gifts and greeting
cards delivered on time is large
ly a matter of advance planning
and preparation which should
be done this week,” Postmasters
pointed out.
Steps Advised
He urges tr.at the following
steps be taken at once: Get the
Christmas card list and carefully
check through it. Make sure that
each address includes the full
name, street and number, city,
zone and state Then, pay a- visit
to the post olT'te, stock up on.
■stamps (use throe-cent stamps on
your Christmas cards for first
class mail service) and ask any
questions you may have about
mailing regulations
This can be done in a leisurely
way by coming to the post office
before 10:30 a. m. or between
1:30 and 330 p ra. thus missing
the rush hours On the way home
pick up a supply of heavy wrap
ping paper, stuidy empty car
tons, strong cord and kraft paper
adhesive tape. A modest invest
ment m these necessary items
will pay big dividends in safe
delivery of cherished Christmas
gifts.
After gift wrapping and pack
ing is- complete plan mailings so
that those for the, most distant
long-distance mailings into the
points go first Try to get all
post office before Dec. 5 and
those for 1 neaiby points should
be mailed by Dec. 10.
Applications for
Wool Payments
Still Available
Applications for incentive pay
ments for shorn wool marketed
after April 1, 1955, aie s still be
ing accepted at the local Agricul
tural Stabilization and Conserva
tion office
Payments are designed to
bring the aveicge return for wool
to the -.upport levels of 62
;cnts a pound No payments will
be made until March 31
Applicants must have the ong
nal sales slip signed By the pur
chaser and must have owned the
sheep at least 30 days during the
oertod for which application is
made
In the case of lambs or year
'mgs sold foi ‘■laughter farmers
must also have certification that
the anipials have been sold for
slaughter
STYLED FOR SAFETY -
Raincoat modeled by ,Beuy
Richter at Department of' Agri
culture’s Beltsville, Md.„ ex
periment station is- of cotton,
fabric in which is woven a.
light-reflecting, thread. Eaferfc.
turns wearer into a walking
danger sign at nigh).. Called
“cat’s eye” fabric because of
its reflective quality, it is. al
ready being put to k widespread
use by the children’s clothing
industry.
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Dairy Herds in (
Pennsylvania Up 1
Sum Now 960,000
HARRISBURG -r- The number
of cows in dmy herds through
out Pennsylvania is up some 12,->
000 over a year ago, to a total
of around 960,000.
It was no ic-d that while cow
numbers were the main factor in
increased production of milk
during the past month, fauly
good, grazing prevailed in some
southern areas of the state-
For the second straight month,
the hay/situation has shown im
provement and the limited
grazing conditions helped con
serve hay supplies which are
considered fauly adequate in
general-
During October‘-dairy farmeis
were averaging $4.85 per Jjun-,
dred lbs for milk at wholesale,
up about 25 cents, compared
with a month, eailier and 11 cents
higher than a year ago.
Milk cows were averaging
about $lB5 pc” head, according
to the Department of Agriculture
or about the same as a month
earlier and year previous
Oil the other land, production
,of milk per cow averaged 535,
lbs, as. compared with 542 in the
previous month and 506 lbs a
year ago. Dairy feed prices were
changed little from a month ago,
although perhaps slightly lower.
FREAK ALARM SAVES 5.
Huntington, W. Va—A faulty
transformer which caught fire,
-caused a freak short circuit in the
doorbell of the home of Mr and
(Mrs David L- (Francis. The short
circuit set the doonbci' l ! to ringing
awakening the family and allow
ing tihe Francis, amd' their three
' ,v uldren to escape their (burning
home The hlave caused damage
lestimatel at “thousands of dol
lars
Israel has asked the United
States' to 'provide her with as
much arms as Egypt received
from the Soviet bioe.
“this cut
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professional logging, pulp cutting,
tree?surgery, for farm and ranch
jobs like construction and clearing
land. Model 47 is light weight,
operates full power in any posi
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with-blades 14-" to*36".
Gome in and see it, try
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