12—Lancaster Farming, Friday, January 20, 1956
What’s The Weather?
Paul Sutton, from the United States Weather Bureau of
fice in Harrisburg, here explains to Pennsylvania Flying
Farmers some developments in their most important ele
ment the weather. Mr. Sutton here holds a chart which
helped illustrate his lecture. (Lancaster Farming Photo).
John Fulton Is
Winner 8 Times
At Horseshoes
HARRISBURG For the
eighth year since 1936, John
Fulton, Carlisle RD, Cumberland
County, won the State Farm Show
farmers’ horseshoe pitching con
test with two straight wins in the
finals over runner-up Stanley
Thurston, New Millport, Clear
field County.
The two veterans of many Farm
Show tournaments easily won
itheir qualifying rounds over four
•ether contestants. Third place
went to Kenneth Burris, Belle
afonte; fourth, Harold M Eyth,
Chicora, Butler County; fifth,
Joseph Mayes, Wamor’s Mark,
Huntingdon County and sixth.
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TWIN LAMBS AT FARM SHOW
HARRISBURG, - Friday-the-.
Thirteenth brought twin lambs
at the Farm Show. The twins ar
rived to a Suffolk ewe at 5 a. m-
Frank Bresler, Peach Bottom, is
owner of the sheep.
One open class steer was pur
chased by each of the following:
Schluderberg-Kurdle, Baltim
ore, Hershey Abattoir, Hershey;
John Frey, Stonersville; Sea
chnst Bros, York Mengel, Hum
melstown and William C. Diller,
Pottstown.
Don R Snyder, Montoursvilie,
Lycoming County. The minner’s
ipmc was $25 and second $2O.
In Farm Show championship
contests a winner may not com
pete two years in succession.
Fulton first won in 1936 and again
m 1938, 1940, 1947, 1949, 1951
and 1954.
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Governor Asks
Farm Program
To Assist State
“If Pennsylvania is to remain'
m the forefront as a progressive
agricultural state, it 4s essential
that we join together m creating
the 'best possible climate for far
ming in the state,” Gov, Leader
Monday night told the General
Assembly. ■ , .
Among points he listed were:
1, ‘Make an unspecified appropri
ation for the Agriculture Depart
ment to provide a more progres
sive program to promote Penn
sylvania farm products; 2, Re
vamp the state general food law;
3, Appropriate $50,000 to estab
lish an open livestock show; 4,
Modernize the basic law dealing
With the manufacture and sale of
livestock.and poultry feeds; -
5, Protect the farmer against
misrepresentation of the chemical
'content of fertilizers; 6, Approp
riate $500,000 for agricultural
disease eradication research at
Pennsylvania State University; 7,
Appropriate $30,000 to finance
six regional and a statewide
junior dairy show, and 8, Remove
the $12,000 annual ceiling of
funds counties are authorized to
spend agricultural and home
economics extension work
PMTA Citations
Awarded to Two
County Drivers
Harrisburg,—Two Lancaster
County residents, Samuel Max
well, Lancaster, and Amos Boyd,
Quarryville, received citations
from the Pennsylvania Motor
Truck Association last week for
outstanding cooperation in the
Association’s Cooperative Safety
Patrol during 1955. Mr. Maxwell’s
was a third year citation, Mr.
Boyd’s a second year citation.
This award, established in 1952,
was presented by O. D. Shipley,
PMTA Director of Safety, at the
■January meeting of the Associ
ation’s Council of Safety Super
visors in Harrisburg.
Shipley described the 250-car
Safety Patrol as “but one” of the
activities conducted by PMTA in
the interest of trafic accident
prevention “The Patrol is com
posed of safety engineers from
trucking companies, insurance
companies, and supplier groups
These men patrol Pennsylvania’s
great highway system daily, re
porting to PMTA’s central office
on the behavior of individual
truck drivers. Reports are pro
cessed and forwarded to truck
owners for appropriate action,”
Shipley explained.
The Pennsylvania Plan for
Cooperative Safety Patrol is in
its seventh year of successful
operation- During this period,
over 30,000 observation reports
on professional drivers at work
have been completed and pro
cessed-
“The Pennsylvania Plan is but
one of several safety Tirograms
carried out by PMTA. Others in
clude the annual Safe Driver
Roadeo, Driver of the Month
Awards, Highway Hazard Re
porting Service, and Community
Traffic Engineering Services.”
Shipley said. >
Nut Growers
Elect Weber as
Group President
HARRISBURG, The Penn
sylvania Nut Growers Association
elected George Weber, York
County agent as new president
iat thevFarm Show meeting. He
succeeds Dr. S. J. Roberts, of
Harrisburg as president.
Other officers chosen are:
William Weaver, Macungie,
He high County, vice-president;
H. M- Oesterhng, Marysville,
Perry County, secretary-treas
urer; Directors: John W- Hershey,
Downingtown, Chester County;
Fayette Etter, Lemasters, Frank
lin County; Elwood B. Miller,
Hazleton, Luzerne County; Dr.
S J. Roberts, Harrisburg, Dauphin
County; Ralph D. Gardner, Har
risburg, Dauphin County; John
Rick, Reading, Berks County.
Tobacco Sells
Fast at 30-12;
Few Hold Out
Approximately 70 to 80 per
.cent of the 1955 Lancaster Coun
ty tobacco crop passed into buy
ers’ hands by midweek with bids
of 30 and 12 cents. Thousands of
acres were moved.
General Cigar Co., the Ameri
can Tobacco Co., and Bayuk Ci
gars, Inc, were buying, starting
Monday. Bids of 28 and 12 met
resistance, but when the price
was muoved up, the movement
began.
Some buyers were reported
holding out for 35 and 10 to 12.
Eariier some sold at 18 and 20
foi pull-off crops
Poultry Sales
POULTRY BY USDA
LIVE POULTRY -
'.PHILADELPHIA, Jan. IB-
Market unsettled. Demand light
for more than ample supplies of
most classes Few lots
lets 39-40 c. Large White Rock
caponettes 25-29 c, few lots 30-31 c
with bulk unsold Cross fryers,
straight cockerels 20c, White
Rocks 22-24 c, Vantress Reds 22-
24c with bulk unsold No, 2 qual.
mixed broilers in slow sale at 15c
down to .10c. Turkeys about
steady. Demand good for light
supplies Few lots - heavy type
young hens 45c, young toms 30c.
Receipts Jan. 17 included
Maryland 15,100 lbs Delaware
7,700 lbs.
Wholesale selling prices No. 1'
and fancy quality broilers or fry
ers heavy type 3-4 lbs 20-24. Pul
lets 4% lbs and over 39-40- Hens,
heavy type 26-30, light type 15-
20. Old roosters 12-15. Ducks
Muscovy 18-23, Pekin 32- Tur
keys; young hens 45, young toms
30.
EGGS:
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 18
About steady. -Demand good for
barely sufficient supplies of top
quality large- Other grades in
adequate for a fair de
mand.
Wholesale'selling prices: Min.
10 per cent AA quality large 45-
TELEPHONE SERVICE WILL
REMAIN A RIG RARGAIN
Last year, service improvements and the dial Conversions of
Portland, Saylorsburg, Tremont, Gratz and Rawlinsville Ex
changes cost the Company more than one and bne-quarter
million dollars This year, dial central office equipment has
been ordered for Atglen-Chrtstiana, Gap, Lykens, Elizabethville,
Tower City, Valley View, Quarryville, Hensel dnd Pen Argyl so
that they can be cut-over to dial service. The mechanization
of Pennsylvania Community’s entire system is planned for next
year with dial conversions of Millersbujg, Bangor and Kirk
wood Exchanges. These additional service improvements will
cost over 3 million'dollars in the next two years.
With a plant investment already doubled, present regulated
rates cannot begin to offset the expenses of such an improve
ment prpgram. To provide for such costs, money must be
raised from investors - everyday people who invest their savings
with us in exchange for a fair return. Such a fair return can
only be achieved on a reasonable and sound rate structure.
As you know, we have asked for a rate adjustment that will
put our operating picture in balance. We need this adjustment
to meet basic costs which will continue to rise and to fulfill the
extensive plant and service rehabilitation program designed to
give you telephone service of the type and quality you naturally
desire.
We are not asking for unreasonable rate increases. At the
proposed new rates, your vastly improved telephone service will
remain one of today’s high value bargains.
Pennsylvania Community Telephone Company
Bangor - Elizabethville « Quarryville
Artif ical Lights
Aid Poultrymen;
Egg Yields Gain
HARRISBURG Artificial
light can help the poultrymen
raise better laying hens, H. Hi
Kauffman, -extension poultry spe
cialist of the Pennsylvania State
University, said in a talk at the
Pennsylvania State Poultry-Fed
eration Farm Show meeting
“Poultrymen can counteract
the influence of nature’s light
pattern by using artificial light,’*
Kauffman-said. He explained that
such light can be particularly
helpful when used during the
growing,' laying and molting
periods in a hen’s life-
Unless there is added light
during the shorter days in fall
and winter egg production will
be depressed and the molting
hormones will be stimulated- The
short days of October to Decem
ber seem to depress growth of
late hatched birds, he said
Kauffman- explained that in
Pennsylvania’s latitudes the po
tential natural light is about B.S
hours on Dec. 21, and that after
that date the days start to gel
progressively longer by about 2.5
minutes each >day.-By June 21
there is about 15 5 hours of lighi
per day, with each day getting
progressively shorter to Dec- 21»
Winter-hatched pullets may
start laying at four to five months
of age because they are stimulat
ed into production by the longer
lays, Kauffman indicated- Late
isummerhatched pullets may b«
depressed in growth hy the short
days in fall, but the artificial
light will offset the depression,
he concluded-
58# white 50-51, brown 49-50,
medium white 46-47, brown 46*
47- Extras, minimum 60 per cent
A quality large 45-50# white 45-
45%, brown none, mixed 44-45,
medium white 43%-44, brown
none, mixed 43%-44. Standards
43-44, current receipts none,
checks 37-38%.
Receipts Jan. 17 4,365 cases,
all by truck.
Even at New Rates