18—Lancaster Farming, Friday, April 20, 1956 Common Turn the commonwealth over to the socialists and you get com mon poverty. Dallas'Morning News Increase Yield And Improve Quality Of Your Hay Crops ' BY ADDING Nutri-Leaf “60” A soluble (20 20 20) Fertilizer containing added trace elements OR Liqua-Leaf 10-10-8 for low pressure sprayers To Your Spittlfe Bug Spray Nutri-Leaf (5 to 8 lb per acre) 5 lb bag 1 50 30 lb bag 7.80 Liqua-Leaf (Use 1 gal per acre) 5 gal. can 12.25 30 gal. drume 63.00 We carry a complete line of Fungicides & Insecides Heptachlor B. H. C. Toxaphene D. D. T. Malathion etc. Store Hours Mon Thru Fn 7 a m-6 p m Sat 7 a m-5 p m P. L. ROiIRER 6 BRO., INC. SMOKETOWN Phone Lane. 22659 THEN performance... Full 4-Plow Power plus Automatic TRACTION BOOSTER systeml SNAP-COUPLER hitch Power-Shift Wheels Two-Clutch Power Control All as standard equipment &2350 N° more *han °*her 3 Plow Models FOB t ACTORY Let u$ prove the difference that can be yours. A few rounds in the tractor seat will do it. rsrss? ALLIS-CHALMERS <®> •r* Alin Ch«lm»r» ..... trademarks. R. S. Weaver Stevens, Pa. L. H. Brubaker Lancaster, Pa. 4 N. G. Myers & Son Mann & Grumelli Farm Service Rheems, Pa. Quarryville, Pa. ( Livestock Show For 4-H Slated November 6-8 Nov 6-8 has been . selected as dates for the 1956 Southeastern District 4-H -Baby Beef and Lamb Club show and sale at Lancaster Union Stock Yards John M Hoober, president of the Lancaster Live Stock Ex change, announced the Exchange will again sponsor the closing day sale He. expects more than 300 head of steers from 10 coun ties to be entered, along with 20 pens of lambs Counties making entries are: Adams, Berks, Chester Cumber land, Dauphin, Lebanon, Lancas ter, Northampton, Perry and York. Henry T Moon, assistant state 4-H Club leader, is chair man of the show committee. Other members are Homer Gabel, Perry County, Howard Ritter, Northampton County, and Fred Linton, Lancaster County, club leaders, Tom King, Penn State extension specialist, Harold Stewart, assistant Dau phin County Agent, and County Agent Max Smith, Lancaster County 150 Holstein Breeders Tour Farms, Plants Mushrooms, automobiles—-and dairy herds were on the Monday tour made by 150 members of the Lancaster County Holstein Breeders Association Ebbecke’s Mushroom Plants at Toughkenamon was the first stop of the day, then the group visit ed the General Motors plants at Wilmington, Del., and the faftied Winterthur Farms north of Wilmington. Also included in the tour was Hill Girt Farms at Chadd’s Ford. In charge of the tour was Everett Benjamin, R 2 Holtwood SALES AND SERVICE Snavelys Farm Service New Holland, Pa. L. H. Brubaker Lititz, Pa. 20-Year State Campaign Against Brucellosis Complete in Two Years-- Leland H Bull, State Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, has ad vised Pennsylvania .dairy farm ers a 20-year campaign to clean up their most trouble some disease of cattle may be “virtually completed” within two years. The State’s or Bang’s disease eradication pro gram has been stepped up re cently and is moving much fast er than expected, he told the opening session of the annual 2- day meeting of the State Brucel losis Committee on March 22. “We now have 34 of -the- 67 counties officially certified as brucellosis-free, seven qf them attaining the honor roll-" within the past year,” the Deputy Sec retary declared. “Centre, Cam bria and Mercer,jCounties are nearly ready for, certification and all Western Pennsylvania should be cleaned up by the end of this year.” - Extension Service Praised He told delegates from county brucellosis committees in every part of the State that much of the progress can be attributecT to the continuing educational program, of the agricultural ex tension service of the Pennsyl vania State University and the cooperation of practicing vet erinarians and county commit tees • Dr H A Milo, director of the State Bureau of Animal In dustry, told the state commit tee that 87 per cent of all cattle in Pennsylvania are now under some official plan of testing for control and eradication of bru cellosis He said 87,750 herds have been tested since 1937 and nearly 1.200,000 head of cattle are in the-current program A county is certified when less than 1 per cent, of cattle and under 5 per cent of herds show presence of the disease which causes abortion in cattle. In addition to the 34 certified counties, Pennsylvania now has 14 where testing has been com pleted and 17 are partially test ed. Dr. Milo said- Three mobile laboratories are now operating in 36 counties, using the “milk ring” test, cording to Dr. C. M. Stevens, in charge of the brucellosis divi sion, (State Bureau of Animal Industry From January 1, 1955 to this March 15 these traveling laboratories have tested milk samples from 53,150 herds com prising more than 640,000 cat tle. Tests revealed an average of 2 5 suspected herds buConly 30 per cent of these showed actual presence of the disease through blood tests. Committee Pledges Support Prospects for early complete eradication of brucellosis from all Pennsylvania dairy and beef cattle herds brightened with a pledge by the State Brucellosis Committee of continued support of the testing program. At the closing session of its two-day meeting, the Commit tee commended the Department Students Name Staff For Ag Publications Jack H. Paules, Spring Grove, has been named editor of the Penn IState Farmer, Forester, and Scientist, student magazine of the College of Agriculture. He succeeds David Morrow, of Tyrone. On the new staff are - associ ate editor Glen H- Elder, Jr., Centerville HD 3, who succeeds Miss Judith D. Corfield, Ben Avon, and assistant editor Rus sell A. Beatty. McKeesport. Thomas J. Boyd, New Salem, is the new business manager, suc ceeding Louis Galhker, 111, 'of Johnstown. The new circulation manager is Terence N. Alwine, Johnstown RD 4, succeeding Alan R. Terwilliger, of Wilkins burg. The new staff, assumed its duties with the current issue of the magazine, scheduled for dis tribution in early May. for the “orderly manner and en couraging speed” with which control workers progressing. ■ .In another resolution, the Copimittee recommended that sign-up requirements for area testing be - changed from 90 per cent of herds to 75 per cent of herds or 90 per cent of cattle. A closer check on .movement of cattle into and within testing areas was asked in a proposal subfhitted by the Erie county, committee. J. (Lewis Williams, of Union town, was re-elected committee president. Paul _R. Anthony, Strausstown, was named vice president, and Philip M. Stover, Snader’s Mill Mt. Airy John J. Hess Vintage S. H. Hiestand John J. Hess II Salunga New Providence H. S. Newcomer John B. Kurtz Mt. Joy Ephrata Wenger Bros. Rheems Warren Sickman Pequea .V.V.V.V.V.V.V.VA RD 1, Bellefonte," secretary. Oth ers named to the executive com mittee are Albert E. MadigaiU Towanda; G. A. Briggs, McCon-' nellsburg, Jonas Gruver, Thom asville, and Clyde Vosburg, Ti tusville. The Committee voted to meet again in 1957 on March 21 and 22. The work of the extension service in conducting the educa tional phase of the brucellosis program was recognized in a statement presented from tho floor by Secretary Stover. 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