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Donald Danforth, president of the Ralston Purina Com
pany, sews the gold checkered bag holding the first 100
pounds of the 50 millionth ton of Purina Chows. The event
took, place in Purina’s St. Louis mill on April 5. At right
is Matt Sieckhaus, retired Purina mill foreman whp used
to help make Purina Chows in the old days of scoop shovel
mixing. At left are J. F. Austin, superintendent of the St.
Louis Purina mill, and H. L. Colwell, mill manager. Found
ed 62 years ago by the late William H. Danforth, the Ral
ston Purina Company was a pioneer in the field of balanc
ed rations for livestock and poultry. Indicative of the Am
erican farmer’s tremendous present day use of modern
feeds and feeding practices is the fact that over one-third
of the 50 million tons of Purina Chows has been manu
factured and fed during the past five years.
Purina Makes
50 Millionth
Ton of Feeds
A milestone in the progress
of both animal agriculture and
the commercial feed industry
was reached April 5 when the
SO millionth ton of the famous
Purina Chows was manufactured
ajt the (Ralston Purina Company’s
home office plant- at Checker
board Square in St. Louis.
Donald Danforth, president of
itlie Ralston Purina Company,
himself took over operation of
the bagging machine that pack
ed and sewed the bags holding
the 50 millionth ton. The bags
Were specially decorated with
gpld colored checkers.
1 In observing the making of
the 50 millionth ton, Mr. Dan
forth expressed the apprecia
tion of the entire Ralston Purina
Company to the countless live
stock and poultry feeders who
have made Purina Chows the
most widely used of all com
mercial feeds. -“The American
farmer is a progressive individ
ual,” he said. “The growth of
the feed industry, the farm im
plement business, the fertilizer
industry, and the hybrid seed
business, is evidence of his pro
gressiveness. The tremendous
increase in farm production is
proofi of it.
, “We are proud that our in
dustry and our company have
had a part in these advance
ments in agricultural production.
As we manufacture the 50 mil
lionth ton of Purina Chows we
send a sincere ‘Thank you’ to
idle millions of farmers who
have accepted ovtr products”
* The Ralston Purina Company
was founded 62 years ago by
the late William H. Danforth.
Its main product at the begin
ning was a feed for horses and
mules, made of corn, oats and
molasses mixed by scoop shovel.
That feed was a far -cry from
the precision-mixed rations
manufactured /today m Purina’s
41 Chow mills over the United
States and Canada. Many’of to
day’s Chows contain as many as
30 ingredients, including such
substances as synthetic hor
mones, trace minerals, vita
mins, antibotics and arsenics.
James A. Farley, former chair
man.* National Demochatic' Com
mittee: “To a technical politician,
jpctremism is not duly a crime,
sut a-blunder.”
50 Millioi* Tons. ,
Bus Schedules For
Homemakers Listed
Buses will pick up,Lancaster
County at, three lo
cations 'Friday morning for the
Home Economics Spring Week
end at the Pennsylvania State
University.
Departure from Conestoga Bus
Terminal, 825 East Chestnut in
Lancaster will be 8 a. m At 6 15
a stop will be made in Mount Joy
at the Joy Theater, and the Eliza
bethtown Square at 6:30 a. ml
The bus will return by-11 p m.
Pennsylvania
Leader in Ice
Cream Output
Pennsylvania last year retain
ed its long standing rank as the
top ice cream producing state
in the United States' according
to preliminary estimates from
Federal-State surveys.
For the year 1955, total pro
duction of ice cream in the
Keystone State came to 76,020,-
999 gallons, compared with 69,-
537,000 gallons in 1954.
Pennsylvania ice cream is
generally recognized as high in
quality due to the desire of
manufacturers to turn out an
exceptionally good product and
to the high standards establish
ed by provisions of the State
Ice Cream Law, observers said
Large quantities of ‘ Pennsylvania
me cream are shipped to many
other states along the eastern
seaboard.
'ln ice cream production dur
ing 1955, New York State was
second with 66,100,000 gallons,
well ahead of*third place Cali
fornia which had a production
total'of 44,585,000 gallons.
Pennsylvania’s - 76.020,000 gal
lons of ice cream, last year was
more than the .total amount pro
duced in all of.the South Atlan
tic States, including the District
of Columbia, Maryland, Virgina,
West Virginia,-’North Carolina,
South Carolina,- Georgia and
Florida.
BEAVER,DAM, Ky. Filling
station operator Jimmy JPeteqt
recently received a dune in the
mail from a woman, tourist who
explained she had forgotten to
pay for two soft drinks. Peters
mailed the dime back to her, ex
plaining he knew she hadforgot
ten to_ pay for them-and that he
had added the 10 cents to the
gas hilL
HONESTY REPAID
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Convention
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over by mid-afternoon,
when a bus tour to Valley
Forge and Longwood Gar
dens has been planned-
The 79th annual meeting of
the American Guernsey Cattle
Club will be held Wednesday
morning, May 9, at the hotel
starting at 10 o’clock. A compli
mentary luncheon, an afternoon
ol sightseeing, and an evening
dinner dance will follow. The
latter will be courtesy of the
Pennsylvania GBA.
The convention will end
Thursday morning with a special
Golden Guernsey breakfast, for
both producers and distributors.
Pennsylvania Committee
The Pennsylvania committee
that has been making plans for
‘this year’s meeting includes; Al
vin C. Bush, Muncy,* chairman;
and Charles R. Meyers, Wayne;
C.-I Cohee, Concordville; Henry
T. Child, West Chester; Joseph
Taylor, State College; Delmar
Young, Newark, Del; and Don
ald Marshall, Pottstown.
Other committee members, by
counties, include:
Berks County Mrs. Victor
Bieber, Douglassville; Mrs.
Francis L Fulton, Pine Grove;
Howard B. Bomberger, Lebanon;
and Otis Dodson, Harrisburg.
Bucks County J H. Brad
shaw, Jr., Lahaska, Wm.' C
Clark, Lahaska, E. F Donohoe,
Pleasant Valley; and Philip W
Smith, New Hope.
Chester County Jean L. du-
Pont, Newton Square; Mrs.
Percy C Madena, Berwyn, Ken
neth L Berry, Chadds Ford;
Howard H McConnell, Honey
Brook '
Lancaster County" C Stan
ley Hess, Lancaster; " Lewis
Shoemaker, Jr, Kirkwood; Ray
mond Witmer, Willow Street; B.
Snavely Garber, Willow Street;
Raymond Rohrer. Lancaster;
Hjarry Mumma, Lantdisville; and
David Yoder, Lancaster.
Montgomery County Mrs
B. V Dale, Collegeville, Delbert
Keir, Collegeville; Eugene C
Coskery, Jr, Center Valley;
John Wolford. North Wales; and
Merrill Zimmerman, Norristown.
York County Mrs J Thom
as Carman, Glen Rock; Jess
Warner, Red Lion; Roger Emig,
York; and' M. Ebert Rutter,
York
Delaware State Steve Barc
zewski, Wilmington, John -B
McVaugh, Newark, Peter Zeit
ler, Glascow, t>r Howard J
White, Middletown; and Clyde
Betts, Milton.
F. H. Shotzberger Landis'Bros. Wenger Impl. Co.
Elm, Pa.
Ph. Manheim 5-2141 Lane. Ph. 2-5806
Lancaster Fanning, Friday, April 20, 1956
Too Wet, Plowing
In County Delayed
This is a slow week weather
wise for spring plowing, the Lan
caster County agricultural
agent’s office advises. Coupled
with cool weather, wet fields
have delayed spring work consi
derably.
Some plowing is being done on
lighter soils, in those with a
sand, shale of gravel base, but
the season is still considered
backward The majority of to
bacco beds were steamed and
seeded completed throughout
the county last week.
100 Animals Listed
For Livestock Show
A record number of entries
more than 100 .head of beef cat
tle, sheep, horses, and swine
will parade through the judg
ing ring for the Little Interna
tional, annual student livestock
exposition, at Penn State April
28.
Dean Belt, Chadd’s Ford, show
manager, said the 'inclement
weather of the past few weeks
had not interfered as the stu
dents groom their individual
entries for the fitting and show
ing contests.
This year’s show is honoring
William B. Connell, former ex
tension livestock specialist, who
retired a few years ago after 33
vears of service to the State’s
livestock industry The students
plan to present a special cita
tion to Connell, who will be
guest of honor
The Air Force rescinds its plan
to drop R CXT C units
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Oats Seeding
Well Underway
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normal for the petiod. Rath
er cool at beginning ot
period followed by slowly
rising temperatuies. Some
light rain'mixcd with snow
in the western part of the
State at beginning of period.
Chance of showers over en
tire State toward the end of
the week with precipitation
amounting to about one
quarter inch.”
Winter wheat and barley are
beginning to show growth, over*
wintering m good condition.
Most reports are optimistic.
Some corn ground is being pre
pared- Meadows, are greening up
rabidly Hay fields and pastures
have been slow to start but are
now showing good progress. New
seeding seems to have come
through the winter in good con
dition A few early potatoes
have been planted.
Cool weather delayed swelling
of fruit buds but prospects ap
pear good for this year’s crop.
Dormant and cover sprays aie
being applied in all areas.
Many farm gardens are being
planted but 1 the commeicial
vegetable areas are not yet in
full swing. Most peas for pro
cesing are still to be planted.
Cabbage and tomato plants are
progressing rapidly in cold
frames Some harvesting of over
wintered spinach will be done
this week. Some onions, peas,
lettuce, cabbage and spinach for
fresh market have been planted
in the central and southeastern
commercial areas
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