16—Lancaster Farming, Friday, May 4, 1956 Price Index to. April 15 Drops Three Points HARRISBURG Dr William L Henning, State Secretary of Agriculture, today reported that the index of puces received by Pennsylvania fanners dropped three points or 1 3 per cent dur You Profit with Better Stands Increased Crop Yields when you use ORTHO-GRO Starter Solution for quick Plant Response and Isotox Transplanter Solution To contfol Wjreworm. Cabbage, Maggots, Grubs, and certain other Soil Insects. Use 1 ! 2 pints of" ORTHO GRO per 50 gal barrel in transplanter & 4 oz TSOTOX transplanter solution for complete results SPECIAL OFFER FREE Pint Bottle with purchase of a gallon Seed Guard A complete fungicide & in secticide to protect seed corn from seed rot, dampmg "off; wireworms, & seed corn maggots. P. L. ROHRER & BRO., INC. 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Pennsylvania’s decline, he pointed out, resulted mostly from a seasonal drop of 30 cents a hundred pounds for milk at wholesale and a decline of one cent a pound for chickens Meat animals advanced but eggs re mained steady Off 9 Points From Year Ago The April 15 index for prices icceived by Pennsylvania farm ers stands at 227 per cent of the 1910-14 base level, the survey showed This is nine points be low April 15, 1955 Crop prices showed a seasonal advance dur ing the month The overall live stock and products index regis tered a 6-pomt decline with meat animals higher and poultry low er than on March 15 There was a 10-pomt advance in the meat animal index, the Secretary said.. All species except calves and sheep contributed to the rise, hog prices averaging $1 90 higher per hundred pounds liveweight. Beef cattle averaged $l2 80, up 40 cents but $1 80 be low a year earlier Feed Costs Higher The dairy products index was down 15 points as the price re ceived for wholesale milk declin ed slightly less than the usual seasonal drop -The poultry and egg index declined two points Pennsylvania farmers on April 15 were paying more than they did a month earlier for feed, but a little less for alfalfa hay which averaged $34 per ton, down sl.£o. Other hay was steaady at $29 per ton Laying mash at $4 40 was up 10 cents a hundred pounds, scratch grain at $3 85 was up 10 cents and 20 per cent protein dairy feed at $3 85 was up 5 cents THERE’S A DIFFERENCE WASHINGTON, D C —When the Congressional Record stated the other day that Representa tive Yates (D„ 111) was not on hand for a vote, because he was “homesick,” the Congressman had the record changed im mediately Yates said it should have read. “Home sick ” In oth er words, he was ill at home a slight difference from home sick Dallas Traffic Committee hopes to convince motorists that acci dents are avoidable We’ll be content if they realize pedes trians are.—Dallas News. equalled ease and convenience and many 5 other features that add up to better-than-ever ■ planting. JJ Nos. 246 and 446 Planters are available for use with the John Deere No. 800 Hitch on ■ Models "50/' "60," and "70" Tractors. The ■ No. 246 also is available for use with John ■ Deere "40" Series and other tractors with 5 tandard 3-point hitch. See us for complete ■ etails. ■ 1305 Manheim Pike 3-3906 Ph. BUTLER 4-4467 S Lane. Ph. Procedure in ~ Bang’s Testing Now Revised HARRISBURG' A down ward change on the percentage of herd owners required to start area testing of all cattle-withm a township for of brucel losis or Bang’s disease was an nounced today by Dr William L Henning, - State Secretary of Agriculture. The 90 per cent of voluntary signers that has been required for aout 20 years was changed in an official order to a minimum of 75 per cent of herd owners within a township County Rules Stand No change was made in the long-standing regulation that 90 per cent of herd owners sign the necessary agreements for area testing for an entire county, Dr Henning declared. “The change from 90 to 75 per cent at the township level will do much to accelerate eradica tion of this costly livestock dis ease in Pennsylvania,” he em phasized “We anticipate much wider participation in the pro gram in the 17 counties where area testing is only partially completed and in two counties Philadelphia and Delaware where no area testing is under way ” 36 Counties Certified Today’s action is in keeping with a resolution adopted by the State Brucellosis Committee' at a meeting in Harrisburg last March. Dr H A Milo, director of the Bureau of Animal Industry, said the State now has 36 counties that have been certified as bru cellosis-free Testing Jias been completed in 12 other counties, some of which may be certified in the near future He anticipates complete state-wide certification within the next two years Approximately 90 per cent or 1,193,418 cattle in 87,750 herds on Pennsylvania farms are now under some form of testing for the detection of animals afflicted with Bang’s disease. BROODER HOUSE BURNS Fire Sunday morning destroy ed a rooder house on the farm of Richard Hackman at Millport. Damage was estimated at $4OO to $5OO Origin was unknown. The fire was extinguished by firemen from Rothsville. Wenger Impl. Back, Pa. Menu Clip-Ons Suggest Roast Beef or Pork Two new, attractive, full-color menu Clip-ons one suggesting delicious roast beef and the oth er suggesting savory roast pork are now being used in restaur ants and other public eating places throughout the country The clip-ons were developed and made available to the restaurant trade by the National Live Stock and Meat Board, which conducts an intensive nation-wide pro gram of meat promotion, re search and education. The eye-catching clip-ons*. when attached to a menu, im mediately focus attention on taste-tempting beef or pork. Res taurant operators who have made use of the clip-ons report sub stantial increases in servings of the featured meats. It is quite possible that the roast beef and roast pork clip-ons have the added effect of spurring orders for other beef and poik products also. “This type of promotion is one of the many means being used by the Meat Board to keep Ameri ca’s consumers meat-conscious, whether they are eating at home or away from home,” said Red man B Davis, director of the Board’s Information Department. “Since 25 per cent of the food consumed in America is sold through public eating places, they represent an important out let for today’s abundant supplies of beef and pork.” Mr. Davis noted that there are more than 200,000 restaurants and 30,000 hotels in the nation, not to mention industrial cafe terias, resorts and other estab lishments that serve people away from home. Accidents cause more deaths to children under 14 than the total of the next four leading causes. 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Community Center Project Five Lancaster men have been* named to a commission to study planning, building and operation of the community center to be constructed on land donated near Lancaster by Mr.’ and Mrs Elmer L Esbenshade- Senator G Graybill Diehm, chairman of Lancaster County commissioners, and Lancaster Mayor Kendig C Bare made the ■joint announcement as plans for the 18-acre tract at the intersec tion of Route 230 Bypass and Roseville Road progressed " Mr. Esbenshade was named to the commission for a five-year term Others named were: Robert Chestnut, works manager of the Lancaster office of the Aluminum Corp of America, tour years; G. Theodore Storb, Lancaster, vice president of PP&L, Lancaster di vision, two years, and Robert R. Shoemaker, co-owner- and man ager of the Stevens House, one year. A meeting of the commission will be called soon to formulate a plan of action The city and County have agreed to provide funds fox maintenance of the center if it is built Cost and fund raising will be first items con sidered. Endorsement and- cooperation of many Lancaster County farm and farm youth organizations has een received already. ALBEN W. BARKLEY DIES Senator Alben W. Barkley, Kentucky Democrat who served as “Veep” under President Tru man, died of a heart attack at a mock political rally at Washing ton and Lee University in Lex ington, Ky. Monday mght. Ha was 78 years old. He visited Lan caster County several times Do not allow children to play near or ride on farm machines. Provide a storage area for toys and tools.
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