16—Lancaster Farming, Friday, June 29, 1956 I i One of the most demanding items of form work at the moment in Lancaster County is haymaking. Here, near Rheems, neat windrows follow in the process that began with the tractor mower in the Something than wish Make your broilers grow 'lOO miles per hour” ~ 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 MPH Don't let*cmy “ brakes” hold back your “100 mile per hour” feed. J. M. Bomberger Farmers Supply Co. 137-39 E. KING ST., LANCASTER Paul H. Gelimau DENVER Fred L. & John E. Homsher STRASBURG AND QUARRYVILLE Haying Near Rheems WATER SPACE FEEDING SPACE FLOOR SPACE VENTILATION Call Your Beacon Dealer ELM Wenger’s Feed Mill, Inc. background Haybalers, or hayloaders, follow through for one of the top jobs these hot summer afternoons. (Lancaster Farming Staff Photo). The entirely new energy-protein-vitamin relationship in 1956 Beacon Broiler Feeds is "broilerpowered” to make new records. 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Kenneth McCracken Millport Roller Mills Earl Sander NEW HOLLAND Osceola Flour Mills RHEEMS MANHEIM LITITZ GORDONVILLE Meat Production Gains Considerably Meat production in June is running considerably above the corresponding month last year, with increases shown in every thing but lamb and mutton Pork should the greatest gams In the first two weeks of June, inspected packers at maior mar ket terminals butchered a total of 651,248 cattle, up .three per cent from the period last year For hogs, 1,762,972 were slaught ered,' up 24 per cent, and sheep and lambs totaled 470,654, some what under the 501,609 for the same period a year ago DRAFT CALL 1,031 During August, 1,021 Pennsyl vania men will be subject to draft call, the -State Selective Service headquarters advises The national August call is 13,- 000 men for .the Army All must be at least 22 years old. Grazing Late in All Parts of Pennsylvania - HARRISBURG In prepara tion for the June Dairy Month increase m consumption of milk, cows on Pennsylvania dairy farms produced 668 million lbs of milk during May, establishing a new all-time record for that month, the State Department of Agriculture announced today. The previous high record, set in May of .last year, was 655 mil lion lbs . This year there are 4,000 more cows on dairy farms and they are averaging higher output per animal, the Depart -ment said. Milk Cow Total 944,000 The Federal-State Crbp Re porting Service estimated the number of milk cows for May was 944,000 head; unchanged from a month earlier. A year ago cow numbers totaled 940,000 Milk production for this May was 2 per cent above May last year and showed a normal seasonal increase over April. t The Department anticipates that milk output for June will continue heavy but the volume may be less than for May. Late arrival of spring weather delayed development of pastures in the northern counties Of Penn sylvania The effect of these short pastures was more than off set by the trend to higher pro duction, the survey showed. All Grazing Delayed Grazing of cattle was delayed in all areas of the State. Some rationing of grass occurred and in a few instances cattle were still on full winter feed un June 1, date of the production survey. Milk production for January through May this year totals 2 billion, 878 million 4 per cent above the 2 billion, 761 mil lion pounds for January-May last year. Last month was the coldest May in years with some locali ties reporting the latest killing frosts ever known. On the 25th the third widespread killing frost caused much damage to fruit and truck crops Some corn was dam aged and considerable legume hay was nipped Standard on Cherry Grades Might Change WASHINGTON (USDA) The U. S. Department of Agri culture today announced pro posed amendments to USDA grade standards for canned sweet cherries. Current standards have been in effect since May 15, 1953. Proposed amendments would change slightly the interpreta tions for certain defects. The .categories of slightly damaged, damaged, and seriously damaged cherries would be redefined; and a change m tolerance from 3 per cent to 4 per cent seriously dam aged cherries would be permitted in U. S Grade B or U. S Choice. Comments on the proposed amendments must be filed not nater than December 31, 1956, with F L. Southerland, Chief, Processed Products Standardiza tion and Inspection Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Division, Agricul tural Marketing Service, U. S. of Agriculture, Washington 25, D. C. Streets of Harpers Ferry Silent Today By ERNEST J. NEILL Did you ever drive the streets of -a deserted town’ A town where there were no ped estrians’ Where dusk was shrouding empty buildings’ All one can .do is shake his head in wonderment, pondering what has happened, what is coming next. Hard it is to be lieve that hera John Brown, famed abolitionist, with 13 white and five Negro men seiz ed the Federal arsenal of Haip er’s Ferry, Va. on Oct. 16, 1859. Fourteen of his men there were killted. -Five citizens were also killed. Buildings Being Restored Some time later, John Brown was taken by the U S Marines under Capt. Robert E Lee, and the capturecf man was hanged Dec 2 at Charles Town, Va. And for that reason, lines from the song remain more clear. John Brown’s body lies A mouldering in the grave. _ Today some buildings are in a magnificent state of repair, some are- being reconstructed, others being salvaged in this scenic spot which makes an ex cellent, scenic weekend drive from Lancaster County. Here the IShenandoah and Potomac Rivers meet, to flow on as the Potomac. On a high bluff, which Thomas Jefferson said offered the best view on this side of the Atlantic, ancient gravestones re-tell some of the city’s history. Buildings Stand Silent Today the Arsenal which John Brown and his co-horts raided stands m good state. Stone steps lead ever upward to the home of Mr. Harper who operated the ferry. But the buildings ara silent, silent as pre-dawn. On windows of each >s a sticker from the National Park Service that the building is the property of the United States Government, not to be defaced Steep streets lead upward from the right angled-tum where the mam street follows the river- bank. Leading back, at ever increasing heights, are other streets that pass houses clinging to the edge of the cliff. But each comes to a dead end, and, unless you choose to tumble down the rocty hill side, you must return to the one street that leads back down town. In a 300-mile awing, from Lan caster to York, Gettysburg, Fort r oudon over Tuscarora __ to MdConnellsburg, varying needs of ram were observed. But be fore the evening ended in Maryland, a rainstorm, equally violent to one that struck Lan caster County Saturday night, thoroughly drenched the Fred erick to Baltimore area. Good Sized Sheep Flocks Berkeley Springs remains one of the favorite spots' on this •tour, and comparisons in farm ing cannot be avoided. A pre ponderence of livestock is evi dent in passing through parts of West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland, and good sized flocks of sheep were seen on several farms Herds of well-bred cat tle, occasional horse farms, and once in a while farms that seemed they could produce naught but a crop of rocks, highlighted the journey. There’s much of interest on a trip like this, one of several that can be made in a com paratively few hours from Lan caster County Damage estimated at $4OO was caused to the automobile of Wil liam Lindsay, R 2 Smyrna, Del., when it struck a steer eight miles south of Lancaster on Route 72 early Saturday morning. State Police were seeking the owner of the steer.
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