m Galtle Studied
No scarecrow, this wooden man is used to measure
“nervousness” or “wildness” in cattle. The device was
built and is being operated by M. W. Schein of The Penn
sylvania State University Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion. By means of a harness worn by the cow, her move
ments are recorded.-Some of the new atnquilizing drugs,
useful in treating mental diseases of humans, are being
tested to calm “nervous” dairy cows. The one in the picture
was quite “tranquil” without drugs.
County Host to
Vegetable Tour
(Continued from page one)
and drive five miles to the
dj-de Eshelman Farm (Manor
View Farms) Mr. Eshelman
grows approximately 75 acres
of potatoes, 15 acres of tobacco
and -several acres of tomatoes.
10 45 a. m. Leave Eshelman
Farm and drive five miles to
Funks Bros. Farm, Washington
Boro. Fifty acres planted to
vegetables 85 per cent of vege
tables sold retail All crops can
be irrigated. Eight acres plant
ed to celery, six acres staked
tomatoes, also sweet corn, cab
bage, broccoli, caulifloweer,
peppers, eggplants, etc.
11 30 a. m Leave Funks and
drive one mile to Washington
Boro Tomato Growers Coopera
tive About 80 or more acres
of staked tomatoes are grown
in this area by about 75 growers
and marketed thru this coopera
tive Packing house will be in
operation. (Tomatoes will be
graded, sized and packed Mar
keting procedure will be ex
plained )
Lunch at Washington Boro
12 00 Noon. Leave Washing
ton Boro sales floor and go to
Central Manor Camp Meeting
grounds Lunch will be served
here by the Women’s Auxiliary
of the Washington Boro Fire
Company. Sandwiches, coffee,
milk, pop. and ice cream.
100 p. m. Following the
lunch, there will be introduction
«f guests, announcements and
remarks by a few leaders of the
vegetable industry. Also all tour
participants will have the op
portunity to learn more about
the vegetable industry in the
Washington Boro area.
1-30 p. m. Leave Manor Camp
Meeting grounds and drive,four
miles to Wilmer Rohrer Farm
This grower has 80 acres planted
to vegetables, 60 acres toma
toes, and 20 acres carrots. Sold,
to processing plant. Also 30
acres of tobacco. A typical
grower of vegetable crops f° r
processing.
2.00 p. m. Leava Rohrer Farm
and drive fifteen miles to Paul
' Rowe Farm mear Strasburg,
where 40 acres are planted in
vegetables, 32 different kinds
being grown. Most of produce)
sold retail on Philadelphia mar
keC Also a broiler producer.
Visit Packing Plant
2 - 45 p m Leave Rowe Farm
and drive three miles to Walter
Himmelreieh Farm (Old Home
stead Farm) near Ronks, Pa.
Thirty acres planted to vege
tables. Irrigation used Produce
retailed on Lancaster and Phil
adelphia markets. A diversified
operation Tomatoes, celery,
sweet _ corn, Vine crops, okiTa,
watercress, etc.
315 p, m. Leave Himmel
reich Farm and drive five miles
to Glick- Plant Farms, Smoke
town Grower of vegetable and
flowering plants; 15,000 square
.feet of greenhouse space used
for growing plants, 15,000 flats
of plants; 25 acres- of outdoor
plants. Produce^.about 10 mil
lion plants at this farm. Anoth
er 10 million grown in south.
Grow two million sweet potato
plants. Formal tour’ will end
here
Interested growers will have
the opportunity to visit Con
sumer Packing Company in
Lancaster. This company freezes
3260 acres of vegetable crops,
2260 acres grown in Lancaster
County. Depending upon the
season, interested growers may
be able to watch mechanical
snap bean pickers in operation
Arrangements for this part of
the tour will be announced on
day of tour.
Spring Mill f Ayrshires
Top Producers; Rank
Among Nation’s Best
The purebred Ayrshire dairy
herd of Spring Mill Farm at
Malvern has achieved top recog
nition during a recent month
for outstanding production. The
57 producers are credited with
averaging 889 lbs of 4.2% milk
and 37 lbs of butterfat, actual,
which placed them among the
nation’s top Ayrshire herds in
the Ayrshire Herd Test Divi
sion Of 50 to 75 cows. In ac
cordance with the rules of the
Association, all registered cows
in the herd, milking or dry, are
included in the average.
With 16,000 cows on test, the
Ayrshire holds the record
among all dairy breeds as hav
ing the highest percentage of
cows on test.
All Game
In State for July
HARRISBURG All Penn
sylvania fish are legal game in
July.
Largemouth and smallmouth
bass, northern pike, pickerel
and muskellunge became fair
game on July 1. On July 31, at
midnight, the 1956 trout season
comes to a close.
The season for the so-called
warm water game fishes, in
cluding the walleye, which open
ed statewide on May 30, will
Extend to November 30. The
following' size and creel limits
on the fishes in season just
opened are:
Bass, large and small mouth
not less than nine inches;
six per day combined species.
Pickerel not less than 15-
inches, six per day. Muskeh
lunge not less than 24 inches,
two per day. Northern pike
not less than 16 inches, four per
day. The possession limit on
fish bait and bait fish remains
at 35 of each, 50 combined.
Nature is grand until the
weeds begin to grow.
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is your BIST buy?
YOU WANT YOUR MONEY’S WORTH. To get it
you must constantly weigh values . . appraise
various offerings .. decide which is best for you.
To do this intelligently it’s common sense to
study all viewpoints with an open mind.
This message is directed specifically to the
buyer of price-minded feeds
Large feed mills use efficient modern milling
machinery available to all who have the volume
of tonnage to justify the capital investment re
quired. Freight and bags are important costs and
standardized as to area and type respectively.
The easiest way to sell feed for several dollars less
per ton is to use lower quality (lower cost) in
gredients.
J. M. Bomberger
Farmers Supply Co.
137-39 E. KING ST., LANCASTER
Paul H. Gehmau
DENVER
Fred L. & John E. Homsher
STRASBURG AND QUARRYVILLE
OE7 1 APO
Holsteins Leave
For Guatemala
(Continued from Page One)
Central America, they too had
to consider the' weight factor
very carefully.
Purchases were made from
farms of Elvm Hess, Jr, sup
plying two heifers; alsb from
the farms of J. Robert Hess and
Richard Hess, ail on R 1 Stras
burg; four animals were sup
plied by J. Mowery Frey, R 7
Lancaster, four from Harold
Book, R 1 Ronks, and two from
the Chester County herd of
Earl Umble at Atglen.
All were first-calf heifers, due
to calve in August and Septem
ber.
Further considerations of
weight had to be made after the
purchase left Lancaster County.
It was expected the group could
be fed m North Carolina, and
again in Miami, but posibili
ties of gams that would affect
air shipment weights had to be
considered
A price feed... or a quality feed?
Call Your
ELM
Wenger’s Feed Mill, Inc.
RHEEMS
Lancaster farming, Friday, July 6, 1956
It is the intention of Beacon to make not just
high quality feed . but the highest. . with the
poultryman’s profit over feed cost in mind.
To do this we use the best No 2 com . . low
fiber 20% alfalfa LEAF meal. dehulled 50'" 0
soybean meal... quality meat scrap free of hair,
fiber or blood meal . . . and we add animal fat.
We are generous in the use of animal protein
ingredients for balanced amino acids, and un-_
identified growth factors.
The result is concentrated nutrition, a dense
feed, very high in net energy with more feeding
value per pound of feed ’ Thus birds eat less for
equal results. This alone can represent up to 75c
or $1 00 difference in cost per bag
We are especially fond of poultrymen who keep
accurate records because they quickly discover
Beacon is their best buy. Beacon can help more
poultrymen to improve profits.
Beacon Dealer
O. Kenneth McCracken
Miilport Roller Mills
Osceola Flour Mills
GORDONVILLE
McCardel Property
Brings $5500 Total
In the sale of real estate and
personal property from the es
tate of the late Margaiet Mc-
Cardel at Summer Hdl, Little
Britain Township, the five
acre tract with eight-ioom
home, summer house, garage
and other outbuildings, bi ought
$5,500.
Buyer was Pearl Coleman, R 1
Nottingham
Kersey Bradley, auctioner, re
ports these items sold
Gallon crocks, 60 cents each;
three-gallon jug, $3, bureau,
$32; old fashioned locker, $36;
plank bottom chair, $7 each;
Gone With the Wind lamp, $65;
ironstone tureen, $6, glass cake
stand, $3 50, glass goblets, $3 50
each, corner cupboard, $35;
combination wood and gas range,
$46, old wooden cradle, $2l;
and canned fruit, 35 to 50 cents
per quart
Every man’s business is “big”
to him and his family.
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RAND }
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MANHEIM
LITITZ
Earl Sander
NEW HOLLAND
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