10—Lancaster Farming,
Friday, Aug. 3, 1956
Secretary Benson to
Speak at Hershey
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Pennsylvania State Poultry Fed
eration announced today that
J of Agriculture, Ezra
Taft Benson will be their guest
speaker at their Gala Poultry
Festival in Hershey, Aug. 25th.
This colorful event is held in
cooperation with the Pennsyl
vania Dutch Days, at the invita
tion of The Hershey Estates in
Hershey Park.
The Festival will be a four
day affair Aug 23, 24, 25
and 26.
Secretary Benson’s address at
7:45 p. m. on Aug. 25 will cli
max a busy day for the Paultry
Industry. A chicken cooking
contest, selection of a Poultry
Queen; and a delicious, luscious
chicken barbecue dinner will be
the featured events of the day
Saturday. Aug 25.
Because of the keen interest
in the agricultural situation, a
huge crowd is expected.
MAR-GRO ViUmin Supple
ment Your cattle and hogtneed
DUTCH BELL for Dairy
BETTER BEEF for steers and
TRIPLE RICH for Hogs
We also have the famous DAN
PATCH HORSE POWDER
Manufactured by Mar-Gro vf* Co.,
H 2 Lancaster
AARON S MARTIN
distributor;
R 1 EAST EARL
SUPERIOR DRILL
Low Hopper*.•life-Seal Bearings
This new No. 64 Drill doubles capacity—holds a bushel
of grain and 80 pounds of fertilizer per foot. The ex
tremely low hopper—only feet off the ground —is
easier to fill. And, you have this same low height
whether you choose 20-inch or' 15-inch wheels, both
talcing low-cost, used tires.
Lifetime-seal disc bearings eliminate daily greasings,
save time and cost of lubricant. A low, rear-mounted
grass seeder sows in bands, or broadcasts. You have a
choice of 144 grain seeding rates, 30 fertilizer distribu
tion rates ranging from 65 to 645 pounds
per acre. The famous Double-Run Force
Feed handles any size Seed, meters accu- ]
lately, avoids waste. Plain grain drill, I
'aiding IJg bushels per foot, available. V )
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Once these tanks contained fuel for Air the left may be seen trucks pulling in to
Force planes, today they are filling with unload the 1956 crop. (Lancaster Farming
Lancaster County wheat at the Cargill Staff Photo).
Inc. elevrator just outside Marietta. At
Smooth Lemon Is
Usually Best Buy
Lemons with a smooth “skin
you lover to touch” are the best
buy Chpose those that also are
heavy for their size
Elsie Bamesberger, extension
consumer information specialist
of the Pennsylvania State Uni
versity, says deep yellow-colored
lemons are not so acid as those
oi lighter color. But they’re
likely to contain more juice.
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FHA Loans Here
$lOO Million in
Year to Date
Approximately, $100,290 00 or
86 per cent of the production
and subsistence loans obtained
by farmers from the Lancaster
Office of the Farmers Home
Administration during the past
year were used to purchase
■equipment, livestock and make
similar investments in local
farms, A Rudolph York, county
supervisor for ,the agency said
today
Local, farmers are making
these investments to set up the
kind of farming systems that
will make the most of their la
bor, land and other resources
Maximum Loan $7OOO
, Production and subsistence
loans are also made lor fertiliz
er, seed, tractor fuel, insecti
cides and other farm and home
operating expenses The loans
bear 5 per cent interest and re
payments are scheduled in ac
cordance with the borrower’s
ability to repay Loans for crop
production are repayable when
income from the crop is re'ceiv
ed Loans for capital investments
are repayable over periods up to
seven years The maximum loan
is $7,000 and total indebtedness
cannot exceed $lO,OOO
Several steps are taken by
tha Farmers Home ” Admmisti a
tion to assist farmers in making
the best use of their loan funds.
Before a loan is made a com
plete farm and home plan is
prepared by- the farm family
with the assistance of the
agency’s local supervisor The
plan shows how the farm will
be opeiated, estimated yields
and income, and a budget for
farm and home expenses Pio
vision is made for the produc
tion of a large portion of the
family’s food supply and pro
vision is made in the budget
tor household expenditures and
medical care *r- -
Must Repay Debit ■*-
No loan is made unless the
farm and home plan shows that
(he farm when properly 7opeiat
ed under normal conditions will
produce an income that will
nrovide the family a go%cl- living
and enable them to repay then
debts
Guides have been es'nonsncd
wth the aid of othei agucul
tmal agencies that show desu
ble comb'nations of entoi prises,
t he amount of land -quantity of
livestock, amount and duality ol
pastu’o, and feed ciops acies
of c:sh crops, and the >ield per
acie and produclmn per animal
that aie needed for the success
ful operation of , family-type
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Milk Production
In June Remains
At Record Highs
HARRISBURG Milk pro
duction on Pennsylvania farms
during June continued the rec
cord high performance of previ
ous months and at 610 million
pounds exceeded June 1955 by
4 per cent ,the State Depart
ment of Agriculture announced
today.
Production showed the usual
seasonal decline from the pre
vious month, down 58 million
pounds, a Federal-State survey
showed.
Cow -numbers at 945,000 cdm
pared with 944 000 for May this
year and 940,000 for June last'
year
Pennsylvania milk production
for January through June totals
3,488,000,000 pounds or 4 per
cent above the, 3,346.000,000
pounds for JaiAiary-Juije last
year
In mid-June the average price
received by Pennsylvania dairy
farmers for milk was $4lO per
hundred pounds wholesale, 5
cents above May \ 15 and the
same as on June 15, 1955.
Adequate soil moisture favor
ed growth of grass’s and le
gumes -but the below normal
temperatures of March through
May slowed development and
cutting was delayed Wet ground,
hindered making of ensilage and,
m the west caused some forage.
harvesters to bog down '
Hay making was especially
difficult due to ’ frequent rams
during the last half of June
Much hay was damaged by ram
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farms in this area These guides But- i . ~ ■
aie used m developing the faimjß a gnesium Oxide . .20%
and home plans I * Calcium Equivalent 57% 8
In addition, at the end of the I ■ « g
ciop year a complete review of, 5 Wenger & *
the year’s operations is made j* 0
by the’ farm family and the (B \
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supervisor to determine which J B
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$4OOO Prizes in
Penna. Dutch
Days Dairy Show
HEftSHEY Pa. _ Prize money
totaling $4OOO will~me awarded
exhibitors of prize cattle in th e
annual Dairy Cattle Show t 0
be conducted as a feature 0 (
Pennsylvania Dutch Days, Aug
23 through 26, Hershey sta
{hum.
Entries are limited to breed
ers from Dauphin, Lebanon, Lan
caster, York, Cumberland, Per
ry, Cumberland and Schuylkill
counties.' Deadline for entues
is Aug 6
-Four breeds will be featured,
including Ayrshire, Guernsey’,
Holstefn-Fnesian and Jersey
. James E. Bobb, show chan
man, has announced that the
youngsters will again compete
with their elders for the top
prize money, m addition to pai
ticipatmg in their own 4-H Club
Heifer Round-Up The lattei
event will be limited to Dau
phin and Lebanon County
youngsters
Judging m the dairy show
classes is scheduled for Thins
day evening, Aug 23 on the
stadium track. Judging of the
Holstein breed, the largest class
in the show, will begin at 500
p. m, with other breed sched
uled Jo pass before the judges
at 6 00 p m.
Four-H Club judging is sched
uled for Friday afternoon, be
ginning at 1:00 p m.
May Production of
Cigars Sets Record
May production of cigars in
the United States totaled moie
than 500 million, highest produc
tion for tha month-since recoids
were started in 1949. This le
presents a 2.7 per cent increase
from the 401 S million for the
corresponding month a year
ago.
Removals to sales outlets also
hit a new high point, moving tai
ahead of production at 559 3
million or 35 3 million, 6.7 pei
cent above May 1955 removals,
and highest for any month since
November last year.
SOME NAME!
LOS ANGELES In helping
a man fill out a report about
two hubcaps having been stolen
from his car, a police depart
ment cleik asked the man his
name. It was Yosha H Bans
sioipezuffbergarzime. She didn t
ask him what the H. stood foi
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