Leary Prange
Herd Leader
In July DHIA
The Progressive Dairy Herd
improvement Association Re
ports that there were 2,901 cows
in the 96 herds of the Associa
te There were six herds over
35 lbs of butterfat, with the
leading herd belonging to Letry
piange and consisting of 35 head
0 l Holstems and Guernsey cows.
T gary Prange 1154 41.9
T Barnard Walter 837 39.0
Eaii Umble .1064 38.5
Henry Landis 843 37.1
E\ erett Cowan 932 36.9
Harry Hostetter 1008 35.6
There were 19 cows over 70 lbs
ot butterfat, wth the leading cow
belonging to Leary Prange This
cow. a 7-year-old Registered
Holstein, produced 2,285 lbs of
ml lk and 891 lbs of butterfat
with a 3 9% test
On Sept 1, a fifth tester will
be started in this area ‘doing
Owner Sampler Testing To date'
thcie are several openings for
heids Fuither information may
be obtained by contracting any
officer or tester of the associa
tion - |
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All-Metal Construction
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■¥ Fully Approved for CORN LOANS
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4 SIZES—SSO, tOO, 1100, 1500 Bu.
A FARM
W BUREAU
Dillerville Road, Lane. _
MANHEIM-NEW HOLLAND
QUARRYVILLE '
FORAGE HARVESTERS
k N.H. PTO with row crop att.
k Papec w/motor, cutter bar, & row crop
k Dearborn PTO w/row crop
k AC mounted 2 row corn picker
Oliver Superior 13 x 7 single disc tractor
Grain drill w/power lift & band seeder.
PAINT CLOSE OUT SALE
PTS. 49c-QTS. 89c-GALS. $2.99
_A few specials left from our remodel
lug sale on electrical appliances & freez
ers. Also good used refrigerators & auto-
matic washers.
I HI LaiKaster 37607
XJI UUdIVCI Strasburg OV 72305
350 Strasburg Pike Lancaster
More than 1500 persons gathered on
the John Landis Farm Tuesday tor the
Big IH Field Day sponsored by 12 1H
Dealers from Lancaster and Western -
Berks County. Here is a view ot the
Old-Time Threshing Days Live Again
On A. R. Herr Farm, Colerain Twp.
By LF Staff Reporter
Powered by a "Peerless steam
engine, an old-time threshing
demonstration was held recent
ly on the Abram R Herr farm
in Lancaster County’s Colerain
Township.
Threshing took place just
opposite Hope School, and
power was supplied by a 50-
horsepower Peerless steam
engine of 1925 vintage. The
steam engine, owned by Mr."
Herr, was operated by Elmer
E. Adams of Mechanics Grove,
Fertilizers
Farms Gardens
Lawns
Cocoa Bean Shells
Organic Plant Food Co.
GROFFTOWN RD.
Ph. Lancaster 2-4963
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IHC Field Day Crowd
and his nephew, Uoiacc
Adams of Providence, Md.
Lined up in the same field
to show how harvesting methods
have changed were foui selt
propelled combines and three
pull-type units
Mr._ Herr started steam
threshing at an early age, and
when just a boy ran his father's
engine, delighting in firing the
engine, especially in the cool
days of fall. The smell of smoke
still lingers in his memory.
At the age of 18, Mr. Herr
started branching out on his
own, running a thresher on “the
halves” with Harold Swisher,
and at 20 bought his own gaso
line-powered threshing outfit.
He gradually increased the
number of units he ran until he
had icven in operation.
Then came the “combine,”
and the switchover to the
method of threshing preferred
by many farmers. Back-break
ing duties were eliminated tor
the most part.
Today he-still personally pre
fers the old-time method, which,
he believes produces a cleaner
job and better grade of wheat
and he uses the old-timers
whenever he can on the tour
farms he operates
Still the memory of smoke
and steam lingers.
Reading Fair
Opens Sept. 1,
Deadlines Set
READING, Pa. The Read
ing Fair opens soon, and the
usual press of eleventh hour de
tails confront fair prexy John S.
Giles and his .associates.
Of paramount importance
this week are closing' dates for
entries in two important fair
contests; The Miss Reading
Fair beauty contest which has
its entry deadline Saturday
(Sept. 1), and a new “Farm
Maid Contest” in which en- _
tries close Friday (Aug. 31).
Another important date on the
pre-fair calendar is next Tues
day (Sept. 4). On that day, the
grandstand reserved seat ticket
sale opens at the fair’s down
town ticket office, located at 117
S. sth St., Reading. Reserved seat
tickets for all performances of
the fair will be available there.
The fair, one of Pennsylvania’s
largest, operates Sunday, Sept. 9
through 16, eight days and seven
nights.
crowd, watching the Parade of. Progress,
and units there were 14 operating
at work in the field of the R 3 Lancaster
farm (Lancaster Farming Staff Photo)
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CREDIT ASS’N. Ij
36 E. Chestnut St. a
Lancaster, Pa. |
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derm H. Herr Clem E. Hoober
Hiestand, Inc. Leßoy M. Sensenig
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LOOKING
FOR
RESULTS
Try WIRTHMORE
HI-ENER-G 16
Here’s what it will give you:
* Greater returns over feed cost.
* Good performance in any climate, in pens
or cages.
★ Labor savings—easy to fee4,~a complete ration.
Why not try it and check the results for yourself?
WIRTHMORE FEEDS
Manheim RDI,
Ph. Landisville 3547
_ Marietta
Ph-6-9301
Lancaster Farming—3
Friday, Aug. 31, 1956
EGGS
PHILADELPHIA Aug 29
(USDA) firm Prices advanced
on most grades Advance buy
ing increased for weekend
holiday requirements Supplies
of large top quality were barely
sufficient but medium were libe
rally available.
Wholesale selling prices
minimum 10 per cent AA quali
ty. Large 45-48 lb white 50-51,
brown 49-50, medium white 32-
33, brown' 31-32 Extras, mm
60 per cent A qual. Large 45-50
lb. white 40-41, mixed 38-39,
medium white 31-32, mixed 30-
32, mixed .30-31 Standards 31-
32. Checks 26-27
Receipts Aug 28 - 3,400 cases
all by truck
Inflated Statistic
There are more than a million
women m the United States
who are overweight Those are
round figures, of course
The Centerville (Iowa) lowe
gian.
24-Hotir Service H
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: 1956 AUTO TAGS H
J tDWARD G. WILSON «
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'l6 *» 1 ime v t Lancaster, Pa
SPECIAL THIS WEEK
1200 SILVER
CROSS 9c
f 1500 WHITE
CORNISH CROSS 12c
Heavy Seconds ... 4c
Phone or write today
REICH
POULTRY FARM
R 1 Marietta Ph. 6-7123
Intercourse
Ph. 8-3431
Hinkletown
Ph. Epbrata 3-2009