—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Oct. 5, 1956 16 Pennsylvania Agriculture Builds For Tomorrow: ’57 Farm Show Theme The 1957 Pennsylvania Farm Show, to be held in Harrisburg > Jan. 14-18, will have as its theme “Pennsylvania Agri culture Builds for “Tomorrow'’ Under this theme the 41st all-Pennsylvania show will stress new and coming techno logical developments, mechani- Use ®IK MERE S WHY farmers, nurserymen, arborists •od estate owners favor MALL 2MG over •H other saws —lt’s faster, easier handling .. . packs 5Vi brake horsepower into a 'lght but rugged 29 lb unit. Swivels to cut '•t any angle with engine level, 18 ff to 54* bars pells up to 4V:i ft. timber. Come in . . . TtY IT 1 Models low as $169.95 Suavely’s Farm Service New Holland Phone 4-2214 FOB ALL ALLIS'CHALAAERS vm TBACTOBS, TOO Over rough fields in and out of xuts and furrows. Allis- Chalmeis Power Stecung absorbs the shocks and i educes arm and back fatigue Even with heavy fiont-mounted equipment this full-tune hvdrauhc assist makes your work much oj Yot you stdl have that all-impoi tant “giound feel,” that instinctive ‘touch” that tells the opciaun his wheels aio d This new Allis-Chalmers Powet Steeling ran be in stalled on ail \\ D or WD-45 Tia'tois Let us show you how effortless tiactoi steenng can be Come in today. ALLIS-CHALMERS Mann & Grumelli Farm Serv Quarryville, Pa. L. H. Brubaker Snavelys Farm Service Lancaster. Pa. New Holland, Pa. R. G. Myers & Son Xheems. Pa, zation, agricultural research, fuller preparation of present education, extension and the day rural youth for farming during the years ahead. As usual, the free Faim Show covering 13 acies under one roof is expected to attract moie than half a million visitors during its 5-day run. The annual fall meeting of the State Farm Show Committee (three delegates from each of 50 statewide member organiza tions) was held in Harrisburg on Thursday evening, Oct. 4, when final preparations for the exposition weie launched. This Christmas trees will be en tered in competition for the first time at any Farm Show in recognition of this rapidly expanding industry in Penn sylvania. A State Champion tree will be chosen from six varieties. Another 1957 innovation will be a hay show to piesent the top three ,winneis at five dis trict shows being conducted over the State for the first time this fall Chemical analysis is to be made on each entiy puor to the show The coming show he expanded to include a' junior division for horses The first sale of registered Hereford beef breeding stock from competing entries will be held on Wednes day evening, “Beef Cattle Day ” Formal dedication of the 1957 Farm Show will be by Governor George M. Leader on Monday, Jan. 14. The Pennsylvania State Police pre sent a horsemanship demon stration that evening. SALES AND SEKVICE L. H. Brubaker * ' S H ' i'i R. S. Weaver Stevens, Pa. Lititz. Pa. Enlarged facilities will soon be in use at the Moore Farms Hatchery, 780 Eden Road in Lancaster, with a new office and addi * * * Moore Hatchery Enlarges; Demand For Chicks Up Shown above is the new addi tion at Moore Farms now near completion ' Finishing touches being completed 'to the new office and addition to the hatch ery building, 114 feet by 40 feet The office will be in the brick section attached to the hatchery The addition of space was made necessary by the increasing de mand for Mooie Fauns chicks- Three new modern incubators have been installed in the' first floor with provisions for two moie Each new incubator has a capacity- of 98,280 hatching eggs which brings the total capacity to 694,008 Moore Farms had its beginning in 1936 with a small laying flock and incubators capable of produc ing 1500 chicks weekly Since that time Moore Farms has grown steadily until today 150,000 high quality chicks are being turned out weekly for customers in Lan caster County and surrounding areas The success of Moore Farms has been due to the hard work and love of poultry by Floyd H and Irene B. Mooie During the 1955-56 hatching season 4,500,000 chicks were produced. To meet the requirements of the broiler grower, Moore Farms specializes in hatching the White Vantress x Arbor Acres White Rock Broiler chicks For egg pio duceis Hansen’s Leghorn City Cuss Cross Sixty White Leghorns are available Mooie Faims is an aulhonzed franchised hatchery to pioduce both crosses Price Index on State Farms Up Three Points The index of puces received by Pennsylvania faimeis foi their pnncipal products during the month ended August 15 showed an advance of seven noints Federal-State surveys set the overall index at 242 per cent of its 1910-14 aveiage For the same period the na tional faim puce index declined seven points, to 237 The Penn sjlvania inciease was attubuted by obscivers largely to market ing advantages held by Kevstone State farmets. the seasonal ad vance in milk prices and the in clusion of potatoes in the Aug 15 survev Potato prices were omitted in the July 15 survey due to light movement at that time. The repoit gave an Aug. 15 average of $3.00 per hundred pounds, 77 cents above the national average. Pennsylvania potatoes early jn September weie dawn to 52.00-52.30 per hundredweight wholesale. All meat animals except lambs averaed higher than a month earlier Wholesale milk was up 20 cents ftom July 15 about the seasonal average. The sum mary. ' ' New Hatchery Addition Many poultrymen have found this fall that PURINA’S HIGH-EFFICIENCY principle is tanking eggs on less feed per dozen than ever before on lower-energy feeds Snader’s Mill Mt. Airy John J. Hess Kiazers—Vintage S. H. Hiestand Salunga H. S. Newcomer Mt. Joy B. F. Adams Bird-in-Hand J. Fred Whiteside Kirkwood _■ IMIIIIIIB U ■aßiißGoaaßßfl tion to the hatchery building, as shown in the photo above. (See accompanying story). If you haven’t tried Purina Laying Chows with the HIGH-EFFICIENCY for mulas, you surely will find it worth while to ask your Purina Dealer about them; Poultryman after poultry man tells us he is getting as many or more eggs on less feed per day than ever before on Purina. John J. Hess II Intercourse—New Providence Warren Sickman J. H. Reitz & Son \ < ‘ •> < John B. Kurtz Ephrata James High Gordonville ' Wenger Bros. Rheenss Peqttea Millway ( x
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