—Lancaster Fanning, Friday, Oct. ,26, 1956
6
2 Pennsylvania
Holstein Sires
Win Recognition
Two Holstein bulls owned by'
Pennsylvania Holstein breeders
have recently been recognized as
Silver Medal Production Sires by
The Holstem-Fnesian Associa
tion of America
Awarded on a basis of perfor
mance of the bull’s daughters as
compared with fhe production of
their dams, this recognition is ac
corded only a select few of the
many Holstein bulls in service.
Similar in many respects to
the well-known “sire proofs” is
sued by the DHIA organizations,
Daughter-Dam comparisons used
for medal awards must include
10 pairs of daughters and dams.
All records must have been
made under official Herd Im
provement Registry or Advanced
Registry test supervised by the
state college in cooperation with
the Holstein Association Such
comparisons are issued for hund
reds of bulls, yet only a small
percentage qualify for silver
medal honors
Bulls honored in Pennsylvania
include:
Pabst Jess Rowayne 1104658,
owned by H M Gans, Gans:
14 daughters, 14,776 lbs. of milk,
579 lbs fat, and 14 dams, 14,352
lbs. milk, 531 lbs. fat.
Pabst Hoamer Burcader 1080777
(VG), owned by NEPA Artifi
cial Breeding Coop., Tunkhan
nock: 15 daughters, 15,283 lbs.
milk, 559 lbs fat, and 15 dams,
15,125 lbs. milk, 567 lbs. fat.
PREMERGE
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in ALFALFA
in STRAWBERRIES
in OATS, BARLEY & WHEAT
These dealers and applicators will supply you
and assist you with practical advice:
Bareville
Dick Harry & Chet Nolt Farm Bureau
Buck
Musser’s Feed Mill
Denver
Denver Supply Co.
Elizabethtown
Kaylor Bros., R. D. 1
Messick Farm Equip
ment, R. D. No. 2
Florin '
Hess Bros, S. Market St,
Gap
Summers Bros,
Kirkwood
L. H. Jackson
Stevens
Lancaster Herbert F. Gehr
Farm Bureau ... , , lr .„
L. H. Brubaker, R. D. 4 West Willow
Letort
Ament’s Hardware
Lititz
Sunshine Farm Supply
PREMERGE is a product of DOW CHEMICAL CO.
J. C. EHRLICH CO.
Poultry Conference
'Set for Feb. 26-27
I A poultry housing and ecfuip
ment conference will b'e held at
the Pennsylvania State Univer
sity Feb. 26 and 27, 1957. The
two-day conference will center
oh the University’s solar poultry
house which has gamed world
wide attention.
This past year a conventional
house the same size as the solar
house has been built. At the time
ot the conference, observations
cah be made of a flock housed
at 3 square feet per layer in the
conventional house compared to
1 square foot per layer in the
solar house.
The flocks will be compared
with respect to egg production
and quality, mortality, feed effi
ciency, and labor requirements.
A similar conference two years
ago was attended by over 200
poultrymen, industry represen
tatives, and' research workers
fiom 21 states, Canada, Spam,
and Scotland.
TRAFFIC TOLL
The traffic toll for the first
five months of 1956 amounted
to 14,720, a nine per cent in
crease over the corresponding
period of 1955, and a new rec
ord. May was the 15th straight
month that, traffic deaths show
ed an increase in comparison to
corresponding months of the
previous years. For the first
four months of 1956. there was
a,six per cent increase in travel
and a ten per cent increase in
fatalities.
and it is economical, too
Manheim
Millers ville
Millersville Supply Co;
New Holland
Clarence H. Rutt & Sop
Paradise
Victor J. Denlinger
Ben. B. Landis, RD. 1
Peach Bottom
C. E. Wiley & Son
Quarryville
Ross H. Rohrer & Sons
West Willow Farmers
Assn., Inc.
Willow Street
Cope & Weaver Co.
736 E. Chestnut St.
Lancaster. Pa.
EX 3-2489
Fire Destroys Home
Here is a view of the fire which Saturday destroyed the
farm home of the Robert Lentz family just southeast of
Quarryville. In the foreground is the Quarryville fire truck,
which, with the Bart Co., responded. (Lancaster Farming
Staff Photo).
Editorial, Daily Mirror, British
newspaper; “Harry Truman step-
ped down from power politics as
unspoiled a man as when he
stepped up.”
DEARBORN REAR MOUNTED LOADER
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pain out of lifting and loading! It helps you get more
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money. Just take five minutes to * :ach this tool,
after original installation on the Ford Tractor. Then
flick your finger and watch the booster cylinders,
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loads as heavy as .460 pounds ... as high as six feet.
The fork dumps easily by trip rope from the tractor’s
seat. A handy hitch lets you use your Ford Tractor
for hauling and other drawbar jobs without remov
ing the loader.
SEE this easy-on, easy-off loader that has capacity,
ease of operation and a low price- '"'-v this money
making equipment on yoqr faim. C. ,ciucm. terms.
Haverstick Bros. Conestoga Farm Service
Columbia Pit** Lancaster Ph. EX 2-5722 Quarryville Ph. 282
Gamal -Abdel Nasser, Presi
dent of Egypt “We want the
American people to'understand
us ... At the same time, we
want to be completely indepen
dent.”
Allen H. Matz
Denver Ph. AN 7-6502
Elizabethtown Farmers Supply Inc.
Corn Support in
Price Range of
51.40-51.65 Here
Price supports for corn grown
this season in Lancaster County
remain at $1.65 for acreage al
lotments participants and $l4O
per bushel for those not in full
compliance with the Soik Bank
provisions^
Corn-grading No. 3 or better,
testing not more than 20.5 per
cent moisture and stored on the
farm is eligible for loan. The top
price will be paid producers who
planted within measured acre
age allotments and who did not
harvest more than 85 per cent
of their Soil Bank base while
placing at least 15 per cent of
this base in Acreage Reserve.
Farmers wishing to store corn
are urged to contact the Lan
caster County Agricultural Stab
ilization and Conservation Com
mittee office. A service fee of $3
is charged, and corn must be
"ribbed at least 30 days before
samples may be taken.
- High moisture is reported m
corn being picking now by many
farmers.
Population, Income
In 1956 Estimated
The nation’s population is' ex
pected to reach 185 million by
1965. Figuring from present
trends, the economists expect a
30 per cent increase in per
capita disposibte income by 1965.
The people, of this country
have traditionally spent about
5% per cent of their disposable
income for meat, according to
the National Live Stock and
Meat Board.
Marshal Bulganin, Soviet Pre
mier, when asked about Rushan
aid offers to Latin America;
“That (aid) given by the United
States xs help; ours is collabora
tion.”
.OKKS INSIDE'OK OUT—Rear mounting
makes this-loader useful even inside -
bams with low overhead clearance- It’s
close coupled for-operating-ease and
-Siciency in close quarters. It’s-a ,Jman
saver” any way > ou use itl
Sander Bros.
New Holland Ph. EL 4-8721
Ph. 7-1341