Selected as the nation’s outstanding
young farmer among 380,000 members of
Future Farmers of America, Wesley Pa
trick' of Brooks County, Ga., was named
Star Farmer of America at the 29th Na-
Third of Farm Game
Hunters’ Bag Taken
At Season’s Opening
About one-third of the farm
game that hunters bag m Penn
sylvania is taken on the open
ing day of small game season
This and other findings were re
vealed m the recent repoit of
Robert L. Snyder. For four years
Snyder has conducted studies of
game populations, hunting suc
cess and the -effects of land man
agement, on- wildlife in the
Conemaugh River Reservoir in
Indiana - County. The total area
within the reservoir is 7,410
acres It is a dry bed reservoir,
with' 300 acres covered by the
minimum pool. The reservoir
area contains many fertile farm
lands. Here are the results of
some of Snyder's research in
the area:
Small 'game hunting -surveys
were, conducted on the Cone
maugh Reservoir from 1950 to
1955. Results of these surveys
reveal that a large percentage
of the season’s -hunting pressure
is expended by the end of the
second week.
Hunting pressure is high on
the Conemaugh Reservoir. *lt
New Ful-O-Pep Laying Ration Promotes
laying rallo^
C. Snavely &,Sons, Inc.
Landisville, Pa.
Millport Roller Mills
Lititz,. R D. 4, Pa.
Ross C. Ulrich
Peach Bottom. R.D. Fa
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Star Farmer of America
REMEMBER?
Remember way back when spy
stones, appeared m book form
rather than on the front pages
ol the daily newspaper 9
Christian Science Monitor
was measured at 106 man hours
per 100 acres in 1950, and this
increased to 142 hours per 100
acres in 1954 and 1955 The
highest, pressure on record was
that expended in the Cokeville
tract in 1950 287 man horns
per 100 acres In 1950, 161 cot
tontail rabbits were taken from
the 462-acre tract In’ 1955 the
number was 200 This would in
dicate that cottontails will con
tinue to produce shootable pop
ulations in spite of intensive
hunting pressure Also, no stock
ing was required to produce this
kill in 1955. Sixty-nine percent
of the total game bag in 1955
-consisted of cottontail rabbits
The percentage harvest of
game animals on the Cone
maugh Reservoir was rabbits,
32 6%; gray squirrels, 16 to
28%, and-quail, 8 to 12% The
percentage kill of cock pheas
ants. including crippling losses,
during 1950 and 1951, ran be
tween 80 and 85%
Efficient
Egg Production
New Ful-O-Pep Laying Ration is a high
- efficiency feed formulated to give maximum
production of market eggs for the least
amount of labor. This top-performing
complete feed is designed for easy ihechanical
or cafeteria feeding. You need no grains.
Ask for new Ful-O-Pep Laying Ration
Grubb Supply
Elizabethtown, Pa.
J. C. Walker & Son Paul M. Ressler & Son
Gap, Pa. Paradise, Pa,
tional FFA Convention in Kansas City.
Wesley farms 130 acres near Quitman,
Ga., and specializes in purebred Duroc
hogs.
USDA Publishes New
Egg Grading Booklet
Washington (USDA)
Basic information on the grading
and inspection of eggs and egg
products is provided m a new
24-page bulletin issued by the
US Depaitment of Agriculture
The publication, prepared by
the Poultry Division of USDA’s
Agricultural Marketing Service,
explains the need for nationally
uniform standards and grades
for itfiese-,products It points out
the specific benefits of marketing
eggs, according to uniform grades
from the standpoint of the pro
ducer, the processor or * whole
saler, the retailer and the' con
sumer.
Included also is up-to-date in
formation on the growth and ex
tent of use of the Federal-State
grading program.
Single copies may be obtained
free from the Office of Informa
tion, U.S Department of Agri
culture. Washington 25, D C,
by requesting Agriculture In
formation * Bulletin No. 159,
“Grading and Inspection of Eggs
and Egg Products ”
- George Rutt
Stevens R. D. 1. Pa.
-D. W. Hoover
East Earl, R. D. 1, Pa.
Lancaster Farming, Friday, Oct. 26, 1056
Trainees Move Into
Field Over State to
Work in Game Season
The 20 Student Officers, in
training at the Pennsylvania
Game Commission’s Ross Leffler
School of Conservation since
June 30, have been assigned to
field duty prior to and during
game season. This is one of the
practical phases of the compre
hensive training course these
men receive.
n going to the field each stu
guidarice of an experienced
dent officer will come under the
Game Protector. In pre-season
work and during the small game
season the trainees will work in
areas where hunters concentrate.
Later they will be transferred to
other localities where the bear
and deer hunting is heaviest. In
the move they will profit, also,
from association with other ex
perienced Gams Piotectors.
All of the members of the
present Student ffleer class were
deputies with consideiahle ex
perience prior to qualifying
through a series of competitive
examinations to attend the
School Experiences they will
have m game season and things
they will learn from seasoned
officers of the Commission will
augment knowledge gained m
the classroom. These experi
ences, plus further instruction at
the School early in 1957, will
amply qualify the Student Offi
cers as State Game Protectois
when they graduate from the
course next spring
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York says that in restaurants
there a calico bag of tea is put
in a cold teapot and warm water
poured in The beverage tastes
something like British coffee
does to an American. London
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Mann & Gnimelli Farm Serv. R. S. Weaver
QuarryUHe, Pa,
L. H. Brubaker
Lancaster, Pa.
N. G. Myers & Son
Jtheems. Pa.
Nearly 95 P. C.
Of Farms in U. S.
Now Electrified
Washington (USDA)
Farm electufication in the
United States is approaching 95
per cent, the U S. Department of
Agriculture announced today.
Estimates made by the Rural
Electrification Administration in
dicate that on last June 30 the
percentage of farms and ranches
with electric power stood at 94 2.
On June 30, 1955, the estimate
was 93.4 per cent.
These figres comupare with
10.9 per cent that were electri
fied in 1935, start of the REA
program, and 54 3 per cent that
had electricity 10 years ago
lln 1946 five States had 90 per
cent or more of farm electrifica
tion; today there aie 39 States
where more than nine out of 10
farms have power For some
areas the increase has been
swift In North Dakota, for ex
ample, the 1946 figure was 10 4
per cent Now it is 84.4 For
South Dakota the com parable
figures are 13 5 per cent and 86 7
per cent. In Mississippi the 10-
year increase was from 24 8 to
87.2 per cent
Nine States have reached or
passed 98 per cent ol farm elec
trification. They aie - Connecti
cut, 98 8 per cent, Indiana, 98 4;
lowa, 98.1, Massachusetts, 98.5;
Michigan, 98, New Hampshire,,
98; New Jersey, 99 2, Vermont,
98.2, and Washington, 98
Pennsylvania was p from 23 6 in
1935 to 96 5 in 1955 1
Miss Lou Payne, who advo
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President of the United States:
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President’s right-hand man,
housewives would have a better
chance for Government recogni
tion ”
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