w OBSERVED PRECIPITATION (APPROXIMATE) OCTOBER 1956 This chart shows the general nature of the total precipitation which fell during the preceding 30 days Precipitation is ex pressed m three classes: light, moderate, REAL NEWS Fed up on marvels, one chem ist friend claims to have deve loped the real wonder drug. Doesn’t cure anything. Denver Post. IF YOU HAVE THIS ...YOU NEED THIS! BILCO DOORS are not reserved for those luck/ owners of new homes . . . it's the perfect re placement for your worn-out wood hatchway. All steel for permanence/ neat appearance and weather-tightness. Pays for itself by ending repair and re- placement expense. Opens and closes at a touch with "Feather Action" door operators. AH Sizes of BILCO DOORS - In Stock Bird Roofing Channel Drain Roofing / For Building, We Have It. Our Service is as Near As Your Phone * . . Call Quirryville 92R3 I. B. Graybill & Son REFTON, PA. Precipitation Preceding 30 Days ■ J - r '- C J Ag Outlook Meet Set for Nov. 26-29 WASHINGTON (USDA) - Extension Seivice economists from 48 States and Puerto Rice will meat with i epi esentatives of the U S Department of Agncul ture’s Maiketing, Reseaich, Foi eign. Extension, Forest, and Commodity Stabhzation Services in Washington, D C, Nov 23 29, during the 34th Annual Na tional Agricultural Outlook Con farence The four-day conference will be devoted to study of the na tional and international fecono _mic outlook, longtime agncul tural trends, and the immediate outlook for agriculture, includ mg specific agricultural com modifies, explained C M Fer guson, Administrator of USDA s Federal Extension Service and chan man of the Outlook Con ference DIM I HI MU I ’*■"* ****% I There are many new items to make the home more attractive to the eye. Modern adaptions of old ironstone wear, nylon cur tains and decorator fabrics that are beautiful and long-wearing, as well as easy to Nylon table mats and napkins are be coming veiy popular, also. Furniture, too, is taking on new character. There is a set of square end tables which fit over separate rectangular ones which make convenient step extensions. When pulled out, they may be used individually or combined for a long, low coffee table. Built-in furniture is big news for people who are building a small home. There is a very good look to be had that goes into the details of construction Many new furniture groupings use the coffee table as an axis Aiound it are placed chairs and sofas in conversational group ings Small pieces of furniture that do a job are being made for the small home. One piece is a tiny chest of mahognay in traditional design. The size is exactly right next to chairs or sofas. The four drawers provide storage space. Drop leaves on each side transform the chest into a desk or buffet when needed. Wallpaper and matching chintz can create lovely effects at lit tle cost. The matching designs and heavy, and the precipitation amounts which determine these classes are obtained from an analysis of many years of record at many stations. Bv FRANCES DELL MODERATE | | Look for Poultry Inspection Mark To be suie of getting h'gh auahty, wholesome chicken, look for the circular inspection mark which reads, “Inspected for wholesomencss by U S Depai t ment of Agucultuie” Elsie’ Bamesbergsr. extension consumer education specialist, of the Pennsylvania State Univer sity, says the label may be a metal clip placed on the wing, a paper tag 01 sticker, or a maik on the package This inspection mark is used only on leady-tocook that have been examined by a Co\- ernment mspectox and parsed as wholesome food We’ve often wondered what the president of the small college thinks of those million dollar gifts to the laiger universities Christian Science Momtoi can be found in most big de partment stoics Also, a wall paper panel, with a picture or design large and interesting enough to become the center of interest for a room, is most at tractive Get TOP HATCHABILITY J. C. Snavely & Sons, Inc. Landisville, Pa. Millport Roller Mills Lititz, RM Pa. Ross C. Ulrich Peach Bottom. R.D. ra XXXXX\\XXXXXXXXXXXXX\^^XXXXXXXXXXXV\XVXX\V\X' Pennsylvania Farmers’ Association To Observe Anniversary Nov. 19-20 Members of the Pennsylvania Farmers’ Association will ob serve the sixth anniversary of their organization Nov, 19 and 20 at the Holiday Motor Hotel near Harrisburg, cite of the 1956 Farmers Association Convention. Mrs. Jacob Gearhart, Cham bersburg, RDS, will open the convention by leading the devo tional services at 9 W 30 a. m. on the first day of the meeting The business meeting of the organization and reports from the various departments within the organization will occupy most of the program of the first day. Charles B Shuman, President of the American Farm Bureau, will address the annual farm family banquet, to be held at 6 pm. on Monday evening, Nov 19. HEAVY jj^| Policies of the Farmers Associ ation will be debated and adopt ed by the voting delegate body on Tuesday, Nov 20 Dr Kenneth Hood, formeily with Penn State University, and now with the American Farm Bureau, will be the Tuesday noon speaker Secretary of the state associ tion, C M Wilson of Lemoyne, announced this week that mem beiship showed an increase of 75 percent over last year The official audit reveals 5,457 farm families registered as members of the Farmers Associ tion in 29 counties of the state LIGHT Esq Hunter Cooperation In Game Management Requested by State Hunters who bag a bud oi animal identified with a band or tag can render a leal service to their sport by leporting the time and place the game was taken or found, along with the band or tag numbei Such coopeiators will receive interesting information on the time of release and the locality Information on maiked birds and animals should be sent to the Game Commission, Har nsburg, or placed in the hands of a Game Protectoi Not only ducks and geese i ear ed by the Commission hkve been leg banded So have some ring necked pheasants, wild turkeys and live trapped woodcock and grouse Many box trapped rab bits, also, have been eai tagged pi 101 to release The Commission would also appreciate receiving a wing tip and the two central tail feathers of giouse killed in Pennsylvania Study of these leturns permits the wildlife people to keep abreast of the giouse cycle gnd deteimme the success of the spimg hatch and how well the birds survived Grubb Supply Elizabethtown, Pa. J. C. Walker & Son Paul M. Ressler & Son Gap, Pa. Paradise, Pa. Lancaster Farming, Friday, Nov. 9, 1956 the easy way with Ful-O-Pep Egg-Breeder Ration You get maximum production of qual'ity hatching eggs at a low labor cost with Ful-O-Pep Egg-Breeder Ration, This easy-to-feed complete ration with proportioned proteins and equalized energy contains only quality ingredients . . . the ingredients breeders need for sound health and top performance. D. W. Hoo\er East Earl, R. D. 1, Pa. This 3,764 mem bers last year, Wilson said. Also to be held in connection with the PFA convention will be the annual meeting of the Farm Service Association, affiliated with the Farmers Association. The Servicer Association is the medium through which Puerto Rican workers are provided as a service to members for the fruit and vegetables harvest Puerto Rican workers number ing 2,150 were provided to mem bers this past summer through the Association Although a few of them are still working, practi cally all of them have returned to their homes in Puerto Rico Miller Chemicals Buys Ephrata Finn Miller Chemical & Fertilizer Corporation, a well-known Balti more, Md, manufactuiei of agu cultural fertilizers and pesticides, has acquned the Lancaster Bone Fertilizei Company plant at Ephrata, Pa In addition to the Ephrata fa cilities, Miller lecently has estab lished a warehouse for pesticides at the new P L Rohiei & Bro. Co warehouse at Smoketown,,Pa. Sales fiom both points will, be directed by O Neuman, Ji , Vice Piesident of Miller ChenncaJ & Fertilizer Coipoiation, with £ the help of Theodoie N Minnich ot Lancaster Pa, who was asso ciated with the Lancastei Bone Feitilizei Company tor many years, and Elwood K ola, Pa , who ias been with the Millei companj foi some time Moore Chicks More Profits BROILER CHICKS White Vantress Arbor Acres White Rock Cross —American s most cfficu nt meat bird WHITE LEGHORNS: Cnss Cross Sixty White Leg horn a multiple family cross Here is a superior t\ pe layer for white egg pro" ducers who demand the best Low price and big dis count for early orders Write or call for prices and literature: MOORE FARMS 780 EDEN RD. LANCASTER, PA. Phone EXpress 3-3882 George Rutt Stevens R. D. 1. Pa. 7
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