Guernsey Club Reports Record Made in Michigan PETERBOROUGH, N H The American Guernsey Cattle Club started it’s official pi educ tion testing program m 1900 Since then, some 370,000 re gistered Guernseys have comple ted official records, but until now, not one had ever made four first-place National class leading ones The registered Guernsey that Hist completed this unprecedent ed accomplishment is Lockshore Jarrett’s Irene, a six-year old cow owned by R. F Locke of Hickory Corners, Mich Irene’s fourth straight first place production also shatteied another breed mark She is now the first Guernsey ever to pro duce 20,000 lbs of milk in 305 days, while milked only twice daily Her official production was 20,101 lbs milk and 809 lbs fat Fertilizers Farms Gardens Lawns Cocoa Bean Shells Organic Plant Food Co. GROt-FTO'VN RD Ph. 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Name Address Receive PP&L Agricultural Scholarships Lancaster Farming, Friday, Dec. 14. 1956 Twelve students recently named by PP&L to receive PP&L agricultural schol arships for the 1956-57 school term at Pennsylvania State University were award ed the scholarships at special ceremonies at Ag-Hill on the Penn State campus, Sat urday, Nov 3 The scholarships were awarded on the basis of character, schol arship and the promise of usefulness in the field of agriculture Since the utility’s program was instituted, 21 scholarship re cipients have been graduated from the uni versity. Shown above (left to right) are Dr. David R McClay, acting associate dean of the College of Agriculture, Dr Lyraen LANCASTER FARMING Classifieds Ads Pay 52 Weeks of (Please Print) E Jackson, Dean of the College, the schol aiship winners—Richard L Hook of Lewis burg, Yens W Corderman of Watson town, Richard L Pharo of Bethlehem, Ed ward R Ker of Catawissa, David W Price of Hughesville, Robert E Wagner of Wil liamsport, Edward L Schwar, Jr, of Lan caster, Charles S Ault of Linden, Warren C Hemly of Lancaster, Melvin Brown of Herndon, Roger L Odell of Seelyville, Ar thur L Ohl of Bloomsburg, and Mr. R T. Jones, Director of Agricultural Develop ment for PP&L, who presented the awards for the local utility. Security Credit From Farm Land Rental Explained Whether 01 not you get social secunty credit tor yout income fiom land you rent to someone else foi farming depends on the rental agi cement and on how much you participate in the operation and management of the laim says M S Glcaton, managei of the Lancastei social security office Under ‘-ome cncumstancc-, youi income fiom the land may be “ionta'l income’ and not coveted by the law, under othei circumstances your earnings will be considered “earnings fiom sell employment” as a faimer If you simply lent the land in lelum foi cash or a shaie of the crops oi livestock and you take no pail m the production or management of the pioduc tion ol the ciops or livestock then the cash or crop shaie you receive is rental income and it does not count toward social security But lor taxable veais ending after 1955 you can gel social secunty ciedit for your income fidm land you rent to someone else undei an agreement that you will ‘ materially participate” in the management or pro duction of the faun commodi ties. , What do jou have to do to “materially participate" in the management or production'’ Fust, theie must be an ai rangement between jou and the renter that \ou will take part in the management or produc tion This arrangement ma> be either written or unwritten. Second, vou must actually take some part m the production or management of the produc tion Even if >ou don’t acluatlj do any physical work vou may bo materially participating in the production or management of production if vou' Advise and consult regularlv with the person who rents the land on the operation and management of the farm. Inspect the production ac tivity regularly. Furnish part or all of the equipment, ma chinery. or livestock, Paj part of the expenses of pro duction. Ceaton pointed out that each of these must be consider ed, together with any work you may do on the farm and manage ment of the enterprise. It’s not necessary that you do eveiything listed above to qualify, in some cases it is sufficient if you have an anangement to participate in the farming and you actually perform some of these activities MAR-GEO Vitamin Supple ment Your cattle and hogs need DUTCH BELL for Dairy BETTER BEEF for steers and TRIPLE RICH for Hogs We also have the famous DAN PATCH HORSE POWDER Manufactured by Mar-Gro Mfg. Co., R 3 LANC. AARON S. MARTIN DISTRIBUTOR R 1 EAST EARL Authorized Dealers * Master Mix * Wirthmore Feeds * Ferguson Equipment * Haverly Bulk Tanks * Lincoln Welders * Sauder Loaders . * Anhydrous Ammonia * Therraopane <■ Wheel A-Way Egg * Universal Milkers WashM> * Miller’s Insecticides * i rr jg a tion Equipment * Koppers Creosoted * DeKalb Cliix & Started Posts Pullets (Tl rorr i , n r MARIETTA HIESTAND Inc. ha 6-9301 RESCUER HIT AUSTIN, Texas Asked bv a mothei to help hci find her son after a Cub Scout meeting, Bob Jenkins, 9-joai-old Cub Scout, spotted the child, Roger Euckson, Ji , 5, m the “middle ot the sticet Bob ran out, snatched the boy and pushed hun to safety, but was sti uck bv an auto He buffeted a fractured arm MOM’S LO4DED Mrs Smith, hei aims filled with giocones, boaided the bus, followed b> her 6-yeai-old daugh ter, who caiefully diopped the fares into the coin box “I’m pav mg the fares today, ’ she ex plained in a voice that earned to the very back of the bus, “cause Mom is loaded ” ANSWERS YOUR y QUESTIONS Q.>vh -ASJIArc. AjccnwS-crum> . C asn, S. ixr A My advice is, use Dr. * Salsbury's Avi-Tab This appetizing tonic for poultry builds up run-down birds, perks up lazy lay ers. Just mix Avi-Tab in the mash for 10 days and see the difference Keep egg production hign, save yourself loss from culls Use Avi-Tab regularly and practice gooc' management. F ollow up any disease treatment with Avi-Tab! BE ON THE ALERT! w^v.. ffoW ftw/rry Atk Fmr REP F. W. Fisher ol°" 2182 Leacock, Pa. .1 13
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