SPAB Coop Members to Be Paid Back Soon Nearly $44,000 will be paid back to Southeastern Pennsyl vania Artificial Breeding Coop erative members early this month. • The cooperative board of direc tors determined that the financial status of the organizations was such that Series A (refunds on 1952 business) and Series B (re funds on 1953 business) revolving fund certificates could be re deemed for their full cash value The Best Broiler Cross at its Best Martin fuses the work of the no* ♦ion's leading breeders to give you M top quality chicks that mature early for quick broiler profits. place your order now MARTIN'S HATCHERY POULTRY FARMS, INC lancastery Po.. Phone EX 2-2164 NEW! OItVER Raydex Shares— A new kind of plowshare by Oliver. Another way to save. New Standard-type Raydex shares make it more economical than ever to plow with an Oliver. They’re made by a new, low-cost process. And the savings are passed along to you. Besides, you’ll find Standard Raydex shares extra tough, extra springy and long lasting. Raydex shares come in the grade, type and style to fit your soil and plowing conditions perfectly. Come in and let us show you the world’s most copied plowshare—Raydex— originated by Oliver. Raydex shares are designed to run true, hold to even furrow depth, reduce draft. You can count on it—plowing costs go down when you switch to an Oliver plow with Raydex. G. Hershey & Son Manheim. RD. 1 N. Farmersville Equipment Co. Ephrata. R.D. 2 Oias. J. McComsey & Sons FIRST STEP: 24-foot, cleaF-span' building with high gablu./ ADD LATER: 14 -foot lean-to i> r" Build the basic unit on poles treated with penta, then expand it or add to it whenever the time, labor or money is at hand. Use each “installment” as it is built. ‘lnstallment’ Pole Structure Devised by Oregon State College Newest idea in farm buildings since the introduction of pole type construction is the erection of these pole-type structures in "installments” through the use of standard parts and details Many different building sizes and shapes are possible in this “multicombmation” construction, introduced recently by the agri cultural experiment station at Oregon State College, Corvallis, Ore. More important, however, is the fact that any of the buildings can be. One expanded as the need arises. Two built when the labor is at hand. Three budgeted and built in easy stages Four used while you wait to expand it or add to it. Details of the installment con- Hickory Hill. Pa. E. L. Herr Peach Bottom ADD LATER:, IL, siding, silo (yj walls shown L) __ w Way to Cut lag Costs struction of the pole-type build ings are described by Leroy Bon mcksen, assistant agriculture en gineer of the college in Station Bulletin 557 Specifications call for poles with a minimum top diameter of five inches, treated against ter mites and deday. Splatter boards and other wood in contact with the soil should be treated with a preservative such as penta Farm Employees Position fold Under S. S. Act When farm employees were first brought under social se curity in 1950, coverage under the old-age and survivors insur ance program was restricted to those workers who met a rather strict and complicated regulanty of work test. The 1954 amendments changed the above test. The regulanty of work restriction was removed and replaced by a cash wages test. Through 1956, if a farm em ployee was paid as much as $lOO cash wages by any one farm em ployer in a year, his earnings were ci editable for social secu rity purposes and should be re ported by the employer to his social security account. This year a further change has been made in the coverage test for farm employees. Under an amendment which became effec tive January 1, 1957 farm work will count toward social security benefits if the worker meets either of two conditions. (1) If the farm employer pays him $l5O or more in cash during the year (2) if he does 'farm work for an employer on 20 or more days during a year for cash pay figured on a time basis (that is, on some unit of time 'such ns an hour, day, or week), rather than on a piecerate basis. For the $l5O-a -year test, both piece-rate pay and pay based on a unit of time count and the total number of days worked does not matter; for the 20-day test, the total amount of cash pay is not a con sideration so long as farm work is done for one employer on 20 or more days for cash pay. The 1954 law did not cover agricultural work performed by workers from Mexico hired und er contract or by foreign workers Qawfully admitted from the Bri tish West Indies on a temporary basis. Under the 1956 amendments, service performed by foreign workers admitted to the United States on, a temporary basis to perform agricultural work from any foreign country will not be covered by the law after 1956. If you are a farmer, or if you gain a livelihood in any kind of agricultural or horticultural work, either in employment or self-employment, the social se curity law as newly amended is important to you and your family. It is well to realize that this program of social insurance is now three-fold-it provides old age benefits for men at age 65 and for women at 62; it provides survivor protection for young wives and minor children and to aged parents and dependent hus bands, it provides benefits to the insured disabled worker alter he reaches age 50. Bulk Milk Tanks Have Advantages, Disadvantages, Powers Says The pros and cons of bulk milk tanks have been “kicked around” m conversations about dairying during the past few yeais Here’s what Chester County Agent Robert A Powers Jr says about the advantages and disad vantages of the bulk milk tank systems On the credit side, bulk tanks protect milk quality because of prompt and excellent cooling facilities and the elimination of cans plus time saving. Milk quantity is measured at the farm. Less milk may be lost due to milk sticking in cans. Adequate agitation of milk in the tank en ables representative sampling for butterfat and milk quality. Cans are eliminated, and savings made m initial and retinning cost. Give your chicks o Super-Start! Your chicks should grow up to 5.4% faster on 7.6% less feed per pound of gain than ever before on Purina Startena! Purina scientists have done it again! They have improved even last year’s wonderful formula so much that \ ou can see the faster growth—the better coloring—the extra fine feathering. 97% LIVABILITY. Last year o\er 11;000 folks who kept rec ords on 2,36-1,891 chicks proved that they could get 9796 livability. That is 97 chicks raised out of every 100 bought. LOW IN COST. It costs so little to give your chicks a wonder ful start on Super Startena.Feed just 2 lbs. per small breed chick or 3 lbs. for heavies. That is all it lakes—just a few pennies —to grow’ big, well-feathered joung pullets about 5 weeks old. Why take unnecessary chances with disease when you can do so much to protect their health for only a penny or two a chick. Disinfect the brooder house with Purina Disinfectant Keep drinking water safer with Purina Check-R-Tabs t J. Fred Whiteside J. H. Reitz & Son Kirkwood Millway John J. Hess II Snader’s Mill Intercourse—New Providence Mt. Airy John B. Kurtz John J. Hess Ephrata Kinzers—Vintage Wenger Bros. Rheems Warren Sickman B. F. Adams Pequea Bird-In-Hand James High H. S. Newcomer Gordonville Mt. Joy Bfiiieniiiaiiiii Lancaster Farming, Friday, Feb. 8, 1957—5 Work is saved in handling, wash ing, rinsing, sanitizing, racking, and lifting cans. Bulk tanks save time and make work easier. The fanner pays closer attention to milk quality because of the danger of losing the entire tank of milk. However, there are several ob jections to bulk milk tanks. The high initial cost of the tanks may discourage some dairymen, par ticularly the small producers The farmer has to wash and sanitize the bulk tank, although most agree that it is not a diliicult job. Some changes are usually needed in the milk house, yard and lane. If the dairyman doesn’t watch milk quality closely, he may lose an entire tank instead of only a can or two. S. H. Hiestand Salunga
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