THBTREE ON THE left is the type buyers want in the lot It is full bodied and well shaped. The trees on the right are trees , £j PL§§lSj L \^TeP^/ THE EMBLEM OF QUALITY and SERVICE Wolgemtith Bros., Inc. Florin, Pennsylvania Phones: Mount Joy 3-9551 and 3-8311 The Better Way... To Handle Your Hay With The MEYER HAY CONDITIONER Your Best Buy in Hay Conditioners . . . Proven By Over 200 Satisfied Users In Our Area Since 1950 See Us Today! J. PAUL NOLT Lincoln: Highway at GAP Ph. HI 2-4183 gllllll<llllllllNIIINllillllNIHIBMIMniiilllBI!IHNIII[illllllinilllilllfflllGIIMIIISIIIIiaiigilllll!lll^ HI You Are Invited To A . . , , ELECTRONIC COOKING DEMONSTRATION Today and Tomorrow Come In And See The Modem ' • GROFFS HARDWARE Way To Cook NEW HOLLAND, PA. that have been allowed to grow without pruning or care. They are too open ancj do not have the desired shape. (LF Photo) Christmas Trees is pruned in the winter and early spring before the buds start to open. Pines, on the other hand, must be pruned in late June and early July. Pruning is what makes the dif ference between a well shaped, full thick tree and an uneven open tree. If the tree is allowed to grow, for even one year, with out pruning, it will tend to be open and thin. The value of this type tree is low, and in times of extreme com petition, may find sale only as boughs. Marketing the trees is also a big factor to be considered. The U.S. Department of Agriculture recommends that the prospective grower locate his future market well in advance. Competition in the market is keen now and with the expected influx of Soil Bank growers, it will become keener. The annual consumption of trees in Pennsylvania is estimated at three million annually, includ ing Canadian trees. The Pennsyl vania State University, in a sur vey made last year, estimated that six mikon trees were being Farm Calendar Final sessions of the State brucellosis meeting in Harris burg Eastern States Membership Meeting 7.30 p. m., Pequea School, West Willow. Wednesday Southeastern District Exten sion Service meeting—lo a. m. to 3 p. m., First Presbyterain Church, 137 East Orange St., Lan caster, H. R. McCullough and Ellen Garber, district leaders, will preside. Eastern States Membership meeting —7.30 p. m. at Penryn Fire Hall. Irrigation conference at Penn State University, University Park. Plant and landscape meeting -9;30 a. m. at the Lancaster Poultry Center, 840 West Rose ,ville Rd., Lancaster. Plant materi als and planting demonstration. Monday through Saturday, March 25-30 Philadelphia Flower Show Wednesday, March 27 District Extension Conference for southeast counties—at the First Presbyterian Church, 137 East Orange St.. Lancaster, Friday, March 29 Plant and landscape meeting— -9 a. m. at Bart Mennonite Church one block north of Route 372 from Christiana to Green Tree. Plant materials and planting de monstration. Plant and landscape meeting— -1:30 p.m. at Southeastern Pen nsylvania Artificial Breeders Co operative, Route 230, Lancaster. Oranmental pruning, care and management demonstration. (Continued from page 12) Today Tuesday Thursday Lancaster Farming, Friday, March 22, 1957—- Beef Breeders Planning Tour Of Australia Harold Thieman, Polled Short 10m breeder of HiggxnsvJ.le, Mo., will lead an all-breed tour of urebred cattle producers to the Sydney Royal Show m Australia n April, continuing around the world. Thieipan has been selected by he board of the Sydney Royal! Show to judge Shorthorn cattle entered in the famed Easter week event He will be accom panied on the tour by Mrs. Thie nan. The tour, open to all breed ers of purebred cattle, is being arranged by the American Star planted. To overcome the overproduc tion problem, the Pennsylvania Christmas Tree Growers’ Assn, has proposed that a uniform grad ing system be established, a co operative marketing system based on the grades be established and that additional research be done on stock, culture and pest con trols. Christmas trees can be a part of the farm cash crop, but the farmer must realize that they are a crop that requires extensive care. As one commercial grower, a professional forester, said, “Christmas trees are more like an orchard than a forest.” t - Our 43 Years of j Experience Can Help ] Yon Be Successful Through | Proper Feeding and Management j Use Our ★ Starting Mash - J Profit ★ Laying Mash $ proved ★ Dairy Balancer lau tAt Beef—Gro A * Farm Seeds * Coal * Hardware & Tools * Fertilizer | * Spray Materials * Lime "j OUR REPEAT BUSINESS IS A SURE | SIGN OF SATISFACTION j WEST WILLOW ,1 FARMERS ASSOCIATION i WEST WILLOW Fh. Lane. EX 4-5019 { FAMOUS FOE DELIVERY IN MINUTES- I i Tour & Travel Service, Inc, 731 Rialto Bldg., Kansas City, Mo The Thieman tour will depart from Kansas City on March 30, 'leave San Francisco on April 1, and will stop m Hawaii and New Zealand en route to Sydney. Visits to leading Australian! breeding establishments after-the Royal Show are being’ arranged 1 . Cattlemen and their wives on the tour will have the choice of returning to the United ,States following the Royal Show, or con tinuing with the Thiemans to the Philippines, Hongkong, Bang kok, Calcutta, Istanbul, Athens, Rome, Geneva, Paris, London and Edinburgh. The itinerary calls for arrival in New York City on June 2j and return to Kansas City on June 3. PASTURES For year round grazing sow a Swiss Permanent Pasture. Ready to pasture in 8 week*. No more reseeding. We also have an excellent Hay Pasture Silage Mix 2-3 eows per acre grazlfg. Casupa Super Green . Pastures . FRED FREY QUARRYVILLE, PA. ST 6-2235 13 (
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