U.S. Agricultural Display Draws
Large Crowds at Verona Fair
More than 40,000 Italian farm
ers and trade representatives at
tended the opening of the United
States exhibit of livestock feed
supplies at the International
Agricultural Trade Fair in Ver
ona, Italy, March 10 according to
the U. S. Department ot Agricul
ture.
The exhibit, the first of a senes
of market promotion displays to
be presented at fairs'throughout
the world in 1957 by the Depart
ment in cooperation withjprivate
industry, is expected to be viewed
by half -a million persons before
the Vernoa Fair’s closing date,
March 19.
It features the use of United
CLEAN WATER
TROUGHS ARE
IMPORTANT.
Clean water troughs
and fountains at least
once a day. This is not
to prevent disease. It
is to encourage water
consumption. Sure, a
chicken will drink out
of a mud-puddle. That
tastes good. But wat
er out of a slimy,
stinking fountain
doesn’t taste good.
I’ve seen clean- foun
tains jump' produc
tion 20 percent in
three weeks time. If
you debeak your
birds be sure the wat
er is at least two or
three inches deep in
the fountain and easy,
to get at.
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Route #3
Ithaca, New York
Russell Mease
Route 4
Manheim, Pa.
Local Representative
Phone Manheim MO 54105
J. C. Snavely & Sons, Inc.
Landisville, Pa.
Millport Roller Mills J. C. Walker & Son
Lititz, R.D.4, Pa. Gap, Pa.
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States feed concentrates in poul
try production, and is demonstrat
ing to Italian farmers how to ob
tain “more meat and more eggs in
less time at less cost” through
use of such feeds.
The concentrates, of which 50
per cent soybean Vneal is a pri
mary ingredient, are exhibited
along with United States, corn,
barley, oats, feed wheat and milo.
Italian Minister of Agriculture'
Emilio Colombo was a visitor to
the exhibit on opening day. He
was greeted by W. Raymond Ogg,
United States agricultural attache
in Rome; Charles J. Witt, director
of the exhibit, and Kenneth K.
Krogh, representing the USDA’s
Foreign Agricultural Service.
The Department is cooperating
with the Soybean Council of Am
erica in sponsoring the exhibit.
The Qouncil was represented on
the opening day by its president,
Howard L. Roach, of Plainfield,
lowa.
The display utilizes live poul
try of several age groups, starting
with chicks breaking out of shells
in specially designed hatching
units, to illustrate the importance
of balanced feeding rations. Oth
er poultry include broilers, lay
ing hens, and breeding stock, as
well as turkeys flown from the
Lnited States.
Dr. A. Wade Brant, head Paul
try Research Section of USDA’s
Agricultural Research Service, is
assisting in the exhibit as a poul
try specialist, and Dr J. W. Hay
ward, director of nutritional re
search of the Archer-Daniels-Mid
land Company, of Minneapolis,
Minn., as a poultry nutrition spe
cialist.
lowa Tests Show
Landrace Cross
Good in Swine
In a three-year swine cross
breeding test at lowa State
College it’s been found that Land
race crosses exceptionally well
with American breeds, but should
not be used more than every third
or forth'year in a market hog
crossbreeding program.
L. N. Hazel, a breeding re
searcher at the college, says this
cross works best when pigs can be
given extra good care. The test
showed that Poland Chinas pro
vide good growth rate and can
produce meaty carcasses, but lack
some in litter size.
Durocs have good growth rate
and litter size but tend to produce
overfat hogs. English Yorkshire
were found to be prolific and have
excellent milking quality, but
their pigs grew more slowly.
Hamshires were found to be
active and rugged and especially
valuable where housing and
equipment are limited.
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East Earl, R. D. 1. Pa.
Milk Production
Shows Drop
Of 3 Per Cent
HARRISBURG Milk produc
tion on Pennsylvania dairy farms
during February at 468 million
pounds was down about three per
cent from the same month last
year due to low quality hay result
ing from excessive rains last sum
mer
Lower milk production in re
cent months continued to increase
the proportion used in doorstep
and other fresh hulk outlets, the
State Department-of Agriculture
said last week following Federal-
State surveys.
While the average wholesale
price of $5 received by farmers
per hundred pounds - (46%
quarts) was down 10 cents from
January, it was 40 cents higher
than the average for February of
last year, the survey showed. The
advance served to offset in
ci eased costs of production that
have been piling up during the
past year
From January to February feed
costs were relatively stable
Prices farmers paid for hay were
down from a year earlier but
quality was also lower Most con
centrate feeds were higher than
a year ago
“With pressure for bulk cooling
tanks on the increase in Pennsyl
vania, the trend toward fewer
but larger herds continues un
abated,’’ the survey report de
clared
Numbers of milk cows in Feb
ruary at 952,000 were the same
as in January and one per cent
above a year earlier. However,
low-quality roughage pulled milk
production downward. Average
production per cow this February
was 492 pounds, down 44 pounds
from January and 30 pounds less
than February 1956.
Out of the last six months, Oc
tober was the only month with
.milk production above the same
month a year earlier. September
output was down because of early
freezing temperatuies which af
fected grazing
February temperatures aver
aged about four degrees above
normal. The mild weather cut
down on feed requirements but
also induced spoilage of high
moisture com in cribs and other
storages, the department said.
Freezing and thawing caused
some damage to winter grains and
grasses. Maple sugar camps op
ened during the month and pro
duction of maple syrup and sugar
is still underway.
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Lancaster Farming, Friday, March 22, 1957
All Anli-freeze Should Be
From Engines Before Hot
WILMINGTON, Del Every
spring, many farmers risk serious
damage from overheated tractor
and truck engines by neglecting
to drain out all winter-worn anti
freeze solutions particularly
the so-called “permanent” types.
Here are a few spring main
tenance tips from cooling system
experts of the Du Pont Company,
manufacturer of “Zerone” and
“Zerex” anti-freezes. They may
help avoid expensive repair bills
1) Corrosive anti-freeze solu
tions are a major cause of over
heated engines. These dangerous
solutions eat into the vital parts
of the cooling system, producing
rust, which clogs up the radiator
and narrow passages in the en
gine block. Overheating also can
mean serious engine damage,
such as scored cylindeis, warped
cylinder heads, “seized” motors,
burned and sticky valves, etc,
(2) Many troubles attributed to
overheating can be traced to a
general misunderstanding of the
word, “permanent”, in anti-freeze
which really means winter long,
or seasonal, not year alter year.
For example, all so-called “per
manent” types can turn acid in
cooling systems after one season’s
use. Air and exhaust gases seep
ing into the cooling system oxi
dize the glycol, forming harmful
acids. As these acids form, they
are neutralized by rust inhibitors.
In time, however, the inhibitors
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become depleted leaving the solu
tion dangerously corrosive For
this reason, it is more economical
in the long run to dram out and
discard worn solutions, and in
stall fresh anti-freeze in the fall.
(3) Do not be misled by hydro
meter readings showing that wnji
er-worn solutions still altoid ade
quate protection against freez
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meter can simultaneously ipcli"
cate if the anti-freeze solution 'has
turned acid and is excessively
corrosive.'
(4) Adding a fresh of
rust inhibitor to winterworri solu
tions also will not solve- th'e coi
rosion problem. This only tem
porarily slows up corrosive’' ac
tion, it cannot eliminate the, dam
aging acid salts already formed.'
For safe, trouble-free opera
tions, the National Bureau of
Standards, farm equipment au
thorities, and anti-frfeeze manu
facturers all recommend this pro
gram before hot weather begins.
(1) Dram out and discard vyntt
er-worn,anti-freeze solutions from
the radiator and engine block, i
(2) Clean and flush the cooling
system, using a chemical cleaner,
if necessary.
(3) Check all parts of the-cool
ing system for leaks or wear; re
place or repair where necessary.
(4) Refill radiator with fresh
water, and add a chemical rust
inhibitor.
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