16—Lancaster Fanhing, Friday,' April 49,1957
Number of Cattle, Calves on Feed
Up 4 Per Cent from Year Ago
WASHINGTON The number
of cattle ariS calves on feed for
market in 13 major feeding states
on April 1 was estimated at 4,-
392,000 head, according to the
Crop Reporting Board This was 1
an increase of four per cent from
the 4,222,000 head on feed April
1. 1956
There was also an increase of
four per cent from Jan 1, 1956 to
Jan 1, 1957, in these same states.
The April 1, 1957 number of
cattle and calves on feed in the
13 states was 15 per cent below
the number on Jan 1, 1957 which
is about the usual decline and
compares with a 15 per cent'drop
during the. same period of 1956
ft umbers placed on feed in these
states dunng the 1957 Jan.-March.
quarter at 1,736,000 head were
County Fair .
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Dates Released
By State
Dates for county fairs eligible
for state aid were released Tues
day by the state Department of
Agriculture
Here in Lancaster County-five
fairs aie listed They are the
West Lampeter Comunity Fair,
Sept 25-27, Ephrata Farmers
Day, Sept 25-28, New Holland
Farmers Fair, Oct 2-5, Manheim
Community Farm Show, Oct 3
5. and Mt Jov Community Ex
hibit, Oct. 9-12
The department also listed
three other events of interest to
livestock and dan men They are
the. Pennsylvania Junior Dairy
Show, Farm Show Bldg., Harris
burg, Sept 19, Pennsylvania
Livestock Exposition. Farm
Show Bldg ,' Harrisburg, Nov.
12- and the Farm Show, Jan.
13- 1958
Farm Calendar
Today
Final day of sheep shearing
school in York County
Saturday
Farm Women’s 3 at
"Tciiei » auiool in Clay Townsiap
Hostess will be Mrs Harold Fry
Monday
1 ElmPenryn Community 4-H
Club 7 30 p m at Penryn Fire
Hall
Tuesday
Blanor Community 4 H Club
7 30 p m at the home of Abram
Earley, R 1 Washington Boro.
Wednesday
Farm Women 24 7 30 p m.
Mrs Clarence Esbenshade hos-
tess
Muddy Creek Community 4-H
Club 7 30 p m at the home of
Raymond Lausch
Thursday
Farm Pond meeting 9am at
Leßoy Andiews farm, R 7 Lancas
ter. Joe McCurdy. Penn State agn
cultural engineer, will speak on
construction and upkeep Robert
Wemgard, wildlife specialist, will
speak on fertilization, weed con
trol, and fish stocking
Farm Pond meeting—l 30 p.m
at Joseph M Brubaker faim, R 3
Lititz Program same as morning
meeting.
4-H Holstein Dairy Club meet
ing—7 30 pm at the home of
George Rutt, R 1 Stevens.
Friday, April 26
Paradise Community 4H Club
7 30 p m at the home of Mel
\in Stoltzfus, R 1 Ranks
Saturday, April 27
Farm Women 5 Social Room,
.Manheira Lutheran Church.
Monday, April 29
Holstein Breeders Tour 7 30
am., CTC Building, 825 East
Chestnut St, Lancaster.
Tuesday, April 30
Swine Breeders meeting 8
p.m. at Farm Bureau Cooperative,
Dillerville Road, Lancaster.
Thursday, May 2
Fruit Growers - Bee Keepers
meeting 6 30 p m at Kauffman
fruit Farm, RD Bird in Hand.
W W Clark will examine bees
and discuss spring management
of bees. O. D Burke will discuss
fruit disease developments to
date.
about the same as the 1,728,000
head placed in 1956.
Fed cattle marketed from the
13 states dunng the first quarter
this year at 2,516,000 head were
two per cent above the similar
period for 1956. Cattle and calves
on feed in Idaho, which are not
included in the 13 states totaled
100,000 head on April 1, 1957
down 15 per cent from 1956
Growm* Chicken By The Ton
With Enos Miller-Top Management
and Purina
Enos Miller, 1772 Windy Hill Rd.,
Lancaster Raises Capettes Averag-
ing 5.95 to 6.25 Pounds in 12 Weeks
and 6. Days Using Purina Feeding.
Follow Enos Miller’s Advice and
Cut Your Feeding Cost byl Feed- ,
ing Purinal
Enos
Reported,
Flocks of Capettes,
Sold' at i 2 Weeks and 6
Days,
and 15 Weeks, Averaged 5.95 to 6.25
Pounds.”
Enos Miller’s poultry houses measure 40x230 and 44x212 having a capacity of 14,000
Capettes and 20,000 Broilers. The roof and all sides galvanized sheeting and ashestos
hardboard is used throughout the inside. It is completely insulated with 26 tons of shav
ings and there are automatic exhaust fans, 2 automatic Feeders, 840 feet of trough, and
84 automatic waterers.
CAPETTE GROWERS! ASK YOUR PURINA DEALER FOR FEED AND
A FEEDING PROGRAM DESIGNED ESPECIALLY FOR YOU
J. Fred Whiteside
Kirkwood
John B. Kurtz
Ephrata
Air Force Band
To Give Concert
In Lancaster
The 100-piece U. S. Air Force
band, conducted ‘by former
Reamstown resident Col George
S Howard, will appear at the
McCaskey High School auditor,
mm Monday for two perform,-
ances
Col Howard a 1921 graduate
of Reamstown High School, has
received two Legion of Merit
awards for his work in music in
the Air Force He was responsi
ble for organizing and moulding
the Air Force Band when the
airmen were separated from the
Army.
Feeding ,
“My Last Two
Whic' s
Wenger Bros.
James High
Gordonville
B. F. Adams
- Bird-in-Hand
Were
Rheems
W. T;Pi|)er Tells Flying Farnfers
Of Pioneer Flying Experiences
Eighteen Lancaster and Chest
er CountyJFlyer Farmers attend
ed the' state association’s April
meeting held at the Piper Air
craft Factory at Lock Haven.
The program included a tour
of the plant, observing some of
the precision work in aircraft
construction, and a talk by Wil
liam T. Piper, president of the
company
,In his speech, Piper told of
some of his early experiences m
aviation
He designed and built his
first plane, bfit did not know how
to fly. One windy day, he began
to taxi up and down one of his
fields ajid when he headed into
John J. Hess 11
Intercourse—New Providence
Snader’s Mill
Mt. Airy
John J. Hess
Kinzers—Vintage
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the wind, he landed in one of his
neighbors fields.-He then started
down"wind, but did not get air
bourn. He tried heading into the
wind again and found he could
ithen fly, and repeating th€
landing and take off from farm
to farm, he found he was getting
farther and farther from home.
Finally, he gottup enough cour
age to fly a little higher, but was
afraid to bank the plane to turn
around. „
“I inched it around and got
back home That’s how-1 learn
ed /to fly,” he said
Fliers attended the meeting en
counted a cold front and had to
fly tnrough snow and.ram.
S. H. Hiestand
Salun|a
Warren Sickman
Pequea
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