16—Lancaster Farming, Friday, May 3, 1957 150 Holstein Breeders Make Tour Of Farms, Manufactring Plants Approximately 150 Lancaster County Holstein breeders and their wives attended the annual association tour Monday. They visited the Hershey Choc olate Co, Hershey, Utz Potato Chip Co, Hanover, Doubjeday Publishing Co., Hanover; Schmidt and Ault Paper Co, York, G A. (Burdick farm. R 5 York; and Sink ing Springs Farm, R 5 York At the Burdick tarm they saw a 60 cow milking herd of Laux imont and Dunaloggin breeding. 'Burdick was herd manager of Lauxmont when the famous Laux mont Lucifer was bred. He now uses artificial breed , iing and reports a 480 pound herd average At Sinking Springs Farm, the group was met by Herdsman Her man Stebbms Sinking Spungs also is using artificial breed’ng Stebbms re ports that se’. _x‘al Hillmac Sov engn daughters are in production and that they are averaging 450 to 460 pounds ' The herd average last year was 512 pounds At Hershey Chocolate, the com plete manufactunng operations of the various chocolate products was seen At Doubleday, the group saw the making of a book from the time it came off the presses through the binding operations to the mailing room , A continuous flow process for manufacturing potato chips was seen at Utz’s The tubers are peeled, sliced, and cooked in vegetable oil in a continuous op eration However, removing the eye of ' % V « iw*«AH*- '> the potatoes still baffles the ma chines, so each potato is de-eyed by hand as it comes from the peeler Cardboard and wrapping paper made ffom scrap paper is pro dued at the Schmidt -and Ault plant. In the process, old paper is chopped up into its original fibers .and mixed with water When re combined under heat and* pres sure,-it forms a heavy paper used for various industrial purposes. The tour committee was Rob ert Groff, R 3 Quarryville, Everett Beniamih, Holtwood and Elvm Hess Jr, R 2 Strasburg Bulky Ration Slows Pig Gain, Raises Quality Although the feeding of more bulk to finishing pigs improved their carcass quality, such feeding slowed the late of grain and made them more expensive, according to tests at the University of Illi- nois In reporting on this work, D. E Becker ot the swine division of the Illinois College of Agriculture says that the feeding of bulky lations-tended to increase carcass length-and per centage of lean cuts and,decreased backfat thick ness However, Beckei points out, the economy of changing feed ing methods to improve carcass quality will depend on seasonal prices, premiums for quality and labor costs This Year Let Us Spread Your Limestone. Give Us a Ring For Quick Delivery. Ivan M. Martin, Inc., Blue Ball, Pa. < ,^<wwpy^-. USE MARTIN'S LIMESTONE New Records Cause Changes InRedRoseDHIA Revised payment- systems, the owner-sampler program and re vision of the news-letter were topics of a special meeting of the directors of the Red Rose- Dairy Herd Improvement Assn’ at the Lancaster Post Office v Monday night, Assistant County Agent Victor Plastow said that under the IBM record keeping system, the asso ciation treasurer will make pay ments. for service directly to Penn State. He said that the $1 50 for test ing an HIR herd will be paid di rectly to the tester The money will then be forwarded to Penn State. He said that the owner-sampler program records can now be kept by the IBM process for an addi tional fea of ten cents a cow - However, in action taken by the directors, it was felt that in creasing the fee in this program will defeat the purpose of this type of record keeping The direc tors said that economy was the reason given for the program and in a vote decided to administer the program as done presently. The news-letter revision is re quired because information now available will not be available un der the IBM system To be drop ped is the summary of cows mak ing 70 or more pounds of fat In reporting lactation records, the cows will not be grouped by ages Other revisions will be. made as required It was announced that the an nual banquet will be held later than usual this year because of the new record keeping system It was felt that the change over will attle Need Good Crops rops Need Good Limestone Tests Show Two New Weed Killers Work Well on Small Grain Crops Underseeded legumes on mil lions of acres of small grains maf get off to a healthier start m the future with the help of two new selective herbicides recently test ed by weed-control specialists of the US. Department of Agricul ture Two two newcomers are 4(2,4- DB) and' 4(MCPB). Both have demonstrated sr- in limited 1955 tests and m more extensive ex periments during 1956 that they could "become valuable sup plements to herbicides farmers are now using, the Department says. In experiments 'last year at USDA’s Agricultural Research 'Center, Beltsville, Md., and in co operative field tests at agricul tural experiment stations in sev eral states, the new weed-killing compounds proved safe to use for weed control in seedling le gumes and certain other crops. Research indicates the two her bicides show most' promise as post-emergence or foliage treat ments However, the 1956 tests in dicate they may be effective also for pre-emergence weed control. This year farmers in more than 'l6 States will underseed an esti mated 36 million acres of small grains (wheat, oats, barley, rye) with such legumes as alfalfa, various clovers, annual lespedezas, delay summarizing this year’s records for about two or three weeks. Binders for the new records are being order by the association treasurer to be sold to herd own ers for $1,29 each. They will be available through the herd tester. In other action, the board de cided that the testers will pay postage costs in mailing barn sheets to Penn State to be tabu lated. Telephones New Holland Elgin 4-2112 Terre Hill Hlllcrest 5-3455 and others. ' UiSDA researchers point out that development of safe and el. Ifective chemical weed killers, for use an small grains, (that would protect underseeded legumes m the seedling stage from destrucftl tive weed competition, could more than double the acreage of small grains now treated with chemicals for selective weed control. Results of the Beltsville tests show that both 4(2,4-DB) and 4(MCPB) gave excellent control of mustard, pigweed, lambsquar ter, ragweed, and other weeds at rates of application which re sulted in little or no injuiry t(/l alfalfa, red clover, Ladino clover, lespedeza, Rax,- oats, com, and some other crops. Rates erf application required to give good weed control with these new weed killers have been dou ble the required rates for 2,4-D or one-half to four pounds per acre, depending on the degree and type of infestation. - Besides killing broadleaved*' weeds in underseeded stands of cereal crops, the two herbicides should prove valuable in the es tablishment of- pure stands of forage legumes, say weed-control specialists of USDA’s Agricul ■turaf Research Service. Other possible uses for the new herbicides are for the control of broadleaved weeds in forage-leg-. ■ume seed production fields, mr flax, and in tolerant crops such as corn or rice grown in the vi cinity of crops highly susceptible to 2,4-D and related herbicides. The new-compounds are avail able this year for limited trial use for the control of weeds in legume seed production fields. USDA emphasizes, however, that few suggestions for farm use can be made until more extensive!) trials are completed « }k^ / p ** O / ►
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