16—Lancaster Fariflihg, Friday, - Cold Spots in Sky Can Be Used For More Efficient Cattle Shade The possibility that “cold spots” in the sky can help live stock during the hot summer •months is being investigated by scientists of the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture and the Un iversity of California’s Imperial Valley Field Station -at El Cen tro, Calif Using instruments that mea sure sky ,temperature and radia tion as well as air and soil tem perature, these researchers have found that a point in the north sky—at El Centro it is located about 60 degrees above the hori zon—is often cooler than other parts of the sky These north sky temperatures may also aver age 20 to, 30 _ degrees below air temperatures at ground level Thus the sky can serve as a “•cooling sink” for heat radiated from points on the ground. Research has already shown that sheds and corrals used to shield livestock from the sun’s radiant heat contribute to sub stantial increases in daily weight -gains Now it may be possible to design shelters in such a way that the roofs and walls will "sene also to transfer heat from the ground to the cold spots in the sky Ideally, such shelters would expose the animals to a large expanse of cool sky and at the same time protect them from .SAVE TIME and MONEY Lancaster— Manheim New Holland Quarryville Mfg. in our modern mill at New Holland direct rays of the sun. In experiments with a high vertical shade running east and west and with the north side made of a reflective material, such as aluminum the research ers found that the average re flection .of the north sky against the wall was some 45 degrees cooler than that of the south sky, which averages 'about 120 de grees F. This explains why live tock often prefer to stand in the shade of high-walled buildings— particularly metal buildings—in preference to conventional shad es A disadvantige of this type of vertical shelter is that it provid es only a small amount of ground shadow, compared to flat shades. The scientists believe, how ever, that the principle of using a reflecting surface oriented to the north sky should be consider ed in the design of livestock shades They also point out that cloud cover cuts down on the amount of heat that can be radia ted from earth to sky But in California’s Imperial Valley, and in some other parts of the coun try the large number of cloudless days in the hot part of the year, from June through September, makes the north sky a fairly re liable “sink” for radiated heat when cooling is most needed. Feed NEW.. Jatm Gureau 22 % Laying Mash With 3-NITRO —LOWER FIBER with De-hulled Soy Bean Meal. —HIGHER FAT with ad ded Animal Fat. —EXTRA Vitamins and Minerals. —3 NITRO means MORE EGGS and FEWER pounds FEED per DOZEN EGGS. ,C. COU '#Af BUBfc 1 KEA Rfepafte T,OOO mm BTade For Better Rural Phone Service The Rural Electrification Ad- counties in Wisconsin, ministration has made it I,oooth This brings the total of REA loan to improve and extend tel ephone service in rural areas, the U.S. Department of Agri culture announced today. The Farmers Independent Tel ephone Company, of Grantsburg, Wis., received the I,oooth loan m the eighth year of REA’s rur al telephone program. It was in the amount of $492,000 and will 'be used to provide modern dial service in Polk and Durnett Slightly Smaller Meat Supply Should Help in Overall Consumption CHICAGO A slightly small er meat production this year than last still will give consum ers plentiful supplies at attract ive prices, a meat industry ex pert indicated today. Wesley Hjardenbergh, presid ent of the American Meat Insti tute, added that, although reduc ed in volume, the nation’s meat output Is likely to be second only to the recond production of 1956. He addressed the 34th annual meeting of the National Live Stock and Meat Board. 'He said production of meat so far this year has been about 4 HARVEST BIG ACREAGE GLEANER-BALDWiN Combine * \+, More Acres ... More Bushels .. . For More Profit! TUNE IN, National Farm and Home Hour, Satuiday, NBC. ALLIS-CHALMERS Vlann & Grumelli Farm Serv. Quarryville, Pa. Nissley Farm Service Washington Boro, Pa. L. H. Brubaker Lancaster. Pa. loans for rural telephone facil ities to $382 million. These loans will enable 540 independent tel ephone companies and coopera- tive associations to provide mod ern dial service for" more than 840,000 farm families and other subscribers in small towns and rural areas. As of April 1, 295 of the borrowers had placed in service 1,130 new dial exchanges and constructed nearly - 100,000 per cent below the like period of 1956 A decline of 9 iper cent in pork output will chiefly ac count for the lower total for the year, he said - Price-wise, Hardenbergh con ’finued, most livestock farmers are benefiting from present mar kets. In the week ending June 8, steers sold from 9 to 14 per cent higher, cows about 19 per cent higher, and hogs around 15 per cent higher than the same week a year -earlier. Only spring lambs are lower in price. Mar ketings of sheep and lambs for the rest of 1957 are expected to be a little below .last year. A ' SALES AND SERVICE R. S. Weaver L. H. Brubakei Stevens. Pa. 'Ffcrrh Workday 5 ■ i >. Little Shorter The June 10 Farm Labor rej, of the Crop Reporting Bo; shows that the length of the f; workday is continuing to dec! During the week of May 19. farm operators reported that' were averaging 10.7 hours a compared with 10.9 hours in : and 112 hours a day in li Hired farm hands, during late June survey week, are ported to have averaged 9 2 hi a day compared with 9.3 hi last year and 9.5 two years agi miles of telephone line. The Grantsburg company plans to convert its system to dial op. eration and add facilities to serve 245 farm families now without telephones. It now provides mag neto 'and common battery servic£] for 753 subscribers over 260 miles of line and switching serv. ice for 104 other families in the area New facilities to serve the ex panded system will include 63 miles of line and dial central of fices at iFialun and Trade Lake, The Grantsburg' exchange build ing will be remodeled to serve as headquarters for the system' and ot provide space for installa tion of dial facilities. Of the ex isting line, 37 miles will be re tained in place, 168 miles jwill be rebuilt and the remainder re tired. ; GLrVNrn IUMnWN n an AIIU Chalmers trademark. Lititz. Pa. N. G. Myers & Son Snavelys Farm Service New Holland, Pa. CE 'V <AC> Aheems. Pa.
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