F l SPABC CATTLE SHOW honors were taken by Wightwick of Glenafton Rachel, top animal in the herd of J. Mowery Frey & Son, R 7 Lancaster. This seven-year old cow was presented to Frey as the first Three Pet. Less Wool Shorn This Year Production -of shorn wool in 1957 is now estimated by the Crop Reporting Board at 226,021,- 000 pounds, three per cent less than in 1956 and four per cent less than the 1946-55 average. Reasons for the decline are a two per cent reduction in the number of sheep shorn this year and a one per cent lighter aver age fleece weight. Gulhrensen Pianos Minchel and Thomas ORGANS Rebuilt and Refinished Grand Pianos and Spinet Styled HESS MUSIC SHOP R. D. 1, Elizabethtown Rt. 230 East 1995 PORTABLE BARN CLEANER Cleans 3 Cows per Minute! AS EASY TO INSTALL AS TO OPERATE Re Cross Gutters. Pits. Motor Mounts or Elevator Piers required. Easy in stallation of overhead conveyor track and simple concrete work for each gutter end (an inexpensive concrete Idt provided for each gutter). GORDONVILLE, RDI. -f T •nnr’-'r *rnr r , ' t \ ** h ' t X. \ ” v ‘ y-‘'‘ i" -i. ■' » -- ’i > Small Supply of State Produced Sweet Corn Forecast Due to Borer HARRISBURG Smaller sup plies of clean, Pennsylvania-pro duced© sweet corn are forecast this season by the State Depart-) ment of Agriculture as a result of heavy infestations of European I corn borers, Secretary William L. Henning said today. A heavier than last year borer population has been reported in both sweat corn and field corn used for livestock feed. Last year damage by the European* corn borer in the State was set at $4,663,000. Dr. Thomas L. Guyton, direc tor of the Stata Bureau of Plant Industry, said sweet he has inspected has been “heavily in fested” with corn borers. Dr. Guyton blamed improper spray ing by growers for keeping the infestation high this year. He also said much of this year’s growing weather has been favor able to the borer. The largest concentration of sweet com grown in Pennsyl Emily stored eul ef Ike Weather in the winter and taken dewn in the sunnier. The newest way ... the best way to clean year barn. Stauffer Diesel Refrigeration heifer ever given away at'the Lampeter Community Fair. This is the second year that she has been grand champion at the show. (LF Photo) vania is in Lancaster, York and Cumberland counties. Farmers there have reported “very high” ) borer infestations. Although this year’s losses are f expected to exceed last year’s, Dr Guyton said he didn’t be lieve they would approach to the record $5 million caused in 1951. A second generation of corn borers is expected to arrive in late July or early August. Spray i mg of DDT or other recommend ed insecticides as soon as the tassel of the corn plant is visible in the whorl of the leave should reduce borer damage, according to Dr Guyton He recommended light applications of insecticides every week until mid-August. Dr. Guyton urged dairymen using DDT on corn net to cut the plant for fodder and feed to dairy animals. He said the DDT accumulates in milk fat. However, he pointed out, corn plants can be fed to all other livestock. SPEEDY LASOR-SAVING For half the price of most barn cleaners you can have a high quality. long-lasting, labor-saving cleaner that will clean a 30-cow bam in 10 minutes. Ph. Intercourse SO 8-8531 Lancaster Farming, Friday, August 9, 1957—11 Firsthand Reports on Stock Shows, Rodeos Given to Exposition Officials HARRISBURG Firsthand re ports on livestock show and sales in western slates and South America, and Wyoming and Color ado rodeos will be presented to the executive committee of the Pennsylvania Livestock Exposi tion at a meeing in Harnsburg, today. Lee H Bull, secretary of the ex position and deputy State Secre tary of Agriculture, said the re ports will be given as “education al background” in preparation of the first Pennsylvania Livestock Exposition Nov 12-16 at the State Farm Show Building, Harris burg. Leon Falk, Jr., Pittsburg, presi dent of the Pennsylvania Live stock and Allied Industries Ass. Inc, co-sponsors of the exposi tion, returned recently from a South American trip and indicat ed he will discuss shows and sales conducted there. Walter W Krebs, Johnstown, a member of the executive com mittee of the Livestock Exposi tion, will present the report on beef shows and sales in California. Donald M. Oresswell, director of public information, State De partment of Agriculture, will give a review on rodeos he attended at Wyoming and Colorado during his vacation. A feature of the Pennsylvania Livestock Exposition will be a six-performance “wild west rodeo,” which is expected to at tract more that 200 of the best cow hands in the nation. They will be competing in Harrisburg for the world’s championship title. The Pennsylvania event FARMERS! An Answer To An Old Problem A Portable Plastic Silo ! 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HA 6-9301 Plastic covers for Trench Silos 1 i will be the final one o£ thib show cacuit 1 Leading beef cattle, swih<3| sheep and 4-H and Future Farm cis of America steers from many pails of fthe country and Canada will compete for more thanS7s,ooo in premiums to be offered in the* first Keystone International, Buff L Coleman, exposition manager, said The exposition is sponsored by the State Department of De partment of Agriculture and thei Pennsylvania Livestock and Alli ed Industries Association, Inc. The State Legislature has appro priated $50,000 of the show pre miums Record U.S. Hay Crop In Making Based on July 1 conditions, the Agricultural - Marketing Service forecasts that the 1957 hay crop will be 119 6 million tops, 10 per cent moie than last year and a new record in hay production. Taking into account the down* trend in the number of roughage consuming animals, the supply of hay per animal is also record large The average July 1 condition of pastures is also reported to bo far above last year and the high est for the last 10 years. LANCASTER FARMING c ' CLASSIFIED ADS PAY Phone STterling 6-2132 wiling CKS PULLETS Now! Available ocks 'iipsliires F, Oxford, Pa. 286 Collect
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