FOR DEVOTED SERVICE Harvey C
Wood (left) exchanges pleasantries with
his erstwhile boss, Edward S- Bixler, Lime
stone Products Corp. of America. Wood
Chester County Farmers Reminded
To Use Enough Fertilizer on Grains
Winter gram acreage that will
be seeded down next spring to
hay and pasture mixtures needs
adequate plant nutrients this fall
and next year, points out Associ-
ate County Agent Joseph H Way
of Chester County He says re
search conducted at the Pennsyl
vania State University has shown
the following system to be most
profitable for fertilizing fall sown
small grains which are seeded
clown to grasses and legumes
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IT’S NO ACC
that A. H. Hoffman SEED
46% of all the “Certified”
51% of all the “Certified”
86% of all the “Certified”
grown in Pennsylvania
All because so many farmers intcresi
jields are demanding dependable qu
seeds
For more profitable grain crops n
Hoffman seed is planted on your grai
Contact your local Hoffman repre'
Landisville TW 8 J 421 for delivery n
A. H. HOFFMAN SE
Dnll deeply across the pre
pared seedbed 400 pounds per
acre of 0-20-20 fertilizer or its
equivalent When dnlmg the.
small gram drill an additional 300
pounds per acre of 5-10-10 fer-
tilizer The pre-planting applica
tion of 0-20-20 is applied to help
establish a good new seeding next
spring and to enable the soil to
provide enough plant nutrients
for the first hay or pasture pro
duction year
Landisvillc, Pi
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holds a gift presented by the firm at
“service recognition” party during the
NEPPCO Exposition in Harrisburg, Oct.
8 to 10.
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NEPPCO Honors
Harvey Wood
At Exposition
HARRISBURG —Harvey Chase
Wood, noted poultry breeder and
industry leader in the Northeast,
was singled out for special honors
at the 20th exposition of the
Northeastern Poultry Producers
Council.
Focal point of the special
recognition program was the pres
entation of a bound volume of let
teis and mementos from more
than a hundred of Wood’s inti
mate friends both in and out
of the poultry industry
Six of these were present in a
surprise visit Each had amusing
anecdotes to relate about their
past associations with the poultry
leader Those participating were
Ernest H Kieser, Toledo, Ohio,
Carl B Bender, New York City,
Harvey Wood, Jr, Newton, N J ,
D C R Hoff, Neshanic Station,
N J , Edward S Bixler, Newton,
N J , and James C Wcsel, Rosc
mont, N J
In presenting Wood with the
special historical volume, Weisr-1
commented “In every age and in
every area, the world has found
men of leadership who have alt
ered the color of the warp and
wool of their time Such a person
is Harvey Chase Wood ’’
In recounting some of the high
spots from the industry leader’s
career, Weisel mentioned the
selection of one of Wood’s Light
Brahma’s as the model for a U.
S Postage Stamp, and his many
successful efforts in promoting in
dustry shows and events
Master of ceremonies for the
event was Phillip Alampi, New
'Jersey Secretary of Agriculture
Serving on the committee in
charge of the event were Pitcher
DePue, Limestone Products Coip
Meat Production Down;
Pork Drops 8 Pet.
During the first eight months of
1957, commercial production of
reel meat in this countiy totaled
16,855 million pounds according
to latest Crop Reporting Board
figures
, This is thiee per cent less than
the 17,447 million pounds pro
duced during the first eight
pionlhs of 1956
Of the vai ions I j pes of red
meat produced, beef was down
one per cent from 1956, veal was
dowij two per cent, poik, down
eight per cent, mutton and lamb
down two per cent, and lard
down eight per cent Production
of red meat this past August is
icportcd to be one per cent be
low July 1957 and three per cent
below August 1956.
Lancaster Farming, Friday, Oct. 18, 1957
A $lOO BOND IS BEING PRESENTED to Fred Humbert
Jr., Big Cove Tannery, by Wilbur Clark, editor of Every
bodys Poultry Magazine Humbert was selected Boy of the
Year at the NEPPCO Exposition in Harrisburg last week.
of America, Newton, N J , Wil
liam Anderson, New England By-
Products Corp, Boston, Clayton
H Stains, Fleftungton, N J,
Auction Market, Di Alfred Van
Wagenen, managing director of
the Northeastern Poultry Produc
ers Council, James C Weisel,
Rosemont Paultry Faims, Inc,
Rosemont, N J, and Richard Al
leman, publisher of Everybodys
Poultry Magazine, Hanover, Pa
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