Vol- 11. No. 50. Egg Standards Adopted; To Be Effective Jan. 1 The State Department of Agri culture Friday adopted new of ficial standards to assure Penn sylvania consumers of quality eggs. They go into effect Jan. 1, 1*958. Secretary William L. Henning said the revision of regulations that have been in operation since 1931'was made as a result of-egg industry meetings which culmi nated in a formal department hearing last month. Under the new standards pro gram, consumer egg containers the familiar egg carton must her marked with the identity and address of the producer, prdces -sor, or distributor of the eggs, tirades and weights must be stat icd on each package. “The adoption of this program 'will develop stronger consumer confidence in Pennsylvania eggs,” Secretary Henning declar ed “Under the old regulations ;grade* requirements were not necessary and frequently it was impossible to identify the product adequately.” The new standards also provide a new, iptermediate, wholesale grkde-and-make ipinorcbangesnn. wholesale"tolerances and termino logy, Henning added. Chester, Phila. Counties Added To Bane’s Free List: Total Now 59 Philadelphia and Chester Coun ties today were added to the Pen nsylvania brucellosis-free (Bang’s disease-free) honor roll to bring , to-59 the number of counties cert ified in a campaign to wipe -out the bothersome disease in cattle. Philadelphia has 17 -herds of dairy cattle that have attained ; certification. i Now Is The Time . . . By MAX SMITH County Agricultural Agent TO PREVENT RABBIT DAMAGE TO TREES AND SHRUBS After frost kills most vegeta tion rabbits will eat twigs and barks of most trees and shrubs. The use of mechanical devices or Max Smith chmeical repellents are advised; such repellents as Ringwood repellent, Liquid Lime sulphur, or Rosm and Alcohol sprayed or painted on trees will discourage the rabbits TO CONTROL BARN FIRES A number of barn fires at this time of the year may be caused by bits of scrap metal or wire going through a chopper or hammer mill; this metal will cause sparks or come out enough to ignite the dry fodder or other dry materials in the barn, after a period of smouldering without notice. Thep reven lative measure is to equip your grinder or chopper with some type of magnet to remove the metal. TO PROVIDE WINTER PASTURE FOR SHEEP aND HOG HERD— One of the most important items in good herd management for these two types of livestock is to provide a pasture lot for the breeding herd during the winter months. In addition to saving some feed costs, the animals will be more healthy, and will produce stronger pigs and lambs. Liberal amounts of both hay and silage may be fed in order to reduce production costs. HEARING SOME OF THE EFFECTS OF the drouth from milk producer B, Suavely jGardher, ,R 2 Willow Sti -A,' right, are Pennsylvania Milk Control Commission ers Joab K- Mahood and Simon K. Uhlr i Testing in both Chester and Philadelphia Counties began in 1956. In Chester County tests were completed 'in 1,917 herds ; comprising 40,160 animals. In Philadelphia County 300 cattle in 17 herds were tested. For a county to be certified herd infection cannot exceed five per cent. Cattle infection must be below one per cent. TO CONTROL CHICKWEED Weed control is no longer limited to the summer months. New seedmgs of legumes and grasses are veiy suscep tible to chickweeed damage in this county; many stands have been smothered by this winter-time weed. Sprays of either Chloro I-P-C or water solumble DiNitros during November or December should give best control. Chickweed will be easier killed when young this fall than next February after some seeds have been developed. Quarryvijile (Lancaster County) Pa., Friday, Oct. 2'5, 1957 Milk Production Continues Decline While Prices Average $.45 Higher this year was 512 million pounds in comparison with 509 million pounds m September 1956 and >42 million pounds in August of this year. Pennsylvania __ milk sold at wholesale on September 15 re turned an average of 55.30 for 100 oounds, 50 cents above the Au gust 15 average. On September 15 i year ago the price per hundred weight was $4.85. According to Department of Agriculture figures, milk produc tion in the state for the first nine months of the year is one per cent below the 5 billion pounds production for the same period in 1956, Milk production continued its seasonal decline while September irices received by Pennsylvania farmers for milk at wholesale av eraged 45 cents above a year ago, he State Department of Agricul ture said today. Federal-State surveys show to tal September milk production Corn Test Results Meetings Planned Results of corn variety tests m Lancaster County will be avail able on an on the- spot basis through a series of demonstra tions arranged this week by As sociate County Agent Harry S. Sloat. Three demonstrations have been planned. The first will be at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the farm of J. Wade Groff, R 7 Lancaster. On Wednesday the demonstration will be at the Raymond Newcom er farm, R 2 Lititz, a quarter mile east of Erb’s Church. The final demonstration will be at the farm of B. Snavely Garber, R 2 Willow Street, on Thursday morning. Sloat explains that the hundred varieties now available make it nhysicaly impossible to test all of them In these tests, a number of the older varieties are tested as well as some of the new ones. Sloat continued, “In corn, how ever, there are differences m adaptability to the particular sec tion, in yielding capacity, in vari ous types of soil, ear placement, length of season, height of stalk, standabality, and resistance to dis ease or insects. “You can compare these char acteristics and performance of 30 of the better adapted hybrids in the field at.these demonstrations ” James Eskin, Penn State agron omist, will assist at the demon strations. Garber told the commission that he has been on a winter feeding schedule for the better part of the summer and that he has already started to buy additional roughage for his herd. (LF Photo) Soil Conservation District Annual Meeting Set for Feb. 20 at Mt. Joy well Forge. The following new cooperators were admitted: C. R. Overly, R 1 Gap, 30 acres; John W. Shirk, RI East Earl, 31 acres; Howard L. Wolf, Rl Denver, 20 acres; David Z. Hershey, R 2 Manheim, 82 acres; Clyde W. Bucher, R 3 Man heim, 77 acres. Frank M. Weaver, Rl New Hol land, 55 acres; Ivan M. Martin, Blue Ball, 46 acres, Robert W. Trimble, R 3 Lititz, 12 acres; El mer D. Hershey, Lititz, 20 acres; Herman A. Shirk, Rl Quarryville, 50 acres; and Frank A. Patterson, Rl Strasburg, 40 acres. Martin Muth of the Soil Conser vation Service reported that the following new installations have been made in the past month. Six basic conservation plans formed, 108 acres of rotations started, 108 acres of contours laid out, 108 acres of strips mark ed, 1,920 linear feet of diversions constructed, 400 feet of open drains dug, and one farm pond dug. Feb 20, 1958, was set as the date for the annual meeting of the Lancaster County Soil Con seivation District. The meeting will be a dinner, tentatively plan ned for Hostetters at Mt. Joy. The action was taken at a meet ing of the directors Monday night at the Lancaster County Court House. In other action a committee composed of Joseph McGahen, vo ag instructor at Manheim Cen tral High School, and Wayne Ren tchlier, Farm Bureau Coopera tive, were appointed to coordinate activities of the district with FFA Chapters in the FFA soil conser vation program Watershed meetings will be held the next two weeks at the following times and locations- Oct. 28, Ag Building, Manheim Central High School; Oct. 29, Co calico Union High School; Oct. 31, Mastersonville Fire Hall, Nov. 4, Muddy Creek Community, Place undecided; Nov. 6, Speed- $2 Per Year $6.35 Price For Milk Asked By Producers A Class 1 milk price of $6.35 a hundred for Lancaster County producers from January to March may be granted by the Pennspl vania Milk Control Commission as the lesult of a hearing Mon day Lancaster County milk dealers and producers presented testi mony to the Pennsylvania Milk Control Commission in Lancaster on why milk prices in the Lan caster area should be raised. Testifying before the commis sion were Michael G Moore and Mahlon Graybill, both Lancaster market dealers, Frank Scully of Sylvan Seal Co, Philadelphia; Dr. James Honan of Interstate Milk Producers Cooperative; and producers B Snavely Garber, Melvin Stoltzfus; Samuel A. Dum; Noah Kreider, and Frank Eshel man Giving testimony for the com mission were Charles D. Arm strong, Halstead, PMCC adminis trative assistant, anti John F. Pfautz, statistician for the com mission The dairymen told commission ers Joab K. Mahood, Troy; Simon K. Uhl, Somerset: and John A. Smith, Camp Hill, thai the drouth has caused them to go on winter feeding schedules three to four months ahead of schedule. This, combined with low forage yields, mentas that practically all dairy farmers will have to buy hay be fore the grass comes back next spring. Their appeal to the commission for higher rates for milk was made by Dr. Honan. He said: “Inter-State proposes that as a result of this hearing the Area 14 Class 1 producers price for 4 per cent milk be increased 20 cents a hundredweight on an annual basis, effective Jan. 1, 1958. This would result in an annual level of prices for January through March 1958 of $6.15 a hundred weight which would be identical with the Class 1 price in Philadel phia. “In addition, due to the drought (Continued on page 71
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