Lancaster Farming, Friday, Oct. 25, 1957—11
w
Flying Farmers Hold First Air Tour
In Region I; National Queen Guest
Perfect weather and marvelous
fall colors helped to make the
first annual Flying Farmer Air
fl'our a hugh success. According
To L. L Logan, Kennett Square,
director of the National Flying
Farmers Assn , 23 aircraft and 54
persons attended at least some
part of the tour which originated
at Niagara Falls, N.Y and ter
minated at Atlantic City, N J
The tour was planned and con
ducted under Logan’s direction
National President Kenneth But
ler, Hutchinson, Minn, and Na
tional Queen Glorence Kreta,
Prairie CAy, lowa were fecial
guests of tie tour which includ
ed members of New York, Pa,
New Jersey, and Maryland.
The group departed frpm Niag
ara Falls at 1 30 p. m., Oct 11.
There was opportunity to fly over
the Falls and to take pictures
The first stop was at Cortland,
N.Y., which route took the group
across the Finger Lakes
After refreshments at Cortland
the group flew enmasse to Tn
Cities airport at Binghamton and
then directly-to Mt. Pocono, Pa,
Where they were met by R Leroy
Denlmger, Vice President of Mt.
Pocono Chamber of Commerce;
and Jack O’Neil, Top of the Po
cono Secretary. The Chamber of
Commerce furnished transporta
tion to Ontwood Hotel where the
EGG PRODUCTION SY DEKALB TOl'j
ARE MAKING, POUITRYMEN MORE
)AONEY THE COUNTRY OVER
Sm Me and. QntUn. SbeKaUiQiu*
fSSSm
Smoketown
Ph. Lane. EX 2-2659 •
W&. y/£IPS
< 1 v '■ v > < >♦ ♦ - V**a* 1 * a
of mops/
See Your Local Hoffman Agent or
Phone Landisville TW 8-3421
A. H. HOFFMAN SEEDS, INC., Landisville, Pa.
group had dinner and spent an
evening oi~ recreation together
Many town folks were present
at the airport and witnessed th
group of planes in the air anr
their landing in perfect pattern
in spite of a brisk wind. It wa,
cold and clear which made th
colors of the fall foliage exceed
ingly beautiful. Jack Davis, air
port manager aided in the tie
down operation. Even the Fire
Company had two pumpers sta
tioned the runways for the
added safety of the farmers whe
fly
After an early breakfast the
group took to the air Saturday
morning which was another per
feet crisp day with beautiful sun
shine. Next stop was at Princeton
NJ. airport where the planes
were greeted by a crowd includ
ing Princeton’s Mayor
Bus transportation was furnish
ed to Walker Gordon Farms Roto
lactor where a guided tour had
been aranged. The group gather
ed for a luncheon at which time
Mrs. Florence Rockwell, a mem
ber of Soroptomist International,
Princeton, presented corsages to
National Queen Florence Krohn,
and, to Mrs. Homer Maxon, wife
of New York Flying Farmer Pres
ident, and to Mrs. L. L. Logan,
wife of Region I Director,
After a luncheon, followed by a
briefing by Logan, the group flew
to Atlantic City where all gather
ed at the Stern Hotel. All went
to Hackney’s for a seafood dinner
and later an evening on the
boardwalk. Breakfast was served
at the Stern’s Hotel Sunday morn
ing.
Some remained in Atlantic City
while others accepted an invita
tion to a turkey dinner at the
home of Pennsylvania’s past pres
ident John B. Gehman. Their air
strip is on their farm in northern
Montgomery County at Barto, Pa.
Queen Florence was flown to
Philadelphia International air
port Sunday morning where she
took an airline back to her home
in lowa after what she said was
an expression of most wonderful
hospitality on the part of Region I
Flying Farmers.
Red Vantress Chicks
Available Every Thursday
None Better!
Call
BOLTON’S HATCHERY
Phone 76-R-3
Schaefferstown, Pa.
THE OLD WAS COMBINED WITH the
new as this Avery Steam Engine pulled a
modern rubber tired wagon providing
rides for both children and adults at the
Cattle Shrink
Most During
First 100 Miles
Cattle producers selling live
stock by weight will want to con
sider shrink m their transaction,
says Penn State livestock experts.
Every livestock buyer and most
sellers know that animals lose
weight in handling, loading, and
shipping. This weight loss is call
ed shrink, or sometimes drift.
Shrink is important to those
who make their living in the live
stock and meat business, for good
weight conditions relative to
shrink and fill are valuable con
siderations to both buyer and
seller.
Most cattle will lose about
three or four per cent of their
weight if held off feed and water
from eight to twelve hours. This
is called excretory shrink or loss
of belly fill. The buyer usually
benefits when cattle are weighed
early in the morning. Even with
access to feed and water during
(he night, cattle will weight about
two per cent less at dawn than
they will in the evening.
Cattle will shrink about four
per cent when trucked 200 miles,
with about half of this shrink
accurring in the first 25 miles
Approximately % of the total
shrink takes place in the first 50
miles, and more than 83% of the
total shrinkage occures in the
first 100 miles. So the highest
rate of shrink occurs in the first
few miles of the trip to market.
Smart cattlemen will consider
weight conditions when selling,
they say. The highest price per
pound does not necessarily mean
the highest profit per animal, for
it depends upon how many
pounds are weighed. A lower
pound price on cattle as they
stand may bring more net return
than a higher pound price when
the buyer has the advantage on
weight conditions.
September Egg Output
Down One Per Cent
In September of this year, farm
flocks laid 4,416 milion eggs,
down one per cent from the num
ber laid in September 1956.
However, the rate of egg pro
duction this past September was
14 8 eggs "per layer, compared
with 14.5 last year and the av
erage of 12.4 eggs for the month.
Landis Valley Farm Museu festival Satur
day and Sunday. The engine is one of
the Brubaker collection which has been,
given to the museum. (LF Photo)
NEW
SUPER
Greatest money-savers
Step up your power, cut your costs—with an Oliver
Super tractor. They’re way out front in performance,
economy, versatility, handling ease. They have the
features now that other tractors may have some day.
Both are up in horsepower— to the 3-4 and full
4-plow classes, tn both you get a thrifty 6-cylinder
gasoline engine with a 7.0 to 1 compression ratio or
a 100% diesel...six forward speeds to fit the tractor
to the load and save fuel...double-disc brakes...
rubber spring seat... frame mounting ________
pads for "drive-in” implements.
Top of that are these special units—
timesaving Independently Controlled
PTO and new, safety-type "Hydra -
lectric” control system. Don’t wait —
start saving now. Come in—see and
duve tlie new Supers!
Farmersville Equipment Co.
N. G. Hershey & Son
OLIVER
77 and 88
E. L. Herr
Peach Bottom
Ephrata, RD. 2
Manheim. RD. 1
■»-»
9
i
vV
-v
oucan buy!
»'V
I, f'
/
r 1
i