—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Oct. 35, 1957
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A COLLECTION OF OLD CLAY pipes is
one of the exhibits in the recently estab
lished County Store at the Landis Valley
Farm Museum. Showing his wares to two
“customers” is Fred Ward, Linglestown.
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Healthy Chicks Make Great Layers!
Monroe c. Babcock Poultrymen have been asking for:
SIZE OF BIRD: At First Egg About 3.5 lbs.
At One Year of Age 4.4 to 4.7 lbs.
DAYS TO FIRST EGG: This varies with time of year
hatched. Bessies are a little slower to
mature than some other strains.
RATE OF LAY: Under ideal care Bessies will peak at 88%
to 93%. Flock averages for 12 months of
lay run 235 to 270 eggs per bird housed.
PERSISTENCY: Very long winded layer 14 to 15
months continuous high lay. Production
gets down to 60% to 55% at end of 15
months.
EGG SIZE: Excellent. First twelve months of lay will
usually run 82 to 85% large and extra large.
From fourth month of lay on egg size will
run 92% to 95% large and extra large.
Very few double yolked eggs at anytime.
EGG SHAPE: Just about right in our opinion
SHELL COLOR: Chalk White.
SHELL STRENGTH; Good.
BLOOD SPOTS: Low very satisfactory
ALBUMEN QUALITY: Good.
PERCENT “A” ’S AND “AA” »S: As shown by egg grading
stations, usually over 95%.
PLEASE NOTE: No bird that has laid 'heavily 12 to 15 months will
lay a beautiful, strong shelled egg with high interior quality Babcock
Bessies will lay a fine egg for about 12 months, but after that their
egg quality will go down hill „ -
HOW TO ORDER. Either write for prices or phone us collect
BABCOCK HATCHERY
Lancaster Countv Branch
Route 3F, Utitz, Pa.
Russell Mease
Route 4
Manheim, Pa.
Phone MO-5 4705
Here’s the description of
BABCOCK
BESSIES
Phone MAdison 6-5872
Bob Decker
R. D. #1
Milford, New Jersey
Phone Milford 4-4909
The “customers” are Mrs. Paul Eshelman,
Rohrerstown, and Mrs. Wilbur H. Oda,
Ephrata. Looking on in more modern
dress is Marjorie Reid, Lansdown, and
Reed Barber, Philadelphia.
Farmers tlsing
Local Markets
Not Using News
Farmers who patronize a given
livestock market because of con
, ' r cnience and habit mav not be ob
taming the most useful type of
market news or using that which
is available to best advantage.
Doubts of this kind have been
expressed by C. T. Trotter, agri
cultural economist at the Agncul
tural Experiment Station, Umver
sity Park, since completion of a
survey in which he interviewed
376 farmers in 20 Pennsylvania
counties.
Auctions were the principal
markets patronized by the maior
ity of farmers. Two items which
would benefit both farmers and
auctions, as well as other mar
kets, are adequate market infor
mation and improved transporta
tion facilities. Under market in
formation Trotter includes re
ports of • availability, type and
quality of animals, particularly
dairy, as well as prices received.
Between 1945 and 1955, volume
of sales at Pennsylvania auctions
more than doubled and business
lone by such selling agencies still
is growing. Auction facilities us
ually are used only once a week
a factor which has a definite
bearing on selling costs and kinds
of facilities which can be af
forded.
Only about per cent of the
livestock sold was transported to
market in farm-owned vehicles
Most animals were sold m small
lots Nearly 50 per cent of the
sales reported in the survey were
of one or two -animals. At the
same time, about 65 head of dairy
stock were sold annually per 100
matuie cows.
Production Per Cow
Sets New Record
On Oct. 1 of this year, milk
production per cow in crop re
porter’s herds averaged 17.81
oounds, two per cent above Oct.
1 last year, 16 per cent above the
average for the date and a new
record higih
Total milk production on farms
in September also reached a new
high ot 9.611 million pounds. This
is one per cent above the pre
vious high set last year and five
per cent above average for Sep
tember
In the first nine months of this
year milk production amounted
to 99 4 billion pounds, nearly one
per cent more than the previous
high of 98 5 bihon pouTids pro
duced in the first nine months of
State Redivides BAI Districts
Due to Advance in
A redivision of Bureau of Ani
mate Department of Agriculture
/as announced today by Secre
ary William L. Henning who said
he move will provide better ser
/ices for many Pennsylvania
'armers.
Offices at Sunbury, Northuin
berland County and Montrose,
Susquehanna County, are to be
closed and a'district will be add
ed in Tunkhannock, Wyoming
County.
“Recent progress made by the
Department’s accelerated bovine,’
brucellosis Bang’s disease pro
gram is the principal reason for
the change,” he explained. Last
week Lebanon County became the
last of the 67 counties in the
State to complete initial testing
for brucellosis
District veterinarians are as
signed to nine areas in the State
to carry out department livestock
programs and enforce State laws.
Sunbury office, jurisdiction in Col
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Lancaster—Manheim—New Holland—Quarryville
Bang’s Program
a veterinarian was not assigned.
As a result of the closing of the
Sunbury office, jursdctiion in Col
umbia, Montour and Northumber
land counties was transferred to
Tunkhannock. The responsibility
of Union County is now that of
the Wellsboro, Tioga County
office, and Snyder, Mifflin and
Juniata counties have been add
ed to the Hairisburg district.
Dr. B B. Farr, district veter
inarian in Montrose, has been as
signed 'to Tunkhannock. Brad
ford and Sullivan counties have
been added to this distuct They
previously were the responsi
bility of the Wellsboro office.
With the redivision of the" vet
erinary offices, the Department
of Agriculture can ' now assign
trained personnel to new pro
grams for the control arid era
dication of animal diseases, es
pecially brucellosis --and leptos
pirons in swine, Secretary Hen
ning said.
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