D r. M. H. Swanson, of Minnesota, Named to PENBI Technical Board Dr Milo H. Swanson, Associate ITofessor ot the Poultry Husban dry Department, University of Minnesota, was installed as Chair man of the five-member Technical Advisoiy Committee for the Poul try and Egg National Board at a lecent meeting of the committee at PENB headquarters, Chicago, with PENB General Manager Floyd H Geil. Each member of the committee senes as chan man in the fourth > ear of a 5-year-term appoint ment As chan man, Dr. Swanson succeeds Dr. William J. Stadel man, Asociate Professor, Depart ment of Poultry Science, Purdue University. Committee members are ap pointed by the President of the Poultry Science Association after consultation with the General Manager of PENB. One new mem bei is appointed each year. Dr. M. L. Scott, Professor of Animal Nutrition and Poultry Husbandry, Cornell University, is the new appointee this year. Dr. Hans Lmeweaver, Head of the Poultry Products Section, Western Utiliza tion Research Branch, U. S. De partment of Agriculture, com pleted his five-year term on the committee at the close of 1957. Other members of the Techni cal Advisory Committee, m addi t'on to Swanson, Stadelman, and Scott, are Dr George M. Briggs, Chief, Nutrition Unit, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Aid, and Dr. Herbert S. Wilgus, SPABC Holstein Bull Designated Silver Medal Sire 3KATTLEBORO, Vt A regis tered Holstein bull owned by Southeastern Pennsylvania Arti ficial Breeding Cooperative, Lan caster, Pennsylvania has been designated a Silver Medal Pro duction Sire by The Kolstein- Fnesian Association of America. Rag Apple Lockhaven Bonds man 1060223 is one of the com paratively few sires to be so honored in the entire history of the national Holstein organiza tion. The award is based on the pro duction of a bull’s registered daughteis on official test as com pared with that of their dams and with the production of the entire Holstein breed. At least 10 pairs of daughters and dams must figure in the com parisons with the daughters hav ing a total of at least 15 produc tion records in either the Advanc ed Registry or Herd Improvement Registry testing programs. Both are official breed improve ment programs of The Holstein- Fnesian Association of America and are supervised by state agri cultural colleges. To facilitate comparsions, all records of both daughters and dams are converted to the com monly accepted two-milkings-a day, 305 day. mature equivalent basis used in sire recognition pio grams Calculated on this basis, Rag Apple Lockhaven Bondsman’s 11 daughters compiled an official production average of 14,870 lbs. of milk and 575 lbs. of butterfat. SUBSCRIBER SAYS Robert W. Lefever, R 1 Quarry ville We enjoy your paper vex’y much. I especially like the re cipes and the column ‘ The Bible Speaks ” My husband, of course, goes for anothei line which is everything about farming. D,rector of Research, Peter Hand Foundation, Chicago. Among the duties of the com mittee are the following 1. To provide technical advice to PENB and its staff members on the role played by eggs and poul try meat m health and nutation. 2. To seek out problems relat ed to the functions of PENB that arc suitable for support by grants in-aid and to make iccommeda- Dons to the Board through the General Manager as to the place ment- of specific grants. 3 To lend technical advice to the Boaid in cotfnection with its preparation of consumer-informa tion releases and publications Technical information proposed for publication by PENB is sub mitted to committee members for review. NEW FULO PEP PIG STARTER PELLETS r p /w/V-'-' <3A^ Switch 'em to Pig Grower for fast, continuous growth! Start your pigs on Ful-O-Pep Pig Starter. At six weeks of age, switch to the high-efficiency yet lower-cost formula, to Ful-O-Pep Pig Grower. Tests show that it only takes 2 lbs. of Ful-O-Pep Pig Grower to produce 1 lb. of gain! It’s the new, low cost way to grow pigs from 6 weeks to 60 lbs. S>Mj TDmj&Asf H. Hiestand & Co. Salunga, Pa. i Millport Roller Mills Grubb Supply I Lititz, R. D. 4, Pa. Elizabethtown, Pa. It’s The Law “It’s the Law” with simple an swers is offered by LANCASTER FARMING in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Bar Association, General interest questions are welcomed, and will be answered as soon as possible. Letters must be signed. Answer will not be published on a specified, re quested day. Questions cannot be answered by mail, and LANCAS TER FARMING will reject any in quiry which is not of general pub lic interest. Address all inquiries to “It’s the Law,” LANCASTER FARMING, Quarryville, Pa. (Fic titious initials will be used to pro tect the identity of the questions). Q A tract of land is owned jointly by husband and wife. Subsequent to their acquisition of the land, the husband built a home on the land and he and THE QUAKER OATS COMPANY .. . makers of dependable feeds for over 75 I&r FUL-O-PEP SUPER FEEDS See Your Nearest Dealer < > 1 •- v> ' { ! \ H. M. Stauffer & Sous, Inc. Witmer & Roirks, Pa. Lancaster Fanning, Friday, Feb. 28, 1958—7 his wife are now living in the house. Will ownership of the house, as well as the land, auto matically pass to the survivor under the uile of tenants by the entireties 9 —L G R. A. Yes, ownership of land in cludes all the improvements on the land. Upon the death of the husband or the wife, the land, the house on the land and all other improvements would pass to the surviving tenant by the entirety. Q. Would a will written on a piece of sciap paper be legal 9 T. M A. Yes. If the writing on the piece of scrap paper purports to be a declaration of one’s intention as to what should be done with his property at his death and is signed at the end thereof, it would be a valid will. Speed '’em to market a full month earlier! Pigs fed Fui-O-Pep at the Research Farm aveiaged weighing 64 lbs. at 10 weeks of age! As a result, many were marketed in 41/2 months —a full month or tuo earlier than most pigs. What’s more, eaiiy gains are low cost gams, too. So, this year, get your pigs off to a fast start and hit the early market. Feed ’em sugar-filled Ful-O- Pep Pig Starter. "V-j \s, *• They're sugar sweet and Baby pigs have a sweet tooth! And sugar filled Ful-O-Pep Pig Starter Pellets taste like sugar candy to your baby pigs. That’s why pigs start eating Ful-O-Pep within seven days. And remember ... every bite contains the vitamins and nutrients needed to grow your little porkers big and healthy and curly-tailed! D. W. Hoover East Earl, R. D. 1, Pa Q. Another woman and I own a house jointly. Our agreement is that if either of us dies first, the other mhents the whole house. Our deed leads, “With, right of survivorship and not as tenants in common ” Does this cover what we want’—E E. A To create a joint estate with right of survivorship among per sons other than husband and wife in Pennsylvania, it is neces saiy to use specific language m the deed to the effect that the property is to be held as joint tenants with the light of surviv orship. It appears that the lan guage used in \our deed is suffi cient to pass the property at the death of either of you to the survivor. extra nutritious! George Rutt O Stevens, R. D. I. Pa. J. C. Walker & Son Gap, Pa.
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