12—Lancaster Farming, Frid; Conestoga Farmer Finds Strips Are Money Savers (Continued from page six) Last summer his corn crop ■welded well enough to fill the silo and provide ear corn for the market hogs Eight years ago Kendig instal led a large farm pond across the load from his house The pond serves as a recreation center for the family and is so situated that it is available for use in case of fi-e The pond is stocked with bass and blue gill Kendig claims that he is no fisherman, but he knows enough about fish management to allow the heaviest fishing pos sible m the pond He allows all the youngsters in the neighbor hood to fish the pond, thus keep ing down the bluegill numbers and allowing 100 m foi both species to grow Last summer, he said, “they caught a lot of bluegill, but not so many bass But they tell me that bass are a lot harder to edeh ” The Kendig farm is in the se cond generation now The led P. L. ROHRER & BRO., INC. SMOKETOWN, PA. Ph. Lane. EX 22659 STANDARD Equipment, Inc. ANNOUNCES ITS 16% SPRING DISCOUNT SALE ALL-NEW BARN CLEANER EASY-ALL COMFORT STALLS SALE CLOSES MAR. 31, 1958, mg fy fV/*4 T r; ** £V ~ m ' B«'ii S. Beiler RO.NKb, P V BOX 16 lor Moio Information Mute Todaj iy, March 21, 1958 PENR Releases Preliminary Report On Motivation Research Findings Earliest findings in the motiva tion research recently initiated by the Paultry and Egg National Board in five regions show that homemakers have a “very favor able” attitude toward eggs, ac cording to Lloyd H Geil, PENB general manager This is revealed in a study under way among 1,200 home makers in the East. West, North, South and Midwest to obtain Am ei ica’s attitudes toward eggs for industry guidance in planning and directing its egg and poultry meat pi omotions buck house was built for his father arid mother as a wedding present From the looks of things, the farm is likely to stay in the family another generation A son, Ro bcit. 15, is a vocational agricul ture student at Penn Manor High School Two daughters, Lorraine and Dons, still live at home Dons is a nurse at Lancaster Gen cial Hospital and Lorraine works af the Lancaster Production Ci edit Assn office in Lancaster who’s reolly BE in the big test * Extended 400 day* initaad af 500 dayi makat thia Utah Random Samyla a raal anduranca fast. In this second intermountain random sample test; HONEGGER LAYERS Produced on per pullet housed basis 263*7 eggs ...and or 81c more Income than the average of all other entries. >- Ranked Ist in % AA and A grades— (B7.3% of »11 eggs were AA. or A) — —►Ranked Ist in least % checks* (Only 14% of all egts laid were checks) 1 Ranked l»t in least % spots and broken. ’ if " iliXC.y. WINDLE’S HATCHERY COCHRANVILLE, PA. Complete results will be pre sented on April 10 at PENB’s an nual meeting at the LaSalle hotel, Chicago, by Louis Ohcskm, Chi cago, whose motivation research Lrm is conducting the study Some of the preliminary find mgs refute a widespread belief of the poultry industry that the highly publicized subject of die tarv fat and its effect upon health is cutting heavily into egg sales. They show, for instance, that only seven per cent of the home makers surveyed think of eggs as nr.! pood for the heart, and that only 11 per cent consider eggs as lauening They also show that while 94 per cent of the homemakers sur veyed consider eggs as a neces sary food and 91 per cent associ ate eggs with breakfast, 59 per cent use eggs for breakfast and 48 per cent use cereals The figures indicate that some eat both eggs and ceieals Early Spring Lamb Crop Up 2 Per Cent The 3958 eaily spring lamb corp is two per cent greater in the 10 laige lamb producing states, according to federal esti mates $M 67 Profit _ 4 per bird Ranked 2nd ja % large eggs. (70 8% of ill eggs laid were large) Ranked 2nd in feed eSi ciency. (Almost 10% better than the average of all entries) Ranked 2nd in age at sex ual maturity. (In 50 h -oducti m at 167 Atglen LY 35941 March 21 Lancaster County Farmers As=n 730 p m at the (Juern sey Breeders Sale Pavilion, Route 30 East C J Hendrickson of the Agricultural Maikclmg Service will sneak on changing market 'or Type 41 tobacco • March 24 Hay meeting 7 30 p m at L 11. Brubaker’s, R 3 Lititz March 25 Egg Quality meeting 7 30 p m at Ag Room, Manor High School, Millersville March 26 Egg quality meeting 7 30 pin at Assembly Room, Farmers Bank and Trust Co , New Holland. March 27 Eastern States Membership meeting 7-30 pm at Pequea Elementary School, West Willow Farm and Home Planning meet ing 930 am at North Queen Street Branch, Lancaster County National Bank, Lancaster. Fred Hughs will discuss lecord analysis and farm management adjust ments and improvements. 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D 3 Lancaster, Pa. Landisville TWinoaks 8-3216 4. H, HOFFMAN SEEDS, INC., Landisville, Pa,, Calendar Farm Sauna Black will analizc home rounds and home planning Egg Outlook meeting 730 pm at Ag Room, Cocahco Joint School, Reamslown. Carden Spot 4-II Club 7 30 p m at SRABC, Lancaster huig High School. Pastern States Membership meeting 7 30 p m at Blue Ball Pue Hall Eastei n States Membership meeting 73 p m at Methodist Church basement, Quarry ville Eastei n States membership meeting 745 p m at Pequea Valley High School April 8 Eastern States Membership meeting 7 45 p m at Elizabeth town Mill Road Elemental y School Eastern States Membership meeting 7 30 pvn at Eh Hos tetlers, Mt Joy Noah B. Weaver R D 1 Narvon, Pa Morgantown 6-3412 E. C. Seldomridge Quanvville, Pa. 6-2951 Jason H. Mellinger R D 1 Ronks, Pa Strasburg OVerland 7-2383 Frank H. Bucher P 0 Bo\ 62 Rothsville, Pa Litilz MAdison 6-6504 Levi M. Stoltzfus R D 2 Elverson, Pa Moiganlown 6-4359 March 30 April 1 April 3 April 7 April 10
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