16 —Lancaster Fanning, Friday, March 28, 1958 Incentive Payments Are Needed To Raise Egg Quality, says NEPPCO TRENTON, N J Poultry n.cn must be provided with new •‘quality piofit incentives” if con sumers are to get better eggs at model ate prices, according to Dr Allred Van Wagcncn, managing diieelor oi the Northeastern Poul tiy Pioduccis Council (NEPPCO) Speaking in behalf of the thou sands of commeicial poultiymen in the 14-state terntory served by the organization, Di Wagencn urged egg marketing organiza tions and dealers to establish sys tems m hei eby poultry raisers will have a dollais and cents incen tive to produce the finest eggs “Fiom the standpoint of both quality and quantity, the good g,otter often is taking a financial beating ” the NEPPCO chief de dared If we expect him to con t nue to pioducc top quality eggs rr to adopt the practices and m< chamcal devices that make such production posible, we’ve got to git e him a better economic i leak IJe went on to point out that the responsibility rest squarely wdh the maiketing oigamzations of the industry, and with egg buyeis and handlers What is needed, he said, is a system v hereby the belter type of pro ducer will be rewarded, while his moie backwai d neighbors will be forced to measuie up to the qual it\ mark or settle foi lower p,.ces Mechanical cooling systems, f’equent farm collections and spe cialised methods to insure farm duality are expensive to set up and maintain, Di Van Wagenen Declared Only a handful of mar feting setups now piovide suit able incentives to compensate for tins outlay Consumers too can expect to reap mateual benefits fiom the piogiam Di Wagenen comment- iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiimiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Robert Shaubach, Paradise Rl, inspects his fine Black Angus FARM BUREAU 32% STEER SUPPLEMENT The Complete Balanced Supplement with Home Grown Grain Maximum Gains Maximum Feed Efficiency Lower Cost Don’t Delay use Farm Bureau Feed Today!! the Duality Feed Backed up with Results Lancaster fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilin ‘‘Quantity production of high ouality products has been the basis of our modern economy,” he declared “We’ve made U. S in dustry the wonder of the world. It s high time that we apply the same thinking and proceduie to our farm industry ‘ We anticipate that widespread adoption of this program could re sult in a belter egg for the house wife for the same money she is now paying,” he concluded. “At the same time, poultry men will be t blc to achieve an economic fair deal ” Cows Hardest Hit by Rabies During Last Five Years; Foxes Most in ’5B Out of 35 cases of rabies identi fed in Lancastei County durmSg the past four years only two were found m dogs, according to State Department of Agriculture rec ords Cows were hit haidest m the penod 1954 through 1957, a total or 14 animal deaths being attrib uted to labies Foxes came second with 13 cases reported There were five cases m cats, and one hog succumbed to the dreaded disease For the first two months of this year seven cases of rabies have been identified in the State and fa e of these were reported from I ancaster County—all foxes, ac cording to Dr H A Milo, director of the State Bureau of Animal In dustry No rabid dogs have been icported for the county Greene County has had one dog and a rabid fox was found in Jefferson County, both in the western part ot the State Dr Milo says that a new all time low point m rabies was reached last yeai when only 21 cases were identified in six of the 67 Pennsylvania counties FINISHED OUT WITH Manheiiu Weather Bureau Should Look At the Almanac the weathermen, Baer’s Almanac had the following prediction for March 20 to 23 gales on the Atlantic coast and along the Great Lakes, snow and ram southward to the Gulf ” Unhappily, the Almanac pre diets April to be wet with below normal temperatures Lancaster County had one dog, two cats, one fox and one cow Biggest rabies year in Pennsyl vania history was in 1944 with 902 cases, but not one in Lancas ter County. In that year dogs were the chief spreaders Since then the fox has become the chief vector Dr Milo attributes the low in cidence of rabies an 1957 to three factors educational programs ear ned out by veterinarians in advis ing dog owners to have their dogs vaccinated against rabies, reduc tion of the fox population in por tions of Chester and Lancaster Counties by local trappers and toe State Game Commission, and the reduction of stray and un licensed dogs by local police offi cers and State dog law enforce ment agents Crop yields are limited by moisture, balanced nutrients and crop management (which includes preparing the soil, cul tivating the soil and control of pests ) Also to be considered is plant population in relation to soil fertility iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!! New Holland To further redden the faces of “Storru period Dangerous Farm Bureau Quality Feeds Available in Bags or Bulk Prompt and Courteous Service Always Quarryville RICHARD MAULE, who farms near Quaryville, lost half the roof of his barn when a heavy snow accumulation proved too much for the rafters. He is shown here shovel ing out some of the snow and rubbish in preparation for rebuilding (LF Photo) An effective soil building pro gram or rotation without lime or, legumes would be to use the white man and Indian rotation Let the white man have the soil 100 years to destroy it and the Lef us prove on your job... i ? HQ* Try our Demonstrator Big Difference in Features—Tiy TA, Fast-Hitch, Trac tion-Contiol . . . and other do-moie features’ Com pare with any othei ti actor. Let us prove on your job “Its the Difference that Counts.” Small Difference in Dollars—Get our special, high tiade-m offer on your old tractor. See how small the diffeience is if you deal now. call for a date /m/f McCormick Farm Equip. Store J. B. Hostelter & Son Mt. Jav C. E. Wiley & Son Quarryville - Wakefield C. B. Hoober Intercourse Messick Farm Equip. Elizabethtown Indian 5000 years to rebuild it with forests Trees pump cal cium, magnesium and potassium etc from, deep soil to surface by leaves falling to the ground and decaying Ephrata D. L Diem & Sons Cope & Weaver Co. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER Litilz J. Paul Nolt Gap David Kurtz Morgantown Willow Street
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