16—Lancaster Friday, April 25,; 1958 r ‘Doc’ Nixon. Potato Wizard, Honored on 75th STATE COLLEGE. April 21 1 1 celebration of the 75th birth daj anniversary of Dr E. L. Nix on, long known as the Pennsyl % sma “potato wizard,” more than LOO of his friends and associates asembled today at his farm west cf here - Tribute was paid by agricul tural and business leaders to ‘Doc’ Nixon for his long service to the Pennsvhama agricul ture which began in 1917 When he came to Penn State the aver cge jield of 275 bushels per acre vas reached in 1956 Nixon founded the Keystone 400 Bushel Potatoe Club in 1918 making any farmer eligible for membership who could glow 400 cr more bushels on an officially measuied acre It is the oldest ag r.cultural production club in the United States and now has 1,374 members In 1922 23 “Doc” Nixon led a campaign among potato growers f’ji erection of the student in f imary at the Pennsylvania State Lmveisily Latei he was instru > cntal in establishing an expen j ental farm for development of r w varieties of potatoes adapted n Pennsylvania growing condi t rns, located at what is now Potato City He originated the Potato Blossom Queen progiam a id sparked a dm e for erection of Potato City Hotel by the Pen i 'ylvama Cooperative Potato dowers, Inc The gioweis built t on a gieenhouse theie for his potato breeding woik Others paying tribute to the I ennsylvania Chain Store Council L b i icultural consultant included Fred Jackson, and Loyal D Od F icr chain stole executives, R J" Beniamin, New Cumbeiland firs Hugh McPherson, Bridge I-.n, York County and Ivan Miller, Com, president of the potato g-oweis association Party Time to Be Summer Project Of Donegal Club ‘Paily Time” will be the sum j. 'T pioicct of the Donegal 4H C.ub which re-organized April IT a' the home ot Mh Paul Wit 5, an The 17 girls elected Judi Gind e as president Other officers aic Vice presi (?' nt, Jo Ann Bi\lei, secretary, J ,,\co Hawthorn, Jo Ann Mai tin, game leadeis Rachel j,o!t and Doiolhv Hitz song lead e Carol Cupper and reporter ]- len Mussei The next meeting will be helu Chinese cooking isn’t hard, Ralph Bitler finds. Story on page 9. What’s Rock Phosphate and how do you use it? The answers are on page 6. Egg market shows firmness. Quotations are on page 3, NEW FUL-O-PEP CRO-PORK 45 grows 'em « s ' *2% Gets fop feed efficiency from grain on dryloi , fool New Ful-O-Pep Gro-Pork 45 may be fed on pasture or on drylot with equally good results It is strictly an effi ciency feed built for the efficiency-minded hog producer. So, if you are looking for results—early-to-market hogs and profits —feed your hogs new Ful-O-Pep Gro-Pork 45. fusJbO "C>£OJ&Ayf S. H. Hiestand & Co. Salunga, Pa. 1 Millport Roller Mills Grubb Supply I Lititz, R. D. 4, Pa. Elizabethtown, Pa. March Milk Production Breaks All Records for Month, State Reports March milk production on Pennsylvania farms in March broke all existing records for the month, the state crop reporting sei vices says. Seven per cent above March 1957, 593 million pounds of milk were produced. This was nearly a 100 million pounds more than was produced last month. Milk output in March last year was below normal due to effects of low quality roughage. Average dairy production per cow in herd on April 1 at 24 6 pounds was sharply above the 22 pounds of a year earlier and indi cated high output for April of this year. Feeding rates advanced to 9 6 pounds per cow on April 1 This, too, was a record high and half a pound above April 1 of last year IK ' # ';4 %: THE QUAKER OATS COMPANY... «ia For FUL-O-PEP SUPER FEEDS See Your Nearest Dealer 'h < H. M. Stauffer & Sons, Inc. Leola, Witmer & Rjnks, Pa. Production of milk during Jan uary through March totalled 1,628 million pounds or seven per cent above th-a 1,517 million for the same months last year. Grain prices showed a slight rise from a month ago, but the price of hay fell off somewhat Baled alfalfa is now quoted at $4l a ton and other hay at $32 a ton compared with prices of $42 50 and $32 50 a month ago However hay prices are still much above the 1957 level when baled alfalfa was $35 a ton and other hay $2B a ton The milk-feed ratio, the num ber of pounds of concentrate ra tion equal- in value to one pound of whole milk sold, is 1.45, down slightly from 1 52 a month ago. In March 1957 the ratio was 139 Hit the early market with hogs weighing 200 lbs . in 140 days! Actually, new Ful-O-PepGro-Pork 45 may not launch a satellite but it sure speeds hogs to market - FAST! So, plan now to hit those early markets with hogs weighing 200 pounds in about 140 days! Feed your hogs new, super Ful-O-Pep Gro-Pork 45 Supplement with your grain and pasture. Only 300 lbs. total feed produces 100 lbs. porkl Tests show that it takes as little as 300 lbs. of Ful-O-Pep and grain on good legume pasture to produce 100 lbs of pork! In other words, one ton of Ful-O-Pep fed with grain and pasture, will produce about 500 lbs. more pork than a ration built from one ton of regular quality supplement, grain and pasture. I ' +■ ♦ geo-pork 45 supplement ffsti FTTR# kers of dependable feeds for over 75 years D. W. Hoover J. C. Walker & Son 1 East Earl, R. D. 1, Pa. Oak Wilt Most 1 f Dangerous in Mid-April HARRISBURG A six week period beginning in mid-April is the time that oak-trees are most susceptible to oak wilt disease infections, the State Department of Agriculture said today. Wounds on oaks occur more frequently during this spring per iod because of stepped-up activi ties in lumbering, highway and fence construction, storms, and public utility line clearing and construction work. On many oc cassions, bark cuts and bruises are caused when machinery and equipment scar trees, making an open wound that is the selected home of sap feeding beetles that carry the oak wilt fungus. SCIENCE keeps Ful-O-Pep ahead , tool George Rutt Stevens, R. D. 1, Pa. Gap, Pa.
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