Beef Cattle Gain Faster if Fly-Free,
PS U Has Plans for Automatic Sprayer
Beef cattle gain fastei on pas
lure if kept fice of biting flies
This was rathei loicibly shown
on a Conti c countv farm last year
wheie the electric eye conli oiled
spiayer devised by Di Tien Hsi
Cheng of the Pennsylvania Agn
cultural Station was used When
-sprayed daily the average late of
gain pei animal wsa ihueased a
hart to twilhnds oi a pound per
day
The electric eve controlled
spi'ayer consists oi a tramewoik
ol spiayei pipes and noz/los that
cmt be set m a doorway oi chute
thiough wh’ch the cattle may be
Cbiised to pass Piessure is an
plied to tho spiay matenai by
means ot a 'lump activated by aa
electnc i oto, oi in case of need
hi hand oi a U c,.,, dil
iefent commcu a! h\ S hive
been used with b-iu, s
One of the anginal designs ol
the spiayei piovided foj iG ac
tivation by means of a
Cattle weie sometimes frightened
by having the tlooi tilt undoi
then feet and dashed thiough tlm
doorway bctoie they weie well
sprayed They aie not disturbed
by the electuc eye Dr Cheng re
poits, and seem to enioy the re
sultant spraying
With the electnc eye controlled
sprayer, all paits of the animals
aic soraved except their heads
About 100 head can be treated in
Here’s your Smartest Choice!
WITH A 272 LiNE STRAIN
cs a minimum and with
other motmgs with higher
egg records, we can assure
you a better chick for less
money.
SAVE 2*4 POUNDS of feed
per dozen eggs produced—
government figures show
that a white leghorn pullet
laying 120 eggs a year
wses 7 47 pounds of feed
for each dozen eggs pro
duced Jump her produc
tion to 200 eggs a year
end she uses only 491
pounds of feed to produce
«ach dozen eggs Save
that 2 j 2 pounds of feed per
dozen eggs produced and
then some by housing Mus
ter laymore Leghorn chicks
they produce 200 and
better eggs a year.
24 OUNCES to the dozen
oil hens used in breeding
check out with egg records
of at least 24 ounces to the
dozen More large eggs
mean more premium prices
that can be yours through
the breeding that goes into
Musser Loymore Leghorn
chicks.
GUARANTEE We guarantee 1 00** live delivery and
satisfactory performance of chicks ordered We will
adjust any complaints within reason.
FREE - Handy Chicken Catcher
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10 minutes once the equipment
is set up and the cattle become ac
customed to its use Cost per ap
plication is one cent or less per
animal.
A more complete icpoil of the
work with the elcctiiccy'e con
ti died sprayer including plans
for constiuclion of this piece ot
equipment is found in Station Bui
Ic'lm 626, free on icquest Dr
Cheng now is busily engaged m
adapting the device for use with
aerosol bombs Preliminary ic
sidts are iavoiable.
State Finds
Few Egg Law
Violations
HARRISBURG April 17—State
Societaly ot Agriculture William
L Henning today said a 3 month
suivey made by the Bureau of
Markets shows adequate compli
ance with the State’s revised offi
cial egg standards
On Jan 16 revisions went into
effect lequumg all egg cartons + o
he labeled with the identity of
the oackei and the grade and size
of the eggs claimed to be in the
carton The only eggs that can he
sold in cartons without grades
must be labeled ‘ not classified ”
The egg standards weie revised
at the request of the industry
LONG LIFE of high produc
tion—for 35 years long life
and high production have
been bred info Musser lay
more Leghorn chicks. That
means more profit for the
same amount of chick in
vestment.
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a better chick for less money
PREMIUM PRICE ond better
demand for white shelled
eggs you’ll profit more
with Musser laymc'e Leg
horns ’cause they lay the
large white-shelled eggs
that Mrs. Housewife wants
ond your egg marketing
man prefers l
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Order Your Chicks Today!
Phone Oldfield 3-4911
you’ll want to get one of these Musser Leghorn Chicken catchers.
They’ll help you to see close up—os chicks grow into pullets—the
body conformation, alert eyes, and the healthy skm texture that
mokes Musser loymore leghorns your smartest and most profit
able choice.
J Just send this coupon to Musser Leghorn Forms, R D 1 Mt. Joy, Po. [
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I Address
i Kind of layers housed
92 Fairs to Be
Held in Stale
During 195«
The state ycstciday iclea&cd
the dales of the 92 community
(ans and fauns shows to be held
in the Commonwealth during the 1
coming summei and (all
While 14 lans held last jear
have not planned their events for
the coming season 12 that skip
peel 1957 showings will bd held in
1958 Two new fairs have been
added to the list
The Pennsylvania Junioi Dan>
Show will be held Sept 18, the
National Livestock Exposition
Nov 11 15, and the Farm Show,
1 m 12 16, 1959, all in the Farm
Show Building in Hamsburg
Here are the fairs to be held in
this area
' Goshen Countv Fair, West
Cncster, July 28 Aug 2, Kutz
town Fair, Kutzlown, Aug 18-23,
Reading Fair, Reading, Sept 7-
14 York Intel-State Fair, York,
Sept 9-13, West Lampeter Com
munity Fan, Lampetei Sept 24
26
Ephrala Farmers Day, Sept 24
27 Oley Valley Community Fair,
Oloj, Sept 25-27, New Holland
Farmers Fan, New Holland, Oct
14, Manheim Community Fair
Msnheim, Oct 24, Myerstown
Crmmunity F'air, Myerstown, Oct
3-10, Unionville Community Fair,
20 ROUNDS LESS PEBD-
smce Musser Laymore leg*
horns ore smaller bodied
than the larger breeds
even though they produce
more eggs they eat op*
proximalely 20 pounds less
feed during a year than
larger breeds. That’s A
TON OF FEED LESS A YEAR
for every 100 birds! Good
enough reason alone to put
in Musser Laymore leghorn
chicksl
15*4 TO 20S MORE pul lets
in your house without
crowding smaller Musser
Laymore leghorns do not
need as much space—allow
you to take more eggs from
more birds from housing
space you have available.
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No of layers housed
Lancaster Fanning, Friday, April 25, 1958—5
sarscl
Foi pulhn things and liftin’
The tractor can’t he beat,
But hook ’em on the diaubai,
And NOT beneath the scat.
Uiiionville Ocl 9 11, Dillsbmg
Community Fan, Dillsbuig Oct
10 18
Missing from the list aie lans
oi larm shows usually held at
Quanyville, Lititz, Bit Joy and
Fhzabethtown Dates have net
been set as yet tor these events
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Elmer Brill
39 E. Willow St.
Elizabethtown, Pa EMpire 7-5441
Martin It. Kraybill
R D 1 Elizabethtown, Pa.
EMpire 7-2696
Edgar C. Umble
Gap, Pa. Hickory 2-4525
Jonathan S. Shirk
R D 1 Bare\ille, Pa
Lsola OLdfield 6-6368
C. B. Erb
Landisville, Pa TWinoaks 8-2531
Lester Erb
R. D 3 Lancaster, Pa.
Landisville TWinoaks 8-3216
A. H. HOFFMAN SEEDS, INC., Landisville. Pa
I February Meat Output
Down 11 Per Cent
Piocluction ol icd meat by com
meiual slau'-rhtci plants m Fcu
rnarv totaled I,Bob inillioo
pounds This is 11 per cent
thn was produced in Februaiy
1957 and £0 ptr cent below Jan
uary 1958 production
N'oah B. Weaver
R D 1 Nanon Pa,
Morgantown 6-3412
E. C. Seldomiidge
Quarrjulle, Pa. STeihng 6-2951
Jason H. Mellinger
R D. 1. Ronks. Pa.
Strasburg OVeiland 7-2383
Frank H. Bucher
P O. Box 62 Rothsville, Pa
Lititz MAdison fa-6504
Levi M. Stoltzfus
R D 2 Elver«on Pa
Morgantown 6-4359