ALTHOUGH BROILERS were the order of (left) and Robert Bard, 10, also of Leacock, the day at the Poultry Assn. Barbeque were kept busy making egg sandwiches to Saturday, the egg industry also was repre- demonstrate eggs versitility in the family sented. Kenneth Fisher, 9, of Leacock, menu (LF Photo) 16 Plants Are Poisonous to Stock Just off the press is a 49-page Farmers’ Bulletin (No 2106) titl ed 16 Plants Poisonous to Live stock in the Western States For each of the 16 plants covered, in For a new experience.,. drive the all-new MASSEY-FERGUSON R R The first 4-plow Tractor with the Ferguson System We’ve got it now... and you mmt see and drive it yourself It's the great, all-new Massey- Ferguson 65, the tractor we’ve needed m this area for years It’s got the Feiguson System and it's a big 4-plow tractor. Here’s the tractor that’s really been built by you .. You’ve asked for it, and now we’ve got it Come m and try it out (find at less co.,t. You'H see the exclusive 4-Way Work Control • 1 Quadiamaiic Control ... for accuracy m mounted implement operation • 2 Dual-Range Transmission ... for flexibility of power through 6 forward, 2 re* verse speeds • 3 Variable-Drive FTO ... to allow • choice of power-take-off speed in ratio to ground or engine rpm. a 4 Two-Stoge-Cluich ... one pedal for control of ground travel and power-take-off shaft and you can choose • formation is given as to where ana when each plant grows, how it attects livestock, and how to le duce losses as a result of livestock eating the plant In each case a full color photo shows just what each plant looks like. 4 Frent-End Medcls .,. Standard • High Arch • Single Front Row-Crop • Dual Front Row-Crop SEE it tedey' Ask for a demonstration on your own farm and you’ll agree it’s the new standard m farm tractors To make it easy for you, we’ve got three all-new Retail Time Payment Plans and can tailor-make one of these to fit your farm income pattern. R. M. 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Landisville TW 8-4016 » 4 r .far *t' and m u ” WINER/ r.lcTum i P"« P ES?arath« bwi ’ CALDB Very low. ;9 to the soodio t r^duc^f ; holding J*v The 16 plants treated m the new bulletin are arrowgrass, Inacken fern, chokecherry, cop peiweed, death camas, gi ease weed, halogeton, horsebrush-, lark spur, locovveed, lupine, milkweed, oak brush, rubberweed, sneeze weed, and water hemlock Farm Cooperative Membership Tripl es During Past 30 Years Memberships and average num- hm of memberships m marketing, laim supply and related service coopciatives hare shown marked giowth m the past three decades n < cording to Farmei Cooperative Service, U S Department ot Agn cultuie In fiscal year 1926 the number of memberships was 2 7 million In fiscal year 1956 the latest yeai for which complete figures aie available number of mem berships exceeded 7 7 million, or almost three times as many The iiscal year 1956 figure was an in ciease of 1 7 per cent over fiscal year 1955 Many farmei s are, of course, members of more than one cooperative Average membership for each cooperative was 250 in fiscal year 1026 by fiscal year 1956 it was 783, or more than thiee times as many THESE FIGURES attain great ei significance when conti asted with decrease in total number of larmers within approximately the same period In 1925, the number of farmers was almost 6 4 million by 1954 it had fallen to little moie than 4 7 million As the number of farmers has decreased, those who remain on the farm are rely mgy on their own cooperation to market their products and pur chase their farm supplies The survey for fiscal year 1956 showed total number of farmer cooperatives as 9,876, a slight dc ciease trom the 9,887 in fiscal year 1955 Net volume of business was S 9 8 billion, 77 per cent of this in pioducts marketed This fiscal yeai 1956 net volume was 1 5 per cent greater than in fiscal year 1955 Dairy pioducts again held first place among" the maiketmg as sociations with a net volume of Jllllllliliilllllllllilllillllllllllilllllli DILLER & CLARK is your headquarters for GIRTON FARM TANKS They're built to last. 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We Invite Your Inquiries let our factory-trained representatives show you why dairyntSn everywhere choose Girton over ordinary farm tanks. llillllllllllllilllliliil $2 5 billion, against $2 4 billion foi the preceding year Grain, in cluding soybeans and soybean pi oducts, remained in second place with a net volume of almost $l6 billion, compaied with $l5 billion in fiscal year 1955 FEED REMAINED in top place with a net volume of almost $774 million from a total net volume lor farm supplies handled of $2 billion This drop of $33 million from the preceding year reflected the icduction in prices to patrons cflecled by many farm supply co operatives Second in value among faim supply items were petroleum and petroleum products with a net volume of $494 million, compared with the fiscal year 1955 figure oi $466 million Stubble, Straw Burning Costly The practice of burning stubble and straw is much more costly than many farmers realize, ac coidmg to Extension soils spe cialists at South Dakota State Col lege To prove their point thejf say that the straw and stubble from one acre that has produced 50 bushels of oats contains 20 pounds ot nitrogen, 6 pounds of phoxpho rus 30 pounds ot potash, and 400 pounds of humus The same would be true, they say, tor a 25 bushel per acie wheat field oi 35 bushels of barlej Burning of such fields Would mean a drop in yield of 5 to 8 bushels per acie for next year’s coi n crop 7 to 10 bushels for oats, and 3 to 5 bushels per acre loss on wheat, the South Dakota spe cialists say Illlllillllilillillillililllllii Kinzers, R. 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