REPRESENTING LANCASTER County in livestock dem onstration contests this year will be Kenneth Young, R 1 Mt Joy and Joan Paes, Rl Strasburg. These two 4-Hers were selected as the county team Tuesday night at try-outs. Alternate is Miss Florence Mae Flory, Rl Manheim (LF Photo) Four New Agricultural Attaches Named The USDA last week announc ed the appountment of agricul tural attaches to four foieign posts illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Red I STARTS BIRDS EATING Whenever Appetites Drop . . . = When diseases or disorders strike | the flock, feed RED ROSE T C FEED = to increase feed intake and maintain E body vigor and throw off infection. § Keep T C, Feed on hand always be 1 piepared if trouble starts' REICH POULTRY FARM R D 1. Marietta, Pa. | CHAS. E. SAUDER & SONS = RD 2 East Earl, Pa | MUSSER’S = The Buck RD 1, Quarryville, Pa =riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii,r Them names and the places to which they have been assigned are Quentin R Bates, Manila, Republic of the Philippines; Dan iel E Brady, Wellington, New Zealand, Joseph E Dodson, Bangkok, Thailand, and Clarence E Pike, Lima, Peiu KEEPS THEM EATING Buv Red Rose From These Distributors Rose Red Rose T C Feed is a treat- § ment level of antibiotics combined s with a “get-well” concentration of 1 vitamins, recommended for Blue f Comb, Sinusitis in turkeys and for § the suppression of secondary mfec- = tions which lower feed intake and | weight gains during periods of stress, f J. C. WALKER & CO. Gap, Pa A. S. GROFF 21 S Queen St Lancaster, Pa. AMMON E. SHELLY R D. 2 Lititz, Pa. Letter to the Editor To the Editor We Vrant to say ‘‘Thank You” for the excellent coverage you gave the Lancaster poultry cen ter’s annual barbecue. June 7. Since we operated the cooking contest for the poultry center, we were especially happy to see the fine story and pictures given the contest Harry Ward, Jr Vice President Ward Bottle Gas To The Editoi: Your editorial in the current issue ot Lancaster Farming is most appropriate. As a former extension worker, both at the county level and as a state spe cialist in Washington State and m New York, the duplication of effort among federal agencies is appalling and disturbing. Your reference to less help at the local level with integration is certainly borne out by a re cent visit to Alabama in their annua Iconvention of Alabama Poultry Industry Association They had a three-day affair and Professor Dale F King, head of the Poultry Husbandry Depart ment, told'me that their exten sion meetings were not being at tended at all Therefore, they were considering staging a poul try serviceman’s convention or meeting Maryland embarked on this program a year or so ago, probably for,the same reason I was impressed by the num ber of associations involved in .the Alabama Poultry Industry Association - This includes the .Hatchery Association, the Feed Association, Poultry Processois, Poultry Producers and Turkey Association The poultry associa tions affiliated with it include 21 counties where organization is brewing This approach under in tegration shoved the value of poultry and poultry products into the number one spot m 1957, outing king cotton as the lead ing agricultural industry Re sponsible people tell me that the 1958 performance is approxi mately 50 per cent ahead of 1957 The result is a booming poultry industry down there Contrasted with that here in Pennsylvania, we have through the Federation only about 21 county associations affiliated, no Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilli fo/u&naft' j ji fao^RasE' E. MUSSER HEISEY R D 2. Mt. Joy, Pa. WARREN SICKMAN R D 1 Psquea, Fa participation from hatcheries,] P RatfO Stays at 86 feed, processors or others except , by individual participation. Yet we hav'e a poultry industry that [ probably now far outweighs in ! value that of Alabama but 01- ganization-wise I think we could take a lesson fiom them aSSu acids f° r top-growth perform ance. That's why high energy MA-CO performs with high efficiency, on less feed! For "Get Up and Grow", change to MA-CO! - We carry all the Super MA - CO Poultry Rations from S. O. Trupe East Earl, R. D. 1 M. S. Graybill & Son Clem Hoober Bareville Intercourse Pioneer Manufacturers of High Efficiency Poultry Rations. watch any chopper Compare Gehl capacity Watch hrw the Chop-All barrels through heavy stands of '-orghum. glass or corn —short or tall, the easy-iunnmg Gehl chops it all- See how the finei-cutting Gehl packs up to 80 percent more foi age on every load No - wonder more farm'ers own ' Chop-Ail than any other independent make Come in and ask us to prove Gehl’s capacity—and check the rugged trouble-free Gehl construction. * 2 Lancaster Farming, Friday, June 20, 1958—5 E I Robertson, President, State Poultry Federation RATIO^, Chick Starter to Breeder Mash B. G. Mellinger & Son Willow St., R. D. 1 ...then watch a Gehl! Conestoga Farm Park Ave. Quarnville. Pa, R. M. Brubaker Salunga, Pa. The index of prices received by farmeis as of mid-May sta>ed the same as the revised April index, according to the Crop Reporting Foard Most important increases me shown foi hogs, cattle, and cotton, which increases weie oll ‘■cl b\ lower prices foi tomatoes, potatoes ‘•trawberues, sweet coin and milk With MA-CO Complete GROW- ING RATION every bit of its 18% (min.) protein goes to work for your birds. Quality formulation^ includes a wide range 'of rich protein sources * . , guarantees high levels of oil essential ammo Ira B. Landis 779 Valley Rd., Lane, +v s ■V. Ml You can’t beat GeM’s lower price Service V i ■ >s