16—Lancaster Fanning, Friday, September 5,1958 Holiday Turkey May Be Scarce; Pa. Crop Down HARRISBURG —Thanksgiving tuikeys may be a little mote dif ficult to find this year The Pennsylvania ciop is down 23 per cent and national figure has dropped by 4 per cent, the State Department ot Agriculture Sai'd today. The P>msylvania Crop Report ing Service advised that produc tion of heavy breeds heavy I Jilillillllillillili Solve next spring’s quack problem now with a fall spraying Save time next spring . . . and start work in fields free of quack grass ... by spraying this fall with Dow poiv . chemical grass killer. jiist spray Dowpon (containing dalapon) on the quack in fields you plan to plow this fall Wait 2 weeks Then plow it under, or you can put oft plowing until next- spring Then work up the land as usual for planting E"en heavy quack grass can be controlled this way. Start this fall to solve your quack grass problems this easy, effective, economical way, ' DOWPON may also be used for grass control in apple & pear orchards Grass control around fruit trees now, will help you control meadow and field mice later on. Your dealer has DOWPON in 50 and 5 lbs. drums, Get Your Supply at these Dealers Blue Ball Jacob B. Zimmerman Bareville Martin’s Hardware Denver Denver Supply Co Paul H Gehman Allen A. Malz Elizabethtown Farmers Supply. Inc Kay lor Bros, R D. =1 Ephrata Farmersville Equipment Co. R D. 42 Martin’s Feed Mill, R D 43 L P. Wenger 1 Sons Florin Hess Bros , Mumma’s Hardware Cap Summer Bro' Hai dware Intercourse Charles B Hoober Kiikwood L H Jackson Myer’s Store Lancaster Lancaster County Farm Bureau Lincoln J E Galen. Hardware J. C. EHRLICH CO. 736 E. Chestnut St ilillilliililli 'flu whites and bronze paced the drop at 23 per cent, and light breeds such as Beltsville small whites, Jersey Buffs, and Royal Palms declined 22 per cent Pennsylvania now ranks fif teenth in the nation in the num ber of turkeys raised on farms. The state ranked twelfth in the nation in 1957 California, Minne sota and lowa aie the leading tur key producing slates Pennsyl vania is the leading producing aiea in the nine North Atlantic Region States Puces received by farmers for turkeys from March thiough July averaged 9 per cent above the same months in 1957, while feed prices averaged 1 per cent higher iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii of DOWPON •Trademark of The Dow Chemical Company Lititz Eby’s Mill, Inc. Manheim Cassel’s Mill, Inc., K D. #1 N. G. Hershey & Son Millersville Millersville Supply Co. Mountville Kauffman Bros, Peach Bottom C E Wiley & Son Quarryville Conestoga Farm Service R. D. 42 Musser’s Mill, R D. 41 Ross H. Rohrer & Sons Bonks Lester A. Singer Schoeneck Brehm & Enck Stevens Snader’s Mill, Mt Airy Strasburg Homsher’s Mill Washington Boro Ament’s Hardware, West Willow West Willow Farmers Assn , Inc Willow Street Dombach Bros. Lancaster, Pa., Ililiiliillllllllill EX 3-2489 lilllll{{llllllilllllllllllillilll 1,, ilil %i » t •'•V-'"*”*. V" -» "" 1 v. * « GRAND CHAMPIONS at the Southeastern wood, El, Jersey; C. Kenneth Young, Pennsylvania FFA Dairy Show at the Mount Joy Rl, Guernsey; Ned Z. Paes, Guernsey Sales Pavilion last Friday are Strasburg Rl, Ayrshire; and James Hart left to right; Thomas Halladay, Jr. Kirk- ranft, Kutztown R 3, Holstein. (LF Photo) Future Farmers Win Three Grand Championship Ribbons at Dairy Show (Continued from Page One) the grand champion to take sec ond m county groups for Lan caster. Top honors in the Holstein breed went to James Hartranft, a Future Fanner from Kutz town R 3 Lancaster county show men failed to place one animal in the blue ribbon division in the show Placing the 94 entries in the show were prominent Pennsyl vania cattle breeders and exhib itors Judges for the show were Jonas Gruber, Thomasville (Hol stein breeder; Howard Weiss, Myerstown Holstein breeder; and Fred Naugle, Carlisle breeder and exhibitor. Each of the breed organizations recognized the champions of their breed with plaques or cups. Hol stein, Ayrshire, and Guernsey breeders presented wall plaques to the winners. The Jersey breed ers presented a wall plaque and a cup to the champion in that breed. Other showmen and the prizes won are as follows HOLSTEIN Senior Calf—Red, David Ltch ty, Gordonville, and Glenn Fore man, Manheim R 3; White, John D. Zimmerman, Remholds HI, and Thomas A. Hess, Lancaster R 3. Senior Yearling—White, J Kenneth Heisey, Manheim R 2; and William R Seibert, Lititz Rl. AYRSHIRE Grand Champion—Ned Z. Paes, Strasburg Rl Senior Calf—Blue. William R. Seibert; Red. Roy R Mentzer, Gap RD Senior Ye’arhng—Red, Roy R. Mentzer. Two-Year-Old— Blue, Ned Z Paes County Group —2, Lancaster JERSEY Grand Champion—Tom Halla day Jr, Kirkwood Reserve Champion—Tom Halla day Ji. Senior Calf —Blue, Tom Halla day Jr; Red, George Welch. Peach Bottom Three-Year-Old— Blue, Tom Halladay Jr GUERNSEY Grand Champion—C. Kenneth Pa. Red Meat Production In July 13 Per Cent Below Last Year Pennsylvania’s red meat pro duction for the month of July totaled 66,078,000 pounds (dress ed weight), down 1 per cent from the previous month, and down 13 per cent from July 1957. All classes were down compared to July 1957 beef 15 per cent, pork 4 per cent, nd lamb and mutten 24 per cent. Beef, and lamb and mutten classes had xn significent increases (less than 1 per cent) over the previous month, and veal showed a 3 per cent increase, while pork had a 3 per cent decrease from the previous month Total produc tion of red meat in Pa for the first seven months of this year is 495,163,000 lbs, down 7 per cent from the comparable total of 533,019 000 for the January- July period of 1957. t ' t X - Young, Mount Joy El. Reserve Champion Kenneth Garber, Willow Street R 2. Senior Calf Blue, Kenneth Garber; Red, William Maule, Quarryville R 2. Senior Yearling Get EXTRA MILK strong healthy calves Follow the Beacon Dry Cow FITTING PROGRAM Properly fitting the dry cow is good management and good business It pays off not only with a healthier calf, but with bigger milk checks longer, from sustained high production Beacon Dairy Fitting ration-rich in minerals and in Vitamins A and D, is ft li% protein feed designed to do a three-fold job. t. It helps dry cows replenish and maintain mineral reserves. 2. It helps supply the added nutritional requirements ef her unborn calf. 3. If helps build firm flesh reserves and prepare the cow for heavy sustained milk production to inherited capacity. Remember every pound of solid flesh gained during the dry period is worth up to 20 pounds of extra milk during the next lactation At no other time can so little feed produce so much extra milk—about $2O invested brings back $4O to $BO in extra milk value. C all us today. We'd like io explain mere fully what this program can mean to your herd . Beacon Dealers and Beacon Advisors are lo cated throughout Lancaster County. For the name of the one nearest to you please phone or write: The Beacon Milling Company Philadelphia and Carlisle Sts., York, Pa. Telephone; York 8-2341. BEACON ♦ » A *• \ N 4VI —Blue E. Laverne Mull, Quarry ville Rl; Red, Lee Stoltzfus, New Providence. Two-Year-Old—Blue, Jon Timothy Dedoon. Willow Street R 2, E. Laverne Mull and C. Kenneth Young. Three-year old—Blue, Kenneth Garber and C. Kenneth Young. County Group —l, Lancaster County,
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