Plans Announced For New Holland Fair; Set For Oct. 1,2, 3, 4 The Board of Directors of the New Holland Farmers Day Associ ation met last week and heaid a report from Parade Chairman George L Dissinger. Ha an nounced a revised prize list that totals around $l,OOO The 27th annual Farmers Fair in New Holland is being planned for Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Oct 1,2, 3, and 4, 1958 President B Roy Witmer had charge of the business session Final details of many phases of the next Farmers Fair were planned The Association Secretary, S 0 Zimmerman, told of meeting with the Boro Secretary on mat ters concerning the coming Farm- TOBACCO GROWERS—Don’t risk wet'<weather weed seeds this fall application of DuPont Kill one Treat beds with Du Pont VPM soil fumigant this fall and you’ll effectively control weed seeds ... be assured of abundant, healthy seedlings next spring. VPM saves labor, cuts pro duction costs, requires no gas-tight cover. It’s easy to apply as a soil drench with power equipment or hand sprinkler. Available in 1,5, or 30 gal. VPM and other DuPont Agricultural Chemicals distributed by J. C. EHRLICH CO. 738 E. Chestnut St., Lancaster. The SHAVER ■jj m G H HEN-HOUSED IS PRODUCTION —Shaver Starcross layers averaged 289 eggs per bird housed at four separate test locations 2000 miles apart E 3 GOOD EGG SlZE—Eggs laid by Shaver Starcross leghorns averaged 26 2 ounces per dozen. 13 OUTSTANDING BREEDING PRO GRAM—The Shaver Poultry Breeding Farm, Ltd. of Galt, Ontario, maintains a constant testing program, supervised by three of the continents top geneticists, and involving 108 strain crosses, conducted at four widely separated locations in Canada and two in the States. The results of each cross are evaluated on their performance at all locations. 7(111111 lllllllUlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHlllltllllllllllllllllllllllKllllllll ers aFir He also stated tnat the prize nbbons have been ordered George D High was appointed a committee of one to contact the local business places that furnish display window space for the Farmers Fair. The dnectors approved the Plans for the amplification sys tems H Clair Musselman will take caie of the set-up for the Wednesday night parade and other features that night Joseph L Fern will play records at two locations on the other nights of the fair Parke Groff reported on the entertainment feature attractions of the fair, now a week away A progress report on the 1958 Premium Booklet was made by Robert O Whitmore Robert J Witmer made a report on the Kid’s Day to be held Friday after noon of the fair, after school. Carl H Groff, treasurer of planting delays next spring I GREIDER LEGHORN . . . an achievement of Canada’s great breeding farm LOW MOR TALITY Laying house mortality for a period of 12 months at four locations was only 167%, or over 98 hens remaining out of every 100 pullets housed. over containers. Ask your supplier today for Du Pont VMP! On all chemicals, follow label instructions and warnings carefully mm «• U % PAT 0^ Better Things for Better Living through Chemistry presents + t *■ \ v I . * 1, i , \ ~ * I iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiuinmiiuimiiuimiiuuiitiiiiuuitiimiiuiiuiiiiii.iiiiiimjf Illilillll the organization, was asked to check each new bill and requested to pay them as they come in 'D Geist gave a complete report Concession Chau man Richard on that portion of the fair He outlined various problems and the way in which they were being handled Twenty-one baby beef will be shown and sold according to J Frank Lammey, director in charge of this part of the Farmers Fair The New Holland Community 4-H Club has twentyone members according to enry M Seidhof They will exhibit pigs, flowers and projects The Farmers Fair Board set 6 30 on Wednesday evening as the time lor auctioning off the bake dgoods The auction will be conducted by the New Holland Community Memorial Park As sociation with R E Whitmore, Ji , in charge Pioceeds will go to the Park Fund with VPM SOIL FUMIGANT VPM SOIL FUMIGANT Phone EX 3-2489. FARMS, INC. STARCROSS 288 1 Write or Phone Mt. Joy OL 3-2455 Greider Leghorn Farms, Inc. MT. joy, r. 1, PA. Lancaster Farming, Friday, September 19, 1958—" Almost Two Jobs Available For Each AgricAultur Each year, land grant colleges and umveisities graduate about 0,500 voung men and women in agriculture, and each jeai about 15,000 such giaduates aic needed That, briefly, is the outlook lo 1 Irregularities in Buying of Cattle Studied by Court U S Department of Agricul ture has been notified that a peti lion to vacate a cease and desit oicier for Packeis and Stockyards Act violations by Frank A Ben gun and dealers at Omaha Union Stock Yards was denied Aug 13 by the U S Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit USDA issued the cease and de sist order following investigations and hearing or alleged violations involving the use of ’’turn” sys tems to the exclusion of farmers in the purchase of slocker and feeder cattle This, USDA charg ed, was restrictive of covnptition in violation of the P&S Act Th Appeals Court said “We tlunk it obvious that any method, rule or scheme which limits the number of buyers or piospective bujers and thereby increases the value of the position or turn of those not eliminated must have the effect of restricting competi lion and necessarily results in de pressing the whole market ” The Court added “Any piac tice which results in dealers them selves determining in what sales alleys or m what order in a sales alley they shall bid is an unrea sonable restriction on competi Con The conclusion is inescapable from the testimony brought out in tne record that the turn system was a combination (dealers and Bengan) formed for the puipose of controlling the buying and sell ing of livestock at the Bengan commission house or contribut ed to that result ” FEED CONVERSION Shaver Starcross layers produced a dozen eggs for each 3.83 pounds of feed consumed, or 4 pound less than the average of the other strain-crosses and hy brids tested. SHAVER o . “f .. AI Graduate caicors in agncultinc Agncul- Uue and related industries and businesses offer oppoitunitics in more than 500 distinct, occupa tions Man} persons do not realize the basic industry, agucultuie '•> •>0 big Of about 25 million peo ple employed in agriculture, and i elated pursuits, only about 10 million are on farms and ranches. Another si' million pioduce gopd= or provide services pnmaiily for 1 aimers and about another nine million process and distribute food and other agiicullural pio ducts Jn addition, about a quarter mdlion scientists dnectly scive cgnculture The farm equipment mdustiy (an use 2 000 men annually for the next few yeais The faun building mdustiy can use 1500 Each year all ol the agricul tural co’leges graduate only J5O rndtors in dairy manufacturing, yet the mdustiv estimates that it could use 1 000 such giaduatcs annually for at least the next Jive years As in most industries, college training m agriculture pays off in dollars and cents Suiveys show tnat a college graduate can expect to earn about SIOO,OOO more in a liietime than a high school gradu ate When figured on the basis ol investment and leturn, this would be a cash return several times the imestment m a college education. B-Vitamins Needed To Maintain Good Health Riboflavin, thiamine, and nla t n. all B vitamins, aie needed to help keep nerves steady. They also piomote normal digestion, contribute) to healthy eyes and skin, and help maintain normal appetitie and vitality. Liver and o'her variety meats are the best sources of the B vitamins. Ft-ORIM FARMS, INC. Mt. Joy 2 Lancoster County Pa. Phone, Mt. Joy OLdfield 3-9891 S PLASTIC | 12—16V2—20 Foot Wide For Use On ♦I —Trench Silos H Straw Stacks i| —Hay Stacks \\ —Lumber •f I; Cut length or bv the i oil \l 8 « | GROFFS I HARDWARE I j| NEW HOLLAND § ♦? 4h« hi«m»m
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