Potato Imports Placed Under Regulations A regulation which specifies minimum grade and size require ments applicable to Irish pota toes imported into the United States was issued today by the U S Department of Agriculture. A similar regulation on potato imports was in effect last season. The regulations will be effective from Oct. 13, 1958, through July 15, 1959 The importation of round white or red skin varieties is limited to the U.S No. 1, or better grade, 2 Vi inches minimum diameter and 4 inches maximum diameter. Long variety potatoes, such as the Russet Burbank variety, must meet the requirements of the Cut C.R.D Medication Cost I I _ , , , if the pair were administered individa* See your dealer, or phone *ny. one 400 cc. bottu treat* 1,000 bird* •Patent pending. Dick Knauss [ i pAf|/| AND RD 1, Doylestown, Pa. cßc Fillmore 8-5359 Li I W.at C114w.11, N.W /irH} ’■■■■■■■■■BiinßaaiißHiKiaHnaaiHiav GRAND CHAMPION NEPPCO Egg to Chick Show Egg Production Class Bob Houser of DeKalb Hatchery, York, Pa, ■ For the third time in four years, DeKalb ■ Chix won the NEPPCO EGG-to-CHICK ■ SHOW. In this, unique contest scoring is ■ based on EGG QUALITY, HATCHABILITY, ■ and CHICK VIGOR. Hiestand Inc. R M, Marietta, Pa Elmer H. Rohrer R Lancaster, Pa Jacob S. Lehman R t 2, Manheim, Pa. ’hIIIIRIIIIIimiIIIIIIIUIIIIKIIIII 1 US. No. 2, or better grae, 2 inches minimum diameter or 4 ounces minimum weight, Size A, and may be “not more than slight ly skinned.” In addition, all imported pota toes have to be generally “fairly clean ’ The regulation does not re strict importation of certified seed potatoes. Also, any lot not in excess of 500 pounds of potatoes may be imported without regard to the regulation. Most of the potatoes imported into the United States come from Canada. The Canadian Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Service is designated by the U.S Depart ment of Agriculture as an author ized inspection agency for ship ments of Canadian potatoes The Canadian potato standards may be used on the same basis as comparable United States grade standards, except that tolerances for size as specified in the United States standards may be used. "PARA-STREP" P4RA STREP if equally as effective 11, or better than, the standard 47 baa. grama of dihydroatreptomycin, but actu ally costs less. PARA-STREP is approved by tha U. % Food and Drug Administration for salat? and effectiveness. PARA STREP la a patented combination of dihydrostreptomyeln and Para-Amino Benzoic Acid (RC-12) in micionlzed dual form The two drugs fortify each othsf by scientific synergistic action, making the combination far mors effective thaii DeKalb Chix with the winning entry Rohrer & Bro. .Inc. Smoketown, Pa. P. L. Georne W. Jackson & Son R *l, Christiana, Pa. Lester R. Buckwalter R ’l, Washington Boro, Pa Aaron J. Brubaker 1836 Marietta Ave , Lane Pa Daniel G. Haldeman R Manheim, Pa. Harrv F. Houser R -7, Lancaster, Pa, with ROCKLAND DUST Young Dairyman Named Star American Farmer Harrisburg, Oct 15 A young $5OO check from the Future Farm ers of America Foundation, Inc Young Speer shared the spot light with three other FFA mem bers who also were named as Regional Star American Farm ers They are Jimmie John Jar nagin, Jr , 21, of Hanston, Kansas, Ethan Labner, 21, Kenton, Okla homa, and Malcolm A Niles, 20, Loleta, California. Although the award is Speer’s highest, it is only one of a long list of honors won by him as an ' FFA member. Because his achievement record was highest among all FFA boys who received the “Keystone Farmer degree” at the 1956 State Farm Show, Speer was proclaimed FFA’s 1956 State Star Farmer. Later that j ear, in competition with like winners horn 12 notheastern states, he was named the North Atlantic Region’s Star State Farm- dairy farmer from Pennsylvania who has developed Holstein cows with outstanding production rec ords has been chosen as one of the four recipients of the na tion’s most coveted farm youth awards. He is James H. Speer, Jr., 21, of Blairs Mills, Huntingdon Coun ty, who has been chosen by the Future Farmers of America as Star American Farmer of the North Atlantic Region. Word of the distinction won by young Speer was received here by James C. Fmk, acting State FFA ad visor, from Kansas City where the designation of the Pennsyl vania boy was announced at the Tuesday evening session of the 31st annual FFA National Con vention in colorful ceremonies during which Speer received a liiiiiiiiiiiiiiininiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Salsbury’s Laboratories Poultry Disease Prevention Program Polystat Wavac Fowl Pox 3 Nitro = J Total cost of above about ,09c per bird per lading 1 year. | FEED DEALERS NOTE Polvstat one mventoiy = cocadiostat & woimer. F. W. FISHER 1 LEACOCK, PA. Triiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiimiitiiiuiumiiimuuiuituumuuiimiuimiiim in your feed, starter & grower (to 1 16-18 wks). Prevents coccidiosis, | pullorum, typhoid, round worms, | tape worms, hexamitiasis and blue 1 comb. For replacement stock, 1 breeders, broilers, turkeys & | pheasants | —water vaccine, (or dust, or intra nasal) new castle & bronchitis. Use N. C & B 4 days, N. C. 4 weeks, & N. C. & B, 4 months, & fall-winter ’5B - ’59 N. C. every 3-4 months. Wing Web. at G -12 wks Histostat for 3 wks. where Blackhead prevails In your laying mash (& hog teed too, steers soon.) “Spares” the antibiotic and protein, gives sr«5 r « -9% more eggs per vear, 4/10 less feed per dozen eggs, plus scc5 c c greater livability E^pretentatue Ph. Leola OL 6-7356 Lancaster Farming, Friday, October 17, 1958—7 ei In 1957 he was the FFA Stale President and later, chairman ot the FFAs 1957 national conven tion committee As a dair> farmer, James has 18 producing cows, which, during the last complete v ear ot record keeping, averaged 12,900 pounds of milk and 496 pounds of buUei fat per cow. He savs ho considers any cow producing less than |lO - 000 pounds of milk and 1400 pounds of butteifat a cull jam mal. { When he evinced interest! as a lad in becoming a taimer,|his parents encouraged him and rfave him a heifer calf By the timq he entered high school and was Cold enough to iom the FFA, he jhad two producing cows and a hsfer calf His interest m farming by then was such that he up the nearest high school at rOi bisonia and enrolled at the Juni ata Joint High School at Mifflin toun 37 miles away, where he could get the vocational agricul ture course He spent three horns a daj on the school bus, leaving home at 645 am and icturn ing at 5 00 p m As a high school sophomore he began keeping farm accounts for his father's entire 325-daiiv operation and for three successive years -Ivon first place in the State m FFA s farm records contest Upon graduation from high school in 1955. James and his father operated the family farm as partners but when, in Janu aiy, 1957 an adjoining 350-&cre larm became available, Jafnes mad? anangements to buy it, complete with livestock and ma chinery for SI 7 200 James jfed and groomed the animals, which had been poorlj handled, and repaired and repainted the ma chmery which, although fairly new, had been allowed to detei mrate In Apul he held a public auction sold the livestock and machinery for S lO 541, leaving him the farm land and buildings for an imestmcnt of only $6,659. His farm his daily herd, some registered Hampshire swine, and machinan he owns give him a net worth ot 529 701 MUSSER Leghorn Chicks ...for large white eggs of premium quality "Direct from the Breeder" Money dialers plus Satisfaction Phone !Wt. 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