Soybean Silage Economical Feed For Breed Sows, Research Shows Soybean silage, when properly supplemented, is a satisfactory and eonomical feed for biood sows, according to experiments at the Agricultural Experiment Sta tion, the Pennsylvania State Uni versity. At other research stations corn silage and certain grass sil ages—fed with a well formulat ed protein supplement and corn nrthe case of grass silage pro duced good results when feed to sows dunng the winter gestation period The results may have much piacucal use, since many hog pro ducers in Pennsylvania are also dairy fanners who feed silage to then cattle, reports J L. Gobble ot the animal husbandry depart ment at Penn State Working with Gobble on the studies are R. C Miller and G W. Sherntt “It would be an advantage if silage could be fed economically r o brood sows, especially when improve iands, crops, pastures with WOOD’S ROTARY CUTTER In 60', SO', 114* cur ling wiUllii—ilondard tt kydraulic mo d*h. Ask For A Demonstration L H. BRUBAKER 350 Strasburg Pike Ph. Lane. EX 3-7607 | For Laying Pullets .. . I STEP UP PRODUCTION Miller & Bushong No. 26 Early Bird All-Mash Laying Ration or No. 11 Early Bird Egg Mash and Scratch Grain Ration STEPS UP QUALITY TOO! With |ust the “right” yolk color, a firm albumen and better shell texture you will be shipping those higher, better paying grades. COSTS STEP DOWN! A balanced, energy packed feed like Early Bird will keep your __ cost per dozen eggs surprisingly low Improve Your Profits'’ Ask Miller & Bushong's local serv- iceman to visit your farm—tell you more about Early Bird No. 26 or No. 11, and explain Miller & Bush- ong's free management quality control check-up for young lay- ing flocks. Today Call Lancaster Express 2-2145 \\\»!//,/ Poultry and Live Stock Feed Since 1875. g - Manufacturers of no pasture is available,” Gobble points out. . The silage-fed sows farrowed ft living pigs per litter and wean ed 9 9 pigs per litter with a litter weaning weight of 329 pounds The control sows farrowed 10 3 pigs per litter and weaned 7 7 pigs per litter with a litter wean ing weight of 304 pounds Gains of the silage-fed sows av eiaged only 21 pounds during gestation while the control sows gained 89 pounds At birtn the average feed cost per pig from the control sows was $1 96 Average feed cost for pigs produced by the silage-fed sows was $1 29 Feeding somewhat more con to the silage-fed sows probably would have prevented the differ ence m sow weights, research el s believe Feeding the silage-fed sows an additional pound of corn per sow per day probably would have made the pigs cost $1.62 each at birth Strasburg OV7-6002 fc + Pastor# Mowing + Brush Charing -f Shredding Stalks -f- Shnddlng Potato Vines 4- Eradicating Sage Brush + Shnddlng Cover Crops + Mowing Grass Lititz R. D. 3 Lititz MA 6-7766 with Miller & Bushong, Inc. Rohrerstown, Pa. Ph. Lancaster EX 2-2145 Lancaster Broilers (Continued from page two) cooo mw, 9-6, coi inn, is 8 37/ SAME ALL except 4000 Hubbard Whites 38/ M&B (Sam Stoltzfus), 500 WV-Cap, 14-2, NO SALE, 17 1 bid 39/ Same 1325 WV-cap C, 14-2, V Weaver, 19 5 40/Same, 1050 WV-cap , 14- 2, NO SALE, 18 4 bid 41/ M&B (Cool Cieek Faim), 3100 WV, 96, V Weaver 15 6 42/ Same, 3000 WV 9-6, V Weav er, 15 7 43/ Same, 3200 WV, 9-6 Walter C Mellmger, 15 8 44/ Same, 3900 WV, 96, -Mellmger, 15 8 45/ Same, 2280 WV. 10-2, Good, 15 9 46/ Same, 4600 WV, 10-2, Col Hill 15 8. 47/ Same, 5300 WV, 20 2, Col Hill, 15 8 48/ M&B (Frank Bradley), 1000 WV-Pul let-Cap, 13-6, Good, 18 2 49/ Same, 900 WV-cap. 13 6, NO SALE, 19 0 bid 50/ David Martin, 200 Pekin ducks, 10, R Ream, 19 51/ N Parke Miller, 425 IKW-cap 13 2, NO SALE, 17.0 bid 52/ Harvey W Stoessel, 5200 \\ V, 11, D. F. Mantaeck Inc , 15 3 53/ Same, 7600 WV, 11, C. F. Manbeck Inc, 15 8 54/ M. H. Weaver (James S Aukei), 2800 WV-Cap, 13-2, NO SALE, 17 6 bid 55 Same, no sale, 18 bid 56/ Same, 800 WV-cap, NO SALE, 15 9 bid 57/ J W Eshle man & Sons (August Branding), 1700 WV, 9-2, Ream, 15 5 58/ Wolgemuth Bios (Eugene Heis cy), 2000 WV, 11-2, Good, 151. 59/ N. Parke Miller, 250 leghorn fol, 2 yrs, Risser, 12. 60/ M&B (Sam Stoltzfus), 1325 WV-P-Cap , 14-2, Mellmger, 17 0 Only two pel sons had signed the Declaration of Independence when it was proclaimed July 4, 1776. “Also Bail Bond Service” BUHRMANS CONVENIENT ONE PRICE PARKING LOTS IN LANCASTER Opposite Brunswick Hotel Opposite Post Office Chestnut &, Queen Streets West Chestnut Street Next to Western Auto S. New Weber Hotel East King Street Norman A. Buhrman, 228 N. Duke St. “Also Bail Bond Service” imiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiimmimiiiiiimiHiiiiNiiiHiimimit Lancaster Fanning, Friday, October 24, 1958 Gypsy Moth Bans HARRISBURG Gypsy moth quarantine was lilted m Luzaine Carbon, Monroe and Lackawanna Counties effective Sept 20 The quarantine had been m et feet m portions of these counties since November 20, 1955 It was intended to prevent spiead ol the pest to uninfested areas by re qumng inspection of materials that coud carrjFegg masses, such as nurseiy stock, logs and build mg stones Revocation of the quarantine is made possible by the sprajing campaign carried on in the spring of 1958 A trapping pro gram this summer failed to locate any living forms of the gpysy moth in Pennsylvania, Henning said Dr Thomas L Guyton, direc tor of the State Bureau of Plant Industry, said, “We are happy tohave the quarantine lifted It has been a nuisance to the peo pie living in the area—a neces sary nuisance to be sure ” Dr. Guyton points out that the failure to find a single living gypsy moth m the Common wealth this summer, us.ng 14,000 traps manned by 50 men trained to identify the moth, eateipillars of the gypsy moth and egg mass es, climaxes a campaign that started m 1932. “The gypsy moth was found to be quite widespread between Wilkes-Barre and Scanton during 1932,” he said. “At that time we had only lead arsenate as a con trol From 1932 to 1944 we were fighting a losing battle We could kill only about 90 per cent of iiiiiiiiimßiiiiiiimiiiiß ■■■■■■'- ■ I GRAND I I m PMoomrm I DfWSfOff | y*' *■*:.-. ■ . ||S ■ NEPPCO Egg to Chick Show ■ la * Not only as baby chicks but as laveis, DeKalb \igoi ■ icsult of ptecision bleeding and evtsnsue research. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ S a ■ - r I Hiestanrl -I, M-vietta, Pa Elmar H. Rohrer R >2, Lancaste., Pa Jarr»b S. Lehman R =2 Manhcim, Pa Lifted in Femia. the caterpillars “Then m 1944 the fedcia! gov ernment made a few pounds ci DDT available foi test usd spiavtd a heavily infested 20- acre vvcodlot and got unbeliev able control “It v as in 1946 that I,hc aciifl spray programs really got stall ed We found that we could cov er more ground,in one morning with a plane than we could in a season with the conventional ground spi avers that we had been using ’ Dr Guyton said More than 450 000 acres, vveie sprayed with DDT this spiing. ITie sprav piogram staited 'about Maj 1 and finished about June 6. 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