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steers sold down to 23 00
Most good to high choice
heiiers early 25 50 - 25-75,
mostly 26 - 27 75, late with
load high choice and prime
1,000 lb. heifers 28 00. Load
950 lb standard heifers 23
50, this shipment carrying
some one-calf cows Standard
cows scarce but generally
bringing 21.00 - 22.50, util
ity and commercial cows lar
gely 17 50 - 20 50, few high
comml 21.00, late bulk can
ners and cutters 15 50 - 18.50
Few heavy holstein cutters
jxp to 19 00 and few shelly or
light canners 14.00 - 15 00.
Utility and. comml bulls 23.
OO - 25150, cutters 2100 -
22.75. Good vealers 29 - 32.
Utility and commercial hulls
23.00 - 25.50. Cutters 21 -
22.75 Good vealers 29 - 32,
utility and standard 19 - 29.
00.
Practical bottom on culls
15 .U 0 but scattered head as
low as 10.00. Two loads good
and choice 435 lb. stock ste
ers calves $35, load Same
brand 530 lb short yearling
stock steers $32, good 350 -
450 lb. steer calves 29.50 -
32.
Good 400 lb stock heifers
calves 30 00, low-medium
500 lb. stock heifers 24.00.
High good 750 lb. yearling
feeding steers 28.00, few
good 790 lb weights 26.75,
few loads good and choice
850 - 1000 lb. feedmg steers
25 50 - 26 85, load medium
and good 1165 lb. weights,
24.50.
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Poultryflten! What Are You Paying?
Mr. Paul Beyer, Lititz, R. D. *3 gave us this report.
Test period 18 days Same breed, same age birds.
2 pens on Zooks Hi-Energy All-Mash 301 Birds
2 pens on Competitors All-Mash 403 Birds
Zooks Hi-Energy . . . ... Competitors
Doz. Eggs 393 3 . . 505.9
% Production 84% . . . 83
Lbs Feed 1300 lbs .. 2100 lbs.
Feed per. doz. 339 lb .. ... 4.13 lb.
Feed cost per. doz 13.128 17.84<
We welcome any comparison test with your present
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From Dec. 1 to Dec. 31
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High Quality
At' a Real
Farm Bureau FERTILIZERS are Fully Cured .
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Pulverized Granular
An Analysis For, Every Need
flit*
State's Top Young Potato
Growers To Be Honored
HARRISBURG Special
awards lor high yields of po
tatoes per acre c,stained th s
year by farm boys and girls
will bo made at the 1951
Pennsylvania Farm Show
here next January 12-16.
December 15 is the dead
line for entries in the an
nual competition . sponsored
by the Ponnkjlvama Co-op
erative Potato Growers, Inc,
General Manager Owen L
Barkley, has announced.
Oppoitunity ts~provided for
atta~Mmerit 6f membership
in' the exclusive Keystone
State -400 r~ Bushel Potato
Club , the' oldest agricultural
production oigamzation in
the United States, founded
in 1918.
Any Future Farmer of
America or 4-H Potato Club
member who, this season,
Cold Days Bring Added
Fire Hazzards to Farm
Farm fire hazards increase control any anticipated fires
tremendously during the fall In many cases water, dirt,
and winter months, say offi- anc * sand will
. , „ ~ .. T ~ ,_ . . prove to be effective are ex
cials of the National Safety tinguishers. During cold wea-
Council This is due, in part, ther, salt will keep these
to the greater number of simple extinguishers from
heating devices used in freezing.
homes and outbuildings. Portable commercial ex-
Flre extinguishers are a tmguishers should be of - a
practical means for reducing type that can be serviced la
the threat of fire from such cally or on the farm. They
sources. Such fire extnt- should be checked regular
quishers needn’t be ■ expen- ly to make sure they are
sive but they should have a ready for instant use.
capacity.. large _ enough . "1° Because many persons are
hesitant to use an extinguish
er, every member of the
family should be shown how
to use the device, the Nation
al Safety Council points out.
It’s also wise for farm fami
lies to hold fire drills to pre
pare for emergencies.
No one kind of extinguish
er is recommended for every
'type of fire Extinguishers
should be obtained for var
ious flammable materials.
Remember, the National
Safety Council says, water on
an oil fire will spread the
flames; a conductive material
can relay shock from an elec
trical fire; and smoldering
fires take a lot of water to
extinguish.
Fertilizer
Saving
produced 400 or moie bush
els to a measured acre and
had not previously attained
that goal, will be eligible for
the coveted honor in the
state’s potato industry, Bark
ley said. Each winner will
receive a gold keystone, em
blem of 400-Bushel Club
Membership
In addition, farm youth
may attain still higher hon
ors if 'they are among the
state’s top ten highest pro
ducers "of potatoes this year.
Members of the Schuylkill
County 4-H Potato Club
dominated youth production
awards at last January’s Farm
Show with four out of five
place winners.
Top yield of 723 bushels
per acre was attained by
Lamar E. Lex, 187 of Ring
town, Pennsylvania
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Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, November 29
USDA Says
Yearling Ewe Weights
Indicate Lamb Profits
Weight of ewes as year
lings just before first breed
ing is a fairly accurate in
dication of the birth and
weaning weights of the
lambs they will produce, ac
cording to a U. S. Depart
ment of agriculture study.
Heavier ewes, regardless
of breed or wool type, pro
duced heavier, faster-grow
ing lambs than lightweight
ewes in trials conducted by
Jack L Ruttle, animal hus
bandman of USDA’s agricul
tural Research Service at
Fort Wingate, N. Mex.
The finding makes possi
ble quicker profits for own
ers of breeding flocks by the
earlier culling of animals
not likely to improve lamb
output, Flock owners tend
to cull their ewes after each
animal has produced a lamb.
One reason for selecting
large ewes as breeders is
that body size has a direct
influence on lamb produc
tion. To produce a large,
heavy lamb, a ewe must be
large so she can carry and
nourish the lamb. A second
reason for selecting large
ewes is that the greater skin
area provides more surface
for growing wool.
That selection of heavy
ewes for lamb production
can be done earlier than us
ual is supported by the 4-
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Bareville
S. O. TRUPE
Eost Earl, B. D. 1
Pioneer Manufacturers of High Efficiency Poultry Rations.
year study of 500 ewes at
Fort Wingate.
The animals were divided
into four groups according
to their weight at about 13
months of age 60-60, 70-
79, 80-89, and 90-100 pounds.
No cons deration was given
to breed or wool type in the
tests.
Mr Ruttle found that
b : rth and weaning weights
of lambs increase in propor
tion to size of ewes at year
ling age. Weaning weights
used in the study were ob
tained from 446 lambs bom
when the’r dams were two
years old.
The lightest group of ewes
averaged 65 4 pounds as
yearlings and the heaviest
group 92.7 pounds. This 27.3
pound advantage in body
weight for the heavier ewes
resulted in lambs averaging
1 29 pounds heavier at wean
ing.
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