Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, November 29, 1958, Image 9

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    To Pick Top Farmer
Name Smith, Hoover, Muth J-C Judges
Judges to select Lancaster made the greatest progress
County's Outstanding Young in his agriculture career,best
Farmer of 1958 were an- practiced soil and natural re
nounced today by David M. source conservation, and
Huber, chairman of the Lan- played the most responsible
caster Junior Chamber of and contributing role in the
Commerce committee now community affairs and bet
engaged in a search for pos- ferment.
s'ble contenders
The -judging panel includ
es Max Smith, county exten-
sion agent; Richard Hoover, A nationwide pro
regional director of the Far- ject, the search for top young
mers Home Administration { farmers is now underway in
and Martin Muth, SCS work more than 1.500 communi
unit conservationist. ties in the 49 states and Haw-
Basis for the panels’ judg- aii - Lancaster County’s win
ing will be nomination forms ncr wl *l be sent to the state
submitted by the general finals m Huntington, Pa.
public. Winner will be the The state winner will at
young farmer between the tend the national awards
ages of 21 to' 35 who has prograhi at Cedar Rapids,
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More Eggs Per Pound of Feed
There's a Type To Fit Your Needs
THE FEED WITH THE BUILT-IN
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by contacting the Lancaster
Jaycees.
LESS FEED
For More Profit
PRODUCTION POWER
Phone Lane. EX 4-5019
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E ARE THANKFUL
For our many customers
For the confidence folks have in us.
For our dependable employees.
For a land of opportunity where a business can succeed on its own
Fdr a time and land of peace where families can worship God freely.
For a country where conscience is respected, where churches are
welcomed.
For the many blessings of life, many of we are probably not even
aware.
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merits.
NEW HOLLAND, PA.
lowa, for consideration as one
of America’s four outstand
ing young farmers of 1958
Milk Flow Smashes
Existing Records
HARRISBURG October
milk production in Pennsyl
vania at an estimated 518
million pounds continued its
record setting pace. .Monthly
records have been broken ev
ery month this year, with
Jotal production for the first
10 months of the year total
ing 5,663 million pounds or
a four percent increase over
the comparable period of
1957, according to the Penn
sylvania Crop Reporting Ser
vice.'
' Pastures have held up
longer than normal this sea
son with the condition rang
ing from good to excellent,
thus delaying the start of
winter feeding of hay and
roughage. Aveiage pounds
of "concentrates fed- per cow'
during October'at 8 3 com
pares with 7 8 pounds fed
during the previous month
and 3.5 pounds during Oc
tober last year.
There were 932,000 milk
cows in the state herd, av-
| Darby Leghorns Again Hie Winner |
J in 1956 out of the ten highest pens of the notion, ■
■ Darby Leghorns are on top. Tried and proven ■
■ for the last 30 years for outstanding perform- ■
■ once. Darby Leghorns are great layers. Buy ”
Darby chicks for extra profit from your local ■
2 Darby Associated hatchery. Call Elizabethtown 2
2 EM 7-3246. ■
| The Keener Poultry Farm :
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2 ELIZABETHTOWN. PA. S
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday. November 29
eraging 556 pounds of pro
duction per cow, with 518
million pounds total produc
tion in the state.
of state pas
tures on November 1 was 86
on the index. Milk cows, on
Oct. 15, were selling for an
average of $285 per head,
butterfat was 53 cents per
pound and milk wholesale
was $5 35 per cwt.
Average feed prices for 20
percent piotcm mix, and
$4 40 for 29% and over.
Cottonseed meal was $4 40;
Soybean Meal—s 4 40, Bran
—s2 90; Middlings S 3 05
Cornmeal—s 3 55; Alfalfa Hay
baled—s 34 50, and other
baled hay—s27.so
FOR ANY FARM PURPOSE
MADE THE FARMEB'S
WAY
4. j Lancaster
Production
Credit Ass’n.
411 W. Roseville RA
Lancaster, Fa.
7f Ph. Lane. EX 3-3521
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produce the newsprint for
newspaper advertising space
alone in the US.
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