Bbns
BiRER WITMER, master of ceremonies for Wed-
Hairy Day program at the Guernsey Pavilion, lis-
Hnarks of Penn State Dairy Specialist Ivan G.
Hcermng labor saving with dumping stations
Hie milkers. Parkin was a featured speaker for
Hr event. LF—PHOTO
Speakers Spark
lial Dairy Day Program
Bird-attendance audience of 400-plus Lancaster
prymen Wednesday heard local herd operators,
iwkesmen and extension specialists in the annual
Br program; as the “experts” dispensed tips and
Ki on modem dairying for profits.
ight of the program was the afternoon panel of
I dairy farmers and a farm wife; who first discus
lomfort, breeding, culling and heifer raising and
Rd the program for rapid fire questioning from
ice.
Inel consisted of
tier, Harold Book,
pond Witmer and
fc/lartin, each from
Irm with an out
6erd record.
Biation of the pan
ics to various ques-
Lid include these
Bor dairying suc
f calm, orderly rou-
Sthe herd, switching.
ultry Group Predicts Tighter Squeeze'
H ‘Egg puces will be 2c to 5c lower from March
°f 1959, compared to the same period
Hrices for the last three months of this year will
show no improvement over last year’s. Net re
nrkey producers for the 1959 crop will be about
to slightly less than last year. Lower production
partly offset the expected lower 'prices next Sep
rough December, as compared to a year earlier.
i broiler prices April through June, will average
c and 17c. There will be little or no price rise
summer.”
! d the Poultry Sur
nittee in its ninth
* the nation’s poul
flhed industries at
181011 °f a two-day
1 Chicago
- appointed com
mber. Dr. Ralph L.
ofessor of Agricul
itkeling, Pennsyl
* University, m et
committee for the
■imiUee xs co-spon
t Work by five na
le associations and
from industry
f b De Partment of
barn workers as little as
possible and curbing unus
ual noises.
Give individual considera
tion to each animal in bed
ding, feed, grooming, milk
ing arid temperment. Don’t
neglect exercise.
Be selective in picking
herd replacements and in
planning a breeding pro
gram. Cull obvipusly weak
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Agriculture serve in an ad
visory capacity.
Following is the complete
report of the committee
EGGS
Egg prices during the next
two or three months will
likely decline from late
February levels. April-June
U. S. prices with average a
bout 31c a dozen, five cents
below the same period of
1958. July - September pric
es will be about 36c, two
cents below the same months
of last year. Prices during
October - December will
probably show no improve-
Lancaster. Pa., Saturday, March 14. 1959
Extension Agents Fight 'Wildfire
THIS PHOTO SERIES illustrates steps in disease control treatment of tobacco seed
as demonstrated in a series of Lancaster County Extension Service meetings this week.
Harry S. Sloat, assistant county agent, above, dumps a lot of cleaned seed into the
treating sack, preparatory to submersion in Silver Nitrate solution. At lower left, Win
Mernam, associate county agent, starts the cleaning process by sifting, to be followed
by air cleaning At lower center, a Pradise farmer “works” his seed in the solution for
the prescribed 15-minute treating period. At lower left, Sloat rinses the treated seed
with distilled water This is-the seventh year the Extension Service has aided county
farmers., with -the treating demonstrations. Through the program, cost of treatment is
greatly reduced for- individual farmers; while greater disease control is accomplished
than would be by individual action. —LF PHOTO
ment over last year’s 38c av
erage. '
Egg production in the first
half of 1959 will be about
three per cent above the
same period a year ago This
increase will result from a
lafger flock and a slight in
crease in the number of eggs
per hen.
Egg supplies in the last
quarter of 1959 will be a
bove those of a year earlier
As- previously reported, a
cut of 10 per cent m the
spring hatch would be re
quired to hold October-De
cember egg supplies to year
earlier levels because of the
record late 1958 hatch, the
younger flock, and the con
tinued increase in rate of
lay
It is anticipated that the
spring hatch will be down
five per cent to eight per
cent from a year earlier.
This predicted decrease in
hatch is greater than the
cut of only one per cent in
dicated by the USDA pro-
ducers’ intentions report of
February 1.
Egg price dtclmes since
that date are expected to' re
duce the number of chicks
purchased during the spring
hatching season.
Government school lunch
purchases of eggs combined
with bad weather in the
Midwest bolstered winter
egg prices above earlier ex
pectations.
TURKEYS
Net returns to producers
fiom the 1959 turkey crop
will be about the same or
slightly less than last yeai
Prices during the September
- December period are ex
pected to be slightly lower
than the 23 5c average of
1958. Lower costs for poults
and some turkey feeds will
partly offset the expected
lower turkey prices
Total pounds of turkey for
the holiday marketing peri
od of September .through
December are expected to be
three percent to four per
$2 Per Ye.
cent larger than in 1958.
Farmers reported in January
that they expected to raise
five per cent more turkeys
in 1959 than in 1958 —three
per cent more heavy breeds
and 16 per cent more light
breeds The heavy breeds
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FIVE - DAY
WEATHER
FORECAST
Saturday - Wednesday
U S. Weather Bureau,
Lancaster Office
Temperatures -will av
erage near normal 31-51
range. Warmer Saturday
and Sunday, little colder
again Monday and Tues
day.. Slight chance of pre
cipitation Sat. night and
Sun. Better chance Mon.
Precipitation total for
last week - - 1.09 inches.