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ster Farming Rev
conducted by „the iiy - living expe:
Bureau of Census about $8 billion ’
-g reveals that of purchase, operatic
o„ spent by far- tenance of mol
•eduction and fam and machinery.
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ir feeders filled with MA-CO
IN6 RATION. High efficiency
>ps feed consumption 10w...
waste and guesswork of
ih methods. High digestibility
lance of all required nutrients
ike off the many stresses of
assures steady growth and
iction. Don't look at the price
at the feed cost per doz. eggs;
It's the first step to becoming
pouftryman.
IRA B, LANDIS
779 VaHej Ret, Lancaster
B. G. BELLINGER & SON
Willow Street. R. D. 1
mufactxirers of High Efficiency Poi-'tv Rations
O. TRtfPE
Carl R. D. I
-YBILI & SON
Barerille
8 TO 16 WEEKS OF AGE
Delivered Prices
VEEKS 95c 12 WEEKS $1.28
pullets subject to prior sale
Bessie pullets are full-led on the best
Is available. Tliey are grown in con
oient and are isolated from older Hirds.
COCK HATCHERY, he.
; R. D. 3. LITITZ. PENNA.
Phone MAdison 6-5872
Our Customers
Our Best Sales]
Pa. U.S Approv
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KEYSTONE HATCHERY
Rep: Daniel R. Myecs
Ph. Leola OL 6-2243
Hatchery: Ph. Leola OL6-7851
Farm: Ph. Ephraia R£ 3:6179
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Babcock Bessie
Nearly 55 per cent—s 4.4
billion—of the total outlay
for motor vehicles and ma
chinery is shown to have be
en spent for operation and
maintenance, while*purchase
after deducting the value of
trade-ins and sales, account
ed for $3 7 billion.
ws
se in 1055,
ent for the
i and main
r vehicles
Reports from the 10 Great
Plains states show that as of
March 1, a total of 1,039,000
acres of land have been dam
aged by wind action in the
Great Plains This compares
with 511,000 acres damaged
as of February 1, and 2,038,-
000 on March 1, 1958.
ien
Land in condition to blow
on March 1 is estimated at
9,267,000 acres, compared
with 8,256,000 a year earlier.
In the first two months of
1959, cash receipts from farm
marketings were approxima
tely 5.1 billion dollars, up
about four per cent from last
year, according to the USDA
demand ancL-pfice situation
report released March 27.
Prices are reported to have
averaged about the same as
a year earlier, but the volu
me of marketings was a little
larger this year. Receipts
from livestock and products
were 2 9 billion dollars, ab
out the same as last year.
Crop receipts at 2.2 billion
dollars, were eight per cent
higher than a year ago.
Movement of corn by bar
ge from the Corn Belt to the
broiler ‘ areas of the South
eastern States has increased
from 55,000 tons m 1947 to
879,000 tons in 1957.
A survey of consumer fin
ances, conducted in January
and February of this year,
by the Federal Reserve Board
and Univ. of Michigan, shows
that consumers were more
optimistic in early 1959 than
Mr, FARMER; Accept No Substitutes!
Insist on the best!
Garden Seeds
It will Ptty You'to
visit our GARDEN
SEED Dept.
\ Lancaster Manheim New Holland Quarryville
EX 4-0541 MObewk 5-2466 ELgin 4-2146 STerling 6-2126
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Penna. Certified (Bine Tag) Seeds
ORDER
YOUR
FROM
Farm Bureau
and SAVE!
Our Volume Buying
Means
Savings To Youl
,c. cou,
, Lancaster Farming, Saturday. April 4. 1959 —7
at the same time last year
about their earning prospects
and' about business conditi
ons. About 9Vz per cent of
those interviewed plan to buy
a house this year, compared
with 714 per cent in early
1958
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Lactation ration studies at
lowa Experiment Station
show that when sows were
fed thyroprotein to boost
milk flow the first week after
farrowing, litter losses were
less and the pigs weighed
more. The thyroprotein was
fed in the form of iodinated
casein at the rate of 100 mil
ligrams per lb of ration. Pigs
from the treated sows wei
ghed 0 4 lbs more when one
week old and mortality drop
ped from 0 5-0 2 pigs per lit-
'panm ‘Scvtea
PURITY!
VITALITY!
ADAPTABILITY
ALFALFA
Vernal, Cert.
Ranger, Cert. I
Buffalo, Cert.
dupuitt, Cert.
Atlantic, Cert.
Northwestern
(Common & Grimm)
Get Faster, - More Complete Gemination,
PLANT Farm Bureau QUALITY SEEDS
ter,
Elm-Penryn 4-H Club this
week elected officers for the
coming year. Those elected
were' Mark Nestleroth, presi
dent; Ira Fahnestock, Jr., v
president; and Betty Shrom,
secretary. Junior leaders ele
cted were Mary Anne Ruhl
and Donald Hossler
Club leaders for the year
will include , Mrs. Raymond
Michael, Mrs Mark Hossler,
Carl Nestleroth, Mrs. Ronald
Gordley and Mrs Horfry
Hess, all of Manheim R D 3,
and Edgar Shrom, Manheim
R D 4.
Some important points to
remember when operating
tractors and other farm mu
ch’nery are:
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CLOVER
Penscott, Cert.
Ladino, Cert.
Kenland, Cert,
Mammoth Red
Medium Red
Alsike
Others 'TOO
OWNED and CONTROLLED
by Lancaster County FARMERS
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GRASSES
Complete
Line of
Grasses
for
Field ft Lawn
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