12—Lancaster Farming. Saturday* April 11. 1959 Lancaster Farming Reviews > As, of Feb. 28, 1959, the; Commodity Credit Corpora tion’s investment in price support programs amounted to $9,089,475,000. Of the to tal, loans outstanding ac counted for $3,977,848,000. and the cost vaiue of inven tories> $5,111,627,000. On Feb. 28, 1958 the total in vestment was $7,317,819,000, ol ,which. lomaa/ outstanding amounted to - : 5£,427,'782,Q00, and /inventories, $4,890,037,- 800. '* . t * The Soil Conservation So ciety of America- will hold its 14th annual convention- in Rapid City, S -,Dak., from August 26 - 29. The Society now has more '-; than 9,500 members in the/U. S , Cana da and 72 others countries. According to Presi dent Alvin C. Watson of Up per Darby, "Pa.," a thousand people are expected to at tend the Rapid City meeting. The USDA has announced that a new variety of snap bean, called Tendercrop, has been released-to'seed grow ers, and that -enough seed should be available for com mercial distribution to grow ers and home .gardeners aft er the 1959 crop season. - The USDA scientists who developed Tendercrop report it is very resistant to com mon bean, mosiac,’ New York 15 mosiac, and to pod mot tle, a relatively "new virus disease in the U. ‘S. : The new variety was test ed in New Jersey, New York Maryland, __ Delaware, Wis consin, North Carolina and PLAN. FOR r >Hlj-, : . ‘ • ‘Vs • Tltoj^mrtlcA StTEEL,. J , ' . VACUUM BULKCbOLER ' PIOHEEKIUIIMRS Of WIRY EOUIRMJHI CAPA 1 Tbe same ftfud-lH COOUR today is yaor bi|hly-tiii(ient pipelnt cooler tomorrow See Us Now Lane. Co. Farm Bureau Lancaster, Pa. fi You save money with our Texaco ■■ "All-Star’* V ' jl heating oil service! GARBER OIL CO. 105 Fairview St. MOUNT JOY. PA. Ph. OL 3-2021 Florida over a period of three growing seasons and gave an average yield of 9,- 390 lbs. per acre, compared with 7,130 lbs for improved Tendergreen, -and 9,955 for Topmost. N Tendercrop is well adapt ed to mechanical harvesting, the scientists say, - because the pods are borne high and are- heavily concentrated on the, outside and upper parts of the-plant/ From July 1958 through Jatf. 1959, U. S. exports of wheat and flour totaled 247 2 YEAR OLD TREES 8-14 FT. TALL $5. each $5O. per dozen at farm 1 YEAR OLD TREES $2.50 each $25. per dozen Cuttings for propagation $l2. per 100 MILES W. FRY EPHRATA R. D. 3 Ph. New Holland EL 4-6043 S FARMERS TRY | SWEET CORN i AS A CASH CROP i Guaranteed Price ii | Mechanical Harvesting & Hauling Available | John F. Cope Co. MANHEIM, R. -1, PA. Landisville—TWinoaks 8-6721 Field Representative i JOHN L. BARE i (Landisville—TWinoaks 8-2111) j Lancaster R. D. -3, Pa. t! i i; ■■■>■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■kME*aEßßMiißaisa»aaaaw IFR S. O. TRUPE East Earl, R. E>. 1 ■M. S. GRAYBILL & SON IRA B. LANDIS ' ■ ■ Bareville 179 Valley Rd., Lancaster ■ million bushels, about eight per cent more than 'for the same months a year ago. Ex ports to India, Brazil, Yugo slavia and the United King dom for the seven-month period are reported to have increased 30 million bushels, •while those to Poland and Japan decreased 19 million bushels. * * * Potato gro.wers in Canada intend to plant 302,500 acres to spuds in 1959, compared with 311,000 acres planted last year, according to the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. ■ "v- * , « Compared with February a year ago, production- of red meat by commercial slaughter plants in Feb. 1959 . . feed! your calfj with carelf Calf D-Lite takes the ■ worry out of feeding ■ calves . , . leaves just 5 the fun. Contains all * the necessary protein J vitamins and minerals • for fast, healthy growth. ■ One 25 lb. canton ■ makes 420 lbs. of ffuid S formula, enough for the S first six weeks of a * calf's life. Stop in. See J it, buy it, try it. ■ Now For a Limited Time—2s lbs. of Calf Starter— FREE with each box of Calf D-Lite. B. G. MELLINGER & SON Willow Street, R. D. 1 1984 million lbs., was up cent 'below Jan igj per cent. Of the- Feb. * * * ,9 total, 946 million lbs. Agricultural ongi ■e beef, down 2 per cent Michigan State u n , , m Feb. 1958; 69 million conducted research were veal, down 20 per indicates that plasl, c ' ' als may find a new it; 907 million lbs. w agriculture, such as ‘k, 28 per cent above a f or farm buildings 1 ir earlier; and 62 million port that they made , were Jamb and mutton, foot model frames foot s P an design m 17 per cent from Feb. oratory> using two , 18. Poultry meat produc- plastic-reinforced wit m this past Feb. totaled c i o th. million lbs., ready-to- Under a variet S’ A IMS • > . (Turn to page For extra profit from your oats fields. "MINHAFER" "GARRY" A. H. HOFFMAN SEEDS, OLIVER Gives You Topnotch Plow! with Tcrndem or 3-Point Hitch Hi • 'You avoid plugging delays, do a better coverins J plow at top speed with an Oliver. Here are extra passageways for trash —greater beam, clearance, ® furrow-turning space between bottoms. No more rehitching or recoupling, either Ul ‘ plows have spring-trip beams that permit the toms to swing back, ride over obstructions wit damage. To reset, just back the tractor. ”‘ IJ time- and share-saver' ~j And, both these plows—the pull-type No ... and the 3-point hitch No. 3241—are convertible easy to add an extra bottom to a 2-botlom match your power, and spring and fall field condi i Come in and see a really modem plow. Let us prove that an Oliver plows better at lower cost. ' G. E. Busier Peach Bottom, Pa. J. B. Lapp Atglen, Pa. Farmers villa Equipment Co. Ephiaia, R.D. 2 "CLINTLAND" "BURNETT" LANDISVILLE, PA. N. G. Hersbey * Manhelm, Chas. J. M cO & Sons Hickory H®* HV
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