10—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. May 16. 1959 Farm Calendar May 17 —2 pm. Rural Life Sunday Services, Chestnut Level Presbyterian church May 18 —7 30 pm, Lincoln Community 4-H Club, Wa id Bottle Gas M, y 19—7 30 pm, Drumorc May 20 —8 pm , 4-H Officers Training School, John Neff School, Neffsville. 4-H Community Club, Ch estnut Level Church May 21—7 30 pm, County 4-H Tractor Demonstrat ion, Landis Bros, Man heim Pike. May 21—7:30 pm„ Garden Spot 4-H club, Glen Books home, Lampeter. June 22-26—4-H Leadership School, Penn State. June 10—Annual meeting of stockholders, Pennsylvania Potato Industries, Inc, at Potato City .Hotel near Coudersport. Wheel-Track Planting Is Explained HARRISBURG, Wheel track corn planting, a new idea in corn culture, can oe a valuable tool in preventing eiosion losses, according to William L Henning, chair man of the SH f e Sell Con servation Com vnssion With th’s method, com is planted on freshly plowed ground in a seedbed prepared bj the tractor wheels The rough, loose soil between rows reduces run-oft by ab sorbing moisture Erosion may also be redu ced on old hay ana pasluie land o "cause it is not plow ed unul (-uoy for plant ing Ar r.uUd benefit, Henning says, is that wheel m ok plan ting can save about 40 per cent of tillage costs According to studies at Penn State, this amounts to about §5 an acre over the usual method of planting corn It can be used on al most any soil type in Ponna Planting corn in the trac tor wheel track will ’mprove corn germination, especially m dry years The depth of kernel placement is uniform and the freshly plowed fur row usually contains enough moisture to germinate the seed rapidly Pre-emergence treatment with a chemical weed killer at planting time, or spraying five to seven days after plan ting, will delay the first cuHi \ ation for a period of two weeks or longer. Patxonize Lancaster Farm ing Advertisers. | service i l GARBER OIL CO. 105 Fcnrview St. MOUNT JOY. PA. Ph. OL 3-202! Live Hog Cholera Virus Banned in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania’s Governor David L Lawrence has sig ned into law an act which outlaws the sale or use of virulent live virus for the prevention of or control of hog cholera m the State. The new regulation beco mes "effective immediately Pennsylvania thus becom es the twentieth State in wh ich “hot virus” is banned. At least 16 other states are now considering similar le gislation. Hog farmers now will use FIIMD MIIMSfER oHrt has all these Safety and Convenience Features oio - i¥a Complete Line: Rotaries, Reels, and Rider PftSCES START AS LOW AS $ GROFF’S HARD NEW HOLLAND MOTO-MOWaapiPEALER Ih2 safer “modified live vir us” vaccines or the “inact ivated” kinds. These set up immunity—but do not sp read the “hot” infection as with virulent vaccines. Live virus, 'when used in innoculating hogs, in many cases causes the hogs to be come diseased and has, in some instances, caused hog cholera epidemics. There were 508,000 hogs on Pennsylvania farms on January 1, the greatest total of any notheastern state. Sw ine farmers throughout the IP' Magic-Touch control of all operations at the handle loping or bending adjustment is transmission '.ted, die-cast aluminum deck Stratton 4-cycle engine mder sleeve non-scalping design Plus A FULL ONE-YEAR WARRANTY LOCAL SERVICE FACILITIES CST MORE MONEY IN UER /ARE ~ me EL 4-0851 United States are attempting introduced, to bring about complete era- The am ( dicatron of hog cholera in an first to be mtioclu f effort to make United States the House and w as nork acceptable in world tra with littlo opposition the backing of th G s t Presently, several countries partment of Agr; aa v will not accept U S exported Pennsylvania Stale pork products because of a s’ty and various liver fear that hog cholera will be ducer groups Migration To Suburbs Poses Problems Of Water Contamii Lancaster, Pa “The mi gration to suburbs by thous ands of families continues to create new problems in the nature of water supply and waste disposal," according to Clift Lehman, Water Condi tioning Consultant for pern tury Appliance Co , 15 West Chestnut St. Many suburban and fringe area dwellers live beyond the municipality pro tected water sources and must rely on their own pri vate water and sewage sys tems With the wide adoption of chlorine-treated water, the civil population-have enjoy ed a freedom from typhoid and other water-borne dis eases i at the rapid shift of population, to-rural areas has brought back the fearful spectre of typhoid. U. S Public health statis tics show the typhoid death rate in 1950 had moved up sharply after some 50 years of relatively few deaths and even now continues to rise In the past year alone, 17 states show a 50% increase in typhoid cases. Contamination of water supplies happens in many ways Most common of these include nearby contaminated wells, excavations, tree roots, faulty and lusted well cas ings, polluted streams, septic tanks and abandoned wells,. It is possible the contamina tion may be coming from miles away thru under- FOR HEAVIER PI AT WEAHIHC £ \ .1/ “/ feed WAYNE TAIL Cl9t An improved, more palatable Tail Curler that spe £^s to heavier weaning weights faster than ever before. Highly fortified with amazing growth stimulating P oW ' Curler Is famous for reconditioning .hogs of all ages. Get some for your little pigs today MILLERSVILLE SUPPLY CO. MUlersville. Pa. ROSS C. ULRICH. IR. R.D. 2, Peach Bottom, Pa. J. K. STAUFFER & SON Lawn and Pei'aire, Pa. SUNSHINE FARM SUPPLY T tit- Pa. ’ M. STAUFFFP K SON'S. Inc. Wihner - Ron v <; - Leola, 'P a ground water channel Even a negative water purity C i from conclusive Sut port only proves tl particular sample ( submitted was fit t, The fact that hainuv la can be detected 01 laboratory techniqc never by smell, taste makes it possible for to say that a “test or an aged well can sidcred safe The amount of col component of ammi human .excretion, ) well water has mi dangerous propoitu many places The secret of havn sparkling and safe i round the clock is tion followed by dt tion which complete moves the chlorine fast oasic unit includes matic chlonnatoi for ter pump and a df tor with fine filti atu kitchen sink Only the proper chlorination and del tion devices avai’able market today to hor farm owners, am Cuff Lehman, can constant and co ilium tection against tne of water-borne oiseas nor the answci to ■water problems, com; Lehman, at Centum W Chestnut St, Pa , Phone EX 4 93Si ABERDEEN - R.D. 2, Elizabeth ROHRER'S R.D. 1. BonW LIME VALLEY ’ n O. 1. 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