>t I • 14—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, May 16, 1959 REVIEWS (From page 7) ON MARCH 1 of this year, there were an estimat ed 6.3 million hogs on Cana dian farms, about 29 percent above the estimate. Sow far rowings in Canada from De cember 1958 through May. are now estimated at 758,500 head, which would be 22 per cent above the same period a year earlier, but slightly below the previous estimate of 765,000 head. Kenneth E Porter, Wash. Boro, El, and R chaid P Lorah, Denver Rl, were na med as recipients of 1959 PP&L •agricultural scholar ships + o Penn State this week The county duo were among three high school students awarded the grants Porter, Penn Manor senior, will enroll m general agri culture and Lorah, Cocalico Union senior plans to major in Agriculture Education. Latest Cron Reporting Bo ard figures show that stocks of grains continued at record levels as of April 1 Stocks of wheat, at 1 540 million bu shels on April 1, were the largest of record for that date —more than ONE-THIRD larger than a year earlier, and a sixth larger than pre vious record holdings in 1956 A total of 2.992 million bu of corn were on hand, a new record and seven per cent a bove one year earlier. Rye stocks, at 18 2 million bu were almost a fifth larger than last year, and 38 per cent above average A total of 667 bu of oats were stor ed on April 1, nearly 12 per cent above last year and a record Barley stocks were at 288 million bu., compared with 263 million bu., last year and again a new record. Sorgh um gram stocks totaled 613 mill’on bu, compared with the --previous record of 425 million last April 1. The eastern tent caterpil lar, so evidpn* this time of year on wild cherry and oth er host trees, is eas’ly con trolled if proper rn°asures are taken soon enough All you have to do is spray or dust the tent area and the limbs of the trees that are Benson Calls Egg Promotion Meet in D.C. A special meeting of pro ducer and trade representa tives has been ca’led fay Sec retary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson to discuss the marketing situat on of eggs and to explore plans for an accelerated merchandising program. The meet’ng will be held at the U. S Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC, at 10 am. Monday, May 18. “Egg producers of the Na tion are facing a critical mar ket ng situation, and indi cations are that heavy sup plies will continue for some time,” Secretary Benson sa id in announcing the meet ing “Every effort should be made to obtain maximum consumer purchases of this excellent food product ” Representatives of the pr n cipal poultry and egg trade associations and farm orga nizations have b°en invited to participate in the meeting USDA officials wll offer their cooperation to the in dustry and distribution trade representatives m a promo tional effort to increase the movement of eggs through trade channels Egg prices have fallen sh arply with n the last two months because of a larger than normal supply Althou gh per capita egg consump tion is higher this year than in 1958, production has in creased even more. per cent DDT* dtwt.' Control occupied by the insectsTOne of the best Insecticides for nelt veal this Is DDT. 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