16 —Lancaster Farming Saturday, September 19, 1959 USDA Prepares Exhibit For World Agri. Fair The United States will demonstrate its newest tech niques of agricultural re search, production, and mar keting at the First World Agriculture Fair to be held in New Delhi, India, Dec. 11, 1959 to Feb. 14, 1960. The United States exhibit Benson declared. “It will at the fair is a joint under- mirror American agricultur taklng of the Department of a i efficiency through these Commerce, Department of steps: Our land and its re- Agricul'ture, Atomic Energy sesouroes, research and tech- Commission and the United nology, information and edu- States Information Agency, cation, applied technology The Department of Agricul- on the farm, marketing of ture and the Atomic Energy farm products at home and Commission have major re- abroad, life in a farm com sponsibility for planning and munity, and a look at the deve oping the demonstra- atomic age in agriculture.” lions and displays. The Atomic Energy Corn- Secretary of Agriculture mission exhibits will center Ezra Taft Benson said “the around nflclear techniques productivity of American a ready in use by agricuitur- Salt Seals Farm Ponds Even a well-planned and properly constructed farm pond sometimes fails to hold water.. Many of these prob lem ponds can be effectively sealed by an application ot inexpensive common salt. Salt, applied at rates of one-tenth pound to one pou nd per square foot, has stop ped seepage in existing ponds and may be used in prepara tions for pond building. Soil conservation Service estimates 80,000 or more new ponds are constructed each year. Techimcians from this service, or other qualified so il specialists shou’d be con sulted when considering the use of salt to seal ponds. The salt seal system is month, in addition- to the simple; dram pond; chisel mineralized salt blocks. •» '■}s~ | A Big Wagonload. Every IO Minutes 6 * g#~ <t> *»•. /■- Fhat’s the kind of silo filling you’ll get... because the Allis- Chalmers Forage Harvester is tops when it comes to chop ping. Four cupped, curved and spiraled knives, a full 36 inches long, cut clean across the entire width of cylinder. Because knives are kept so sharp with the built-in hone, less power is required, too. Stalks and leaves are well mixed to the right length for tight packing. Extra grass cutting capacity, too, with the new 5-ft. wide bite grass head attachment. Call us . . . we’ll gladly show you the latest in chopping quality silage with a new kind of capacity. Ask us about the Allis-Chalmers plan to finance your time purchase of farm equipment. ALLIS-CHALMERS <W> SALES AND SERVICE Nissley Farm Service L. H. Brubaker Lancaster, Pa. Snavelys Farm Service L. H. Brubaker N. G. Myers & Son LUitz. Pa. Rheems, Pa. Mann & Grumelli Farm Serv. R. S. Weaver Quarryville, Pa. agriculture, which will be shown graphically in the exhibit, is due in large part to a deep reservoir of scien tific knowledge gained thru research and technology. “We believe that this is the largest and most com plete agricultural exhibit ever attempted”, Secretary pond bottom; use a fertilizer spreader to apply salt in am ounts recommended by the soil specialist, disk and cross disk to work salt m Dampen the mixture with sprinklers and then pack the pond bot tom before permitting the pond to be refilled. Fish in the farm ponds se em to -benefit from salt ap plications too. A group of farmers having fish trouble reported increased fish grow th within a year while ap plying salt blocks to the pon ds One 50-pound mineraliz ed salt block per acre of pond surface was applied every 3 or 4 months. In low-sodium areas nitrate of soda is ap plied in addition to the re gular pond fertilizer at the rate of about ten pounds of nitrate of soda per acre each Washington Boro, Pa. New Holland, Pa. al scientists and benefits hibit lays the foundation for kitchen. which the peaceful atom has emphasizing modem Ameri- The story of i already brought to the farm- can fanning by using one of and marketing will er. The exhibits will also the larger terrain models (38 phasized. A largo at , L show some of the many oth- feet by 42) in the world. The food products and ] a f p j er benefits that atomic ener- reproduction of typical Am- chinery for package 1 gy is bringing to the Ameri- erican farmland shows in de- be shown. Farm co o n j can people, which can be tail four types of farms and farm organization shared with the peoples of dairy, poultry, wheat or be described. And th ' the world. grain, and general farming, will be told of technfl , . , ' sistance and the ,■ The estimated cost to the Research in wheat, com, f OD) j s around 0 i U. S. Government is $2 mil- fertilizers, chemicals, poult- 'Wotl lion, a large part of which is ry, feeding, and dairy catt’e Four boys and four j in rupees acquired through feeding will be demonstrat- outstanding 4-H Cluh 1 sales to India of U. S. farm ed. Exhibits will reveal how bers in the nation—vJ commodities (largely wheat) research is communicated resent America’s rural • under the Public Law 480 rapidly to the farmer. Home- They will demonstrate program. training programs will be farm and home p r0 j e( ' } ' } Stevens. Pa. The first section of the ex- staged in a complete farm entertain with folk 01 STOP... rising beef FEED... Profitmaker PRICE GUARANTEED. .. ... ON ALL ORDERS BOOKED OCTOBER 31st FOR DELIVERY UP TO JANUARY Ist, 1960 YOU PAY NO MORE . . . than price at time o£ booking ! ! YOU PAY LESS if the price declines ! ! - DON'T WA1T...... GET THE FACTS TODAY At Farm We have a FEED and a FEEDING PROGRAM that is d< for YOU ! ! FAST, LOW COST GAINS are built into Bureau's varied, complete line of PROFTTMAKER FEEDS. For complete information, see your Farm B FIELDMAN, or call one of the numbers listed below. iC. CO Ui 'ftlvi BUP- 1 Manheim New Holland Qucir EX 4 0541 MOhawk 5-2466 ELgin 4-2146 STerlm* G Lancaster FEED COSTS! BEEF FEEDS '"OWNED aa/COHTROU-® by Lancaster Comfy fflß 1951
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