14—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. November 21. 1959 More Eggs, Less Feed Cuts Cost Per Dozen A chicken requires abou\ 51/2 pounds of feed per month to stay alive and only about IVi pounds of addi tional feed for each dozen eggs she produces. The easiest way to cut die pounds of feed required to produce a dozen eggs is to get more eggs per bird Out of a random sample test in which 33 Hocks completed production ranged from 173 9 eggs per bird in the poorest producing flock to 251.7 in the best The best flock produced a dozen eggs on an average of 4 3 pounds of feed, and the least efficient required 5 5 lbs. of feed A difference of 1.2 lbs. of feed per dozen eggs is a substantial saving in the cost of producing a dozen eggs FEWER COWS-MORE MILK The number of cows to be milked in 1960 is expected to be 19,116,000, a decrease of approx mately 1 per cent compared with 1959. The number of heifers and heifer calves to be raised for re placement is estimated to in crease about 0.5% over ’59 Total milk production of 125.8 billion pounds is an in crease of slightly more than 1% over 1959 and is the re sult of a 1% dec’ine in cow numbers coupled with a 2.5 per cent increase in yield per cow. The rise in yield will be due to heavier grain feeding to better cows. Lancaster Farm ng advertis- ing brings results. CUT FOIL BILLS opto 50% I with the all new FUEL SAVIHG SUPER FLOOR HEAT see it now! L H BRUBAKER 350 Strasburg Pike Lititz. R. D. 3 Ph. Lane. EX 3-7807 Lititz MA 6-7766 Strasburq OV 7-6002 LANCASTER COUNTY ASSOCIATION FFA OFFIC ERS as they appeared after their election last week. Seated left to 'right are treasurer Clyde Kre der, son of Mr A. Clyde Kreider, Quarryville Rl; secretary Wilbur Hosier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Hosier, Manheim R 3; presi dent H. Lee DeLong, son of Mr Howard E DeLong, Quar ryville R 2; vice president Donald Mu ser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elias Musser, Mount Joy Rl. Standing left to right are sentinel H. Lynn Hess, son of Mr and Mrs Harold Hess, of Intercourse; reporter Kenneth Eshe man, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. shelman, Mount Joy R 2; and chaplain El mwood Heisey, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Z. Heisey, Man heim R 2. Order Your THE PRICE IS Mann & Grumelli Farm Service V ING here’s heat you can take anywhere A Knipco portable heater keeps you warm indoors or out... just pick it up and take it with you, plug m any 115 v. AC out let and flip the switch. Circulating warm air pours out in stantly. The Knipco “Super-75” weighs only 45 pounds; runs 9 to 14 hours on a tankful of kerosene or No. 1 fuel oil; puts ou * *• uiuch heat as a furnace in a 5 room house for only 8c an hour. Use it to preheat engines, thaw pumps, “spot heat” outside areas, circulate warm air indoors Stop by and let US show you one In action. Larger sizes also available. SALUNGA, PA. NOW ALL TWINE GUARANTEED QUARRYVILLE. R. D. 2 R. M. BRUBAKER Twine RIGHT Ph. TWinoaks 8-4016 'Potatb'OtbWbrs'* Feel Cost-Price Squeeze', Nixon When the price of potatoes drops-as 1 tUe as one tenth of a cent a pound Pennsylvania spud growers stand to lose nearly $7OO 000 on the_ total 1959 crop, Leland W. Nixon president of the Pennsylvania Co-operative Potato Growers Association, said today A State College area com mercial potato grower, Nix on has been advocating study of the devastating ccst-pnce squeeze experienced by *ho industry during the past d years His plea has reached na tional proportions and wi 1 form the basis for a full haK day discussion period this week at the annual meeting of the National Potato Coun cil in Ch cago. Latest U. S Dept of Agri culture production reports estima + e the Pennsylvania fall potato crop at 6,820,000 hundredweight Movement I DARBY LEGHORNS are GREAT LAYERS ■ Proved by national contests for many years and ■ also right out on the farm. ■ Our Darby Breeders are Keener owned and man at aged on our own farms. Our chicks are Keener priced, ■ no royalty paid. ■ Yes! Your dollar value is increased by buying Dar ■ by chicks from our Associated Hatchery S CALL EMPIRE 7-3246 The Keener Poultry Farm R. D. 1 ELIZABETHTOWN, PA. ia ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Bam UEW OLIVER IEO Sushel PTO No. 270 Sized Right for Big Spreading-Jobs This is the practical size—all the capacity you need for large dairy and feeder herds, to save time m the daily job of spreading. There’s new ruggedness in the big No. 270—deeper, wider, stronger flareboards...heavier side stakes..* extra huskiness all the way through to take the pounding of power loading, to handle tough, over sized, matted chunks. 'There’s new power take-off flexibility in the No. 270, too. A new, in-line power drive adjusts auto matically to the twists of heavy loads in rough fields. And you can heap up the low Oliver. There’s no overhead cylinder arch to interfere with loading or unloading. Hear wheels are located to balance the load, aid traction in slippery barnyards. I I Self-locking hitch stand avoids lifting. } J Check the new Oliver No. 270 before v J you buy any PTO spreader. *** Chos. J. McComsey Farmersviiie & Sons Equipmen' Co. Hickory Hill. Pa. Ephrata. R. D* 2 N. G. Hershey & Son Manheixn. R. D. 1 sineeharvest has been, at p 'ces' favorable to consume in view of costs of produ lion, packaging and disti bution, _ the potato growt president said Quality , Pennsylvania potatoes th year is good to excel ent, l added Many growers, unable i provide adequate storage ic all their potatoes, have bee farced to sell many from th field without a fair margi of profit above produclio costs “Every time the price pa i to farmers advances as hit] as 10 cents a hundred pounc .—which is one tenth of cent for one pound—it mear a return of §682,000 to tl state potato industry base on the total crop,” Nixon e: plained. “By the same tokci a drop of 10 cents a hundra weight represents the loss i a s milar amount to the ove all industry ” Lancaster Farming Classified Ads Get Results G. E. Busier Peach Bottom, Pa. J. B. Lapp •Dd trepnr
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