, _ ors had not adopted improv
i, pood Cheap. Cd farming methods which
15 lowered their costs and in
• i .*/ Much Work Buvs A MeaP creased their output and then
HOV/ VTWI ** ITltfdl. passed almost all of these
, yOU think your food Food is cheap and through savings on to consumers in
~ ,s 100 large, it isn’t' the production and marketing re- the form of low food prices.
I)|U , s fault, although he search is getting cheaper.
get the blame. The next time you shop for _ .
V/1 ‘i ing could be further food, think what your food Patronize Lancaster Farm
NcHl the truth. By applying bill might have been if farm- ir »g Advertisers.
fro " scientific facts and
methods the farmer probab
has done more than any-
J to keep the cost of hv
rffiom rising even higher.
SLe it’ s true that food
5 1CCS are higher than they
to be, only a very small
art of tins has actually end
-1 u p in the farmer’s pock
ets
To keep track of consumer
/nod prices, the U. S. Depart
„nt of Agriculture estab
,siied what i" known as the
market basket”. It is made
ip of the various food items
msumers buy and in about
, e same quantities. Over
,e past 10 years the items
tins mystical food basket
ive increased by $243. But
>t’s look at where this in
•ease in food cost went.
Farmers got only $3.00 of
The big bite was taken by
ibor, $l3O. This was be
mse wages increased and
icause consumers demand
more services with the
lod they purchased. Trans-
rtation got 33 of the 243
dlar increase. Even the
(vernment m the form of
ixes gained $4.00 more than
ie faimer Other costs such
i packaging, super-duper
ipermarkets, advertising, li
mcmg, and research got
ie remaining $73.00.
Just to prove that food is
leap in relation to other
mgs, consider what you
m buy with an hour’s pay
w as compared with 1929,
ich until our present peri-
o 1 prosperity was consid
ed a pretty good year for
'eryone An hour of factory
'ork would buy 1 2 pounds
steak in 1929 but would
ly 2 2 pounds in 1957. It
10k as much labor to earn
mr quarts of milk Jn 1929
s eignt quarts in 1957. The
ime hours of labor in 1927
lught 1 1 dozen eggs. In
157 bought 3.7 dozen
* • • An 7 ration of
, r ( i’ •nsilagc or concentrate thor-
autom * t,calI 3 r - A real
tube
ilrol „ on i ro ' lors for positive feed
onc -Is'er sdjnstmcnt
' * • Gn ® Koto-Tab*
Ith e , n * t or combination of lot*
nr er !l, s ® St Takes lcs»
HP. feeds 100 feet.
flount * ‘ • Distributes »ny
fre hu n! ? f n d f throinrhont cn
'et Hotif Cashel distributed 100
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DARBY LEGHORNS are f
GREAT LAYERS
1957 NEW JERSEY TEST
Worlds record hen "Meg-O-Day" - 362 eggs in 365
days - was sired by a Darby cockerel. A Darby
Sterns Cross.
1958-59 WESTERN NEW YORK
RANDOM SAMPLE TEST
Isi Eggs Per Pullet • 245
Ist Leghorn ) Returns Over Feed and
2nd Overall - } Chick Cost $3.15
2nd Feed Per Dozen Eggs 4.4# - ISVic
Ist Value Eggs Per Pullet $8.03
The Keener Poultry Farm
R. D. 1 ELIZABETHTOWN. PA.
JAMES D. FOLEY
635 Lafayette St., Palmcrton
S. S. Palmer High School
to Lehigh University
Winners of 1960
PP&L Scholarships
These ten outstanding young men and wo
men have been selected from 381 highly
qualified applicants as the 1960 winners of
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company
scholarships.
The extremely high caliber of the applicants
competing for this year’s awards is a tri
bute not only to the ten winners but also to
the teachers of Central Eastern Pennsyl
vania who have accomplished much in de
veloping the abilities of our youth.
PP&L is proud to help further the education
of these able young people and to salute the
local educators who are doing such an out
standing job in molding .the leaders of to
morrow.
PP&L’s general scholarship program is
based on an awareness that now, more than
ever before, the nation’s continued growth
depends on college-trained young people in
BARBARA A. GALLAGHER
43 James Street, Hazleton
Hazleton High School
to Wilkes Colics*
MICHAEL T. RORICK MEREDITH A. SCHELL NORMA G. SOUSER
413 King St., Northumberland 127 Church Street, Moscow 567 S. 19th Street, Harrisburg
Northumberland Area Joint Scranton Central High School John Harris High School
High School to Lj coming College to Dickinson College
to Buckncll University
For the Most Markets Read Lancaster Farming
p
r
Ready Now With These Late Planted Crops
• SOYBEANS
• SUDAN GRASS
A. H. HOFFMAN SEEDS, Inc.
PHONE TW 8-3421
LANDISVILLE, PA.
VIRGINIA I. HEISEY JOSEPH J. KANDRAC JAMES F. P. D. KEARNEY
R. D 4, Manheim 70 Miner Street, Hudson 311 PotnamStreet, Scranton
ManhemvCentral High School Warymount High School Scrantofl Preparatory School
to Elizabethtown College to King s College to University o£ Scranton
all fields. Thus PP&L, like many other, pro*
gressive American businesses, is helping
provide necessary assistance so that the na
tion’s colleges and universities can continue
to contribute substantially to the progress
that has brought America to the leadership
position it holds today.
High school students who are inter
ested in competing for PP&L scholar
ships next year may secure a preview
of the program by asking, at ournear
est'office, for a copy of the booklet
issued in connection with this year’s
awards. A new edition > giving the full
details on next year’s competition, will
be available at Central Eastern Penn
sylvania high schools early this fall .
PP&L
■ ■ Otßi an investor oiontd, business-managed electric company
Lancasier Farming, Saturday, June 4, 1960—13
• SORGHUM
• Millet
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