ancaster Farming. Saturday. December 17, 1960—13 ilk Output f All Time jgh Level ’ennsylvania milk pro ton for November was vn three per Cent from ' previous month and 24 , cent from May, but it 5 a record for the month ires released by the Penn vania Crop Reporting ■vice this week show. Phe 518 million pounds the previous vember record, set in r 59, four million pounds. Nor- Uy milk production hits a ir in November and in iiises slightly in December. Che milk production in ise from last year is due jrely to increased output ■•’ cow as cow numbers ve declmed although the inward trend- now seems have leveled off, the Pa. partoent of Agriculture ency report said. Production per cow for ivember was estimated at 3 pounds compared with 8 for October and 550 lbs. November a year ago. Dairymen who have decid -1 not to expand are culling it their poorer cows and nding them to slaughter iuses as their heifers fresh 1, Reports indicate that HARSH HYDRAULIC HOISTS The 32 »vaiUMe models come to you with To design nnd held a light-weight, low * WilJo ra " E 6 ot lif,i " e c * p * o,lle ‘ r,n B ln 8 oosiing truck hoist suit Mo for aiL types of from 3; >_! o 20 lons for y° ur track - or fun, ose. priccd wit hia the average farmer's "■““T f - * rai!CT - Tlw smoolh - •wnMe-ftee action of a budgel w , s lhe , im ot .‘ Bud .. „„ sh whea ™ RSH , « O,ST “ Ust liftln e lw * ot from HYDRAULICS UNLIMITED MFC, CO. began , f l 2 10 160«coods. which allows more Urn* oper , tions . T his holst blnU nnd is now IJM-® for actual haulmg. in us. throughout the nation. ,Tl, **■ ' OEifcs These hoists come to yon at an avnrege The HARSH HYDRAULIC HOIST averages e°,e 0 y . * ‘ y “ Co ?" ed l<) lho only 5328.52 (including Federal excise tax) jgawß||fr “ d,y > 0 “ now •P* nd «• and maintains a low taxable weight which * °* yOUr averages 273 lbs. These economical hoists mn or beck or sldo dumping, - Sava costly time and< eliminate back \s. .. j /? breaking labor by unloading with a HARSH fMm jffflj**"***' HYDRAULIC HOIST enginsered for ecc ttoraicid, speedy, and durable farm use. * -f MANN & GRUMELLI FARM SERVICE R. D. 2. QUARRYVIIjLE aver Hen Declared All Time Champ' - - < v > 4 * * * - - w A ' S! 2' -T -»* swy * > < * '*&£*»■ * t - A ** a -£**, ' < -V *•- V. V^ v 4 < >. * * f ■*> i r i >. »V 4 > y < -•» J, > - . :♦ V LEGHORN HEN OWNED BY SHAVER POULTRY Breeding Farm at Galt, On tario, Canada, was the high layer in Missouri’s 49th standard egg test conducted at Mountain Grove, Mo. Noel M. Hall, Missouri Poultry Experiment station direc t°r > is shown with the bird, whose 50-week record was 342 eggs and 370.4 points, ttar fun year’s record was 356 eggs, 385.8 points. She has been declared all time °fficial record holder for all standard tests in the U. S. A. GREIDER LEGHORN FARMS, Mount Joy, Pa. many commercial Pennsyl vania dairymen have purch ased severa. fresh cows' this fall; however; there is still a trend toward sale of small dairy herds. • The report says, In a cap sule summary of the U. S. dairy outlook: commercial supplies of dairy products will be recorl high m 1961, although just slightly above levels of recent years. Com mercial demand probab y wilL again increase less than the population. Prices to farmers and to consumers for ~ dairy pro ducts will average above a year earlier through March 1961. Cash receipts from farmers’ sale of milk in ’6l are likely to increase slight ly over 1960 to another rec ord. However, the report goes on, total costs for producing milk have been rising. Cash receipts at a record high lev el do not mean that net in comes for dairymen are also at a record high level. Prices received for milk by farmers have changed' less than prices for most oth er farm products during the last five years. The downward drift in beef cattle prices is likely to continue through all of 1961 In view of this, and pros pects for other factors af fecting milk production, the !*A * + . -V ' j» v i 1" > i - ■ A SHAVER STAHCROSS CHICKS ARE SOLD BY • Ag Outlook (From page 1) day afternoon, Hand said. If the economic conditions continue upward on their present trend he said, the price per hundredweight in the Philadelphia milkshed will average 10 cents above the 1960 price Slaughter cattle will like ly be up several dollars per hundredweight _ until Easter and . then weaken, is the judgment of Levi Brubaker, Lancaster County livestock farmer. Brubaker looks for greater movement of feeder cattle because of the abun dance of cheap feed, but he does look for some increase ii the price of protein in the new year. Brubaker feels that the egg peak is past “It was too good to last.” he said and pointed to the 10 million more replacement pullets as one reason for his statement. He also cautioned poultry men to watch the South for broiler production. Broiler producers can not go on in creasing production to get more dollars indefinately, he said. Bankers do not look for any substantial increases in interest rates in the coming year, Stanley Mussulman, increase in output in 1961 probably will exceed the ad vance of 1.1 billion in 1960 PHONE ST 6-3630 f > Personnel Relations Director of the Lancaster County Na tional Bank said. If there is any lessening of interest rates it probably will be on mortgage loans and not on short term credit. Credit shou d be planned, Musselman said, and a farm er with a good set o" farm records has a start toward a favorable credit rating. Farm credit in 1961 will not be a problem" to the farmer who practices sound financial planning, he said. William Poorbaugh, gram merchant, echoed the words of Brubaker when he said we now have larger stocks of grain on hand than at any other time. Most grains are available at lower prices. The only grains not in ov ersu'pply at the present time are soybeans, because the oil can be used for export and domestic consumpt ■ soft white winter wheat such as is grown in Pennsylvania; The U. S owns about one biUion bushels of wheat about one year’s supply on which it pays nearly a million dollars per day- stor age This expense should not be considered a part of the Agriculture Dept, budget, he said, since farmers see none of this money. Paul Mount, president of the Lancaster Coupty Farm Machine Dealers Assn., said concerning farm equipment, “It’s available.” He pointed out that many of the farm tractors on the market now are available with as many as 50 options. Certain op tions, not standard, may re quire as long as 90 ,days waiting period. He suggested, that farmers survey their farm machinery needs now. while shops are slack, and have needed repairs made before the spring rush be gins. Alvin Voigt, Agriculture Economist from the Pennsyl vania State University, re- A porting on the recent Agri culture Outlook conference in Washington, D. C. report ed to the group that national economists do not expect the growth of the past few years to continue into the new year Most economists agree, he said, there will be a slackening off in business as well as agriculture. Tom Piper, Penn State Marketing Specialist injected one of the brightest notes in to the whole discussion when he reported that the short supply of apples, the light harvest of citrus fruit, and the small processed reserves of fruit will likely cause higher prices on, those com modities during the coming year. Harry Sloat, associate county agent, was m charge of the meeting. Ladies' Ion'.SLIPONS CARDIGANS $1.95 Value 99c ivS* -Thermal T NDERWEAR ',1.98 Value
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