Stock Grading OK,ed By Most Cattle Growers Official livestock grading, Ben Morgan, livestock, and on a voluntary basis, appears Lou Moore, marketing, for to have *been given general the committee. Attending endorsement of producers, were farmers, auction own buyers and dealers, judging ers, packers, buyers and deal from views expressed at a ers series of seven discussion meetings just held through out the State, a report from the Pennsylvania State Uni versity shows. These meetings, at Titus- port later to the State De ville, Neffsville, Tunkhan- partment of Agriculture who nock, Washington, Chambers will act finally on the pro- BURLING'S CHICKS For Quality Eggs, Meat CAREY Leghorns again ■won highesl honors for Egg Qualify among all en tries ai the West. N. Y. Random Sample Tesl. This is in competition - with en tries from the finest breed ers in the country. When it comes to Haugh units —the official measuring slick of egg quality—Car ey Leghorns are tops! AT BUHLING'S you have eight top strains and crosses When you're ready to order, pIC k up the phone and call Oxford 233 coiled. BURLING’S HATCHERY BOX F More Proof .... It Pays to Feed PURINA 261" pigs weaned from 29 first-litter gilts! Last Febxuary, March, and April, 29 first-littei Rills farrowed at Willow Glen Farm, R D. 1, Strasburg, Pa. These gilts weaned an average of pigs apiece . . big, healthy pigs which averag ed 2 32 nounds at birth! Owners John Henkel and Joe Little have follow ed the Purina Program since establishing their purcbied Yorkshire herd. Twice in 1960 their la'-m was selected as a public demonstration of chicxenc hog production in Pennsylvania. Their complete record-keeping system and testing for lead efficiency, rate of gain and carcass evalua tion proves they’re on the right track for supp’y -I'g herd-improving seed stock to commercial i ci'ds w the state ‘Fr-m what our records show, we believe Penn sylvania farmeis are in an excellent position to cash m’ on pork production,” say these young i ait wrs “Good stock and a good feeding and uiai.'otmg program looks like a sound invest ment for many years to come ” Jena xicn.xe., is i and Joe x.xine, ownexs, li l*ien rarm, K. D. 1, S'rasburg. WE CAN HELP YOU PLAN A SOUND FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, BACKED Blend & McGinnis Atglen Whiteside & Weicksel Kirkwood Snader's Mill Mt. Airy Wingenroth's feed Service Mount Joy burg, Sunbury and Allen town were authorized by the Pennsylvania Livestock St udy Committee. They were conducted by three Penn State University extension specialists, Tom King, and A report on the meetings to the study committee was made by the extension spe cialists in Feb. 3. The committee will re- to choose from . . . for top quality Eggs and Meat. For Big Brown Eggs; Mer ryknoll Sex-Links (Rock x Red); Golden Sex-Links Harco Red male x Andrews White Rock female. AND _ FOR MEAT Van tress x Cobb White Rock; Cobb's / Stram-Cross While Rocks; Garrison's Cornish Male x Cobbs White Rock fe male; Bur ling's New Hamp shires and Barred Rocks. Reserve Y our Chicks and Started Pullets in Advance. Free Circular. Open Dates. OXFORD. PENNA, BY PURINA RESEARCH FOR YOUR HERD. CALL OR VISIT US FOR DETAILS Ira B. Landis Valley Road, Lancaster Warren Sickman Pequea John J. Hess Kinzers - Vintage James High Gordonville posal Grading, if established, would be done by the De partment of Agriculture. The program at first likely would concentrate on veal calves and lambs, then expand to feeder pigs, feeder calves, and possibly also to market hogs. Considerable grading in feeder pigs, feeder calves and market lambs is now being done by the Extension Service on request of pro ducers and buyers. At the - district meetings, - Morgan, Moore and King, called attention to the edu cational value of grading, pointing out that grading gives producers “a good yardstick” on value and qual ity, and serves as a guide and stimulus for improving their livestock production program. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ■ ■ ■ 1941— 20th Anniversary— l96l i SPRING SALES PROMOTION ■ ■ ■ B ■ ■ B B a B m ■ ■ ■ ■ B ■ R ■ B ■ ■ ■ ■ [ Now~B£gger Thaia Eve^!: fl B [ SAVE - SpeciEl Anniversary Prices \ ■ KV : MANY— MANY SPECIALS ■ g ■ “ i I diaries B. Hoober I ■ “ZTX?* INTERCOURSE PH. SO 8-3501 ■ aU J g John J. Hess. II \ Intercourse -’New Providence Wenger's Feed Mill, Inc. J. H. Reitz & Son, Inc. • Wool Payment (From page 5) wool should show name and address of buyer, date of sale, name and address of producer, net weight of wool sold, and net proceeds to producer after normal mark eting deductions Payments to producers for the 1960 marketing year will follow the same methods em ployed for the 1959 year. Shorn wool payments will be equal to a percentage of each producer’s cash returns from wool sales. The perce itage— to be announced later this year—will be that required to raise the national average price received by all produc ers for shorn wool during marketing year up to the in centive price of 62 cents per See Us Today! Rheems Lilitz John B. Kurtz Ephrata Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 4, 1961 —1 pound. Lamb payments will be made to each producer who sells lambs that have never been shorn The payments will be at a rate per hund redweight of live animals ma. keted to compensate for the wool on them on a basis comparable to the incentive payment per pound of shorn wool Under the 1959 wool pro gram, growers in Lancaster County last year received a total of $4,342.52 Li incent ive payments earned under the marketing year ended on March 31, 1960. A good maternity pen can help prevent troubles at freshening time The pen should be clean, dry and free from drafts. Jusi dropped by pay our last respects - Wo saw the crepe on your hen-house doorl How did they die? Too bad. Friend. Too bad! Takes A good, sirong bird These days - Try HONEGGER LAYERS J. HOWARD MOORE, 307 East Second Avenue UTITZ, PENNA. Phone: MAdison 6-5408 Windie’s Hatchery CdCHRANVILLE, PA. Phone: Atglen LY 3-5941 ECONOMY ©eWALF mm shop The low-priced quality DeWALT you waited for! YOU SAVE $5O. 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