Hiring'Days Four Thousand Workers Placed The popular Farm Hiring Days will be held again thu year, according to Charles Kocevar, Agriculture placement director in the Lancaster office of the Bureui of Employ ment Security Farm Hiring days this the report shows, year will be held March 2 Most wanted farm workers and 16 from 130 to 400 p are those with dairy expen m. at Lancaster County ence, and the agency already Farm Bureau Cooperative, has a waiting list of farmers Dillerville Road, it was an wanting workers with a nounced dairy background Reports from the county Last year about 50 work office ' show placement of e rs were placed on county farm workers nearly doubled farms as a remit of the during 1960 despite the large Farm Hirings Days, Kocevar cutback in tomato acreage said Large numbers are ex- A total of 4,202 farm work- pected to find employment ers, including 75 families, as farmers become more fa were employed through the miliar with the service, and bureau’s services in 1960. the office is anticipating a During 1959 the agency of- larger amount of job orders fice in Lancaster located 2,- Hiring days, which pro -720 jobs for farm workers vides a convenient place and POULTRYMEN! 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PRESTARTER "Finest Poultry Service Anywhere" time for farmers and pros \ pective farm workers to come together, has attracted state-wide attention. The diversified nature of tn\ Miller & Bushong, Rohrerstown. Pa. Ph. Lancaster EX 2-2145' Lancaster County’s agricul ture is responsible for the large number of workers needed, Kocevar believes SAVE NITROGEN To prevent loss of nitragen m manure, Wayne Hinish, a Penn State extension agrono mist, advises applying super phosphate at the rate of two pounds per cow per day in the stable gutter, or immedi ately before or after bedding in loafing or feeding pens Like lightning, the hydro gen bomb will not strike twice in the same place. The reason is that after the first explosion, the same place won’t be there anymore. & BU EL? Inc. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 4, ISSt— DHIA Reports 1960 Was Biggest Year For State Dairy Herd Improvement Association work in Penn sylvania had its most successful year in 1960, .eporti Herb ert C Gilmore of the Pennsylvania State University More cows 133,724 ual cows, two Holstcms, were were on test than ever be- owned by Paul J Reinhart, fore, and new high averages Alexandria, Huntingdon Co , were established in both milK and Louis A. Zimmerman, (10 558 pouids) and butterfat Lehighton, Carbon County (416 pounds) production The Remhait cow, milked These figures compared to twice daily, produced 26,750 previous highs set in 1959 of pounds of milk and 1,076 lbs. 10,352 pounds of milk and of fat The Zimme.man cow, 407 of fat milked three times daily,. Gilmore, extension dairy specialist m charge of DHIA supervision, also reported that more ribbons and certi ficates for high average pro ductio i were distributed than in any other year Ribbon awards for production of ov er 350 pounds of fat per cow went to 3,602 herd owners Of these herds, 2,568 did ov er 400 pounds, and 376 were over 500 pounds. Certificates for lifetime production totals of over 3,- 000 pounds of fat, went to 5,- 150 cows, and of these, 441 had exceeded 5,000 pounds of; fat The certificates and ribbons were supplied by the dairy association. Potter led all counties with per cow averages of 11,713 pounds of milk and 451 lbs University entomologists of fat for 1,345 cows, Luz- point out warm days m Feb erne, with 1,646 cows, was ruray are ideal for spraying next with averages of 10,678 ornamental trees aid shrubs pounds of milk and 450 lbs with dormant oil or lime sul- of fat Highest producing individ- ;H,ere’s BIG NeWs from your 0-;-' 7j^g'NEW^HOLL ANpI DEAiER||y with a New Holland tractor-driven Model 331 Manure Spreader. Big 130-bu. ASAE-rated capacity means lower total costs—bigger loads, fewer trips, and less time and fuel. Exclusive CYCLON-ACTION gives you high speed shredding and fine, uniform spreading. Heat-treated paddles for extra toughness . . . specially treated wood flooring i . . primed steel sides , . . New Holland gives you the best combination of steel and wood for maxi mum strength and longer life. Convenient rope control puts yuu in cnarge of the operation from your tractor seat—with a choice of 4 apron speeds! ASK US ABOUT ALL THE ADVANTAGES OF A MODEL 3?’ SPREADER. FTP J j w-_ -sJ Regardless of the condition of your o'd spreader, it is worth not less them $290. in trade on this Model 331 New KoUand Spreader. Priced at $798.00 WITH USED TRUCK TIRES COPF & WEAVER CO. WILLOW STREET Ph. Lancaster EX 3-2824 gave 27,080 pounds of milk and 1,074 pounds of fat Top herd in per cow aver ages was that of H Stanley Kendrick, Covington, Tioga County, whose seven Hol stems averaged 18,490 lbs of milk and 701 of tautterfat phur to control mg scale insects. FASTER . . . 7 y s overwinter-
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