—Lancaster Fanning, Sa:
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Pa. Certifies
166,576 Bu.
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Seed Potatoes
Harrisburg, Feb 28— The
Bureau of Plant,, Industry of
the Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture announced to
day that 166,576 bushels of
seed potatoes have passed
certification requirements.
An actual growth test car
ried on this winter in Flori
da showed that, more than 99
per cent of the seed potatoes
are free of virus diseases.
Rules for certification of .seed
potatoes that only
97 per cent seed pota
toes be virus-free.
Virus diseases —leaf roll,
mosaic and spindle tuber
are the main -''reasons for
‘‘running-out”. fof non certi
fied seed potatoes Virus in
fected seeds can cause a pro
duction drop of up to 40 per
cent per hill of potatoes
Field- inspectors of the
Bureau of Plant Industry
check seed fields during the
growing season to determine
tne extent of virus infection
The growth test in Florida
acts as a fu.ther check on
the disease-freedom of the
seed potatoes
Kennebec, Russet, -Katab 4
dm and Norland varieties ai c
available as Pennsylvania
produced certified seed pota
toes County agricultural ex
tension agents or C F Camp
bell, Bureau of- Plant Indust
ry, Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture, Harrisburg,
may be consulted for sources
of certified seed potatoes
• Solanco Girls
(From page 1)
the one presented by the
girls at the 1961 Pennsylvan
ia State Farm Show at Har
risburg m January
Participating in the dem
onstration will be Miss Aha
Herr, daughter of Mr and
Mrs. Paul Herr, Holtwood
Hi; Miss Kay Lefever, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs Preston
Lefever, Quarryville Rl;
Miss Goldenia Trimble,
daughter of Mr and Mrs
Paul Trimble, - New Provi
dence, and Miss Alice Welch,
daughter of Mr and Mrs
Reuel Welch, Peach Bottom
m
Solanco FHA held its reg
ular monthly meeting in the
Home Economics Cottage al
ter school on Monday even
ing, February 20
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urday, March 4, 1961
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PUBLIC SALE
LIVESTOCK & FARM EQUIPMENT
iatiwday, Marsh 1961
The undersigned will offer ai Public Sale on the
premises located between Mastersonville and E'town,
Vz mile off the E-iown-Manheim road near the
Chiques Church. (Look for sale signs.)
30 Head
OF
Livestock
17 HEAD OF 'GOOD GRADE MILK COWS, 3 PURE
BREDS (1 Weonland Honey Sovereign sire - Hilhnac
Sovereign. I Larve Hill Chief Lassie—Sire; Hillmac Sov
ereign. and 1 Wendy Pabsl Pontiac—Sire - Wimarjo Pabsi
Regal Lucifer) 6 FIRST-CAXJT HEIFERS—SPRINGING* 4
HOLSTEIN BULLS S (1 pure-bred—Ben De Kol Ormsby).
This is a good young herd of cattle with good production.
T-B aiea credited, blood tested, and health charts.
3 TRACTORS—I9SB Case 400 with Case automatic &
eagle hitch, back & front wheel weights & front end
weights (Used 420 hours), 1948 John Deere cyclone - "B'
with power troll, cultivators, and tobacco hoers;l9ss John
Deere 40 with cultivators, 3 point hook-up and pully. John
Deere ±45 manure loader to lit a 40-70 incl. John Deere,
Case 2—16 2 way 3 point hook-up mounted plow, McCor
mick-Deenng #2B disc harrow, two #76 New Holland bail
ers ( 1 with hydraulic tension), 9-hole Ontario drill, two
tobacco ladders (1 with rubber tire running gear), 2-row
Stauffer tobacco planter, #9 John Deere 3 point hook-up
grass mower (used 1 season). 3 point Oliver corn' planter,
David Bradley 4-bar side rake, 3 section John Deere har
row, 1-row Case corn snapper, heavy duty 5 ton wagon
with 16 ft. bod and side boards, iron “H” field sprayer
with boom, 1-cut-down rubber tire wagon, 10 ft/- single
cultipacker, 3-pomt hook-up 3-section weeder,, #I2A New
Idea manure spreader, 19 inch fan with motor, ensilage
cart, feed cart, rubber tire wheelbarrow, tobacco cellar
sUove, 7,000 tobacco lath, Mmnich tobacco press, 6-hole
metal hog feeder, outside metal corn crib, grindstone with
motor ta horse electric motor, electric fencer, 10-inch Da
vid Bradley hammermill, 8 pieces 3x6x24 fir tobacco
rails, 20 gal. methoxychlor, 2, 19 inch James barn fans
with shield and thermostat, 100 tomato baskets, electric
fence posts, locust posts,
FEEDS —10 ton ear corn, 10 ton mixed crushed hay;
3 ton barley straw, 24 ton of grass ensilage with feed
MILKING EQUIPMENT—2-unit Surge milker, late
model with a universal pump (piping for 20 cows), Delay
ed 4-can milk cooler with front door, Wilson 4-can milk
cooler, 8-can milk lack, double wash tubs, 10 gal. hoi
water heater, 23 milk cans (good condition), buckets and
strainers
POULTRY EQUIPMENT—Turba Jet egg washer,
Kconco electric egg grader; four 8-ft. V trough waterers,
one 5-ft B trough waterer, 25 8-ft, metal feeders, 5 gallon
water fountains, 15 metal nests, plastic egg baskets, 6
range sheltcis. two 500 size electric chick brooders, one
300 s.uo, electric chick brooder, one 6 light infra-red
brooder
HOUSEHOLD GOODS —9 ft Gibson refrigerator, 4-
burner gas stove with glass oven, 5-pc breakfast set, kitch
en cabinet, metal cabinet, 2 pc. living room suite, desk, 3
wardrobes (1 cedar-, 3 pc bedroom suite, 7-way floor lamp,
two 9x12 linoleum rugs, one 14x14 rug, metal clothe rack,
3-speed fan, chairs, rockers, end tables, serving cart and
many other items too numerous to mention
Sale to begin at 11 o’clock when terms and conditions
will be made known by
Rufus Geib & Clyde Wolgemuth, Aucts
R Hess & P Miller, Clerks
Refreshments will be sold by the Colcbrook Lutheran
Church—Ladies Aid
For the Most Markets Read Lancaster Farming
OF
AT 11:00 O'CLOCK
George Greiner, Jr.
Public Sale
Farm Equipment
Sat., Mar. 11, 1961
Will be offered ai Public Sale on the premises of
the undersigned, located one-half mile south of Wil
liamson Park, on the Eshleman Hoad (turn right on
Golf Hoad to farm), in Lancaster County, Penna., the
following Farm Equipment, to wit:
Two Tractors
1 Farmall '3oo', 1 Massey-Hams '3o'
No. 311 Trip-Bottom McCormlck-Deering Plow
MASSEY-FERGUSON 15 DISC GRAIN DRILL
Massey-Ferguson Two-Row Corn Planter
3-Section Spring Harrows, 10-Ft. Cultipacker,
McCormick-Deering 32 Disc Harrow
Super '6' Manure Loader
New Idea jl2-A Manure Spreader
Two Farm Wagons, 15-ft. and 14-ft. Long
Ferguson Two Row Cultivator; Stauffer Two-Row Tobacc i
Planter, Several Tons of Corn, and many other items not
mentioned
~ Sale to begin at 12 30 o'clock, PM, on Saturday
March 11, 1961, when terms will be made known by
Alvin L Miller, Auct
Strasburg, Pa
Breneman & Miller, Clerks
PUBLIC SALE
Farm Equipment
FrL, Mar. 10, 1961
Will be offered at Public Sale on the premises of
the undersigned, located in Salisbury Township, Lan
caster County, Pa., one-half mile off the main road
from White Horse to Cambridge, the following Person
al Properly, to wit:
Four Tractors
I JOHN DEERE "A" TRACTOR; 2 SUPER 'A" FARM ALL
TRACTORS, and ONE "AV" FARMALL TRACTOR
Aiihydros Applicator and Pump
Mathieson Irrigation System
With 1200 Ft. of 5 inch Pipe & IGOO Ft. of 4-inch Pip®
John Bean Mist Duster on Command Car
Auto Car Truck with 20 -ft. Bed
Rubber tired McCormick-Decring 13 Disc Grain Drill,
Cormick Deeding; 24-in 1 . Gateway Disc; McCormickr-DeerM?
Cultipacker; McCormick-Deering Corn Planter; John D L f!
16 in. Mounted Plow; 2-Bottom McCormick-Deering Tracto
Plow; two 16-in Trailer Type JOHN DEERE 7-FT. TRA~
TOR MOWER; Staufier 2-Row Transplanter; Ecmis Sm?* 1 -
row Transplanter; two Rubber-tired Wagons; ALLIS-CHAO
MERS 40-INCH COMBINE: New Holland Circular Saw
mount on tractor; John Deere Horse-Drawn Disc, T
Canvasses; Jacks; Chains; Hog Troughs; Forks; Sho\- b
Rakes; Hoc?, and miscellaneous items.
HAY. CORN AND STRAW BY THE TON
HOUSEHOLD GOODS Including Kitchen
Wardrobe; Bureaus; Old Cupboard, and many other aru<-* 1
not mentioned.
Sale to begin at 12 Noon, on Friday, March 10, I®***
when terms will be made known by
Walter Wanner, Auct William B. Jacobs
Ph.: Intercourse SO 8 8514 NARVON. B 2.
(Lunch served by the Ladies ol Mt Zion Clmrch)
OF
, Larry Dull
-OF