lents Give Credit f Parents Helped in Decisions [dents majoring in agri re at the -'Pennsylvania University, claim their its have been the strong influence in choosing field of study. portance of parents in n g decisions of students brought out recently in . v ey of freshmen and imores in the - College griculture. Results were jnced by David R. Mc head of the department iricultural education at ’ State. ependent choices by the nts themselves was rat econd to parental influ althougli less than half I? ulk Spreading Service FERTILIZER and LIMESTONE DEALEHS FOR Davco "Granular" Fertilizer Webb Super-Gro Balanced organic fertilizer Rock Phosphate Phosphorus Green Sand Potash - / If you need fertilizer call us- SMUCXER BROS. [RD-IN-HAND, PA. lißiain More Proof .... It Pays to Feed PURINA 61 pigs weaned from 9 first-litter gilts! February, March, and April, 29 first-litter. 3 farrowed at Willow Glen Farm, R. D. 1, isburg, Pa. These gilts weaned an average of gs apiece . . . big, healthy pigs which averag -132 pounds at birth! icrs John Henkel and Joe Little have follow ie Purina Program since establishing their ebred Yorkshire herd. Twice in 1960 their n was selected as a public demonstration of' :ient hog production in Pennsylvania. Their plete record-keeping system and testing for 1 efficiency, rate of gain and carcass evalua pioves they’re on the right track for supply herd-improving seed stock to commercial s m the state om what our records show, we believe Penn ,ania farmers are in an excellent position to h on pork production,” say these young ners “Good stock and a good feeding and kehng program looks like a sound invest for many years to come.” CAN HELP YOU PLAN A SOUND FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. BACKED BY PURINA RESEARCH FOR YOUR HERD. tIe *d & McGinnis Aiglen ifSS Ki!kw eic^sel Warren Sickman Wenger's Feed MllLlnc. 08 Pequea Rheems Snader's Mill Wt, Airy ©ed Service Mount Joy Ml Si Si as important. Others exert ing influence in the selection of college and courses were guidance counselors, teach ers of vocational agriculture, county .extension agents, re latives, agricultural workers, teachers in general, college alumni, and friends. “Students in the College of Agriculture evidently come from families recog nizing the importance of scientific training in agricul ture,” Dr. McClay points out. “These students also come from high schools where agricultural science is' a recognized force,” he adds. Seventy-four per cent of Leola OL 6-2229 CALL OB VISIT US FOR DETAILS John B. Kurtz Ephrata John J. Hess Kinzers - Vintage James High S. H. Hiestand & Co. Gordonvllle Salunga the students had completed college preparatory training in high school. Eighteen per cent had completed the voca tional agriculture curriculum and seven per cent took general programs of high school preparation. Fifty-six per cent were graduated from high schools where vocational agriculture was offered. Farmers Plan Cutback In Poultry Numbers A Feb. 1 survey by the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service shows that Keystone State farmers plan to buy 1 per cent fewer, chicks this year than last. Pennsylvania poultrymen plan to buy about the .same number of pullet chicks as last year, but intend to buy 4 per cent fewer straight run and 10 percent fewer cocker el chicks than in 1960. This would make chick purchases 75 per cent pullet, 23 per cent straight run and two per cent cockerel. Last year 74 per cent of the chicks purchased were pul lets, 24 per cent straight run and 2 per cent cockerels Differences between farmers intentions and their actual purchases may be expected depending on egg and feed prices relationships and other developments during the hatching season. There were 16 8 million layers on Pennsylvania far ms on Feb 1, down about 1 per cent from the month before Pullets not of laying age amounted to 4 per, cent of the total of layers on the faims This is indicative of a slight slow-down in egg John Henitel, le.i and joe liittie. owneis, u »v ulow Glen Farm, R. D. 1. Slrasburg. John J. Hess, II Intercourse - New Providence J. H. Reitz & Son, Inc. Lililz * Lancaster Farming. Saturday, April 1, 1961 New Test Found Problem 'Bangs' Herds Target A new method for detect ing bovine brucellosis that shows promise of having val ue as a supplemental test has been developed by scien tists of the U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture. Called the Heat Inacti vation Test (HI.T.), this method was designed and developed by Thomas E Amerault and other scien tists of USDA’S National Animal Disease Laboratory While widespread use of this test under field conditions is necessary before final eval uation can be made, resear ch indicates that its primary value will be to supplement the standard tube and plate agglutination tests by clari fying the brucellosis status of cattle in problem herds. Problem herds, are those very few herds in which re actors or suspects are repeat- production in the months to come since the pullet total is usually 5 to 7 per cent of the hen total. January egg production was 283 million eggs, lowest since 1949 However, despite the cold weather, the rale of lay per bird increased slight ly The average price, farm ers in the Keystone State re ceived for their eggs during January dropped to 45 cents a dozen, the lowest since September 1960. Prices re ceived for farm chickens and broilers also declined vtith the cost of feed' up during January, the egg-feed, chick ea and broiler - feed ratios became less favoiable for the poultrymen Ira B. Landis Valley Road, Lancaster mu mil sm edly found after continuous tests and standard canitary procedures Although such problem herds are not a re cent development, they have become more apparent. The new test must be ma de in a laboratory by train ed personnel The scrum and antigen solutions used are the same as those used in the standard tube test for bru cellosis. To prove the efficiency of the new test method, sam ples of serum, milk, and oth er material were obtained from 563 cattle. Of these, 410 were from naturally in fected herds, 10 were from Brucella-free herds, and 143 were from a group of cattle artificially exposed to viru lent Brucella abortus, the disease causing organism The blood serums were test ed by the HI.T. Positive re actions to the Heat Inacti vation Test were given by all suspect and reactor cat tle from which Brucella ab-, ortus was isolated In no in stance was the bacterium found m samples from cattle whose serums were negative to the test H9»»y says KEEP OUR OUTDOORS GOLDEN URAN the IDEAL NITROGEN • Plowdown for top corn yields • Topdress pastures for extra weeks of grazing. For Quick Service and Proven Satisfaction Call Or See These Experienced Quality Applicators Hess Brothers FLORIN. P2NNA. OL 3-7195 Lester Hess QUARRYVILLE, PENNA. ST 6-7182 Herbert Gehr STEVENS, PENNA. AN 7-6822 Jobn Z. Martin NEW HOLLAND, PA. EL 4-9284 LEBANON CHEMICAL CORPOBATION Lebanon. Pa. CR 3-ISB7 15
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