I • DHIA (From page 1) terfat and 14,556 pounds of Hollinger said during Da milk*' and the herd of Titus cember, Pennsylvania Uni- M. Hurst, Lititz R 2, making versity processed 240 Lancas -554 pounds of butterfat in ter County herd records with 14,882 pounds of milk. just a little over 15,000 cows. A total of 51 herds in the This, he said, is just 21 per association had averages of cent of the co*s in the coun -500 or more pounds of but- ty on test, but the state av terfat for the year Lancaster erage is 19 per cent County last year had 39 He said Pennsylvania set herds with averages of bat- an all time high for produc ler than 600 pounds, Carl tion last year with all cows Hollinger, state DHIA field- on test averaging 10,813 lb? man, told the 500 members of milk and 423 pounds of present at the noon meeting fat Potter lead all counties in the Hotel Brunswick He with an average of 482 lbs said Los Angeles County, of fat while Luzerne had an Annual Public Sale! Tractors —Farm Machinery-Trucks Cars-Hardware-New & Used Saturday, February 3,1962 At the D. L. Diem Showroom situated in the Bor ough of Litilz at the corner of East Lincoln Ave., and North Cedar Street. Farmall 400, Farmall 300, Int. 240, JD.H., J.DA. Int. 300 with backhoe and front end loader, Ford with manure loader, W 6 Int., Farmall C, with loader, W.D. 9 Int., W.D.A.C., OC6 Diesel Oliver Crawler, Int. T 4 with blade, Farmall 350 Hi Utility, Colt Massey Harris - 3 pt. hookup, cult, and two way -plow, Farmall, D 4 Cat. TRUCKS and CARS RlOO Pickup Int., Ll3O-T license Int., 1951 Olds auto APPLIANCE SALE Tractor Trailer Load of Brand Name Appliances FREEZERS REFRIGERATORS WASHERS DRYERS FARM MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT McD 55 Baler - PTO. 65 New Holland - PTO. Super 77 New Holland Baler, 45T McCormick Deering Baler, New Holland 66 Hay line, McDeenng 64 Combine - 6 ft, cut with tank and PTO, McDeering 125 self propelled combine, Massey Harris 10 ft. seif propelled combine, New Holland 800 Harvester, New Holland 600 Harves ter-corn head and sickle bar, McDeering 15 Field Har vester - corn head and pickup , McDeering Hay Dry ers, New Holland Hay Dryers, Used Crop Guard Dry er, Used PTO Fans, 198 McCormick Disc Harrow - like new, 137 A - like new, 4-9A28-18. 1-9A24-18, one John Deere, New Holland 300 PTO, 12A New Idea, 200 F Liquid Manure Spreader, McDeering Hay Crusher, New Holland Hay Crusher. Cub 22 Mower, New Idea Mower, 21 McDeering Mower - fast hitch, New Hol land Mower, Demonstrator 311 trip beam plow, 3-bot tom Oliver trip beam plow, one Me-Little Genius 16- mch plow, 2 way fast hitch plow, New and Used spring harrows, New and used wagons, Mcl3-7 grain drill 15 KW generator - used. MANY OTHER ITEMS TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION ATTENTION FARMERS AND DEALERS Bring in your equipment for this sale. Day before sale if possible. Come Early and Plan To Stay Late! Horst, Kerns & Sanger, Auctioneers California, was high in the nation with 53 herds over the 500 pound mark. —OF— Appliances AT 10:00 A. M. 19 TRACTORS STARTS AT 12 NOON Terms by D. L. Diem & Sons Lititz, Pa. average of 460 pounds Lan- Lancaster Farming. Saturday. January 20, 1962- -9 easier County ranked 281 h ” among the counties with 425, . g _ _ • ii i or just two pounds above the B|*(JC6IiOSIS Ifl jtat© DdlFy FlOrdS state average. In other business, mem- A i Rate On Record bors elected three new direc- -- - tors to three year terms Harrisburg The percent- Thcy are John J Oberholtz- age of brucellosis infected cr, 171 Newport Road, Leola, Pennsylvania dairy cattle Irvin Musser, Mount Joy Rl. diopped to Oil per cent, an and Kenneth Skiles, Narvoa all-time low, during the six R 2 month ended October 25 Jay Landis, president of The highly encouraging re tire association was toastmas port, revealed by Dr P V t cr Clarkson, chief of the divis- FARM FOR PROFIT WITH UNIPEL Fertilizers CONTACT US FOR COMPLETE DETAILS Distributor for Lancaster County Area SMOKETOWN Phone Lane. EX 7-3539 ' ' . k N __ Get the BIG silo unloader value! ■ — 3 VaiiDale Delivers more silage faster • Doubt* auger sys* / jk \ \ tern digs the silage /« \ \ faster and more / a \ evenly under all con- / ■ \ V ditions whether sil- —j s age is frozen, wet, 1 • Exclusive, adjustable drive hub gives mora positive traction, keeps the machine v , operating evenly, •' ] and requires less DELIVERS BETTER SILAGE TOO! The double augers, operating in conjunction TWO SIZES: with the patented V-paddle impellers, digs the Sta ndard-forsiloslo'»ol6' silage, mixes it thoroughly, and then throws it , .. _ ~, down the chute. Your cows and cattle get good, Heavy Duty— for silos 12 palatable silage ... not a powdered mashjis so to 30' often happens with unloaders using blowers. Caleb M. Weneer write or phone us o FOR COMPLETE INFOR- R. D. #1 QUARRYVILLE. PA. NATION AND PRICES, Drumore Center KI 8-2116 DISPERSAL SALE Of A H - KNOLL FARMS SHORTHORN CATTLE & EQUIPMENT The undersigned will hold a dispersal sale at his farm just off U. S. Rt. 22 in Berks County, about IV2 miles West of Frystown, 7 miles North of Myersiown. Pa., leave Rt. 22 at Frystown interchange, follow signs. TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 196* 45 HEAD REG. SHORTHORN CATTLE "POLLED AND HORNED" 3 Reg Jersey milk cows, herd consists of 5 bulls in cluding herd sires. Several top young bulls ready for ser vice Cows, some with calves by side Bred and open heitci> This is a good herd of well bred beef cattle Bangs certified, TB accredited, Vac, tested within 30 days Charts furnished Cattle will be sold in tent. FARM EQUIPMENT Farmall 400 tractor, fully equipped, 1100 hours, Faun all 350 Utility Diesel with heavy duty loader, fast hitch mower, fast hitch planter, Farmall Super C with fast hitch, cults, and plow; all tractors have hearthousars; Oliver 88 dies'el, Int 127 S P combine, 10 ft; Int 2 M E corn pick er: Gehl No 87 fprage harvester with both heads, PT O , Allis Chalmers blower; Bready No> 88 flail chopper; Large N H PT O spreader with high sides and bunk feed attach ment; New Idea No 12 spreader; 2 Int 18x32 disc harrows, one transport type; Oliver 3 bottom raydex plow with trip, bottoms; Int 3 bottom trip back plow for utility tractor, Int field cultivator, PTO baler, NH crimped, Int. fast hitch rake, Smoker 26 ft elevator, 1 dump type -elevator; Int No 10-16 disc drill on rubber with brome grass seed er, fiutta feed type; lime drill, John Deere lever harrow, Leroy 10 ft single packer, land roller, 2 Mc-Deermg wagons with 16 ft beds, high sides, false endgates, Zimmerman un loading unit, pasture drag, spike harrows, 2-row scorer TRUCK—GEHL MIX-GRIND ALL PORTABLE MILL 1949 Ford R 500 truck with dump bed. Gehl portable 10 in hammermill with mixer and corn sheller attachment, a real outfit, air compressor, 25 gal gas hot water heater, air greaser, other small articles POULTRY EQUIPMENT 200 TONS CORN Fifty 10-hole nests, six 6-hole nests, 20 ft, 10 ft V type troughs, 25 5-gallon waterers, 75 8-ft feeders, 4 Jameswaj brooders, Eggoniatic egg grader, egg washer, gas brooders, debeaker, lot of windows, insecticides If you are looking for good equipment, and cattle, Don i miss this sale > ■» *■ ft S* -£ Terms Cash: Sale at 10 CC A. M; Sale managed by Armour and Horst sales service Mt Union, Pa, or Marion, Pa. Write for catalogue of cattla. Horst, Sanger, Haworth, Kline, Copenhavcr, Aucts. Brandt and Alspack, Clerks HERMAN P. HUNSICKER Myerslown, Pa., R. 1, owner Phone Frystown 78-R-2 Ladies of St Paul’s Reformed Church will serve hot lunch and refreshments. ion of brucellosis, Buieau of Animal Industry, State Dc paitmcnt of Agriculture re flects a trend that began al most immediately when the brucellosis control progiam was initiated some years ago and has been most maikcd m the last seven years Contrasting the results of the brucellosis test for the penod March 27 to October 25 of this year with that of the test from Septembei 1, 1960 to -May 4 of this \ear, the report shows that the number of - suspect herds dropped from'26B to 192 the number of herds suspicious to the milk ring test the first phase in screening herds —declmed—from 76 per cent to 54 per cent; the percent age of suspicious herds wmch revealed infection on blood test, which determines abso lute proof, oi infection, drop ped from. 66 to 38, and the percentage ' of suspicious herds winch revealed infec tion on blbod test also declin ed from 24 6 per cent to 19 7 The testing period covered all commercial herds that produce ' milk for human consumption- in the Common wealth 4 Patented 3-polnt 1 tuerrintton keeps unloader level at ell times and centered for more elficlent operation In the six-months period the number of dairy herds m the Commonwealth decreased from 35,000 Jo 34,949 But while the number of herds went down by 51, the num ber of cattle in the herds in creased by 52,889, from 901,- 258 to 954,147 This also reflects a contin uing trend —a decline in the number of herds but an in crease m the number of head of cattle Dr Clarkson also said Clearfield _County was join ing two other counties as “free area” counties This Status is achieved only when cattle infection is less than 2 of one per cent and herd infection is less than one per cent “This is very gratifying,” said Secietary of AgncuTure William L „ Henning “The goal is every county a free area ” The other two free area counties are Philadelphia and Monroe The four poultry virus dis eases for which vaccines are available are Newcastle, fowl pox, bronchitis, and laryngo tracheitis Each is caused by a different virus. 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