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jd Day Set
Next Week
Tuesday, June 19.
vaneties of wheat, hai- jU the request of extensic
and oats, as well as insect P eisol >nel directions to tli
'‘ 0 t small grains, will be Field Research Laboratm
tS sul>3 etts for discussion at farm follow:
sm ,ill grams field day next From the
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tra\el north on the 230 h
Tlie field day, s P° nsore d 111 pass to the Landisville tur:
TOP QUALITY HOFFMAN RYE GRASS
READY NOW ....
See Your Hoffman Seed-Man
A. H. HOFFMAN SEEDS, INC.
LANDISVILLE, PA.
New No. 95 gives you a uniformly cured crop—
conditions instead of crushes.
Money-saving, time-saving way to higher qual
ity hay—reduces exposure to bleaching sun.
Simple, low-cost hitching to Oliver semi-mounted
mowers for 1-pass operation.
Low and close-coupled, trails mower around 90-
degree turn without interference.
Ruggedly built for high speeds—tubular frame
and hitch —triple V-belt safety drive.
Large-diameter, 80-inch corrugated rolls take full
7-foot swath of heaviest hay.
Adjustable, independent compression springs on
crimping rolls insure complete conditioning.
Alignment of crimping rolls with 15-inch carrying
wheels prevents scalping of high spots.
N. G. Hershey & Son
Manheim, R. D. 1
Farmersville
Equipment Co.
Ephrata, R. D. 2
cooperation with the counl
extension service, will be hel
at the Southeastern Pennsy
vania Field Research Labor;
tory, near Landisville,
Lancaster are:
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PHONE TW 8-3421
Chas. J. McComsey
& Sons
Hickory Hill, Pa.
off Turn tight an'd'fbllSw the
load until it comes to a cover
ed bridge Turn right, through
the bridge, and the farm will
be mat ahead on the right
From the Mount Joy area,
tia\el south on the 230 by
pass to the Chickios Creek
budge Just before crossing
the bridge, turn left and fol
low the load to the farm.
Field day piogram events
will begin at 1 15 pm with
a welcome by the County
Agent, M M Smith
At 1 30 pm inspection of
the spring giain research plots
will begin with Robert P
Pfeifer, research agronomist
and small gram breeder, lead
ing the discussion. Pfeifer will
also discuss the winter wheat
and barley research plots
Bedford F. Coon, research
entomologist from the Penn
sylvania State University, will
'discuss control of small grain
insects, beginning at 2:30.
Harold G Marshall, plant
breeder from PSU, will dis
cuss the winter oats research
plots at 3 p m.
All county farmers are In
vited to attend to see the new
and experimental small gram
varieties at the farm
Wool Growers
Invited To
Pool Wool
Lancaster County wool pro
ducers aie invited to pool their
■wool with the Cumberland
Cooperative Wool Growes in
their annual wool pool at the
Carlisle Fair Grounds, Thurs
day, June 21 and Friday, June
22
Lancaster County produceis retary-treasurer, announced to
are asked to bring their wool day, Nichols and Co , Boston,
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“And he said I could keep him until he gets housebroken.”
to the fair grounds between
7 am and 3 pm on June 21
when the wool will be weighed
and graded in the presence of
the producer.
Roy H Miller, Carlisle, sec-
PHONE EX 2-4963
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 16, 1962—9
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Massachusetts, was the high
bidder and purchaser of the
pool
Following are prices which
producers will receive Medi
um wool, or three-eights and
quarters Combing, 56 cents
per pound. Medium wool
(Short or Clothing), 52 cents
per pounds, Low quarters, 54
cents per pound. Fine wool
and half blood, 49 cents per
pound; common and braid, 43
•cents per pound; rejections,
which will include seedy,
burry, black, gray, and dead
wool, 46 cents per pound;
Karakul, 20 cents per pound;
tags, 10 cents per pound.
All fleeces must be tied.
I*oos6 (untied) fleeces and
fleeces tied with binder twine
or other strings will be put
in the rejection grade. Use
only paper fleece twine.
The directors caution pro
ducers that all wool brought
to the pool must be free of
excess moisture. They advise
that the only way to avoid
having wet wool is to shear
when sheep are dry. Fleeces al
ready clipped should be ex
amined at once and if moisture
is found, they should be plac
ed separately in the hot sun
for 6 or 6 hours until dry.
Wool should be stored in a
dry place, not in cellars or on
concrete floors.
Frank Kreuzberger and Ben
Morgan, Extension Livestock
Specialists at State' College,
will conduct a wool grading
demonstration as part of the
two days' activities.
Spruce Up' -- June is dairy
month and the time when
everyone should lend a hand
to strengthen the market for
dairy products, reminds Joe
S Taylor, Penn State Exten
sion dairy specialist. He
believes advertising begins at
home and urges every dairy
men to keep his farmstead
clean, neat and attractive.
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