196} Outlook
Sees Changes
In Farm Scene
DR. THOMAS G. CULTON
Nutritionist
EfconomiC Eradications for
19 G 3 point to a good agricdl
tiuai year for Lancaster coun
ty and other south centra;
Pennsylvania farniei s
Feed grain 'supplies are go
ing to be adequate though
somewhat higher in price then
in 1962, necessitating further
emphasis on economy of pro
duction in animal agriculture,
In contrast to the greal
studes made in nutution gen
etics in years past to increase
pioduction efficiency, 19 63 will
Local Broiler Grower Gives The Facts About HORNCO!
“I Never Had Results This
Good Until I Started on the
Hornco
Broiler Program!"
Mr. Miller adjusting a water fountain in 1
FEEDS
D. E. HORN & CO., INC. york, pa. pr. 2-7867
- „ : pha “‘~ .ancaster Farming, Saturday, January 5, 1963—13
on the proper enviroment for
* more efficient animal produc- d " F
" ' iPT > * v most efficient utilization of la- l°°ks as promising in the new
DR. THOMAS G. CLT/TOX „ , I>an ,', Fl '™T „
of his 2 houses.
LOOK AROUND? See how many of your neighbors have change
ed to Hornco Feeds. Coll us give us a chance to prove we con
lower your cost of production.
be a year of greater emphasis
It looks like 19 6 3 will be The <ii ought
Enois Miller, 1772 Windy Hill Road, Lan-
caster, says “I’m well satisfied with the
Hornco broiler program. During 1961 I
started 85,000 broilers and sold 84,992.
That’s selling 8 less than I started. At an
average age of 9 weeks-4 days, the 4
flocks averaged 3.97 lbs. with a condem-
nation of about 1%. I never had results
this good before I started using Homco
- Feed.”
“Service makes the difference
when you buy from the Borneo
man with the Borneo Plan.”
\M!VL,IS ESBKXSH4DJK
of last
rear
did ha\e some effect, and far
meis especidilv dairymen
who will haie to buy feed,
will feel that dm mg the new
\ eai
Funnels seem to be buying'
moie teitihzei, and this is a.
good mo\ e toward better
ci ops and highei pioductioa.
Eieiy thing must count because
of low prices foi the tarm
ei’s piodnct
I behe\e farmeis should
keep an eye on the market
situation We don’t seem to
be able to do much about pri
ces at present The consum
ing public has become accus
tomed to buying farm prod
ucts at a low pi ice, and it is
hard to change the situation.
Farmers may haye to get to
gether to bung more control
on the marketing of farm
commodities As it is, a tew
buvers take the reduction of
many fameie, and this creat
es an artificial market situa
tion The farmer needs to be
m a position of a
price for quality pioducts m
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Reid Holstein
Is Honored
By Nat’l Ass’n
Biattleboro, Vermont
Latest entr> m the super-sel
ect “iron grandma’’ clan of
the dairy wcfld is a 16-year
old Registeied Holstein coir
m the held of Wm A. Reid,
Oxford, Penns> Ivama.
She is Lincoln Admiral Ona
2713252 (VG) who exceeded
the Qualifying mark by mo-re
than file tons with official
lifetime production credits to
date of 210 045 lbs of milk
and 7 55 3 lbs of buttenat.
The Reid Holstein has av
eraged more than 44 lbs at
milk a day for every day,
milking and dry, since her
second ibirthday in February,
1948 Her cumulative total is
more than eight times the
lifetime out put of the aver
age U. S. dairy cow.
“Ona” hit her peak as an
8-year-old with 365-day totals
oif 23,829 lbs of milk and 890
lbs of butterfat.
Weighing and testing of all
of her production has been
supervised by Pennsylvania
State University as part of
the official breed improve
ment work of the national
Holstein organization.
Society of Farm Women 10
will meet Saturday at 1:30
p m at the home of Mrs. Will
iam Fov, 1200 Wheatland
Aie
Miss Eliza Esbenshade will
be co-hostess Miss Bo Gyung
Jung ■will be speaker. Roll
call will be answered by “My
new resolutions and will I
keep them.” ' ,
FARM WOMEN 10
TO MEET TODAY