Farm Prices.
Show Slight
Improvement
Puces received by Penns>\-
a 111.1 faimeis m Decembei
toi then agi icultmal products
weie -down slightlc bom a
month eailier, but up neaily
loin pei cent tiom the pre-
Moub yeai, acioidmg to a
jepoit issued this week bv
ihe Pennsi h ama Ciop Repoit-
ing Semice
The State Depaitment ot
Agncultuie agencv attnbuted
the slight decline to a season
al diop in milk puces which
"ioie than ottset the highei
puceb loceued toi most meat
animals and held ciops
The uulev ot prices leceu
eel which is a me.it.me of the
ti end and changes ui
puces lecened bv fauneis,
was 233 peicent ot the (1910-
14 equals 100) 'base This
compared with 234 h month
eaihei and 221 a yeai eaili-
>lost meat animal puces ad
■v anted duims . the month
with calt and lamb puces,
leading the athance by t 99
and iso pei CWT respect
ive!,, All meat animal puces
weie substantially abo\e a
■ceai eailiei
Hom evei. wholesale milh
pi ice, showing the usual sea
sonal decline was tlnee pei
emit undei the-10 01 puce
Prices lecened toi hioileis
and laun chickens dm mg the
month showed a decline tiom
the pie\ ions month while tui-
Ke\ pi ices showed a two cent
inuease Egg puces lemauied
-teach
Puces lecened tor food
suits and Inn showed m
, leases dm mg the month
ollsetting
Pai tiallv
highei pi ices was a nickel de
cline in potato pines Puces
ieien ed toi all ciops was sub
-.tantiallx alioie ilie same
pcuod a xeai eailiei
The Index of Puces Recen
ed In US Faimeis declined
1 pci cent dm me the month
ended Decem’bei 17 to 242
pel cent ot its 1010-14 a\e.-
aae Low ei pines toi outages
ncel cattle hogs, lettuce, and
wholesale milk wei e pinnaiil.
i esonsible toi the deciease
dm in-, the month Partial! 1 ,
ollsettmg weie highei puces
iciened toi leed "lain, espec
lallx com The Dei ember in
dex was 1 pen tent ahoxe a
\ eai eailiei
With the Pautx Index up
and taim piodmt puces ot
-lighllx, ,the Pautv Ratio de
clined 1 point dining the
month to 70 ending the xear
at the same leiel as a xear
ago
Caitlinal It life
11l USUI- .1 dlsllW . the
.animal mle is to i ead and
‘ollow taielulh tne instiuc
tinii, that come with it. le
iiinids Helen Ji Hell Penu
-state extension home m.uiane
niMit specialist Note the du-
ll lions loi usim, special c\cl
is such as the one toi pots
and pans The dishwashei
mas look like- one \ou \e al
iead\ Used hnl it ma\ he a
new model minumg new
methods
The wojld fi-h catch In
Ihtil totaled 412 million me-
nu tons an me lease ol S per
tent ocer I‘IGO according to
the Food and Agricultural
Clair and Ruth Hartman proudly display their
Grand Champion Rosettes.
Shippensburg
Carlisle
Hagerstown, Md.
Gaithersburg, Md.
Syracuse, N.Y. (N.Y. State)
TinnJnium, Md. (Md. State)
Reading
Allentown
Gratz
Bloomsbnrg
Penna. Livestock Exposition, Harrisburg
Eastern National Livestock Show, Timonium, Md,
GRAND CHAMPION SOW at 10 of 11 shows where Breeding stock was shown.
GRAND CHAMPION BOAR at 9 out of 11 shows where Breeding stock was shown.
RESERVE CHAMPION Individual Barrow over all Breeds at Maryland State Fair.
RESERVE CHAMPION trio of Barrows over all Breeds at Maryland State Fair.
RESERVE CHAMPION Spotted Poland China Barrow at Pa. Livestock Exposition.
RESERVE CHAMPION Individual Barrow over all Breeds at Eastern National Live
stock Show at Timonium.
NOTE: IN THE OPINION OF THE JUDGES, THESE BARROWS
WITH A FINE MEAT TYPE FINISH WITHOUT EXTRA FAT!
these
WE CONGRATULATE CLAIR AND RUTH AT THE FINISH
THIS TOOK A LOT OF HARD WORK
FEEDING PROGRAM USED AT CLEARVIEW FARMS
Try these PALATABLE, EFFICIENT feeds and the MILLER & BUSHONG Green
Program on your farms.
YOUR HOGS WILL LIKE OUR FEEDS AND IT WILL SAVE YOU MONEY
FOR SERVICE, CONTACT YOUR NEAREST MILLER & BUSHONG REPRESENTA
TIVE, OR CALL US DIRECT AT LANCASTER 392-2145
g , p c, “FINEST SERVICE ANYWHERE”
f stock f Et
In The Following Fairs
WERE OF EXCEPTIONAL UNIFORM QUALITY
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR, AND OUR
BEST WISHES FOR THE SAME IN 1963.
EXCEPTIONAL MANAGEMENT ABILITY
AND A GOOD PROGRAM.
GREEN PASTURES No. 12 Pig Starter Pellets
\IJ O Better Daily Gain and 7% Savings In Feed
GREEN PASTURES No. 14 Grower Pellets
(with Hygromycin to aid in control of Round and Whip Worms)
GREEN PASTURES No. 28 Sow and Pig Concentrate
and Home Grown Grains
now with TYLAN for
■S Miller & Bushong, Inc.
Rohrerstown, Penna.
HOG RAISERS:
Look At The Record Of
Clearview Stock Farms
of Gratz, Pa., R- D. 1
Operated By
Clair and Ruth Hartman
Breeders of Registered Spotted Poland
and Shows In 1962
12 SHOWS
150 - Ist’s
100 - 2nd’s
42 - Srd’s
9 - 4th’s
4 - sth’s
OF
Phone: Lancaster 392-2145
China Hogs
Son JLhuid Hartman (left)
ami bo> friend. Interest in live
stoik starts jounc; here.
Pastures