12—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 13, 1963
Township Supervisors Are Invited
To Meet With Soil Conservationists
The role of Township Su
peivisors m rural planning and
the preservation of our agncul
tuial heutage will be the sub
ject ot a meeting sponsored by
the Lancaster County Soil Con
sen atiou District next Mon
day.
, All the township supervis
or ui the county have been
muted to the meeting sche
duled to begin at S pm. on
A pnl 15 >n the Pioduction
Credit meeting room, 411
Roseville Road, Lancaster.
Supei visors will be welcomed
to the meeting by Richard
Witiuer, Lancaster County
Commissioner member of the
district.
County agent M M Smith,
will discuss, “The Importance
ot Agncultuie to the Total
Economy of Lancaster Coun
tv “Rural Planning, Agricul
tural Zoning and Open Space ’
will be discussed by C Bickley
Fostei, Director ot the Lan
caster County Planning Com
mission.
Intel related problems of the
township supenisors and the
Soil Conservation Ser/ice will
be the subject c£ W Martin
Muth, Work Unit Conseiw
tionist ot the U S Soil Con
sei\ation Seivice
Jacob C stehman, Conestoga
Township bupemsoi will tell
the group how his township
handles the pioblem ot tarm
eis turning on the highway
with machinery
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“This kind of power
pushes the work,
beats the weather... ****
at lower cost,”
Sod (Field 1) two-year brome-alfalfa, 22.54-acre field.
Plowed m 12 hrs., 19 mm, on 38 gallons of fuel, Kate
1.83 acres per hour, 1.68 gallons fuel per acre.
VOUR FIELD is the best test spot to find out how you
can step up farming with the better-than-ever D-17
plowing power. You’ll learn quickly why owners call the
D-17 the best worker, the greatest fuel saver, with the
easiest ride they’ve ever known! See us now for a “proof
date” as soon as the weather opens.
Finance for profit. Ask us about
Alhs-Chalmers time payment plans.
Get the dollar-making difference with
ALLIS-CHALMERS
SALES t, SERVICE
L. H. Brubaker
Lititz, Pa.
Nissley Farm Service Grumel fi Farm Service
Washington Boro, Pa. Qnarryville, Pa.
N. G. Myers & Son
Rheoins, Pa.
Louseh Bros. Equipment'
District directors and co
operating agency representa
tnes.will meet at 7_ p.m.
Former Countian
Gets Press Post
At Penn State
Robert R. Maxwell, former
ly of Lancaster, has been ap
pointed an associate editorial
assistant in the Cooperative
Extension Service at The'Penn
sylvania State University.
Dr Russell E. Larson, Direc
tor of Extension, said .Maxwell
will work in the Extension In
formation Section of Agricul
tural Communications
Maxwell, recently of Racine,
Wisconsin, is a graduate of
Franklin and Marshall Acad
emy He attended the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania and earn
ed his bachelor of arts degree
in journalism at Franklin and
Marshalyl College He studied
commercial art at tihe Penn
sylvania Academy of Fine Arts
He served, during World
War II as a naval aviation la
■dar technician and now is a
public information officer in
the Naval reserve.
Maxwell, the son of Mrs
Boyd R. Maxwell, Lancaster, is
married to the former Janet P.
Anderson, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs C. L. Anderson of Union
town, Pa. They have a daugh
ter, Susan, age 1 1 /?.
...reports Roger Hueber,
Malta, Illinois, after
testing an Allis-
Chal D-17 T
Allen H. Motz
Form Equipment
New Holland, Pa.
L. H. Brubaker
Lancaster, Pa.
Stevens, Pa.
NEPPCO Seeks
Poultry Princess
II you know of a cute young
lady between the ages of 17
and 23, with a pleasing .person
ality, a better-than-average
lace and figure and every inten
tion of remaining single for at
least a year, here’s an announ
cement that should interest
her.
The Northeastern Poultry
Producers Council has begun
its annual search for eligible
young ladies to compete in its
annual Poultry Princess Pag
eant. The Pageant will again be
held this year in the Penn Har
ris Hotel, Harrisburg, Pennsyl
vania, on October 9, as part of
the big NEPPCO Exposition
and Convention.
For the gnl who likes to
travel, who enjoys- meeting
people, or who is' aiming at a
TV, stage or modeling career,
winning this Pageant could be
the start of a whole new life
for her. In addition to a most
exciting and profitable year of
personal appearances, she will
receive a $5OO United States
Savings Bond and many other
gifts and benefits
“We hope Ito have at least
one girl from each of the 14
Northeastern states in this
year’s Pageant,” reports Mrs
Carmella Maston, Pageant Co
oidinator “We are particular
ly interested in obtaining state,
county and local poultry asso-
FARRi
bureau
actor
SAVE an Extra 4% by picking up your Unico Tires at one of
your Farm Bureau Stores or at the Farm Bureau Garage. We 11
give you a mounting allowance if you choose to mount your tires
yourself.
We’ll mount passenger, truck and
farm tires (except rear tractor
tires) FREE at our Garage during
Sale Period.
Tire & Battery Sale
ttWR
April 1 May 31
Save 10% on all ...
Passenger, Truck & Farm Tires!
lililfliJ Batteries and Oil Filters, too!
SPECIAL DISCOUNT at the store
• FREE MOUNTING
• LIFETIME GUARANTEE & ROAD HAZARD WARRANTY
SHOP FARM BUREAU and SAVE!
Lancaster
394-0541
New Holland
354-2146
ciation queens or princesses as meals) both were 6 percent
candidates. Girls need not above a year earlier. The rates
have a poultry farm or agri- reported represent wages paid
cultural background, but they on farms of crop and live,
must be sponsored by a poul- stock reporters or in then
try industry firm or orgapiza- localities. ’
ition. This need pose no prob
lem, however, as we will be
glad to assist girls in obtain-
ing a sponsor.” - (Continued From Page 8)
For a colorful brochure ex- favorable to the egg-producer)
plaining the Pageant rules and fj U t below most recent year<j
containing an application form -Farm chicken prices dropped
with instructions," write - to: . on fe-half cent to average 13 n
Poultry Princess Pageant- Co- ceats at, mid-March. This ; -wn
ordinator, NBP'PCG, 10 Rui-„-the lowest -March -price - i-«.
gers Place, Trenton ‘B,‘ 'New '1934
Jersey.
• Crop
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lion bushels were 29 Percent
below last year, oat stocks at
8 9 million bushels M,ere 19
percent lower than a year ago,
and stocks of barley, the other
important feed grhin, were
down one-fifth to 1 7 minion
bushels Wheat stocks at 1 0
million bushels were on 1 third
below April 1962 and the low
est of lecord.
Farm wage rates in Penn
sylvania continue to increase
to record highs. Rates for ill
types ot hiring arrtmgsmenLS
on Apul 1 showed constsient
gains over a year earlier The
hourly aierage increased 3 per
cent to $1 10 per hour, daily
rates at $8 70 (without room
and board) and monthly rates
at $2Ol 00 (with house but no
Front passenger tirep lialanced
FREE, during our Spring Sale.
Buy Unico Tires now.
BUR^'
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• Egg Production
Farm flocks in the Uni lea
States) produced 5,680 million
eggs during March, compare!
with 5,760 million in March
last year a decrease of l
percent. Egg production was
down H percent in the West
North Central, 6 percent in the
East jNorth Central, and 2 pei
cent'' in the North Atlantic
States These decreases from >
year earlier were paitially oil
set by increases of 9 percent, u
the South Atlantic, 6 percept
in the West, and 3 percent u
the South Central regions. As
giegate egg production, Janu
ary through March, was 2 ien
cent below the same month,
.last year.
Beavers were once so closi
to extinction in Pennsylvanu
that the 1903 Legislature en
acted a law prohibiting the cap
ture of killing of these ralu
able furbearers. The penalti
was set at $lOO.
• FREE BALANCING
Manheim
665-2466
Quarryvillo
STerling 6-2126
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