best food buys . Fresh Vegetable Time Is Here Area food shoppers ■will find and ■watermelon are already «kceptional values at fresh pro- selling at low prices and the Auce- counters and roadside peak of the season is still some stands says Harold Neigh, con- weeks away. Banner -Marketing specialist at The Pennsylvania strawberry Penn -State. Supplies are much season is now underway. If heavier than usual for this dry, sunny weather should pre *arly ia the season. Many items vail the peak of the season will he wearing lower price will come this weekend in dags than last week. many areas. The 1963 season , * _ „„ j may b¥ shorter than usual Im peaches from Georgia and ' _ .. M , .a. cause ox late frost damage in gouth Carolina. Bing cherries tannins: on and Beauty plums from Calif- ™ “ better -et ?'"*• !°ur cLX Z ■ JS“te starling t. >rrlve Selected cuts of beet, pro to heavier supply. Prices are f ssed and P oultr y Wll Egher now than they will be comp ® tm f for „ yo f me f 7 5 u __ i.,,* dollar. Chuck and rib roasts I® a , f t „ dd will he heef items featured in •nt quality tempts you to add markets Som . area re *hem to fruit bowls and warm “* ny markets, some area re “ , tailers will be featuring smo ,weather desserts. Cantaloupe . , “ . 1 • ked pork picnics and Boston service bulletin It pays to feed heifers, dry cows the Purina Way! Grain feeding of heifers and dry cows is an accepted practice by leading dairymen here in the East. They do it to make more milk... and more money. Many report 1,000 pounds more milk during the next lacta tion when a dry cow is properly conditioned on Purina D & F Chow, You feed it according to body weight... a thousand-pound cow, for example, needs only 10 pounds a day, Purina D & F—full name. Dry and Freshening Chow—is specially designed to help.build body condition, which later converts to low-cost Bpilk, You’ll find D'& F in coarse or pellet form, whichever fits yourTeeding situation best. Either way, it’s one of the smartest feed buys on-the- market today Ask for. it by »ame — “Purina, D & F” —. ♦< our Store with the Checkerboard Sign . PURINA D & F COMES IN COARSE OR PELLET FORM Wenger’s Feed Mill, Inc. Rheems John B. Kurtz Cedar Lane ha B. Landis » Valley Road, Lancaster ) John B. Kurtz Ephrata ! Whiteside & Weicksel Kirkwood S. H. Hiestand & Co. James High Gordonville J. H. Reitz & Son, Inc. John J. Hess, II Intercourse - New Providence Warren Sickman John ;J. Kinzera .1 K’ 3 Salunga Lititz Pequea buttj?. These are both shoulder cuts. Fryers are also on the list of good values, too. About six per cent more fryers are being readied for market now than a year ago. Retail sugar prices have dropped slightly but no tme knows yet just how long it will take prices to get back to normal. Best sugar buying advice is to buy what you nor mally use and'buy again when you need more. Hoarding su gar is not the answer. Yearly savings in farm pro duction costs, as based on re search, are more than twice the cost of all agricultural re search for the last 100 years. Basic research to learn how growth-regulating compounds and hormones affect plants is the goal of a new pioneering research laboratory at the IT, S. Department of Agriculture’s Research Center Beltsville. f¥***¥¥****¥¥¥****¥*¥**¥*¥*¥*¥¥*¥¥¥¥¥****¥** CERTIFIED PIPER SUDAN GRASS, AVAILABLE NOW FOR QUICK FORAGE. See Your Hoffman Seed-Man A. H. HOFFMAN SEEDS, INC. LANDISVILLE, PA. SAVE SAVE SAVE JOHN DEERE 8W SEMI-MT MOWER JOHN DEERE 9W 3-PT MOWER JOHN DEERE 894 A RAKE < < •• t. v ” > S ''V'"' t ' , V ' V Wst / S >• S ' ' * ' S > \s' # % ' '% V* > ' •* LANDIS BROS., Inc. 1305 Manhciin Pike Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 15, 1963—17 Crop Summary Rains, Winds Cause Some Damage Torrential rains, high winds and„hail caused some crop dam age in the county early this week, but damage was slight in most areas. The rains have brought on rapid growth of weedfe in unsprayed corn fields, but weed control is generally good in the country. Corn got a head start on weeds because of the dry conditions last month. Wheat benefited somewhat by the showers, but prospects still indicate a short straw crop. Barley is extremely short in most county fields with esti mates of barley grain some what less than normal because of early drought conditions. Showers and high humidity '«; ,J } c<. <* v 4 y i '*£%a '• */<*&*£ *X* " v >* X M B*win Mgn «hp * hw Phone 898-3421 Pb. 393-3908 last week were ideal for hay and'pasture growth, but slowed field work, particularly hay making, according to the weekly crop and weather sum mary issued Tuesday by the Pennsylvania ( Crop Reporting Service. Despite unfavorable field cur=> ing conditions, hay cutting con tinued during the week ended June 10. Hay made so far haa been of fair quality, but dry weather is needed in many areas for proper curing. Pas tures are supplying normal amounts of feed. Corn planting continued in northern counties. Cultivation and spraying for weed control went ahead in the south. Ab out 90 per cent of the corn planting in the state has been completed, and generally the crop is making good progress. Weeds also have flourished and control is a problem. Wheat and bailey are mak ing good growth. Barley haa headed in most sections, and is beginning to yellow. Wheat is heading and looks neaily normal in most areas. Oats are making excellent growth and some fields in the southeast are beginning to head, with a good crop in prospect. Potatoes have recoveied ivell from late May frosts. Plant ing continued in the noith. Tobiacfco field planting is m full swing in the Lancaster aiea. Prospects for most vege table ciops are good. Aspara gus harvesting is past the peak, with stiavvbeiry haivest in full swing. Harvesting of green peas for processing has started in the extreme south. Most to matoes that weie hit by fiost have been replanted, and mosi stands look good. Sweet com is being replanted uliere Host damage ocouired. Weekly temperatures gener ally were above normal and were more typical ot July and August. Weekly amounts ot rainfall ranged trom 1 to 1.5 inches. Some areas had up to 2.25 inches. 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