12—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 24, 1963 Farm Bureau Feed Volume Is Way Up The Lancaster County Farm Biucau Cooperative’s feed ton nape through July is up 15 per cent over 1962, and a goal oi 12 per cent increase over this year has been set for 1964, the co-op’s feed sales staff “was told Thursday at the annual feed sales confeience. John Wolgemuth, Assistant General Manager and Sales Manager, speaking at the con ference on the theme, “Growth the only sign of life’’, poin ted out that new and modern feed milling facilities, up to date feed formulation and ef fective feeding programs have contributed greatly to increa sed feed tonnage Charles C Burkins, coopera tive General Manager, said the 1962 volume represented a 24 per cent increase over the previous year. Other speakers at the con ference in the Landis Vallejr Motor Inn included A F Kish, Feed Consultant of the local cooperative. Dr J B Jeffers American Cynamid Company; A W Carpenter,' Executive Director, Eastern Federation of Feed Merchants, and Donald Haas, Feed Sales, Penna Farm Bureau Cooperative Ass’n Attending were Harold Geib, Arthur Shenenberger, Mel Koser, Roy Spangler, Don ald Rutt, Victor Denhnger, and Harold Kinsey, all feed sales representatives and the following branch managers Reuben Hess New Holland; Richard Morrison, Quarry ville, and Heber Shelley, Man heim Big capacity with accuracy FB-B Grain Drill Landis Bros. Inc. A. B. C. Groff Lancaster 393-3906 New Holland 354-8001 Christiana Wenger Implement Co. Shotzberger's Buck BU 4-4467 Elm 665-3141 2 Rotary Choppers 2 Forage Harvesters .2 Blowers 2 Chuck Wagons CHOOSE FROM THE LONG GREEN LINE OF CUSTOMERIZED JOHN DEERE I Meat Production Shows Increase HARRISBURG With pork setting the pace, Pennsylvania’s meat pioduclion in the first half of 1963 was 4 per cent higher than in the comparable penod last year Pork production was up 10 per cent compared to a 4 per cent increase in the nation, according to the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service. Beef production was up 2 per cent, and veal was up slightly Lamb and mutton production was down 28 per cent. U S production of beef for the six-month period 'was up 6 per cent from a year ear lier, veal was down 11 per cent, and lamb and mutton were down 8 per cent. Livestock slaughter in Penn sylvania in June was less than 1 per cent above June, 1962. The number of hogs slaugh teied was up 7 per cent, but all other species were lower. • John Frey (Continued from Page 1) tober Of the nine pigs he has left, two of the best gilts will be bred, and the rest of the litter will be fattened for market. To get into the pig business quicker, John purchased a Bred gilt (a httermate of the grand champion at the 1963 Penna Yorkshire Club’s show and sale) from Old Home Man or Farm, Homer City, and pen ned the gilts together until three weeks before farrowing time The sophomore in vocational John Deere LITTER OF PIGS AT TWELVE weeks is examined by the teacher of voca tional agriculture. John Frey, second from left, won the county FFA swine ring program management award and a $5O bond. With John are, left to right, his brother William, William M. Fredd, John’s mother, Mrs. Fred Frey, Ralph Layman and Richard Wood. Fredd, long-time teacher of vocational agriculture at Solanco High School, took the visit as an opportunity to introduce Layman and Wood, two new teachers to the Frey family. L. F. Photo. Agriculture at Solanco High ned out. His attention to de- School built a farrowing crate tail paid off this week as the from steel tubing and put heat Sears Foundation, sponsors of lamps over the area reserved the swine ring, awarded John for the small pigs Three'weeks -a $25 savings bond for follow before farrowing date he mo- mg the best management ved the gilt into the crate so practices in his chapter and that she would become accus- another $5O bond as county tomed to it. winner. When the pigs were born, John was on hand to make sure all were breathing and sanitation practices were car- 'Each line, each curve, each dimen sion of a John Deere FB-B Drill means higher yields, faster planting, and lower costs to you. Grain anddMiaS&Pm^W tour-shaped treasury s&acfeiMsa flow of materialsqtQot%(f'6ed§ err * -i every inch of space Js “planting”, capacity ... no false bottoms or, sides. See the FB-B—the drill you should own. Stop in soon for complete in'; formation. WWA S * *** S’! 1 - ' ft \ * * * A ' s ' - -N fs' ',„ v - > \s ~*«V « / < / .■ * i a‘ ,^<v! '. ,,^ s < v r - V s , - • « From the five pigs farrowed by his second gilt, the Solan co FFA president, plans to breed the three gilts, keep one boar for breeding purposes and sell the other boar, also for breeding stock He will show two boars and one gilt at the Pennsylvania Livestock Exposition in Nov ember and one gilt at the Pennsylvania Farm Show in January 1964 John and the show ring are not strangers Helping his brother, Fred, with the family show string of Angus cattle Fertilizer Program ORGANIC PLANT FOOD CO. GROFFTOWN RD., NEXT TO WATERWORKS We Are As Near To You As Your Telephone Alan Beyer M. S. Yearsley & Sons LY 3-5687 West Chester 696-2990 Edwards & Cox H. S. Newcomer & Son CKforfl 932-2929 Mt. Joy 655-SS6t Alfalfa Seeding 300 to 400 lbs. 0-20-20 worked in seed bed 300 lbs. 5-10-10 band seeded, if possible Limestone Call Us For Spreader Service Ph. 392-4963 or 392-0374 ORAGE EQUIPMENT '**s ■■ J <C f f - V- > > \ s *\ ■* s' »• *■ s » s ' v ' t y- has given John opportunities to exhibit an animal before the watchful eye of a judge. In his FFA program John has 10 show steers, an Angus cow and heifer, an Angus show heifer, ten acres of corn and five acres of alfalfa hay. Other county winners of $25 bonds at the four county ban quet were J. Kenneth Hess, Lampeter-Strasburg High Sch ool; Barry C. Hirneisen, Eph rata H S; Elvin E. Hillard, Pequea Valley H. S.; Clair Bruckhart, Manheim Central HS; Tony Folker, Eastern Lancaster County H. S.; Den nis E Patches, Elizabethtown H S ; Jay L. Mylin, Penn Man or H. S ; David Becker, Don egal H S, and Frederick Hess, Warwick H S. Other' counties represented were York, Adams and Frank lin
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