[{anting Season Set To Open [f Drought Finds Pennsylvania sportsmen "were promised this week that, des lte the current hunting ban, there will be plenty of hunting opportunity this year. H. I/. Buchanan, Franklin, president of the Game Corn'mission announced j, e will contact the seven mem bers of the Corn'mission just as soon as conditions warrant a review of opening and dosing dates for the 1963-64 hunting and trapping seasons. the ban against hunting must be continued un tll sufficient rainfall reduces the threat of fire in Pennsyl vania fields and forests, we will insecticide- WITHER hb«w FERTILIZER see y° ur Miller Dealer or phone EPHRATA Plant—REpublic 3-6525 WELCOME ABOARD! Have a new tractor delivered now, finance interest free until March 1, 1964. Landis Bros. Inc. M. S. Yearsley & Sons Lancaster 303-3906 West Chester 696-2900 Elm Wenger Implement Co. Alon Beyer A. B. C. Groff BU 4-4467 Christiana LiY 8-5687 New Holland 354-8001 H. S. Newcomer & Son Mt. Joy 653-3861 NEW JOHN DEERE WARRANTY Now all farm tractors and equipment are warranted for one year or 1500 hours. still follow the Commission’s long-standing policy of provid ing maximu'm hunting oppor tunity for Pennsylvania hun ters,” Buchanan said, ‘‘This means that just as soon as the ban is lifted, we will officially consider extending seasons which have already been inter rupted. It also means that if the 1963 small garde hunting season is delayed, we will con sider setting additional shoot ing <fays later to make up for any time lost.” Buchanan pointed out that, from a game management standpoint, hunting ‘seasons can be held anytime after the breeding and rearing season has produced the annual sur plus of game species. The ba sic objective is regulating the harvest is to permit hunters to crop this surplus without JOHN DEERE CREDIT PLAN reducing sufficient (breeding stock for the following year. For this reason, hunting sea sons can be held anytime be tween fall and spring. Other Game Commission spokesmen are' predicting good to excellent hunting this year on most small game species regardless of-when the season starts. They report the curren f drought and forest fire situa tion has not caused any wide ypiead loss am’ong wildhte pop ulations. Warm weather has ac tually slowed down the fall mi gnation of waterfowl, giving Pennsylvania one of the high est October concentrations of ducks and geese in years Com mission field officers also re port above average fall popula tions of pheasants, wild tur keys, bobwhite quail, deer and bear. Fall populations ot squu- NEW POWER SHIFT Exclusive o n John Deere 4020 and 3020 Tractors .... Shift straight through 8 Forward and 4 Re verse selections with out clutching. Come in or call in and ar range an on-your form demonstration. Shotzberger's 665-2141 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 2, 1963 'i , w reis” rabbits, grouse and snow shoe hares on a statewide ba sis are generally repoited av erage or slightly below avei age. Capon Club Is Won By First Year Member A first year member in the Lancaster County 4-H Capon club took both top awards in the roundup Wednesday at the Hotel Brunswick. Miss Annette Long, the fif teen-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs Melvin Long. Lititz R 3, took both the pioject scoie division and the exhibit phase of the contest. Miss Lon?, a innior at Man heim Twp High School, topped the compet.tion with two dres sed white rock capons that av eraged D 5 /2 pounds each. They were purchased as started ca pons from the Wilmrarth Poul try Farms, Lmgsley, ‘Pa. In the project hook pluse she scored 9S 7 out of a possi ble 100 points. Members of the Lancaster Kiwams club, sponsors of the club purchased the chib mem bers’ exhibits. Miss Long’s birds brought 75 cents a pound. PROTEIN BLOCKS MINERAL BLOCKS See Yeur Local Feed Dealer or Write O.W. MEYER LAIS. NAPOLEON, OHIO PROFIT is the word ... when you feed Red LAYING MASH This feed is outstanding in effective quality and con- tains sufficient nutrients in balanced amounts —needed by hens so they can efficiently produce eggs. Your hens get a perfect diet when you feed Red Rose Lay ing Mash, and lay better; you get good re sults and earn more money! Red Rose Laying Mash should be on your next feed order! E. Musser Heisey B. D, 2, Mount Joy, Pa. Musser Farms, Inc. B. D. 2, Columbia, Fa. Leroy Geib Est: j bseph M. Good & Son B. D. 2, Manheim, Pa. IS s Newport Road, Leola, Pa. i' 1- ’ ■ * ' . ' i 5' The ljulk of the 70 capons shown by 28 club membeis sold between 60 and 65 cents a, pound. Floyd Hicks, Extension Ser vice Poultryman from the Pennsylvania State Unncrsuy, placed the exhibits as tollons: 1, Annette Long, Lituz R3j 2, Henry Heishey, Litit/. Ill; 3, Dennis Burkholder, Lilitis R 3, 4, Shu ley Heishey, LUita Rl, 5, Suzie Peiter, Manlieun Rl, 6, Wilbur Hoslei, Manlieun R 3, 7, J Kenneth Hess M.m heun R 3, S, Linda DeLoug, Quanyville Rl, 9, Elaine Stol tztus, Ronka Rl, 10, John Fi sher, Manlieun Rl TOTAL SCORE 1, Annette Lons;, 3, Shu ley Heishey, 3, Gary Poirer, Wash ington Boro Rl, 4, Heni' Htt shey, o, Linda Poitcr. Wash mgton Boro HI, 6, Eluine Stol tzfus, 7, Eugene Foue\. Mount Joy Rl, S, Caiol Brubaker, Lititz Rl. !), Suzie Panel 10, Eugene Hosier, Manlioun R'l! Winter Oats Limited Because they aie not too winter-hardy, the sowing o£ winter oats is limited to south eastern Pennsylvania, wains Elmer Pifer, Penn State ex tension agromomist The sow ing dates are September 10 to 25. Fer INFORMATION on AND R. D. 1, Quarryville, Pa. Elverson Supply Co. DRESSED BIRD'S —\i Musser's The Buck Elvfei'son, Pa. 15
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