fi , Mill(‘l>i’nrlur(>rc ._- ; number roft’cdws. whhe^Mifi’r.^#'"'■•'-I'-. •: >,
ti, . had nn!v and 470 POUnds Of
■' S' of John' A Rodgers ' ' Butler! ' In the state average, herds
«« ’ m A A . agers ’, ir, -ammmt producing over 500 pounds
, -.Belleville, Mifflin County, was m,, amount of f , ~ ~
‘•tons with 515 hounds of but- cow,,‘but hgd**tfffly;“l,lJ.4'>'cows of butterfat more than doubl
-. ~" \ p a , O , Dut , tp „ f pnrvi™ji?rt -tn ra +W’;i3 - ed-frpm the previous year
ierfat; top Brown Swiss herd on test„ compnTga, . ,
owned by Joseph Zumbro, West 807 in Lancaster Cdunfcy and ’
- Newton, Westmoreland County, the 9 ’ 062 in Chester County. Thi „ v „„_ w ‘ f ._, t
■ had - 549 pounds of butterfat. Chester County ranked ,40th This year was the first time
"and the Milking Shorthorn ln butterfat and 45th in milk m the history of the Pennsyl
■ "herd of Samuel G Yodel averages. Juniafa County, with vama DHIA that a county had
.aera or &aniuei o. *oae|, ‘ , h d tfa a n average of more than 500
, Shoemakersville, Berks County, L* 94 cows, on-rest, naa me Tf olo „
was tops in that breed with hl S h milk average and follow- ppunds butterfat. It was also
344 pounds of butterfat ed Butler in the butterfat the first time more than one
. pounds or butterfat. column But , er dropped tQ ge , herd in the'state had an aver-
A summary of county aver- yenth place in the milk p^ 0 . age of over 700 pounds Three
ages for the year ending Sept- , , miumn herds in the state went over
- Lancaster' Tllln *"
in 22n d Pounds of milkTnd 478 pounds
in amount of butterfat and .... , . -
, . , ~ tt of butterfat per cow during
- 30th ln amount of milk. How- The ‘tate average for
i ever, Lancaster County ranked y
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Soil Moisture
Still Critical
Over Penna.
HARiRUSBUiRG Unless
rainfall increases markedly be
fore the ground freezes Penn
sylvania "will 'be headed into a
winter drought that could in
tensify the seventy of prevail
ing low moisture conditions,
State Agriculture Secretary Lie
land H. Bull declared today.
Late October and early Nov
ember rainfall has revived some
streams that had dried up but,
Secretary Bull said, this was
not enough for deep soil pene
tration that is needed to sus
tain springs and streams for
any considerable 'period.
■Meanwhile, he continued eff
orts for getting reduced freight
rates on hay as added relief
for farmers in drought disaster
areas where aid in the form of
reduced prices on government
owned feed grains already is m
effect.
Governor William W. Scran
'toh in mid-Novemlber certified
nine additional Pennsylvania
[ counties to the United States
Department of Agriculture for
drought disaster status. Twen
ty-nine other counties that he
had certified earlier have been
granted that status.
In response to the Govern
or's request, based on recom
mendations of the state’s USD'A
Disaster Committee, the Inter
state 'Commerce Commission
has given railroads permission
to reduce freight .rates on hay
shipped into these 29 counties.
The same arrangement was as
ked for the nine additional
counties.
Seeertary Bull said that since
the hay freight concession hin
ges finally on voluntary action
by the railroads .he was making
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CALEB M, WENGER
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Drought Blamed
For Decrease
In Milk Flow
KAiRRISBURG Milt pro
duction in the Keystone State
declined m October, apparently
as a result of the drought, ac
cording to the Pennsylvania
Crop Reporting Service.
Production per cow was es
timated by PCRjS at 646 pounds
14 pounds less than in Sep
tember and five pounds less
than October, 1962.
It was the first time sin'ce
July, 1962, another drought
period, that output per cow was
lower than in the comparable
month of the previous year.
The October decline probably
reflects poor condition of pas
tures resulting from prolonged
dry weather, PQRiS said.
Despite the slump in Octo
ber, milk production per cow
in the first 10 months of this
year totaled 7,098 pounds, 325
pounds more tlhan the record
setting pace at the same time
last year. >
The number at cows contin
ued to decline, dropping to 846
000 in O'ctofber, PORIS reported.
This was 2,000’ leas than a.
month earlier and 20,000 less
than in the same month last
year. ,
Total milk 'production in
Pennsylvania during October
was estimated at 547 million
pounds, 13 miilhon pounds less
than the previous month and
17 million pounds less than in
October a year ago.
every effort to acquaint them
with the urgency of this need
as a means for helping dairy
and livestock farmers in areas
Where hay is not available
within the state at reasonable
prices
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Three *polnt suspension keep*
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Additional 10' auger aaeUane stag M
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