Stock survey
Is Begun
A semi-annual survey was
underway today to determine
livestock and poultry numbers
on Pennsylvania farms.
Aural and star route mail
carriers are distributing 26,-
000 cards at random to farm
ers throughout the state. The
farmers are asked to report
the number of cattle, milk
cows, hogs, sheep and chickens,
and to return the cards pro
mptly to the carrier
The survey is conducted
twice a year by the U S and
Pennsylvania Departments of
Agriculture in cooperation vuth
the U S Post Office Depart
ment Information gathered in
DAIRYMEN
No Expensive
Green Pastures
Dairy Pellets
Ask one of our Dairy Specialists
to explain our Dairy Program
to you and then give it
Performance is the key
You will be satisfied.
for offlCial ; ‘'estiniates of' live
stock and l ‘poultry in tlie state
and nratidnu'mD'etiailed results
will be available an February.
Pennsylvania fanners in the
past have led the nation in
the number of cards returned
and in percentage of participa
tion-.
Dig Gladiolus Conns
Leave gladiolus bulbs in
ground until just before hard
freezing weather, advises A
O Rasmussen, Penn State ex
taision ornamental horticul
turist Burn tops if they ate
diseased or infected with in
sects Leave conns outdoors in
small trays todry before cur-,
mg After a few weeks stole
in a cool, dry cellar
or Additives Needed
when you feed your cows
Important components such as:
Trace minerals
Vitamins
Reproductive capacity
are all built into one quality feed
GREEN PASTURES DAIRY PELLETS
a good Sry.
to low cost.
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Com Crop
EstiriialesDown
Latest estimates on the com
monwealth’s 1963 corn crop,
hit by summer drought and
untimely spring and autumn
frosts, have revised the yield
downward to 43.7 million
bushels, the.Rennsylvama Crop
Reporting Service said today.
The total is 3 7 million bush
els less than the October 1
forecast, and 1 per cent below
last y ear’s poor crop of 44 1
million bushels.
Extremely dry weather in
October hindered growth of
grasses and fall sown grains
In some areas, wheat sown in
September did not sprout un-
Specialty Feeds
cr>
a
Miller
&
Bushong, Inc
ROHRERSTOWN, PA.
Ph. Lancaster 392-2145
>aiutai
WngrSfi
til aided by late October rains.
Estimates of the potato and
tobacco yields on November 1
were unchanged from a month
earlier. The PCRS noted, how
ever, that late tobacco is not
cubing so fast as usual in
sheds because of unfavorable
drying weather.
Experience Is what keeps a
man who makes the same mis
take twice from admitting it
the third time around Teiry
McCormick
PATZ
Sales & Service
Barn Cleaners - Silo
Unloaders - Cattle Feeders
Robert K. Rohrer
Quarryville, R. D. 1
Hensel KI 8-2559
Get the BIG silo unloader value!
VcillDcilo A
Delivers more silage faster IVv
•Double auger eye*
tern digs the allege
faeter and more
evenly under all con*
ditlona whether ail*
age ie frozen, wet,
or dry.
•Exeluilve, adjustable
drive hub gives more
positive traction,
keeps the machine
operating evenly,
and requires less
■ewor.
DELIVERS SETTER SILAGE TOO!
The double augers, operating in conjunction
with the patented V-paddla Impellers, digs the
•liege, mixes It thoroughly, and then throws It
down the chute. Your cows and cattle get good,
palatable silage ... not a powdered mash as so
often happens with unloaders using blowers.
CALEB M. WENGER
R. D. 1 QUARRYVILLE, PA.
Drumore Center KI 8-2116
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