SEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS of. the. Gap
Young Farmer Association from left to right
r Martin, secretary, R. D. 1, East Earl; Earl Fi.
vice president, R. D. 1, Bast Earl; Roy Mentzer, '.
R D. 2, New Holland; Eugene Eberiy, Trea-.
D. 2, New Holland. Members elected at large,
x are Martin Good, East Earl Rl; Mervin Waiter
:on R 2, and Carl Sauder, East Earl Rl.
nitrogen
WE WILL TOP DRESS YOUR
• Pasture
• Small Grain
• Grass, Hay & Forage
WITH:
Aero UREA or Aeropnlls Ammonium Nitrate
Make your arrangements now for
spring application
392-4963
ORGANIC PLANT FOOD CO.
GROFFTOWN RD.
Dairymen everywhere
are getting more
with Ful-O-Pep Dairy Feed
MIDDLETOWN. PA.
'lahlon & Mylin Messick:
“Milk production up
16 4% in 1963
Butterfat up 17 %
lUMMELSTOWN, PA.
telson Watts:
“We shipped 30,438
lbs. more milk in 1963
with 3.4 less cows.”
See what Ful-O-Pep Caffh-Izer Dairy Feeds can do
for your milk produciionl
Morgantown Food & Groin
Stevens & Morgantown
Millport Roller Mills
Millport
H. Hiestond & Co., Inc.
Salunga
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SERVICE
Next to the Waterworks
Passmore Supply Co.
Cochranville, Pa.
BEST FOOD BUYS
Spring Vegetables Begin Moving
Food fitoies are beginning to most weight for the money, or
show the change of season as costing less per pound than
/ch as the weather has been other March is National
tor the past few days. Take a Egg Month so watch for special
closer look as you do your promotions. And It’s Easter
shopping this week. You’ll see egg time, too, so you’ll pro
rhubarb, strawberries, aspara- bably be using many more
'gtts, and all kinds of greens eggs this month than usual.
'Plums, peaches, nectarines, i ■
pineapple, honeydeVs, and wa- SAVE WOOD
temelons, although imported, „ . . , .
, , „ . . . ’ Wood sills whaoh rest on con
tend a touch of spring to fruit , . , , , „ ,
. ~. ~ Crete s/hould be at least eight
counters. Of course, these items . ,
• . . mlches above the ground
are bringing first of season
premium prices. It won’t btHnap*-
long until food stores really i 111
take on a look of spring.
Beef To Be Featured
Chuck roasts and round
steaks are being featured at
many area stores this week.
Beet continues to receive pro
motional emphasis because of
the large supplies of cattle be
ing brought to market. These
heavy marketings are expect
ed to taper off in March but
regular retail beet prices will
probably not change much.
There will likely be fewer beef
sales and the sale prices might
inch up a few cents.
Pre-Easter Sales
Some aiea food stores are
previewing Easter sales this
week by featuring ham and
turkey. Turkey has been gain
ing in popularity as a choice
for the Easter dinner. Prices
this year are more favorable
than in the past two years
because of heavy supplies in
storage. Better buys are for
the medium weight birds in
the 10 to 14 pound class.
Eggs Cost Bess
Egg prices continue to
change from week to week
This week prices are lower by
two cents on larger sizes in
many stores. Large and extra
xarge sizes are yielding the
milk
MARTINSBURG, PA.
L. C. Metzler:
“Net income per cow
has increased $55 to
$60.”
LEBANON, PA.
Ralph Sellers:
“We increased our
production 25% be
tween 1962 and 1963,”
Grubb Supply Co.
Elizabethtown
Kirkwood Feed & Groin
Kirkwood
H. M. Stauffer & Sons, Inc.
Leola and Witmer
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 14, 1964—11
ROHRER’S
Can Supply These
TOP
Recommended Varieties
• Cert. “Alfa” Alfalfa • Cert. Pennscott Red
Clover
• Cert. Cayuga Alfalfa .
• Pennsylvania Bed
• Cert. Buffalo Alfalfa Clover
• Cert, DuPuits • Pennlate Orchard
Alfalfa Grass
~ ~ • Saratoga Brome
• Cert. Ranger Alfalfa Grass
• Cert. Vernal Alfalfa £ Viking Trefoil
• Cert. Narragansett • Climax Timothy
Alfalfa # Cert. Russel Qats
Dekalb Corn - - - - SUDUM
* Alfalfa & Red Clover available Pre-moculated
P. L. ROHRER & BRO., INC.
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SMOKETOWN
Importance of Lime on
Old and New Pastures
It is nearly impossible to obtain satisfactory im
provement of poor pasture land until the acid in the soil
is at least partly corrected. Poor pasture soils generally
require at least three tons of limestone, which however
need not be applied at one time.
Inmestone not only increases the pasture grass yield
and the quality ot the sod, but also increases the per
centage of lime in the grass which makes tor good bone
development and high milk production. The high lime
content of the hluegrass soils ot Kentucky explain the
fine quahtj oi livestock produced there.
It is also evident from Pennsxlvama experiments
that limestone used in pastureland enables grass and
ci ops to withstand dry periods bettor.
Here arc two urgent reasons to apply limestone to
pasture and hay crops:
1. The grazing season is lengthened both in the
spring and fall, thus reducing the days of grain
feeding. An abundance of good, low-cost feed is
provided even during the hot summer.
3. Soil fertility is preserved and improved. Lower
cost feed results, and grain feeding, labor and
costs are reduced.
for instance, a dairy farmer who took part in one
of tne recent “Green Pastures” contests, reports that he
improved a 12-acre pasture by using two tons of lime,
1,150 pounds of superphosphate and II loads of manure
per acre. The 12 acres were divided, into three sections
and Ids 21 cons wore alternated for 110 days. He
reports saving $B5O on grain feeding costs and that his
herd produced 18,039 pounds more ''milk j than in the
similar grazing period the year beforfe.
MARTIN'S LIMESTONE
IVAX M. MARTIN, Inc. New Holland 35i-3112
Terre Hill 445-3455
BLUE BALL, PA. Gap HI 2-4148
Xo-Stick Cookwaro
To prevent scratching the
surface of no-stick cookware,
use wooden or rubber spoons
and spatulas, advises Helen
Bell, Penn State extension
home management specialist.
Foods will burn m a pan that
is coated with a no-stick finish
lust as m any pan, but the
burned food is easier to clean
out of coated pans
Allegheny County, surround
ing Pittsburgh, once extended
to the New York state line.
Ph. Eanc. 307-3539