. _ Youth serve. It was very dark and A reo j 10% the black mountain tops were :o Dti nl,e i(jdij-£i»9o Hardiness Is Feature Of Pennrad Barley “Pennrad barley has wintei hardiness 14 percent points above Hudson variety,” says Elmer C. Pifer, extension agronomist, The Pennsylvania State Univeisity, “yet in 4 years of trials, both varieties yielded the same number ol bushels per acre.” Agronomists conducted trial plantings of the Pennrad varie ty in 37 locations. During the past four yeais (1960 thiough 1963) Penmad, Hudson and Wong pioduced about the same bushel weight, plant height, and matured in the same time, but Penmad excelled with 78 percent winter survival while Hudson showed only 64 per cent and Wong only 57 per cent. Average yields foi the four- confers with Robert P. Pfeifer, developer of new, year period weie 55 bushels winter hardy Pennrad barley. The crop is high yield per acre for Pennrad, 53 ing and has good straw strength, bushels for Hudson and 45 bushels for Wong. resistance to disease. In the Pennrad is beardless, making past 50 yea is, such recom it more economical than Hud- mendations have inci eased son to combine. Cattle seem corn fl om 27 to 54 to prefer the beardless grain, bushels per acre, barley by It is not evident that either gy 2 bushels per acre and pota Pennrad or Hudson has any toes have nearly tupled in greater resistance to scald or y;eld. powdery wildew than the other, ' _____ but in the four years Pennrad produced 2 1 tons of straw per CcLlf CITOP OOWIT acre while Hudson produced ~ _ _ 2 2 tons and Wong produced FrOITi LiSlSt I QSiV 19. Agronomists at Penn State The Pennsylvama Crop Re expect seed stocks to be ade- porting Service today esrimat quate to meet the demand -ed the state’s 1964 calf ciop this year, and that some dairy- both dairy and beef type am men will look forward to tak- mals—at 892,000 head, 33,000 mg advantage of more north- less than last year ern climates by planting Penn- M o£ the redU ction is at rofl tnbuted to a piolonged de- Testmg, and recommendation c i ine in the number of milk of new crop varieties is one cows on Pennsylvania farms, of the principal activities of the according to the Crop Repoit- Extension Service in g Service Since 1955, when Through these recommends- cow numbers peaked ac 940,- tions the commercial produc- QQ tJ the tot?! has diopped al tion of field and food grains most 10 , pei cent to 8 48,000 increases because new vane- j iead yea _- ties of plants offer greater yields and improved natural The Seivice noted, too, that SAMPLE COPIES FREE Copies of LANCASTER FARMING are not always easy to tind tliey are not sold on newsstands and perhaps some of your fi lends may not he acquainted with our weekly ser\ice. We’ll be glad to send, without charge, several copies of LANCASTER FARMING to your friends or business associates Just write their names and ad dresses below (You’ll be doing both them and us a favor!) To Street Address & R. D, City Street Address & R. D. City (You are not limited to two names. Use separate sheet for additional names.) Your Name Address r—j CHECK here if you prefer to send a Year’s (52 issues) GIFT subscription for $2 each to your friends listed above. If so ? enclosed, or (—[ Bill me later. , (Each ■will receive a colorful gift announcement card.) Please mail this form to: LANCASTER FARMING CIRCULATION DEPT. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 1, 1964—13 EXTENSION AGRONOMIST Elmer Pifer (right) State State P. O. BOX 266 LITITZ, PENNA. on January 1, 1964, tbeie ueie 1,050.000 cows and heifeis t vo yeais <.nd oldei on lenn-jl vania Lama, 26,000 less ihan a yeai eaxhei The calving ute also is 1 pei cent lowei than in 1963. Buy or sell with a classified ad! SPRAYING Service Dairy Barns Poultry Houses CARBOIA Disinfecting White Paint • Dries White • Disinfects Against Disease • 90% Less Cobwebs 8 to 10 Mo. Fly Spraying DISINFECT POULTRY HOUSES 6 Witmer Rd., R 4, Lane. Maynard Beitzel Phone 392-7227 wr a i An Udder That Works! This “Excellent” udder belongs to an 3059 General daughter with these outstanding records (actual - 2X): 4- 361 d 16,190 722 5- 326 d 16,133 679 6- 347 d 17,510 770 If you would like cows in your heid with udders like this one, call Lancaster 569-0411 Akron 859-2552 Christiana 593-5187 Manheim 626-2363 Mount Joy 653-1451 Quarryville 786-7381 Strasburg 687-6292 ATLANTIC BREEDERS COOPERATIVE “All Sires Available Daily” *1