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MARKET EGG PRODUCERS
EFFICIENCY PAYS
DO YOU KNOW THAT:
A 12%% improvement in feed required per dozen eggs
equols o saving of .approximately $350.00 per 1000 hens.
That our Early Bird All Mash Laying Feeds will definitely
produce BETTER SHELL QUALITY over the laying year?
That each Vi% improvement in breakage can improve your
income by $36.00 per 1,000 hens housed?
A price improvement thru BETTER GRADE of Vi cent per
dozen amounts to approximately $lOO.OO per 1,000 hens
housed?
If your feeding programs gives you 1 % better hen house
liveability and Vi dozen more eggs per hen housed, it can
mean as much as $175.00 extra return per 1000 hens?
That GOOD records pay big dividends? Without accurate
records you CAN NOT fairly judge the value of your pro-
gram?
That it's not the START, it's the FINISH that counts.
May We Help You Do A Better Job?
EARLY BIRD FEEDS and
GOOD MANAGEMENT
A Winning Combination
For Any Poultryman
Contact your Miller and Bushong
Service Representative or call us
at Lancaster 392-2145
FINEST POULTR Y SER VICE ANYWHERE
MiUer
yUsf atiy, &
r Bushong, Inc.
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Monufocturers of Poultry and Livestock Feed Since 1875
(Area Code 717)
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Rohrerstown, Pa.
Ph. Lancaster 392-2145
(Area Code 717)
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 26, 1964
• Agricultural Center
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Home Foundation However,
it was unanimously agreed by
the Boards of Directors of
both the Poultry Center and m. M Smith, well-known
the Farm and Home Founda- County Agricultural Agent,
tion, that the study strongly an( j an incorporator of the
supports the plan to develop Foundation, today summarized
the Farm and Home Center need for the Farm and
on the recently donated tract Home Center by stating, “The
of land Following the sale of need for a facility of this type
the Poultry Center property, m Lancaster area is long
the net proceeds will be oV er-due. A great many local
transferred to the Farm and CIVIC) agricultural, and busi-
Home Foundation for the de- n ess leaders have endorsed
velopment of the new Center. p i ans f or a Center of this char-
Both groups have revealed a ac t er . Among other construc
fine spirit of united effort and tive purposes x t will serve, the
cooperation toward the erec- center will be the focal point
ti°n of the badly needed Farm of a Wlde
range of farm and
an ™ enter - home activities on the part of
, T ? ta ~ e Vantage of the agricultural and home
land offer and to facilitate ma jj in g groups. A survey of
early construction of the build- f arm -centered organizations has
ing the Dmectors have aP - r eve a ied that nearly forty
proved the conducting of a g roup s have expressed concern
capital funds campaign cover- over need f o r proper meet
ing a period of three months, in g facihties. Apart from the
beginnings December 1 of this f unc tional purposes the Cen
year. said a con- er wou i d provide, it will be
certed appeal among farm an appropnate symbol of Lan
families of the county will caster County’s front rank
spear-head the drive for funds, leadersh m a g ricu iture”
with a corporation and selec- As now enViSaged> the Cen
tive public solicitation sched ter would oVlde offlce fa .
uled for the winter months Clllties for numer ous agncul-
Offidals °f the foundation in tural agencies along wlth
cheated that the campaign foi meeUng and demo nstration fa
funds will lepiesent the first Cl jjt ie s for farm and home or
time in history that a public ganizatlons Bemg located ap .
appeal of major size will be mately in the cen tei of
conducted foi this type of h count >s population, it
project Two years ago, when would e ag the « hub .. of
plans for the initial fund-rais educahonai activlties for both
ing effort weie developing, ~ , *
close to 300 business, industn- you an a p g
al and agncultuial leaders had (Continued on Page 6)
SHAVINGS & PEANUT SHELLS
Shavings Coarse or Fine
Bagged, Paper or Burlap
Trailer Load Prices Bagged or Bulk
HAROLD B. ZOOK
Phone 394-5412 Lancaster 220 Lampeter Roatl
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! Welcome
Farmers To DeKalb
Plot Day
Wed., Sept. 30
9:30 to Noon
AT
NOAH S. ESBENSHADE FARM
4 miles east of Lancaster, % mile south of Lan
caster off Lincoln Highway opposite Willows
Restaurant.
See The New XL'S - Single Crosses -
Along with a number of present popular
varieties of DeKalb corn planted at various
planting dates.
DeKalb personnel will be on hand to answer
your questions.
FREE REFRESHMENTS
been enlisted , laym* tlje
solicitation *■ Lioklhg ha favor-
able tax ruling on gifts at
that time,,, it w*s r necessary to
postpone the fund-raising ef
fort.
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