REFERENDUM ON TYPE 41 tional meeting*
TOBACCO TO BE HELD in the county
referendum.
The ASCS office announces
that a referendum will be held Preliminary al.
on Type 41 tobacco in the been computed
county early in 1965, probably acreage grown in
in the middle of February, years. On farms
ers did not fur
Growers will vote on sired acreage
whether or not they want had to es tj
tobacco marketing quotas, jy Committeem*
with price support, for the their knowledge
years 1965, 1966, and 1967, *., nd m f orm ation
Allotments will be establish- the office
ed and mailed, and informa-
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PHI* I
1 2 /s lbs. Wayne 2 3 /s lbs. Feed for
Poultry Mixer Farm Grain 1 dozen eggs
Let Us Explain How
WAYNE Concentrates
will help you increase egg profits!
FOWL’S FEED SERVICE
R D. 1, Quarryvllle
B. D. 2, Peach Bottom
DUTCHMAN FEED
MILLS, INC.
R. D. 1. Stevens
MILLERSVILLE
SUPPLY CO.
Millers ville
H. M. STAUFFER ROHRER’S MILL
& SONS, INC. R. d. 1, Bonks
Witmer
J. K. STAUFFER & SON GRUBB SUPPLY CO.
liawn and Bellaire
Elizabethtown
c - E. SAUDEE & SONS
PEED SERVICE b. D. 1. E„,
8. O. 2. Columbia
DO YOU KNOW
IHH2?
HERE’S HOW-
HERSHEY BROS.
Betnholds
DONALD HERSHEY, RD 2 MANHEIM, SHOWN
RECEIVING Outstanding Young Farmer of the Year
Award for southeastern Pennsylvania. Presenting the
award is Dean Witmer, Assistant Director of Voca
tional Agricultural Education in the Department of
Public Instruction. Mrs. Hershey is shown at the right.
RUNNER-UP FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN PENN
SYLVANIA OUTSTANDING YOUNG FARMER
AWARD is Roy Mentzer, RD 2 New Holland shown
with Mrs. Mentzer on his left. To Mentzer’s immediate
right is Mark Diehl, Blair County, who was elected
president of the state association for the coming year
To Diehl’s right is Gene Daugherty, Vo-Ag instructor
at Garden Spot High School. Other state officers elected
from Lancaster County were Paul B. Kline, secretary,
and Forney Longenecker, both of RD 3 Lititz.
Attention Farmers.,.
P. L Rohrer & Bro., Inc.
Invite You To Attend One of the
Ortho Fertilizer Meetings
Conducted by
Max Maichele (Ortho Agronomist)
Ed Gladding (Ortho Representative)
LANCASTER POULTRY CENTER
dong Rt. 230 By-Pass
(enter from Fruitville Pike)
MONDAY EVENING, Dec. 7 7:45 P.M.
WITMER FIRE HALL
Witmer
TUESDAY EVENING, Dec. 8 7:45 P.M.
Refreshments Will Be Served
Please accept this as your
personal invitation
Smoketown, Pa.
to be held at
and
December 5, 1964—5
Lancaster Farming,
PRICES RECEIVED BY
STATE FARMERS
UNCHANGED
Allhough the index of prices
received by commonwealth
farmers in mid-November re
mained unchanged, it was 1
percent less than a year ago,
accoiding to the Crop Report
ing Seivice
Prices for crop-, increased
seasonally, particularly food
grains and vegetables. Live
stock and livestock products
largely offset the increase,
particularly meat animals and
poultry and eggs
All meat animals showed
some decline except calves
and sheep, which remained un
changed The decline per cwt.
were: hogs, 90 cents; steers
and heifers, 60 cents; slaugh
ter cows, 10 cents, and lambs,
$1 30
Broilers and roasters de
clined half a cent from the
previous mid-month, but equal
ed the November 1963 price
of 16 5 cents per pound. Eggs
declined 1 cent from the prev
ious mid-month price of 38
cents per dozen, 2 cents be
low ithe year ago price. Whole
sale milk at S 5 15 per cwt was
unchanged form the previous
month, and only slightly above
the year ago price
Oop prices were all higher
than their mid-October levels
except corn and apples, down
3 cents and 10 cents per
bushel respectively. Small
grains increased from 1 to 2
cents per bushel. Hay in
creased $1.50 per ton. Pota
toes, at $3.35 per cwt. wer*
the highest for any Novem
ber since 1952.
Plant Fnnk’s-G
...Key to HIGH PROFII
CORN PRODUCTION
Use this Trio of High Profit Practice*!
I 3 1!'( 'W 1 Start wiin a liicti capacity
I FUNK’S G-HYBRID
P_ 2 PUNT IT THICKER
3 APPLY EXTRA FERTILIZE®'
CTilill'll* to feed thi sxtra plaiU
See Your Hoffman Seed Man
or Phone Landisville, Pa.
898-3421
c Hoffman
& FARM seeds
■ALFALFA • CLOVER • PASTURE
OATS • FUNK S G-HYBRIUS