6—Lancaster Farming,
Saturday, June 26. 1965
• Now Is The Time
(Continued from Page 4)
i>o water your lawn, but do
i> slowly and thoroughly.
To Study Farm I-case
When making a faun lease,
Ijndloids and tenants should
teach agreement on a num-|
het of piovisions about the
ciop apd livestock cnteipns-|
ts. and shaung of income and I
expenses In oidei foi a farm
1 3ase to meet minimum re
tail ements, it should state.
\ ho the landloid and tenant
i, what ical estate is icnted.
low long the lease is to be
cftective, and how much lent
is to be paid If the lease is
i utten it should also con
{ un the signatuies of the two
lai ties It the lease is oial
the two patties may be pie
sumed. by the law. to be land
laid and tenant, whcthci oi
rot they hate discussed a'
lental anangement If a
laim opeiatoi occupies _ and
cultivates the land and‘pays
lent to the owner, the legal
piesumption is that the two
ere tenant and landloid. But,
it the lease embodies only
tnese minimum requuements,
many important matteis are
left undecided To avoid mis
understandings later, ive sug
gest the landlord and tenant
cuseuss and reach agreement
on the rights and duties of
each party and to state them
cleai’ly in the lease
'Consideration should be
given to the means of piovxd
ing for efficient use of their
combined resources They
should .discuss and reach
sgieement on how to provide
foi sound land use and a
good livestock system, to en
comage development and con
seivation of lesouices, to es
tablish equitable lental lates
r-nd piovide for piopei shar
ing of expenses, and to pro
mote secure occupancy
Crop Conditions
For Pa. - DRY
A summaiy of ciop condi
tions up to this week as re
poited toy Pa Crop Report
ing Seivice
Hay—Yields in most areas
£ie toelow normal, piospects
foi second and thud cuttings
of alfalfa shaiply i educed in
some eastern counties
Paislares—Turning -bi own in
some aieas lesulting in sup
plemental feeding of hay and
ensilage Many faimeis aie
planting sudan soighum hy
bnds foi supplemental foiage
Barley—Combining is undei
v-ay in southem aieas with
good yields indicated
Wheat —Piospects continue
to look good
Oats—Wintei ciop is in
head, spung ciop piospects
i educed toy diy weathei, with
some fields heading on 6 to
10 inch stiaw
Corn—Stands geneially aie
good but consideiable mois
t.ue is needed foi satisfactoiy
gi owth
Good ci ops of chemes,
tooth sweet and sour, aie ex
pected Peaches, however,
need more rain foi proper
sizing, especially in the Berks-
Lehigh-t Schuylkill area
Rainfall deficiencies at the
19 weathei lepoiting stations
in the state lange from 1 10
to 920 inches
Ninety-seven peicent of
native giasslands in the U
S have never had a pesticide
applied to them About 75
peicent of the total land aiea
of the U S has nevei had
any pesticide applied to it
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Performance Is The Key To Low Costs
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Esbenshade stand in front
of one half of their twin layer house.
Here are some details on their 1964-65 flock:
Number of birds housed April 29, 1964 12,319 pullets plus cockerels
Dote birds reached 50% production May 15, 1964
Date flock was sold April 29, 1965
Days in production from start of 50% 349 days
Hen house mortality 5.8%
Total eggs shipped per hen housed storting at 50% production 343.6
Average hatchabiiity 92.9%
Pounds of feed per dozen eggs produced (not including cockerel feed) 3.64
feed per dozen eggs produced 0.264 lbs
Feed used (except for about 3 Vi weeks) Early Bird #3ll Breeder Mash
Estimated consumption of cockerel
Comment from the receiving
hatchery to the Esbenshades . , .
"This was one of the finest per-
forming breeder flocks that we
have ever had congratulations
from all of us."
A fine performance, Glenn and
Rachel.
It’s in the feed if you can
get it out ~. and you
proved it.
EGG PRODUCERS
May we help you to better performance
vice Anywhere"?
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Glenn Esbenshade is shown with some of the
12,000 layers in his poultry house.
a top-quality feed and "Finest Ser-
with
code
717, Lancaster 392-2145
Bushong, Inp. -
At the end of the 1963-64 season,
we published the fine leghon
breeder flock records of Mr. an
Mrs. H. Glenn Esbenshade o
R. D. 2, Manheim.
Miller
&
Rohrerstown, Pa.
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