estock Exchongo ;ts Officers And 'orfs Soles Increase 1C f f ],e nnnual meeting of Lancaster Livestock Ex |lC p held recently In the ■ting rooms at ‘the Lanca*. stoc k Yards, the follow officers were elected for 108 G term. President, e , c. Dunlap; vice ipresi t Richard D. Hellhron of Heiioron & Sons; treas- Horace R. Plank; sec _v, Donald E. Ober. fames Dunlap served as . president since 196>2and LS elevated to the presiden- PLAN AHEAD! Call us now and insure prompt service this Spring Get the MOST for your DOLLAR from DRY NITROGEN Materials Top dress early for maximum returns WHEAT 45 lbs. BARLEY 30 lbs. “ Nit per acre PASTURES 100 lbs. Nit. per acre ORGANIC PLANT FOOD CO. Grofftown Road, Near Waterworks Lancaster /#?£h £ooj cy to succeed Robert Hell bron. Ilellbron served four years as president. During his terms of office an auction pavilion was built at the stock yards and Wed nesday became auction day at the Lancaster Terminal Market. The flrst cattle auc tion was '‘held April 1064, and auctioning of “short leg" livestock started January of this year. Also, during the past year, with the cooperation of the Pennsylvania Young Farmers Assn., Penna. State Univer sity and the area marketing agencies the first handbook on local marketing was pub lished. Heilbron contributed Call Us Now Phone 392-4963 > . N, > v♦< Wolgemuth Bros., Inc. MOUNT JOY, PENNA. V** >' ' '•V s > s •«. much to making this a real ity. At the meeting It was re ported the dollar volume handled by livestock market ing agencies at the Lancas ter Stock Yards totaled $53,- 586,738.75 for the year 1965. This was 13 Ms million over the previous year. The in crease was attributed to the higher prices paid for most livestock duri'ng 1965. The tolal receipts of live stock at the Lancaster Yards was slightly increased with 297,148 hd. recorded in 1965 and 2i96,079 in 1964. Milk Production Per Cow Continues Climb HARRISBURG Milk pro- Auction .per, cow continued Its phenomenal rise in the state during reach ing 7'6 0 ipounds for the month the highest for any January on record accord ing to the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service. It was 30 pounds higher than in January a year ago, and 101 pounds moie than the 19G0-G4 January average. The state’s 76 Ground mark also topped the national av erage ifor January by 102 pounds Howevei, another 2,000 Moidiik BARN-DRI A non-slip product to scatter on damp and wet floors. Saves valuable livestock from slipping. Also sweetens the soil. Ivan M. Martin, Inc. BLUE BALL, PA. S , *» f ' ■■' »f * <•* Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 12, 1966—17 cows were lost from dairy herds In the state, bringing the estimated number of milk cows on 'Pennsylvania farms down to 768,000. That was 38,000 less than the number reported only a year earlier, and 100,000 less than the 1960-64 average. The net result was a de crease of four million pounds in the amount of milk pro duced compared to a year earlier. The January total was 584 million pounds. In the nation, January milk production was estimated at 9,865 million pounds, 554 million pounds less than a year earlier. The continued decline in cow numbers in Pennsylvania was attributed to a number of factors, including short ages of labor and roughage, and rising prices ot farm supplies. A major influence, how ever, seemed to be a sha'ip increase in prices being paid tor butcher cons Januaiy quotations averaged $l5 30 a' hundiedvv eight, up $1 20 tiom the inevious month and $2 40 per cvvt higher than a year ago Most livestock auctions, it was lepoited sold an un usually high numbei of daily cow;; to meat dealeis. Terre Hill 445-3455 New Holland 354-2112 Gap 442-4148 FLORIN DAIRY FEEDS for your cows pay off in greater milk productivity • bigger milk checks for you! Ph, 653-1451 Zimmerman And Frey Top DHIA A n glsleml Holstein cow owned hy .1 .Mowerv Free, Jr, Lancasilcr R 7, fonipleted Jutiuiirv’s highest 30i.7-day iHclntion Rae produced - i>.- 7JO lbs. of m'ilk, 1 221 His. of bn tier lot with a 4 (>% test. Second high lactation was completed by a regis tered Holstein cow ow'ned by Furry H Frey, 1343 Oypsv Hill Rond, Lancaster Nina produced 19.1G7 lbs ot milk, 04.7 lbs ot buttertat with’ a 4 0% test in 305 days. The herds of Paul 1! 55ini meiniau. Ephrata Rl, and Vincent H. Hoovei, New Providence Rl, had the high est monthly buttertat aver age The Zim'mernVan herd with 23 0 legistered Hol stems averaged 1,802 lbs of milk, 71 lbs of butteitat with a 39% test Th e Hoo ver herd with 24 2 legister ed Holstein cows aieraged 2 003 lbs ot milk, 71 lbs. of butteitat with a 3 0i tiom the m'nieials which are native to the land because ot soil acidity says the National Limestone Institute (NLI). This is limiting croip pi educ tion mo-ie than the deficien. cies ot nitrogen, pihosphoi us or , pot'assiuin t\ lien the {*oal is acid tanners do irot get the expected response tiom fertilizers, and tend to place the blame on the applied maternal A soil test will ie leal that the cau&e is soil acidity or a shoitage ot cal cum 01 magnesium, and not fertilizer deficiency A'n application ot limestone conects soil acidity and/or supplies calcium and magne sium It laises tihe pH to a le\ el that is needed loi ef ficient ci op piodirction it the light amount is applied. It lli e application is made by guess rathei than test, the light antount m.n not he used toi efficient pi educ tion It will nen ei'theless jaise the pH and collect the ao dlit\ to a degiee depend ing on soil and cioppm® conditions or piactices In addition to collecting the aciditv ot the soil an application ot lomestone will lesult in othei benefits among whicih the tollow'mg aie list ed by NLI 1 The addition of calcium and usually magnesium fo the soil Frequently other nunOf elements aie contain ed m the limestone These elements aie all essential tdr good plant giowth 9 Both applied £ e itiliz§r and the nutrient elements native to the soil aie made more leadiJy ai disable to th'e crops. 3. The soluhilitv ot to\.ic elemen.ts, such as aluni'inum and manganese is ieduced to a level that they aie n'ot an junous to glowing plants In. most cases theie is nothing wiong with your fertilize! Lulling is the fil'd, step in a sound teitilitv pro gram. To get th,e full value of the dollars spent tor ler fiilizer- and Irom th e nutn ents with w hwill \oui soils are endowed, lime tiist, sajs X L I.