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 <i%
test The held of Hnam S.
Aungst, Elizabethtown Rl,
Pi'aced second This held of
29 9 legisteied Holstein tows
a\eiagecl 1 77S lbs ot milk.
98 lbs ot butteitat with a
38% test
Correct Soil Acidity
For Full Fertilizer
Value, Institute Says
Too many fanneis aie not
getting t'nll \dl«e tiom the
teitilizei thev apply to giam
or foiage ci ops> 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.