Winter Course
.Graduates Get
Good Salaries
Graduates of two-year win
ter courses in the College of
Agriculture at Penn State
University are averaging
three job offers per person
and are getting starting sal
aries of around $5,000, the
agricultural short course di
rector) Dr. Fred Snyder, said
recently.
'Snyder said students in the
new two-year winter course
for pest control technicians
a 1 e receiving job offers a year
or more before they graduate.
One company official, he said,
offered to employ all 24 of
the current students at $6,000
per year. Another company of
fered four graduates $6,500
plus six weeks schooling.at
company expense.
Among the other winter
courses, turfgrass management
graduates have always been
in demand, Snyder pointed
out. He indicated that salaries
for graduates in ornamental
nursery management are im
proving with more men start
ing at $5,200 or better. A
fourth two-year winter course
Observe June
Dairy Month
30th Time
June has been celebrated
as dairy month for the past
30 years. In the beginning,
June, a peak promotion month
for -milk, was selected as a
fitting time for a nationwide
salute to the dairy industry
Today, scientific progress
has made every month dairy
month June now serves as a
timely reminder to the house
wife to serve nutritious dairy
foods to her family all year
long
Since 1937, June Dairy
Month has grown into one of
the world’s largest single
dairy foods sales and informa
tion campaigns Again in
1966, the story of milk and
dauy foods will be presented
to the public by all paits of
the dairy industry
Leaders in agriculture, busi
ness, education and govern
ment, and scores of enter
pnses tied to the multi-bil
lion-dollar dairy industry, are
uniting in this annual observ
ance of June Dairy Month.
June marks the dauy in
dustiy’s biggest annual effort
to tell its story and to en
courage use of its products.
FERTILIZER IS TOXIC
TO ANIMALS
Nitrogen and potassium
salts in fertilizers are toxic
to animals Farmers and home
gardeners should be very
caieful to keep these salty
tasting fertilizers out of the
reach of all animals If spill
age occurs in the fields,
spiead the fertilizer around
This will also prevent burn
ing of plants.
BUY GOOD SHEARS
OR SCISSORS
A good pair of shears or
scissois is an investment that
should last for several years
It pays to buy the best and
to have the conect shears and
scissois for eveiy iob Before
buying, tiy several pairs by
cutting into a piece of fabric
Make sure the shears or scis
sors cut sharply from near
the back of the blades right
I. Jn farm onninmont >«rv</«i ? c k b * r tlbns are not needed In these- 21 y®« rf of *B® or ® w ® r
la In farm equipment service through December and Janu- two-year winter courses, Sny- have worked previously
ana sales, ary through March. Between der explained. High school one of the four fields. Pi
it 86 * tra the flrst * nd ,econd year th ® graduates 17 years of age or cial assistance under the I
grams, Snyder explained. Stu- slu<l * n t* a six-months pe- older are eligible to enroll, power Development Trail
dents attend Pehn State .class- r * o<l °* on-the-job training, persons not completing high Act Is available.
Hornco Feeds The Growing Choke Of Business Farmers
Four Dairymen Who Changed To
Increased Their Average Milk
Production By Wa TONS Per Cow.
ONE OF THE REASONS MORE DAIRYMEN ARE FEEDING
HORNCO UNI-PEL DAIRY FEED THAN EVER BEFORE.
NAME
R. STEWART
M. STARNER
H MILLER
W. GLATFELTER
AVERAGE
WHAT WOULD A PRODUCTION INCREASE
FEEDS
D. E. Horn & Co., Inc. York, p a . ph. 854-786?
HORNCO UNI-PEL
DAIRY FEED
LOOK WHAT Good monagement .& Hornco Uni-pel Dairy Feed
Did for these four Dairymen.
BREED
Holstein
Mixed
Holstein
B. Swiss
LIKE THIS DO TO YOUR PROFIT PICTURE?
1963 D.H.I.A. RECORD
NO.
COWS
LBS. MILK LBS. FAT
13814 538
14453 549
15584 598
12416 547
14067 558
Hornco Uni-pei Dairy Feeds formulated by
D. H. VAN PELT. A planned program for
more milk, better herd health and less
breeding problems.
FEEDING
HORNCO
SINCE
INCREASE SINCE
FEEDING HORNCO
LBS. MILK LBS. FAT
1962
3646 138
1962
3495 138
1745 80
1963
1963
1726 82
2653 109
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