Cow-Level In
Pa. At 95-Year
Low Point
HARRISBURG Another
8,000 milk cbws were lost from
dairy herds in the state in
'November the 28th consecu
tive month in which a decline
was recorded according to
the Pennsylvania Crop Report
ing Service.
The November total, esti
mated at 738,000 cows, was the
'lowest in 95 years. In 1871
there were 740,000 milk cows
reported in Pennsylvania.
Milk production in Novem
ber totaled 531 million pounds,
three million pounds less than
in November 1965. In the first
111 months of this year 6,349
million pounds of milk were
produced in the state, 93 mil-
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THIS
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this is the supplement you will want to use as a
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protein roughages.
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-cows will be protected against mineral deficiency, and
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will perform better in the milk line.
DON'T FORGET . . *
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Po. Bankers Assn.
Gefs Agricultural
Award 23rd Time
The Agricultural Award of
The American Bankers Asso
ciation has been presented to
the Pennsylvania Bankers As
sociation in recognition of the
PBA’s service to agriculture
in the commonwealth.
lion pounds below the 11-monith
total last year.
Average production per cow,
however, continued to increase.
The November average of 720
pounds up 30 pounds from
a year ago was the highest
for any November on record.
Production costs also increased,
with the value of the ration
fed per 100 pounds of milk
produced up 28 cents from
November 1965.
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This is the twenityt)hlrd con
secutive year that the PBA
has received the award.
The ABA award is present
ed each 'year by its Agricul
tural Committee to the state
bankers associations of those
states whose programs and ac
tivities have been of notable
service to agriculture during
the preceding year.
The .PBA’s program is con
ducted by its nine-member Ag
ricultural Committee.
PBA President Charles H.
Bracken, president, Marine Na
tional -Bank, Brie, commented
that the award “attests to the
fine job the Committee has
done in the past and is cur
rently doing”
Outstanding committee pro
grams cited by the ABA in
cluded the annual agricultural
credit conference held in
State College and suppoit of
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Feed Needs Call
These Red Rose
Dealers:
Welter Binkley & Son
Lititz
Brown & Rea
Atglen
El verson Supply Co.
Elverson
I. B.'Groybili & Son
Rfsfton - Strasburg
L. T. Geib Estate
Manheim
E. Musses Heisey & Son
Mt. Joy
Heistond Bros.
Elizabethtown
A. L. Herr & Bro.
Quarryville
David B. Hurst
Bowmansville
Mountviile Feed Service
Mountviile
Musser Forms, Inc.
Columbia
Musser's Mill
The Buck
Chos. E. Sauder & Sons
Terre Hill
Ammon E. Shelly
Lititz
L M. Snavely
Lititz
E. P. Spotts, Inc.
Honey Brook
H. M. Stauffer & Sons,
Inc.
Witmer
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 17, 1966
the 4-H Club movement arid
many agricultural community
service programs.
Area Teacher Attends
Milk Marketing Conf.
Garland Gingerich, vocation
al agriculture instructor at
Penn Manor High School, was
among teachers from Blair
County to Philadelphia attend
ing the Milk Marketing In-
Service Workshop last week at
Harrisburg.
The one-day program was
sponsored by the Inter-State
Milk Producers Cooperative,
and was conducted by Inter-
State personnel including, Dr
James E. Honan, general man
ager; Dr Paul E. Hand, econ
omist; Golden Davis, manage
ment assistant; and Boyd C.
Gartley, director of public rel
ations, Inter-State fieldman
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PSU TAX EXPERT TO BE
IN READING AREA DEC 21
B. Wayne Kelly, Penn State
University farm management
specialist, is spending the
month of December traveling
about the state in a series of
programs for Income tax prac
titioners and farmers prepar
ing their own tax returns ov
assisting others.
The program to be held
closest to Lancaster County
will be in Reading at the Met-
Edison Building, North on
Route 61 The program will
run from 10 am to 3 p m„
and will include the latest rul
ings aftecting faimeis tax re*
poi tang.
Charles Cowan also attended.
The highlight of the day for
agiicultuie teachers was milk
marketing methods adapted for
classroom discussion by milk
maiketmg specialists
State
•
State
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way’s haavy-coat process
can provide. Jamesway uses
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the same surface we could
coat with a single pound of
aluminum paint l
James way’s hot-dip gal
vanizing assures fine ap
pearance, too. And you are
free from the work, trouble,
and expense of periodic
cleaning and painting. It
gives you permanent value
with long-range savings.
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