24—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 18, 1967 PA. MILK PRODUCTION . CONTINUES TO LAG County Libraries Get $88,749 In State Aid At As its per capita share in the distribution of more than four million dollais of state aid. libianes in Lancaster Countv divided 588.749 this week The bulk of the allot ment v'cnt to Lancaster Li brary 580.346 while five smallei community libraries shaied the balance In announcing the distnbu tion. Governor Ra.vmond P. Shafer said that, foi the fiist time since its inception in 1962, state aid to local libraries v/ill amount to the full 25 cents pei capita allowable by law. Payment last year amount ed to 15 cents Declaring that state aid un der Pennsylvania’s public li biaiy development piogiam now is given to libianes serv ing moie than 8 1 million peo ple throughout the Common wealth the Governor said that 69 pei cent of all public li branes in the Commonwealth —328 of 472—now participate in the piogiam To qualify, a local libiaiv must leceive sub stantial local support “In the fust year only a little moie than half of our iibranes weie supported at a level sufficient to qualify them foi aid Giovrth of participa tion in the progiam indicates that individual communities tluoughout the Commonwealth have come to recognize the public libiaiv as a necessary centei toi information and lec reation “We aie pleased that the State piogiam has pioved an incentive foi incieased local About 45 cents of each dol lar spent at retail puces goes for distribution What Do You Need? A Lancaster Farming Classified Ad Helps GREEN CHOP? BEDDING? SILAGE? STALK SHREDDING? WEED CONTROL? THIS ONE MACHINE DOES IT ALL! SHADY MULTI-CROP CHOPPER Chops and Loads or Chops and Shreds BRADY Multi-Chop Choppers Will Do More Money Making Things For Your Farm Business Than Any Other Piece of Equipment! Rugged, foolproof, a good investment in profitable farming. See them today at; ALLEN H. MATZ New Holland Denver 25c Per Capita interest in the financial plight of the public library. Now, I would encourage those com munities which do not yet qualify to broaden library sup port in sufficient measure to bring them into the program. By so doing the community is not only insuring its own fu ture and that of its citizens, but the future of the Common wealth as well.” Pennsylvania’s four regional resoulce libraries at Philadel phia, Pittsburgh, University Park and the State Library in Haiusburg are each receiving $lOO,OOO to enlarge collections in special subject areas Addi tional payments are made to 30 libraries designated district library centers for services piovided to other public li biaues in their areas. Hornco was the first to introduce CYCLE LAYING FEEDS T oday More Poultrymen Are Using Hornco Cycle Laying Feeds Than Ever Before Hornco Feeds First with new feeds and services business farmers. FEEDS E. Horn & Co., Inc. York, Pa. D. SUPPORT YOUR LANCASTER COUNTY POULTRY ASSOC. During January, unusually warm weather prevailed for a period of at least 10 days. Pre cipitation for the month, some as rain and some as snow, was light and below normal Win ter grams continue to look good with little damage to date. However, concern has been expressed about the ef fects of the warm weather and lack of snow cover. 'Milk cows on Pennsylvania farms during January pro duced 584 million pounds of milk—a decline of 20 million pounds from January 1966, ac cording to the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service. Janu ary milk production was seven million pounds below the 1961- 65 average, and 28 million pounds less than the lecord high for the month in 1963. The number of milk cows on Pennsylvania farms in Jan uary was 754,000. Milk cow The results have been tremendous constantly our customers are reporting to us the excellent results of their flocks being fed on the Hornco Cycle Laying Feed Program. Their results show: 1. Better feed conversions 2. Lower feed costs per doz. 3, Higher peak production 4v Larger egg size 5. Ideal body weight and condition Borneo Cycle Loying Feeds Periods of the Laying Cycle/' Why not ask your neighbor about his results with Hornco Feeds? numbers are down approxi- corresponding month a year mately four percent from-Janu- earlier. Average daily produc ary 1966, and 13 percent from tion was up four percent from the January 1961-65 average. December 1966. Production av- January production per cow craged 1.60 pounds per person was 775 pounds or eight per day in January compared pounds above January 1966 and to 1.61 a year earlier. 88 pounds above the 5-year Milk production per cow in average. January averaged 715 pound® On a dally basis, January —five percent more than last output at 25,00 pounds was .97 January’s output of 678 pounds pound above December and .26 per cow. The average daily out pound above Januai*y last year, put of 23.1 pounds during Jan- Based on the July 1, 1965 uary compares with 22.2 for Pennsylvania population esti- December 1966 and 21.9 pounds mate, January milk production for January 1966. Output per was ait a level to provide 1.64 cow was at record high levels pounds or .76 quart daily per for January in all states ex person in the State cept Michigan, Minnesota, Ne braska and Hawaii. California continued to lead U. S. MILK PRODUCTION 19c ABOVE LAST YEAR _ , .. . pounds in January, followed by January milk production is Arizona, Massachusetts, New estimated at 9.855 million j ersey Connecticut and Hawaii. pounds, one-half of one per- cent more than the 9,805 mil- lion pounds produced a year The Virgin Islands are said earlier This is the second con- to be the only place in the secutive month that milk pro- world entirely free from the duction *vas higher than the common cold. "Different Feeds For Different in output per cow with 900- to serve Ph. 854-7867
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers