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
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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