6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 18,1967 • Local Eggs
(Continued from 1)
POINTING OUT the special 15-dozen case the com
pany is finding more 'and more in demand is Robert
Trout, of E. Roy Trout & Son, Inc. These half-cases are
shipped under the firm’s brand name of Pequea Valley
Farms. L. F. Photo
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give extra
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protect profit
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LO-BOY hog feeder
Trough guaranteed Isyrs
NO. 15C 250 bu
Cap Feeds 75
to 120 head for
one week Also
125 bu cap
Anderson feeders protect profits 4 ways:
(1) angle-iron braces give stability and rigidity so
feeders won’t bulge or warp, (2) feed flow adjustment
and anti-waste trough design saves feed,
(3) weathertight construction keeps feed fresh
and clean, (4) durable rust-resisting Armco
zmcgnp construction.
Anderson Box Co.
PO Box 31157, Indianapolis, Ind
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Name.
Address.
City.
State.
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ANDERSON iOX COMPANY (NC INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
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NO. 30CF feeds
30 calves for
one week
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Cattle & Hog Feeders
el of humidity to be maintain
ed m the rooms where eggs
and egg cases are stored.
LABOR EFFICIENCY
INCREASED
The latent equipment change
enabled the firm to operate
with seven less workers, thus
lowering its cost of production
and showing a considerable
gam in labor efficiency.
Working one and a half shifts
a day, five people now wash,
candle, grade, and pack more NESTLED INTO THE HILLSIDE, the new addition
than 2000 cases of eggs a week. E. Roy Trout & Son, Inc. egg processing pliant will
aJproSSly i e oo0 n c a si" of J*ve greater access to moisture, which will help to main
eggs a week which are washed Quality. Showing the comparative height of the
and graded at suppliers’ farms, ground level at the rear of the building is Robert Trout.
These arc gathered from the L. F. Photo
farms one to three times a '
week, spot checked for quality.
weighed, and shipped loose to
wholesalers or to government
installations.
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
Trouts allocate about 20 per
cent of their total output to
government orders These are
bid propositions, and are de
livered by Trouts’ six trucks to
government installations in Vir
ginia, Delaware, New Jersey,
and Wasliington D C. Many
eggs are also sold to the mili
tary for resale through Post
Exchanges. These are all car
toned under the firm’s own
Pequea Valley Farm brand.
LIKES LOCAL EGGS
“We’ve always handled near
by eggs,” Roy Trout said. “We
feel we get better and more
consistent quality than we could
get by buying outside eggs”
Another consideration, Trout
felt, was that if local buyers go
south for cheaper eggs they’re
killingthe local producers. “Be
sides,” he added, “prices of
nearbys are more in line now
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Pa. Irrigation
Facilities Will
Be Surveyed;
HARRISBURG The Penn
sylvania Crop Reporting Serv
ice announced the start of a
comprehensive survey of irriga
tion facilities available in the
state and of fanners’ plans for
irrigating crops this year.,
“Five consecutive drought
seasons have emphasized the
need for irrigation facilities, es
pecially lor short-time matur
ing crops such as vegetables,
potatoes and fruits,” State Ag
riculture Secretary Leland H
Bull said.
According to the 1964 Cen
sus of Agriculture, there were
approximately 1,000 farms with
23,000 acres of land under ir
rigation in the state that year.
Secretary Bull pointed out,
however, that two drought sea
sons have passed since then and
A. B. C. Groff, Inc. M. S. Yearsley & Sons
New Holland 354-8001 West Chester 609-2990
that more detailed information
about irrigation facilities is
needed for 1967.
The Crop Reporting Service
will ask farmers for basic data
concerning sources of water for
irrigation, the acreage under
irrigation, the acreage of vaii
ous crops grown under irriga
tion for harvest, the number
of applications of water and
the amount of water applied,
and the type of equipment m
use.
Most of the survey will be
conducted by mail, supplement
ed by some personal interviews.
Dewey 0. Roster, agricultural
statistician-in-charge of the
Crop Reporting Service, urged
farmers rereiving survey forms
to fill them out and return
them promptly. “The threat of
food shortages and the increas
ing demands on our water re
sources by all users creates an
urgent need for this informa
tion,” he said