Com Contest Trophies To Rohrer
And Nissley At Manor YF Banquet
One of the highlights of the Trophies were also awarded ens Auxiliary has announced
annual family banquet of the to the two contestants having lt w jjj a%s«rd three scholar-
Manor Young Fai-mers orgam- the least production costs pei ships for ‘ h ‘ iaher education \o
zation held April 28 at the bushel. They were Andrew top wm^ers in its annual
Penn Manor High School was a Martin. Pequea Rl. 38 cents contest p u - st pnze !S sgoo Sec
presentation of trophies to the per bushel, and Jacob Ober, ond pnze 1S and tj lird
top corn contest winners Conestoga R 2 45 cents pei 1S S2OO The av , arris are ma(le
Elmer Rohrer, Lancaster R 2. bU f£ e , lo <l u ‘' llfied 4-H Club girls on
scored the highest yield pet- . There were 2o farmers pai- the basis of then merit and
formance with 157 bushels ticipating in the 1966 center-need
Second place went to Paul „ Rl^ h;r , scholarships a.e not
Nissley of Holtwood R 2 for a Hdckenbergei ' noted He hsted Imutod to any course of high
yield of 150 7 bushels tContinued on Page 17) (Continued on Page 20)
WEEK AFTER WEEK - - MONTH AFTER MONTH
More and More Milk Producers Are Taking Advantage
Results Are Speaking For Themselves.
If you haven't tried our GREEN PASTURES DAIRY FEEDS, give m a call and one of our
Dairy Specialists will stop and explain the program to you.
He'll give you an honest appraisal of the results you can reasonably expect.
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Rofirerstown, Pa.
"Finest Service Anywhere"
Angus Assn. Offers
Three Scholarships
The American Angus Worn
Green Pastures
Dairy Program
(Area Code 717)
r K CJJ
Specialist Compares Values Of
Renting, Buying Farm Machinery
Machinery and lots of it
is the earmark of American
agriculture Constantly grow
mg more specialized, many
farm machines are so large and
so expensive many farmers find
it moie economical to hire a
custom operator or rent ma
chmery than to buj. according
to W T McAllistei extension
iarm management specialist at
the Unnersitv of Delaware
Your decision to rent 01 buj
The
Is Really
Working!
Ph. Lancaster 392-2145
Lancaster Farming. Saturday, May 6,1967
SECOND SECTION
m m
Of It.
depends on several factors, Mc-
Allister points oat Fixed
costs are the big costs of ma
chinery power machinery has
an annual fixed cost ot nearly
20 percent of purchase price,
tor instance Operating costs—
gas, oil and repaiis for ex
ample—of hired and owned
machines are about the same;
of course, extra labor is hired
in addition to the machine
when the farmer uses custom
service
Before deciding figure the
most profitable use for your
resources Is buvmg a new
machine the most profitable
way to use your capital 9 For
example, a farmer may find he
can save S5OO a \ear by own
ing a combine instead of us
ing custom services However,
if he invests the $12,000 a
combine costs in the produc
tion of more crops he can earn
SI 500 extra income So, it
would actually cost him SI,OOO
income to buy a combine, Mc-
Allister points out
i Convenience is frequently
1 used to justify an extra tractor
|or a truck a farmer doesn’t
(want to take oft cultivators to
jmow or he wants another truck
ito haul grain Although this
type of convenience saves some
'time and effort and adds satis
faction to the job. it often
(costs more, than the savings.
> Ask yourself which is more
nmpoitant. McAllister suggests'.
Custom operators supply a
| packaged service including
j tractors trucks, wagons, and
[labor for silo filling baling,
'.grain harvesting and similar
1 jobs The Uue cost of this
service isnt alwa>s just the
charge the operator makes Me
l Allister points out If \ou are
i letting equipment and labor
1 stand idle, the cost of the pack
aged custom sen ice is the cash
, cost added to the fi\ed costs of
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ii?)D3£Y/F!iflk”S-©
Ssrghum-Sudtra
Hybrid
Evcitmg crop l Lindsey 77F
aveidges 15 feet of nutrition
packed growth a year in 3 cut
tings or grazings 77F is a profit
boosting part of dairy and beef
progiams
See Your Hoffmann
Seed Man
or Call 898-2261
A. H. HOFFMAN
SEEDS, INC.
LANDISVILLE, PA
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