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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. *s Miller & Bushong, Inc. 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 j (Continued on Page 19) 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 V” 1 I' - ~ ‘ v-r ALFALFA* »’ PASTURE;--' JUSS ’ ***» 7 ’ 'I? .*> .; :,FUNK.'S G-;ftYHBjOSA 13