Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, July 01, 1967, Image 8

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    B—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, July 1,1967
State Guernsey
Youth To Form
Breeders’ Assn.
Young folks. 4-H youngsters,
or Future Farmers, who are in
terested in Guernseys will have
an opportunity to meet their
counterparts from throughout
the state at a gathering schedul
ed for Saturday, July Bth, at
Penn State University.
The purposes, according to
officials of the Pennsylvania
Guernsey Breeders’ Assn, is to
organize a Junior Guernsey
Breeders’ Assn. The object is to
unite junior guernsey breeders
m their endeavors to improve
the breed, and to secure re
cognition for the superior quali
ties of the Guernsey cow. It
will also further promote and
recognize junior Guernsey
breeders activities.
Six district meetings have
been held throughout the state
■with youngsters electing their
nominees for State Directors.
Local leaders and parents
are planning to furnish trans
portation, and a picnic lunch
■will be held at the picnic grove
located between the football
NEW
Dairy Supply Stan
CHRISTIANA MILK
PRODUCTS CO.
Largest Dairy Supply Store in the East.
• 20 different brands and sizes of filtering
materials
• 25 different brands and sizes of
detergents
• 20 sizes and shapes of brushes for milk
house bulk tanks or pipe lines.
INFLATIONS
For Surge $2.95 set
For DeLaval & others $3.45 set
FRONT OPENING MILK CAN
COOLING CABINETS
BRAND NEW AND
FULLY WARRANTED
Hundreds of items for milk house and farm,
metalware, paints, etc.
CHRISTIANA MILK
PRODUCTS CO.
(If you have in-place cleaning problems, we
will be glad to test your water and suggest a
sound cleaning program)
• Swine
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points less than indicated by
farmers’ intentions last Decem
ber. By regions, December-May
fan ow'ings compared with in
tentions reported last Decem
ber as percent of a year earlier
are: North Atlantic, 101 per
cent now and 103 percent in
December: East North Central,
97 and 102; West North Cen
tral, 101 and 101: South At
lantic, 107 and 107; South Cen
tral, 104 and 110; and West,
106 and 103.
The average number of pigs
per litter was a record high of
7.34 for December-May com
pared with 7 32 a year earlier.
The number of sows farrow
ing during each month of the
December-May period ranged
from 96 percent of the same
month a year earlier in April
to 111 percent in December.
stadium and the dairy barns.
Lunch will be followed by an
organizational meeting and
open discussions. After the
meeting adjourns, an opportuni
ty will be given to those who
are interested in visiting the
dairy barns, university cream
ery, or other departments of
interest.
Christiana, Pa.
Jim Mimm
County Plowing Contest Site For 1967
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THIS SMALL GRAIN field beyond caster County Soil & Waiter Canserva
the corn on the Edwin Kurtz farm will tion District, the annual event is expect
be attacked by plowmen vieing for the cd to attract up to ten contestants, and,
title of County Plowing Contest cham- if other years are any indication, several
pion on July 25. Sponsored by the Lan- hundred spectators. L. F. Photo
PLENTY. Each year New Idea makes the rugged, interchangeable
Uni Power Unit work harder, do more jobs, be more valuable. For
example:
'Z&tSNEW IDEA
FARM EQUIPMENT
A, L. Herr & Bro.
Quarryville
Chet Long
Akron
Arthur S. Young Co., Inc.
BIG NEW DIESEL POWER UNIT—IIO hp. Pick
from 3 in all. Also 110 hp and 80 hp gasoline. All
with good visibility, on-the-ground maintenance,
adjustable seat and steering, power steering, indi
vidual hydraulic brakes.
BIG NEW UNI-SHELLER that handles up to 4 rows
at a time. Cage-type shelling mechanism is “seed
com gentle”.
NEW 4-ROW CORNHEAD stripper plate, narrow
row, for use on big new sheller. Now a total of 5
comheads: 2-row wide Superpicker, plus these
stripper plates: 2-row wide, 3-row wide, 3-row
narrow and 4-row.
NEW ROW CROP HEADS: for Uni-Forage Har-1
vester. Now has 3-row narrow, 2-row wide and]
1-row that handles either.
UNI INTERCHANGEABILITY brings self-propelled]
harvesting within reach of any farmer even a]
2-crop farmer. The secret’s in the interchangeable 1
Uni Power Unit that carries and powers six dif-1
ferent harvesting units for com, beans, grain and
forage crops.
Gives you several self-propelled machines but only
one investment in engine, transmission, steering,
tires, wheels and instruments. Each harvesting unit.
is in 2 sections for convenient 1-hour mounting, or
removing from the front axle of the Power Unit.
That’s what’s new for 1967. Now stop in and find
out about the whole Uni line.
EXCELLENT FINANCING
SEE UNI ASK US
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Longenecker
Farm Supply
Rheems
Landis Bros.
Lancoster
Kinzers, Pa.
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