o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, 1 Penn-Willows Club To Present Money Donations By Peggy Eshleman, Reporter The Penn-Willows 4-H Club will present a donation to the Farm and Home Foundation, the Lions Club and the Farm Women at the Pequea Elemen tary School in Willow Street, Thursday, Sept. 14. The club members had a bake sale and raised $52 as a project. These funds will be presented to rep resentatives of the local organi sations at the evening affair starting at 7:30 p.m. The Penn-Willows club is a combination of youth from the Pequea and Willow Street areas. How Reliable Is The “Eye-ball" Method Of Evaluating Steers? Just how reliable and prac tical is the “eye ball” method of selecting and evaluating a “modern” muscular beef type steer? And when you look at cattle, how can you tell where “muscle” ends and “fat” be gins? lowa State University scien tists hav e sought answers to these questions and reported on their studies at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Ameri can Society of Animal Science at the University of Nevada, Reno. Although it is readily ap- •tember 9,1967 carcass” for 72 to M hours, — photographs were taken and parent that there is variation the hide, head and shanks re between body form and car- moved. cass composition of beef steers Results from measurements of similar weights, just how taken showed that the most much was discovered in work heavily muscled steer had a done at lowa State University, carcass of 66 percent lean There animals were slaugh- W hii e the fattest steer had 43 tered and then their carcasses percent lean. Likewise the ibest were chilled and subsequently muscled steer had only 18 per frozen in a normal standing cen t fat while the fattest steer position. produced 44 percent of its After freezing the “standing body weight in fat. Order Now For Fall Spreading Ivan M. Martin, Inc. New Holland 354-2112 Blue Ball, Pa. Gap 4424148 FARMERS' FERTILIZER WORKS 365 West Bainbridge St. Elizabethtown, Pa. Quality Fertilizer Since 1904 Phone 367-1211 Area Code 717 PREMIUM FERTILIZERS Pulverized or Granular At Reasonable Prices Remember fertilizer is our only business • Bagged fertilizer • Bulk spreading • Bulk pick-up at plant • Bulk spreaders (no charge for use) For Best Results Use Farmers’ Fertilizers It Pays! Ask Your Neighbor Who Uses Our Fertilizer Call Us or Your Local FARMERS’ FERTILIZER DEALER BARN SPRAYING SPRAY THE MODERN WAY Use CARBOLA SPRAY • Dries White # Disinfects • Less Cobwebs MAYNARD L. BEITZEL Phone 392-7227 Witmer, Pa. AUCTION 676 ACRES OF PRIME LAND FOR COMMERCIAL AND/OR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT YORK COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA Public sale of valuable real estate from the estate of Mahlon N. Haines, the Shoe Wizard*'These farms will be offeree! at public sale at Farm No. 1 on September 14, 1967. All are prime commercial, industrial or residential development * properties. All are located in fast-growing York County, Pa. All are located near U.S. 30, only a few minutes from downtown York. Farm No. 1 Approx. 89 acres. Farm No. 2 Approx. 127 acres. Penna. Rail* road runs through property. Farm No. 3 Approx. 460 acres. Penna. Rail* road runs through property. To be offered at public sale by the acre. Each farm will be offered separately and also all three farms as a unit. For brochure write The York Bank and Trust Co., executor, Trust Dept., 21 E. Market St., York, Pa. 17405. Tel. (717) 843-8651, Ext. 262 (Mr. Roller), or write to Jacob A. Gilbert, Auctioneer, R. D, 1 Wrightsville, Pa. 17368 Tel. (717) 246-5056. AVAILABLE NOW FOR FALL SEEDING • Cert. Alfa Alfalfa • Cert. Cayuga Alfalfa • Cert. Vernal Alfalfa „ , „ „ . ... .. • Pennlate Orchard Grass • Cert. Buffalo Alfalfa _ _ A „ • Reeds Canary Grass • Cert. Narragansett Alfalfa „ , „ _ „ • Climax Timothy • Cert. DuPuxts Alfalfa ,, • Pasture Mixtures • Cert. Saranac Alfalfa ORDER YOUR FALL SEED GRAIN NOW • Balbo Rye • Cert. Pennrad Barley • Norline Winter Oats • Cert. Redcoat Wheat P. L ROHRER & BRO., INC. i. > . SMOKETOWN • Cert. Pennscott Red Clover • Cert. Ladino Clover Ph. Lane. 397-3539
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