Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, October 21, 1967, Image 8

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    B—Lancaster Pawning, Saturday, October 21,1967
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PICTURES FFA BOYS BROUGHT tom) Prize- winning sheep; ('bottom
FROM KANSAS CITY. (Upper left) A right) Harold Brubaker .presides -and
controlled environment steer barn; (cen- (top-right) Ray Bollinger reading a let
ter) Indianapolis Motor Speedway; (hot- ter from ...
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VEALEES
Choice 41-44;
Good 39-41; Standard 37-39.50;
Utility 32-36.50; Cull 25-30.50.
SLAUGHTER CALVES-Good
t Choice 270-375 lbs 24-29.50,
few 31.50-34.
SHEEP 29 - Insufficient vol
ume for a market test
COWS
October 18, 1967
Receipts of 137 cows, 5 bulls
and 7 heifers sold steady ex
cept fresh cows stronger Fresh
Holstein, 425 605, Guernseys,
185-265, Other breeds, 300-425,
Bulls 132-315, Heifers 150-405
HORSES
October 16, 1967
Receipts of 325 horses sold
lower. Riding horses, 90-260,
Driving horses 125-290, Pony
mares 25-40, Geldings 20-30
Killers 5-6.
HOGS
October 16, 1967
811 head of hogs sold 25
lower Retail 21-22 50, Whole-
Hefler Leaves NEPPCO;
Joins Maine Egg Firm
David E Hefler, NEPPCO’s
Director of Member Services,
has announced his resignation
from the 14 state poultry trade
association. He has accepted
the post of sales manager with
Maine Egg Producers, Inc, of
Scarborough, Maine He will
begin his new duties .starting
November 4
Maine Egg Producers, Inc.,
is a member of NEPPCO’s
Thunderhird Club and has
been active in the Association’s
affairs for many years*. The
firm, which is owned toy Mr.
A. S. Treworgy, supplies eggs
to stores and institutions in
both the Portland, Maine and
Boston, jytassaohn&ftts .markets
sale. No's. 1-3, 19.75-20.25; Calf receipts of 90 head sold
Heavyweights 19.50-20. Sows steady. Choice and Prune, 39-
16-17, 41.50; Good and L Choice,. 35-
- CALVES 38.50; Standard 31.50-34 50;
October 16, 1967 Common 18-30.
Boost Yields
NEXT YEAR!
Order Your
PIONEER SEED
Now
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varieties that will do the best job for you
next year. Pioneer offers you;
(1) A New Generation of hybrid corn varie
ties—bred to fit your specific needs.
(2) Hybrid sorghums for high grain and
forage yields extra bushels of grain and
more tons of forage.
(3) Alfalfas bred for the job « • • whether
it’s hay, pasture or plowdown. “
Check what you’ll need now—then order
when your Pioneer salesman calls. An order
placed now gives you first call on the seed
you need next spring.
Your Local
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Salesman
* SEEDS
Local Fanners
To Attend
Agway Meeting
Twenty-one local farmers
representing members of Gar
den Spot Unit, Lancaster, were
scheduled to hear an address
by Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman at the third
annual meeting of Agway Inc.,
Oct. 20 in Syracuse, N.Y.
Mr. Kenneth Emerson, unit
manager, said the following
will atend from here: Samuel
U. Beiler, Amos H. Rutt, Mr.
and Mrs. Paul G. Ruhl, R.
Fred Breneman, Morris Zook
Jr., Henry E. Shenk. Raymond Daily circulation of newspa-
H. Weaver, Mr. and Mrs. John pers in the U.S. and Canada
E. Campbell, Robert Bucher, last year rose to 61,397,252, a
John Melhorn, Carl Zeager, gain of a million over 1965
Mr. and Mrs. Roy B. Stoner, and an increase of 20 pencent
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Good, since 1946.
Donald Rutt, Richard' Sketh
way, Walter Main 'and Kenneth
Emerson.
Secretary Freeman’s address
will be on the second day--of
the Agway meeting, in Onon
daga County War Memorial.
Local delegates will be
among some 4,500 farmers.from
Agway’s 12-state territory ex
pected to attend. Delegates rep
resent the 90,000 farmers who
own common stock in the co
operative.
Agway members also will
hear reports by Agway presi
dent Jonathan Davis, of Sterl
ing Junction, Mass., and gener
al manager Edmund H. Fal
lon. Both will speak on Oct. 19.