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“My project was-coming along great until my
biggest and most promising hen started crowing!”
• Water
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yet growing—demand
Because of evaporation dis
placement, reservoirs are not
an ideal means of storing water;
they may lose three feet of wa
ter ‘in a year—billions of gal
lons 'at a time In addition, they
take up land that could be put
to use by our expanding popu
lation
New ways to conserve water
are being perfected daily,
among them treatment and re
use of sewage watei, desakraza
tion of sea water and storage in
manmade underground reser
voirs However, these two have
drawbacks Reusing treated
sewage water may seem unsav
ory to some (even though it is
completely purified), and de
salinization still is very costly
For example, desalted sea wa
ter is dozens of times more ex
pensive than that used for ir
SHUT DOWN?
DELAYED?
... BECAUSE OF
ELECTRIC POWER
FAILURES OR JOBS
AWAY FROM LINES?
STANDBY POWER
Reliable electric pov.er units
come on automatical!/ dur
ing those crippling emer
gencies, low cost gasoline
or diesel systems from 600
v.atts to 100 KW. 39 years
of experience at
PORTABLE POWER
Cut construct,on costs v.ith
most economical on ths-job
source of electric po.vsr—
portcole hand-carry or two
wheel-dolly generators
start ng at 600 ,• aits.
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L. H. BRUBAKER
350 Strasbui g Pike, Lane.
R. D. 3, Lititz
Phone Lancaster 397-5179
Stiasburg 687-6003
Lititz 626-7766
rigation in this country.
A relatively new approach to
the problem that has been suc
cessful in the few places where
it has been tried is the creation
of underground reservoirs
from which the watei- cannot
evaporate, incidentally The wa
ter is “stored” deliberately in
porous rocks or caverns far be
low the earth’s surface As it
seeps to the chosen storage
areas, the water travels through
layers of rock that filter out
some of the impurities When
needed, thus watei- is recovered
by processes similar to produc
ing oil.
(At present, 95% of the
world's usable fresh water is
below ground through the
workings of nature Some of
this which we know as well wa-
Public Sale
of Valuable
DAIRY FARM
Located 2 mi. South of Quarryville, 1 mi. East of
Rt. 222, 14 mi. South of Lancaster, in East Drumore
Twp., Lancaster County, Pa.
SATURDAY, JAN. 27, 1968
1:00 P.M.
175 ACRE FARM
110 tillable, 35 meadow, 30 woodland. Barn equipped
with 43 stanchions, also pens for calves, adjoining build
ing for heifers, 25x75 pole shed loafing barn, 10x55 silo,
large milk house with 500 gallon milk tank (Walker
Stamp) new unit on bulk lank, new tile milk house, new
roof on large bank barn, new water system, new drain
field, new Jamesway barn cleaner, not installed.
2V 2 STORY STONE HOUSE
Slate roof, hot water automatic oil heat, l x /z baths and
dishwasher.
Land in high state of cultivation, Spring in pasture.
Looking for a nice dairy farm? Don’t miss this sale.
10% down, balance April 1, 1968.
Terms by
ESTHER E. MARTIN
Ph. 717-354-5389
Kreider & Diller, Aucts.
Eaby & Eaby, Attys.
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lowa State University comput
ed toe cost on a dollar and cents
basis of carrying cattle to heavi
er weights With No 3 com at
} $1 per bushel, the cost of put
ting on 'a pound of gain on cat
tle weighing 1100 pounds was 27
percent greater than When the
cattle weighed 1000 pounds By
the time the cattle reached 1200
pound®, the cost of putting on
an additional pound of gam was
30 percent more than when toe
cattle weighed 1100 pounds
and a whopping 66 percent more
than what it was at 1000 pounds
-If cattle are earned to weights
beyond this, the costs go up
even more rapidly.
It is important for everyone
to re c ognize that every extra
day in the feedlot costs toe' feed
er twice—first in the added cost
of gain and second, the price de-
Check, Clean Lights
In Poultry House
Take a look at the lights in
jour poultry house, the chances
are a light dusting is an order
University of Missouri Exten
sion poultrjmen Walter Russell
and Glenn Geiger say that if you
are skeptical, do the dusting
late some daik afternoon See if
you don’t brighten the poultry
house and woik room
Tihe dusting job will take only
a short time 'and Will be cheaper
than adding larger sized bulbs
to get the light you need
A weekly dusting should be
pant of your poultry house man
agement program The first time
around, the bulbs may need
washing Do this when they are
cool A cool or wet nag on a hot
bullb may cause it to break
tea, is pumped to the surface.)
The story of water is fascinat
ing, and the problem of solving
water quantity and quality is
only one of many that this re
cycling substance presents to
man.
pounds he puts on,
15 Extra Pounds Per Animal
Could Lower Prices $.75 Per
100 Pounds.
If toe average weight of fed
cattle goes up only 15 pounds, at
translates into one additional
pound per person that must toe
eaten by toe lAroencan consum
er to dear the market. This in
creased tonnage alone would
lower cattle prices about 50 to
75 cents per 100 pounds.
In addition to more costly
gains and increased beef ton
nage to depress prices, holding
cattle to heavier weights pro
duces' less d e s i rafale and less
valuable carcasses The demand
for prime grade and heavy
weight fed cattle rs limited and
easily saturated The retail pref
erence is primarily for Choice
grade carcasses weighing under
700 pounds—from cattle weigh
ing not over 1,100 pounds.
Extra Weight Lowers Retail
Value Also
The cattle feeder who is temp
ted to hold Choice grade cattle
for another 100 pounds of gam
needs to consider that much of
the gam is excess fat that will
FARM EQUIPMENT SALE
WED., JAN. 10, 1968 AT 9:30 A.M.
MARTIN'S SALE BARN
BLUE BALL, PA., LANCASTER COUNTY
Tractors, Machineiy, Implements, Hardware Supplies,
Posts, Hay and Straw.
WE SELL ON COMMISSION
PH. (717) 354-6671
PAUL Z. MARTIN
NEXT SALE JANUARY 24, 1968
KLINGER FARMS
r'/u
COMPLETE ~
HERD DISPERSAL
Farm Machinery Milk Equipment
LOCATED: 2 miles east of State College, Pa. Centre CoJ, J on
Route 26. 1 '
FRIDAY,
JAN. 12,1968
STARTING AT
12 O’CLOCK SHARP
50 HEAD HOLSTEIN
DAIRY CATTLE 50
17 Registered 33 Hi-Grades
31 mature, good size, fresh cows, close springers, several bred
back for fall freshening. 10 Bred Heifers, bred for fall freshening.
9 Started Calves. Majority NEBA breeding.
DHIA 1967 13,164 Milk 491 Fot 3.7
CERTIFIED ACCREDITED CALFHOOD VACCINATED
PREGNANCY CHECKED. CHARTS SALE DAY.
MACHINERY
JD 50 tractor, JD cultivators, JD 110 chuck wagon, Super 6
Fox forage harvester direct cut grass head, 2A Bearcat hammer
mill 14-in. cutter head, governor controlled feed rolls; Papec
feed mixer, 2 sets cow clippers.
MILK EQUIPMENT
2 DeLaval magnetic suspended milker units (Surge pails,
DeLaval magnetic pulsation), DeLaval magnetic floor type milk
er, 17 automatic stall cocks, DeLaval magnetic milker puiqp, 300-
gallon bulk tank, pails, strainer. 1 '
PRODUCE
1500 bushels ear corn. Approximately 40 tons good quality
alfalfa hay, sold in 3 different lots. 15 tons straw, sold in two lots.
TERMS: CASH OR GOOD CHECK SALE DAY
J. KENNETH WALKER, Owner
RD 1, Box 333, State College, Pa. 16801
CARL DILLER & EVERETT KREIDER, Auctioneers
RICHMOND SWEET, Clerk
D. O. Rockwell, Sale Mgr.
Troy, Pa. 16947. Phone 717-297-3460
(Cantoned from Page 1)
peace, or alderman. Fees are
$1 for each male or spayed fe
male dog, and $2 for other fe
male dogs, plus 20 cents to be
paid to the issuing officer. gr
The state law also requires V,
that all dogs must (be confined
withun the premises of the own
er, or firmly secured so that
they cannot stray beyond the
premises, or must be under rea
sonable control at all tames.
Dog licenses for the current
year must be attached to the
collar or harness at all times.
significantly lower the retail
value of the carcass per hun
dredweight.
For example, the retail value
of carcasses from Choice cattle
fed from 1,100 to 1,200 pounds
may be lowered $1 to $1.25 per
hundredweight by the increase
in fat trimmings associated, with
only 14 mch additional fatness
over the rib
The lower relative value of
the carcass alone is reason
enough for avoiding the risk of
overfinishing or feeding to
weights with limited outlets.
. Produce
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