AUTOMATIC BALE WAGON picks up, loads, transports and unloads bales on a stack or one at a time into a conveyor at the barn, without manual assistance. With additional attachments the wagon re lieves the load-units of bales from the stack, unloads them one at a time in the Plants Need Leaves with the idea it puts added ist at Penn State A good growth Trimming leaves from tomato g row th into the fruit is not good of green leaves is one of the best ilants, and tips of squash, musk- practice, says James 0 Dutt, ex- signs of a healthy garden NEW FROM AGWAY the Fin» -VIFW PERFECTION MILKER FEATURES... FULL VIEW MILKER BODY Tiansparent body permits constant visual monitoring of milk flow reduces dangei of overmilking cuts milking time SEE EACH QUARTER MILK OUT Big capacity design provides vacuum leseive — maintains more stable vacuum m events backwasHng of teats riomotes herd health Large milk mists, sloped milkei body bottom moves milk fast FULL-VIEW TEAT CUP SHELLS Now any abnormal pulsator or inflation ac tion is immediately known transparent design permits VISUAL monitoring Body splits, weak inflations show up clearly . eliminates guesswork . prevents twisted inflations, incorrect assembly by VISUAL check FULL-FLOW INFLATIONS New softer mateiial in proven cushion top design insures fast, gentle milkmg vacuum xeseive under cushion top gives greater holding action . inci eased diameter stem can handle milk flow from even heaviest producers . allows more air flow, less vacuum fluctuation FULL-VIEW MILK AND AIR HOSES . . . Transparent milk and air hoses permit visual mspection of complete milk and vacuum aspects of the milker Agway melon and watermelon plants tension vegetable crops special- WE SERVICE WHAT WE SELL CALL TODAY FOR A FREE DEMONSTRATION iIE-LIHE SUPPLY 1027 Dillerville Rood, Loncoster Fv ifx / i feedlot. The wagon was shown by the New Holland Division of Sperry Rand for the first time to newsmen from across the U.S. and Canada at a special news confer ence at the National Plowing Contest this week. L.F. Photo. LOW CLEARANCE DESIGN . . . Wide spread Cluster hangs well on all cows . . will milk more low uddered cows ..IV less height than other milkers .. individual quarters can be dropped. PATENTED POSITIVE PULSATED AIR BLEED . . . Reduces vacuum fluctuations while gently elevating milk . . eliminates rancidity caused by continuous or nonpositive air bleeds Requires no extra hose keeps milk from pulsator *♦- * - I CEMiJ Ph. 397~4?61 Lancaster Farming. Saturday. August 31.1968 A Letter To The Editor... (Ed. Note; Mr. Amos Hive ly had a milling machine busi ness in Quarryvillc for about 10 years and has many friends among the Lancaster Farming readers. He recently moved to Australia and it is with pleas ure that we reproduce (with Hivcly’s permission) the con tents of his letter to the editor, dated August 19, 1968.) Queensland, Australia Dear Editor: Having formerly lived in Lan caster County and subscribed to your farm paper for several years, I felt you might find it of interest to have a report on ag riculture from Australia. After making a trip here in 1967, I decided to migrate to Australia and after spending five weeks and three days on a 9000 ton freighter we landed July 27, 1968 This is their last month of winter but it seems more like October in Pennsylvania. The temperature at night runs 40 to 50 degrees and the days 60 to 75 We have only had about one and a half days of rain since we ar rived and very little cloudy weather. Brisbane is the capital of the state of Queensland, which is an area twice the size of Texas Brisbane has a population of 725,000 and is nearly all private dwellings spread over a vast area. Queensland has about one third of all the cattle in Aus tialia and their large annual Livestock Show was held here last week It was on for 10 days with a total attendance of 621, 000 people. They hold many sales of the stud cattle (breed ing stock) and they brought rec ord prices this year. They sold 270 bulls and 15 females for a total price of $490,200 making an average of $1720. The highest single animal price was $28,000 for a Hereford, which are per haps the most popular. They also have Shorthorn, Santa Gert rudis, Angus, Brahma and Brah ma crosses As yet they do not have Charolais but interest » building and there has been least three Charolais Associa tions formed without a single animal of the breed in Australia The Charolais semen is to be re leased from England to be de livered here next May in a lim ited quantity. They already hare more deliveries booked for 1970 and 1971. Cattle numbers hare increased about 40 percent here (ince 1950 and sheep are on the decline. They still have 160 mil lion sheep, however. They also had acres of farm machinery on exhibit, most of which is larger in size than is used in Pennsylvania. The larg est combines run 22 foot head ers and disk plows as big as 26 bottoms and cultivating tools as wide as 45 feet New Holland machines are quite popular here as well as Gehl, Massey-Fergu son and John Deere About half of their farm machinery is A»s tralia brands They have a number of sport* and contests not seen in the States and are most interesting to watch Of particular interest (Continued on Page 17) Broderick Cites Farming Importance Hershey - Lt Gov Raymond J Brodeuck this week predicted Pennsylvania farmers will “meet the challenge of the future” by doubling production to help feed millions moie people in the 21st century Speaking at the official open mg of the 1968 National Plow ing Contest Tuesday, Lt Gov Biodenck after ribbon cut ting ceremonies said, “holding the National Plowing Contest heie in Pennsylvania dramatical ly emphasizes the fact that Ag riculture is and always has been the key industiy of our Common wealth “The business of Agriculture is the keystone of our nation’s economy. “Farming is big business in Pennsylvania Farmers of the Keystone State produce over a billion dollars worth of crops and livestock a year. We rank 17th in the nation on that score, and they still call Pennsylvania an industrial State. “What of the future? In anoth er generation and before the close of this century, each farm ei will be feeding twice as many people as he now feeds. If sci ence and technology continue to multiply the faimer’s efforts at the rate of the past 30 years, the farmers of America will be pre pared for the challenge of the 20th Century “I congratulate the officials of the National Plowing Contest, Secretary of Agriculture Lee Bull, Deputy Secretary Jack Giey, and all the others associat ed with this exhibition. With men of your calibre at the helm, the farmers of Pennsylvania, the farmers of the United States will be ready for the challenge of the next generation.” 13
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