Farm Pondi low, wet area which preaenti a . ’ ' , . problem In the spring and sum- The benefits from a farm pond l mtr month 9 wlth 100 much mud . are many, and the fall of the Most contractors prefer to work year is one of the best seasons dry soil, rather than mud, and a to construct the pond. In many better job of construction may cases the pond is located in a be obtained. Husk fast and clean with McCormick"' 1-PR Corn Picker yp • Low, gentle-sloping gatherers with hinged-points to save down corn • Fast, clean snapping action guards against shelling • Oversized, 6-roll husking bed gets ears husk clean e Teams with any tractor with 2-plow power, standard plo <HT(*NATI»NiI International Harvester C. B. Hoober Sales and Service INTERCOURSE EPHRATA 733-2283 768-8231 Cope & Weover Co. 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Department of Agriculture donated almost 14 billion pounds of food during the first nine months of 1967-68 fiscal year This is about 20 percent more than during the same peri od a yeai eailier, points out Catherine B Love, extension consumer education specialist of The Pennsylvania State Univer sity Schools received more than 713 million pounds of donated food during this mne-month pe riod, nearly 44 percent more than for the same period the year before. Steadily increasing enrollments in elementary and high schools and higher costs of serving school lunches are among reasons for increasing food donations. Food donations to needy per sons in family units accounted NOW! Prepare For Seeding Call us for prompt service on: LIMESTONE - FERTILIZER - Available in bogs, bulk Trailer spreaders or custom truck spreading. ANHYDROUS AMMONIA ORGANIC PUNT FOOD CO. GROFFTOWN RD., NEXT TO WATERWORKS Ph. 392-4963 or 392-0374 YOUR FULL SERVICE DEALER In USDA Foods for more than 537 million pounds, says Miss Love In Maich, 3 5 million peisons ic ceived food donations and anoth er 2 4 million benefited from the USDA’s Food Stamp Program. To help feed needy adults and children in chatitable institu tions and childien in nonprofit summei camps, USDA provided food for the nine-month penod amounting to almost 107 million pounds One or moie of USDA’s food donation programs, earned out through state and local govern ments, operated in all 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Vngm Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific The U.S Department of Agri culture acquires food, suitably pi ocessed and packaged, and ships it to the states and terri tories for use in their school lunch, needy family, and other food-aid programs, Miss Love ex plains Truck Spread Fast Service Remember us for after fall plowing! Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 14.1068 0-20-20 4- 5- 10-10-10 DOUBLE PREGNANCY CATTLE RESEARCH GOAL Daily scientists at The Penn sylvania State University are ex ploring the possibility of devel oping a second calf in daily cows aheady carrying a calf ons to three months of age, accord ing to Dr T Y Tanabe, repio ductive physiologist with the de partment of dauy science Such work is termed superfe tation, Dr Tanabe says Artifi cial insemination dunng preg nancy has been accomplished successfully without disrupting fetal development in 94 percent oi the cows studied at Penn State's Dauy Bleeding Research Center However, fertilization of expei imentally develope-d eggs, the ciucial step in any such technique, has not been achieved To accomplish superfetation and successful birth of two healthy calves of different ages within a period of one to three months will lequire control of five major processes without dis rupting the initial pregnancy. Fust, a viable egg must be de veloped in the ovary on the side opposite the pregnant uterine hom Then ovulation must be in- duced by hormone injection to luptuie the ovarian follicle or egg sac and release the egg. Next, the experimentally induc ed egg must be fertilized Then each fetus must be maintained thiough a noimal gestation peri od The final step is to induce separate and spaced births Dr Tanabe and associates have found that pregnancy can be maintained by injecting sub noimally low levels of progestei one after surgically removing the corpus luteum the gland that pi oduces progesterone which in tuin maintains fetal de velopment Such treatments have been 90 percent successful When pregnancy was tenuous ly maintained under conditions of low level progesterone substi tution, laige follicles developed which contained normal appeal ing eggs This basic proceduie pioduced a single follicle in 80 percent of the experimental am mals By hoimone injection, such follicles were caused to rupture and release an egg in 70 pei cent of the cattle Have you checked your home recently for faulty wiring, fray ed cords and exposed wnes’’ The National Fire Protection Association says these things, along with defective electric appliances, are a major cause of file in oui homes Make sure youi home is an electrically 7
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