- Lancaster Farming. Saturday. October 26.1968
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• Tips from a Pro
Jamti A. Martin
NATIONAL TRUCK DRIVER OS THE YEA*
do
you?
Increase In
Postal customers weie le
minded this week that highei |
parcel post and catalogue iates{
went into eitect last Satin day I
The rate increase will a\eragel
10 5 peicent and in most cases!
will mean an additional ten cents i
postage per paicel j
The highei rates wei e approi -'
ed hy the Interstate Commeice'
Commission in Juh 1
Under the new rates the mini
mum chaige for local paicel de
lively will go fiom 40 to 50!
cents The minimum chaige foi
paieels destined outside the lo
cal deliveiy area incieased fiom
50 cents to 60 cents
Almost all parcels that weie 1
chaiged up to SI 10 under the'
foimer rates will be 10 cents
highei This accounts foi more
than 80 percent of all parcel*
post
The rncrease amounts to 15
cents on most parcels previously
charged between $llO and S4OO,
and 20-cents on parcels previ
ously charged over $4 00
Parcel post rates are based on
weight of the package and the
d'stance it is marled
Higher rates for the delivery
of packages and catalogues are
required to bring revenue from
this type of mail within four%
of operating costs, as required
by law The higher rates aie de
signed to put parcels and cata
logues, which are fourth-class
nail, on a break-even basis
Additional revenue is needed
-fiom parcel post and catalogues
to offset highei costs resulting
Ducks Groiv Fast
Ducks are about the fastest
gi owing domesticated animals
say extension poulti,y specialists
a' Penn State The% weigh
slightly ovei one-tenth of a
pound when hatched and in
ciease then original weight 60
times during then fiist eight
weeks If the calf from a beef
animal would grow in the same
manner, it could weigh about
2 1/ 4 tons at eight weeks
About 200 000 of the 800,000
citizens of Canton, China, lue
then entne lives on watei in
junks, on lafts sampans baiges
Professional
drivers
re-ctt
tfieip
loads
Postal Rate
fiom pay inci eases appioved
last yeai for postal employees
You hear a lot these days about fertiliz-
ers being uniform. But only UNIPELS
have all the prescribed nutrients chem
ically and physically uniform from pel
let to pellet! Not just from ton to ton,
or even bag to bag. So, the ingredi- power available, remember; no fertili
ents cannot be segregated or lillLfc grm zer is better suited for broad
separated. □ And, unlike casting than.UNIPELS
other fertilizers, every pel- so uniform "The All-Season Fertilizer"
about
IMPELS?
ORTHO
TM’S ORTHO, CHEVRON DESIGN, UNIPEL-REC. U S. PAT. OFF.
Lanchester Pony Club
To Host Mock Rally
A pdny club mock rally has
been announced by Mrs. Jill
Hasalci', district commissioner,
of Lanchester Pony Club, to
take place at Lanchester pony
club headquarters, located at
Drumore, on Sat., Oct. 20. start
im; with ‘Dressage at 9:00 A.M.,
followed bv cross country at
12:00 noon and stadium jumping
at 2.30 P.M. and ending with a
parade of horses and the presen
tntio nof awards.
Mr. and Mis. Kirke Bryan, of
Noirislown. who are national
examiners for the United States
Pony Clubs, will judge the
dressage, and William Murry,
District commissioner of Dela
ware Pony Club, will judge the
stadium jumping.
There will be fiftv contest
ants, ranging in age from nine
to seventeen, and representing,
Delaware Pony Club, Newark,
Del, Middletown P. C., Middle
town. Del, Brandywine P. C ,
Pocopson, Pa, Biidlewild P C,
Brvn Mawr, Pa, Mr Stewart’s
Cheshn e Foxhounds P. C,
Umonville Pa , Rose Tree P. C„
Dai ling Pa and Lanchestei
tat ion of awards
moie. Pa
The public is invited Refresh
ments will be available on the
gi ounds
DID YOU KNOW—The Penn
svlvania section of the Appala
chian Tiail begins at Pen Mar
on the Pennsvlvama-Maryland
bolder, near Waj-nesboio, cross
es the State in a northeasterly
direction and leaves Pennsyl
vania in the vicinitv of the Dela
ware Water Gap (Dept of Foi
ests and Waters)
CHECKING THE CROP- Donald B. Snvder. of Lititz,
21-year-old senior at The Pennsylvania State University, un
loads a crate of apples to be stored and pressed into cider
for sale at the 55th annual Horticulture Show at the Univer
sity Snyder, son of Mr and Mrs. Warren B Snyder. RD 3,
Lititz, a horticulture major, is chairman of the November
2-3 production
let has the same shape and density for
maximum uniformity when applied from
a broadcast-type spreader, □ So, if you're
planning to broadcast and plow down
this fall when there's extra time and man-
u_
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