(i Lancaster Fammn'. Saturdav. January 18. 19(if) Mark S. Hess Mark Hess Manager Of Agway Unit Mark S Hess a native of Lan caster County, has been named Unit Manager of the Gaiden Spot Unit of AGWAY Lancas ter, it was announced by R Art Cochran, Area Manager Hess succeeds Kenneth Emer son, who has taken a position in AGWAY’S Westein Division, as Managei of a large retail stoie and grain elevator at Geneva, New York In his new position, Hess as sumes icsponsibility foi distn bution of faim pioduction sup plies through stores located at Lancastei, New Holland and Quanyville His headquaiteis aie in Lancaster Hess began his AGWAY ca- FREE SAMPLE COPIES Copies of LANCASTER FARMING ore not always easy to find they are not sold on newsstands and perhaps some of your friends may not be acquainted with our weekly service. We'll be glad to send, without charge, several copies of LAN CASTER FARMING to your friends or business associates. 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BOX 266 Prof Says Slick Pavements Doom Drivers MADISON, WIS “If all dnveis could see what I've seen, theie would be few caieless drivels on the load today,” says Pi of Aichie H Easton, nation ally known accident investiga tor and Dnectoi of the Motor Vehicle Research Laboiatory of the University of Wisconsin Refening to the grisly scene he often encounteis when sum moned to an accident site, Pi of Easton said - “I ceitainly would not want to foice people to see tnese sights, but I often think tr.at it would do some drivers a world of good to see first-hand the tragic consequences of dunking and duung. a moment of caielessness 01 inattention, or a simple case of poor judg ment ” As Chairman of the National Safetj Council’s Committee on Winter Driving Hazaids, Pi of reer in 1944 and has served on local and legional Boards of Dnectois, as manager of Feed Operations and in charge of Poultiy Conti act Pioduction Sei vices throughout Pennsyl vania Befoie assuming his new position, Hess had been man ager of AGWAY’S Tobacco Mar keting program He will con tinue to supeivise this market ing function Youi Name Easton is particulaily concern ed about the added hazaids at this time of year caused by ice and snow-coveied pavements and the lesultmg consequences "Judging fiom some of the ac cidents I’ve seen, many drivers obviously have no concept of the extiemely limited traction on these sui faces Tests have shown, for example, that the b'aking distance on glaie ice may easily be as much as nine c. ten times the normal dry pavement distance, meaning a stopping distance of 150 to 200 ft at a speed of only 20 mph compared with about 17 ft. on diy pavement,” he explained "Whenever the pavement is snowy or icy, the best advice is to first get the ‘feel’ of the road This can be done by trying the biakes or by accelerating care fully to see whether the wheels skid or spin. If the car has any tendency to skid or ‘fish-tail,’ then it’s time to slow way down and do all maneuvering—brak ing, steering or accelerating v.ith a veiy gentle touch,” ad vised Easton When asked whether special traction devices, such as snow tires and tire chains were help ful under these conditions, he icplied that the National Safety Council’s tests showed that con ventional snow tires were of lit- —* ">V s -j * & v*^ ! f, *X "*&> SUeet Addiess & R D Citj, State and Zip Coue LITITZ, PENNA, CHECKING ON THE POULTRY LAB. SITES are left to right, Jack Huber and Claude Hess representing the Lan caster County Poultry Association and Dr. Edward T. Mal linson, Bureau of Animal Industry and Homer Bicksler, Pa. Poultry Federation. The state representatives were in the County to investigate the two proposed sites for the new proposed poultry diagnostic laboratory being sponsored by the local poultrymen. The sites visited Wednesday morning were an acre plot located along Route 501 across from the Lancaster Airport owned by John Huber and a lot near the New Holland Boro line owned by Victor F. Weaver, Inc. tie or no benefit on glaie ice but that they provided about half again as much traction in loosely packed snow as regular tires Studded snow tires, on the other hand, materially improve ti action on ice, providing about three times the pulling ability of regular tires and reducing braking distances by 19 percent, according to the test findings For severe conditions on both snow and ice, Prof Easton rec ommended reinforced tire chains He said that tests show ed chains provided from four to seven times the pulling power of regular tires on snow and ice and reduced braking distance on glare ice by 50 percent. “But regardless of the help provided by these traction aids,” concluded Easton, “drivers should realize that performance on snow and ice is nowhere near that on dry pavement, and that speeds must be shaiply re duced.” Com Stover Has Potential HARIRSBURG Coin stov er represents an enounous po tential as feed 01 bedding in addition to boosting returns per acre, a Penn State agricultural engineer told members attend ing the Pennsylvania Crop Im provement Association annual meeting at the 53rd Farm Show Burton S Horne said stover accounts for half the plant ma terial produced in an acie of coin and is usually left in the field and considered a nuisance when tilling and planting opera tions aie being carried out “Corn stover is an alternative feedstuff when roughages are expensive” Home said “and can bo used as bedding when stiaw "? in shoit supply” M