Barley Crop tors arc urged to operate their The winter barley crop is machines at speeds slow enough ienlng and soon the combines to get most of the grain out of the ill be clotting the counlyside: barley heads: this has not always is winter grain is gaining in been true in the past as indicated ipularity since the market value by the great amount of volunteer wheat is less Combine opera- growth following combining. P' TERRE HILL SILOS MONOLITHIC & CONCRETE STAVE SILOS - 7. * > i ," < -v * : - More Quality More Strength More Economy Silos • Silo Unloaders # Bunk Feeders Silage Distributors TERRE HILL SILO CO., Inc. TERRE HILL, PA. Ira 6. Landis Ph- 394-7912 1912 Creek Hill Rd., Lane. West Willow Farmers Assn. # Inc. Ph 464-3431 West Willow ' «*•* y - 1 < V SINCE 1927 Phone 445-3911 HEIFERS FAST at low cost with.,. NEW PURINA HEIFER CHOW More and more local dairymen are proving that a small extra investment in heifer feeding can pay off when heifers freshenand begin contributing to the milk check. And research has proved that heifers which produce well in the first lactation continue to be high producers over a longer milking life than average cows. NEW Purina* Heifer Chow* has been developed to help you grow big heifers fast, conveniently and at low cost. New Heifer Chow is a palatable, coarse 14 per cent protein ration, fortified with vitamins and minerals to stimulate fast, solid heifer growth. To build low-cost growth, you need feed only 3 pounds of New Heifer Chow per heifer per day if your legume forages are of good quality. For best results, start your heifers on the Purina heifer growing program at six months of age until 90 days before freshening when they’ll be fed on the basis of their condition and on the quality of your forage. Drop in soon and pick up a copy of our New Purina Heifer Growing Program folder. It explains the program to follow tot fast-growing, early-freshening heifers at low cost. *Beg. Trademark— Ralston Purina Co. John B. Kurtz Plv 354 9251 R. D. 3, Ephrata John J. Hess, 11, Inc. Ph: 442 4632 Paradise Groin bins should be cleaned and sprayed with an insecticide to kill all gram insects New bailey should not be fed to livestock un til it has gone through a curing period of several weeks in the br.i n or bin The first known newspaper ad vertisement appealed in 1642 in Britain Lancaster Farming, Saturday. June 21,1969—21 Calls For All-Out Effort Against Hog Cholera Secretary of Agriculture Clif ford M. Haidm today called on the entire swine industry to unite in a final “stamping out” James High & Sons Ph. 354-0301 Goidonville Wenger's Feed Mill Inc. Ph- 367-1195 Rheems efforts against hog cholcia He pointed out that lecent State and Federal actions to eliminate the use of hog cholera vaccines have given a new urgen cy to eradication effoits “The Department is committed to the success of the hog cholera eradication program,” Secretary Hardin said. “We know we have the technical knowledge to knock out this disease.” ■ F<” ' ’■ ' " , “ t ’' 'r:l “■ c "eed the help of eveijone—producers, veterinarians, market interests, and regulatory agencies—to fin ish the job and wipe out this costly swine disease as quickly as possible The nationwide hog cholera eradication campaign being wag ed by the swine industry m co operation with the States and the Animal Health Division of USDA’s Agricultural Research Service got underway in late 1962 Taiget date for completion o f the piogram and a “hog chol eia free” United States is 1972 The program is divided into four phases with the first two devoted to conti ol measures and the final two aimed at eiadicat ing the disease State and Feder al animal health officials aie now stepping up their efforts against the disease in States in the final phases of the pi ogi am Each out bieak of hog choleia is handled on an emeigency 01 stamp out” basis This means piompt and complete disposal of all infected herds, with coopeiative State- Federal indemnity payments to help compensate ow ners foi hogs that must be destioyed because of the disease Pesticides Approved For Sofety And Effectiveness Regulation of pesticides car ried out by fedeial and state agencies assures effectiveness and consumer safety, says D L. Bierlein, pesticides coordinator of The Pennsjlvama State Uni versity A manufacturer who proposes to offer a new chemical needs registi ation trom the U S De paitment of Agriculture, and he must demonstrate the usefulness and effectiveness of the pioduct. Data given also inculde long term and acute effects found on highly sensitive test animals. The Pesticides Regulation D.v ision of USDA’s Agricultural Re search Seivice then studies the data The Service determines whether the product will be ef fective for its proposed use. and even more important it will be safe when used as directed Dr. Bierlein explains If its safety cannot be demonstrated, the pio duci won’t be registered regard less of its effectiveness If a USDA approved chemical is intended for use in food pro ducts, the Food and Drug Admin istration tests it for pestic de residues in food stuffs A toler ance level is then established by the FDA according to what is safe ovei a prolonged period of time The geneial rule foi a toler ance level is set at 1/100 of tli3> lowest level at which effect on animals can be discerned Federal legulations to insure the safety of foods apply only to materials shipped interstate, points out Dr Bieilem The FDA has control over the maiketmg of pesticidal chemicals only where the items aie repieseiFed as having theiapeutic use or where they are subject to the food additives section of the Fed eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
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