Wild Cherry Trees The presence of wild cherry trees in a pasture does not mean that it is dangerous to .graze livestock, in that area: however, it docs mean that own ers should be informed that wilting, wilted, or dead wild cheuy leaves are poisonous to livestock. The green leaves are not toxic. Following a stonn 01 if any of the wild cheny tices are cut, the blanches and all of the leaves should be icmoved SWEIGART FIRESTONE 329 W. High St., Manheim, Pa. Phone 665-2258 HERE ARE 6 WAYS WE COULD SKIMP ON THE FAMOUS LAMCO FORAGE BOX lUse a Jerky Ratchet instead of SMOOTH WORM DRIVE 3 Use common beater in place of our Spiral beater which peels off the material. No Bunching No Plugging 4 - Skimp on a Plain open Jaw transmission in place of our Protectively enclosed unit. 5 - Replace our Positive expensive worm drive with open gears on our Lower Beater Drive 6 - Use ordinary soft wood for our main Stringer and Cross pieces instead of Strong Oak. BUT... We won't skimp We know how valuable Farmers' time is in the Harvest. Lamco is Safe Smooth and Trouble free 14 Foot Standard Box F. 0.8. $995.00 KINZER EQUIP. CO. Your Equipment Center in Lancasteijbpunty Box 23, Kinzer, Pa. 442-4186- j- Rats Cause Extensive Damage In Pa. Rats cause $lO million in dam ages annually in Pennsylvania Nationwide, the rodent is the cause of billions in damages A int eats an estimated S 2 woith of food a >ear He con laminates ten times as much as he eats The rat is an arsonist He staits fites in houses and barns bv gnawing the insulation on clectuc wiling He aids spon taneous combustion by gather ing oily tags and other flamma ble mateuals foi his nest. His incisor teeth, which grow immediately Livestock will be attiacted to these wilted leaves and will cat them in place of other good foiage: don’t take the chance of them not eating the leaves because thei e is plen ty of glass, this may mean the loss of seveial or all animals. Also, livestock pioducers who aie trimming some of their eveigieen trees such as yews, jumpeis, and aiborvitae should not thiow the limbs in pastiue or exeicise areas, the cattle will eat these needles and they can be toxic 2R e p I d c e our Safe Heavy Duty Outfeed Apron with a danger ous auger. about five inches a year, must be kept sharp as well as worn down He accomplishes this by gnawing through wood con- crete brick and even metal anything which bars him fiom food. He practiced germ warfare long before the U S or Russia ever heard of it. He carues infected lice, fleas, mites and ticks He causes the spiead of mote than 35 diseases including tularemia leptospuosis and bu bonic plague. He pollutes water and food He spreads infectious jaundice salmonella food poisoning and tapeworm infections He s been known to bite babies having tiaces of food on them In the animal kingdom he has few equals when it comes to lust for killing In a poulti house, he will slaughter chmc' wholesale, attack bioileis even adult hens He will bite young livestock Sounds attiactive, doesn I ne° A female lat bleeds vvhen thiee months old She comes in to heat a day aftei beaung young and about eveiy five davs theieafter if not feitihzed Hei litter ranges fiom six to ten It is estimated that a pan of rats providing all then off spring stay alive and bleed regularly can have 350 mil lion piogeny in thiee veais How’s that for a population ex plosion. An expert on rats estimates you have 100 to 500 i ats on y our farm if you see lats now and then at night If you see them every night and now and then in daytime, you have 500 to 1000 rats When you see many at night and several every day, your rat population is between 1 000 and 5,000 You can kill thousands of ia(s and still have thousands left You can’t claim victory unless you see no sign of rats day oi night for weeks Even then your victory over man’s ancient enemy may be only temporary A male lat may wander in and a female may follow. Lancaster Farming. Saturday. July 26. 1969 Egg Merchandising • Goren on bridge, and Post on etiquette aie iccognized au thorities The egg business des perately needs a lecognized book on letail merciandising commented Xeil Castner Len der. Farms Seattle Wasn ie cently. Recently L'nden Fains has an established an outstanding lecoid in egg meichandising over a peuod ot yeais Lynciens Monem Egg Mai keting Piogiam detines then market consideis population and piojected population changes pei capita egg consum tion and taigets their desued shaie of the maiket The consumei and the re tadei both expect top quality And neaiby eggs aie piefeu ed ” observed Castner. Given this quality an adequate pio duct flow and a sound continu ing pi emotional piogiam coupl ed with a selling job well done and von can wOl k y oui plan Lynden selling auangements to major useis aie made on a long-teim basis Xo longei are mjor sales made on a daily price quotation Lynden Farms specializes m assisting the re tailer and having a positive effect on his dollar egg sales in relation to total dollar gro cery- sales One primary useful tool is cooperative advertising allow ances In this fashion the egg merchandiser is buying space in the grocers ad This gets the brand of eggs recognized and is a good motivator for securing promotions The hardest decision to make is to finance your own strongly advertised consumer accepted label Especially, in an era of ever-increasing emphasis by the retailer on his pnvate label This is a long-teim decision and lequires money Results are haid to measuie but media adveiUsing can piovide a ban chise loi you in the maiket place L>nden Farms woiks with the i etailei othei egg handler, home economists tedeial and state agencies and the Ponltiy and Egg National Boaul on na tional legional and local pio motions This is a nece?sat> ad junct to the limited use ot tele wsion ladio newspaper and magazines Castnei mentioned live gm - - nncks oi techniques usea in pio rnoting the Lynden Faints biand Retailei award s> stem. using points ba?ed on iou e and otteung biand nar c mer chandise rewards An annual la Del stimg contest aimed at chilaten wn'i Schwinn bicjcles as top puzc? (Can >ou imagine 2800 label?' The bulk egg drsplaj pick join own and take the"' home iwith a lev leathers tor atmosphere) Pomt-01-sale pieces adapt ed to the store Bus signs on the side of busses Castner said that all of this costs mone.% about 10c per case in addition to the 1c per case Ljnden Farms has imest ed in Poultrv and Egg National Board ever since the program was initiated. Correspondence Courses Hi BUY HOUSEPL WTS IN MID-SUMMER Make houseplant pui chases in mid-summei Plants adjust xeadilj to new su'.oundngs when an indoo's is nc;h and humid as when w.ndoas md doois aie open .n «am v e,uhe Plnus oide'od b\ ira 1 .1 snmmei a.e sh.pped w tho 1. dnngei ot iieezmg in w n‘ei 5 low Leinpei atmes 01 o\eiheai ng if pLiced too neu mdia ois n man stations Plants .eceived 1 1 suramei can be placed out doois to get liesn a i sun and abundant moistuie Accoiding to a Pennsvhani 1 State Unneism co'uespondenc 3 - ccuise on houseplants a kej to success with them is to select species suitable to emnomnent in jom home Xot onh mdooa conditions (div an lack oi light,, h gh heat, etc ) in geneial must be consideied, but also the specitic climate in a paitiCuLv spot Know the emuonment, then select join plants VI ith foilage plants look fo : cu’tuial peilection when bu\ing. Cnoose plants with good foliage qi Luge well shaped leaves Se lect svmmetiical plants those v ell foimed on all sides Pass up those with insect of disease dam age 01 leal bum Plants giown foi then flow eis should be healthv and ha\ e fiow ei buds m \auous stages of de \ elopment Study the Penn State coi im pendence couise to team inoie about houseplants Send your name and addi ess with S 4 65 to Houseplants, Bo\ 5000, Univer sity Paik, Pennsylvania 16802 Make checks to The Pennsyl vania State Univeisity There, aie no other chaiges and a com plete course copy comes to you by mail The illegibility of the sig nature increases in proportion to the size of the name printed on the stationery. 27
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