tB—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. September 13.1069 Conservation Corner *•< ..-- /'rl "tv r - / “When water jaywalks across fields the soil follows! ’’ San Diego Eggmen Aim At 25c Cost Egg producers aim for a pio duction cost of 25 cents per doz en, according to Bob Adolph, San-Diego County farm advisor Producers who co-operated in a 1968 production cost study by Adolph, try to match the follow ing cost guidelines 1. Layer feed (4,4 pounds per dozen at $3.08 per 100 lbs.) 13.5*. 2, Net replacement cost (in cludes income fiom culls as a ci edit toward chick cost and all Attention Alfalfa Growers! to control WjKji M weeds in % ALFALFA...^a^Bf use y p*|J^ Eptam ■ SELECTIVE HERBICIDE Dependable Eptam selective herbicide controls annual grasses and many broadleaf weeds be fore they start... when the seeds germinate. Just mix Eptam into the soil before planting for a pure stand of alfalfa. No need for a nurse crop—you can plant your straight alfalfa in the fall and get good first year cuttings. Eptam is available in liquid formulations no settling in the spray tank, no corrosion or abrasion to spray nozzles—and it’s available in granular formulations, too. Always read and heed the label. Call on us for Eptam for your alfalfa land you’ll be glad you did. •suui« , £ii«.Tv.<«i«h«Kcid«. MILLER CHEMICAL and FERTILIZER CORP. ■ Box-96. Ephrata, Pa. ' Ph: 733-6525 Richard Ruoss John Weaver Mervin Miller 717356-7524 717-733-6004 717-626-5204 I *“* / •** ■F' / / :f / // ff ' , posts of labor, feed, chicks etc, of replacement pullets) —50 c 3 Labor for layers only—l.sc 4 Othei cash costs for layers -10 c 5 Interest and depreciation 2 0c 6. Management —2.0 c. Accoidmg to Adolph, the aver age producer in his 1968 study had a pei dozen production cost of 24 8c This would indicate that some producers were turning out eggs at a cost of 23 to 24c DID YOU KNOW The me dullary rays of a tree, located in the sapwood, conduct food and water radially and seive as a food storage area. Management Study Recommends ADA And NDC Remain Separate A six months study by the A. • The organizational plans of T. Kearney & Co, management ADA and NDC should be revised consulting firm, to determine the somewhat for the national and feasibility of consolidating the affiliate organizations American Dairy Association and # mterorganization commun the National Dairy Council, rec- j catlons mus t be improved, omraends that each Organiza tion retain its individual identity. After a day long discussion of John Moser, chairman of the the report (Chicago. 111., Sept. Special ADA-N'DC Joint Study 2). the Special Study Committee Committee said this week. Re- unanimously adopted the follow commendations of the study, ing resolution. "That the Study which has been distributed to Committee recommend in pnn members of both Boards of Di- ciple to the Boards of Directors rectors are 1 that a board be cieated made • ADA'and NDC should be «P A of representatives of NDC. maintained as separate organiza- ADA and othei large conti ibu t tors to be responsible for ' . , ... . . „ , financial policy, that is' to say, • Steps should be taken to tQ raise funds for all thiee 01 . sti engthen the professional sta- ganizatlons _ NDCi ADA , and tuie of NDC in the future Daily Research, Inc, to make up budgets, to account for all monies, and to carry on common duties, coordination and such other policies as this top-level • Plans for funding NDC activities should be levised and coordinated with ADA funding concepts /4\. BOOK NOW ... SAVE MONEY ON STEER FEED ALL WINTER! Call today for your low 1969 booking price on Beacon Super Steer Supplement and Beacon Hi Pro Super Steer Crumbles. Book ing offer expires September 30th. BOMBERGER'S I. B. GRAYBILL O. KENNETH store & son McCracken Elm Strasbuig Manheim GEHMAN FEED H. JACOB HOOBER EARL SAUDER, MILL, INC. Intel com se New Holland Denvei BEACON FEEDS board might perform, in a legal foim which will be appropriate to enable it to carry out its funo* tions of policy determination*, cluection and funding." Moser noted that the Special Joint Study Committee made its report to the NDC Board of Dl icctors in Chicago, 111. Sept. 3-di and will report to the ADA Board of Directors at the organs ization’s Fall Board Meeting is New Orleans, La., Sept. 3® Oct. 1. “This will be the fired opportunity for the ADA Board, to discuss the study,” he said INC.
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