Dairy Profits Increase With Outlook Favorable Dairy farmers have come paid to farmers for milk have upon bettei times. While prices increased about one-fourth since CHRISTMAS DREAMS COME TRUE Give John Deere Toys Be a hero. Give him (or her) a pedal-driven John Deere Riding Tractor. It's rugged ... realistic . . . easy to ride, easy to steer. Matching trailer also available We offer a complete line of John Deere 1/16 scale model toys—tractors, bulldozer, wagons, new baler. . . other implements including multiple-toy farm sets. Fulfill your youngsters' dreams with fun-filled gifts that keep on giving all year long. Stop in now l ■ gH SHOP WITH US FOR CHRISTMAS' Wfß CHECK Ol|R COMPLETE SELECTION OF QUALITY JOHN DEERE TOYS M. S. Yearsley & Sons Shotzberger's West Chester 696-2990 Elm 665-2141 Landis > lnc. A. B. C. Groff, Inc. Lancaster ' 393-3906 New Holland 354-4191 Wenger Implement*, Inc. The Buck 284-4141 MAKE 1965, costs for feed and other items have gone up less, accord ing to William Pierce, profes sor of agricultural economics at The Pennsylvania State Univer sity. The result is an abrupt turn around in the financial condi tion of dairy farmers within the past five years, Dr. Pierce sajs in the Fall issue of "Science in Agriculture,” the quarterly magazine of the Agricultural Experiment Station at Penn State. Until 1964 and 1965, prices farmers received for milk declined slowly while feed costs were steady or moved gradually upward. Dr. Pierce indicates that the farm price for milk improved because milk production went down. This change to less milk production was influenced by good prices for cull dairy cows and unusually good opportuni ties for nonfarm employment He says these conditions aie continuing. In tho. United States, the gam in the farm price for milk went up from $4 23 per hundred pounds in 1965 to $5 25 in 1968. an increase of $lO2 or nearly one-fourth In Pennsylvania, the average price for milk sold to dealers rose $ll5 per hundred weight, also an increase of near ly one-fourth Prices have con tinued upward in 1969 but the gam over last year is slowing down. FARMERS! ARE YOU GETTING ALL THE MILK YOU SHOULD? How much milk SHOULD you get from your herd? The PIONEER CHALLENGE FEEDING PROGRAM will answer both questions. Stop in and we will show you how. S ELMER M. SHREINER Trading as Good’s Feed Mill Specializing in DAIRY & HOG FEEDS New Providence, Pa. ■iNceiß7« Phone 786-2500 (\ \ r » Lancaster Farming. Saturday, November 29, 1969 Hunters Advised On Hog Cholera Spread Hunters, fishermen and other outdoor spoitsmen are urged to help prevent spread of Hog Cholera virus. The virus, which does not af fect humans, is highly conta gious and destructive to swine. It can be carried on shoes, cloth ing, auto tires, and on animals, such as hunting dogs The disease is a serious threat to the state’s large and economi cally important swine industry. Since July, 72 swine herds, total ling 13,000 head, valued at more than a half-million dollars, have been destroyed Cold weather has no effect on the virus, and persons or ani mals moving thru a farm or other area wheie the virus is can readily spread it over a wide area Maryland Livestock Sanitary Service director, Dr. T A Lad son, says it is vital that the fol lowing precautions be observed: Do not hunt on or allow dogs near hogs or hot lots Avoid farms that have swine and keep away from fields or any areas where swine are seen. Report any dead swine yon see to the Game Warden or any vetei manan The lower portion of the East ern Shore, an area popular with outdoorsmen, has been especial ly hard hit by the swine disease. A quarantine on swine is still in force in parts of Wicomico, Worcester and Somerset Coun ties Paimeis and those involved in the swine industiy aie aware of the pioblem and aie coopeia ting fully in the effect to con trol the disease “But now we have an entire ly new group of people many of them fiom uiban and subur ban areas moving into the countryside completely unaware of the situation,” Dr Ladson points out “I hope we can make people understand the threat, and help us prevent any spread of this veiy destructive swine disease." Dr Ladson emphasizes that hog cholera has no effect on hu mans, and that “it does not in any way have any effect whatso ever on pork or pork products for humgn consumption ” Pork-Barrel Legislation By “pork-barrel legislation” is meant bills enacted to provide appropriations for political pur poses to a special gioup or re- 23
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