18-I,imeaster Farming. Saturday. January 3.1970 • Letter (Continued Horn Page 110 on The pii«T' of bimlm,: eat lie M>n« to lu* ho'ding .il i.illm high level. .1 few d.ivs .i>;o I te.ul lli.il the .ivei.ige puce on 11172 Saida (Jcitmde's Him .ve.u vv.ll SI4OI 00 The aveiajje puce on pmc bicd Brahmas this >eai vvas 5933 00 1 do not have the puces 01 the other breeds, except for Polled Hereford at the Sydney Ro.val Show, on 111 head, sold 'theic; averaged 51.89500 The price of the best grades of meal cattle has been holding about 28 to 30 cents per lb dressed weight. Average to good, dairy cows arc selling for about $2OO 00 per head. A letter from my nephew in Pa stated that straw was sell ing as high as $4O 00 per ton. Over here there is very little that is even bailed, it sells for 20 to 25 cents a bail. The headers are set high to just clip the heads and the straw is very often burn ed in the field. I do i ead articles In some farm magazines that are advocating the discontinuance of the burn ing practice, and recommending that the straw be used for mulch. I personally feel sure it would help to hold moisture in the soil, which is a great problem here. The area that I cover in my sales work has had reasonably good rain but about Vz of Queensland has had very little relief from the drought. They are just now starting to consider making laws governing the hunting seasons and license fees, here in Queens land. There does seem to be very little in the way of wild life, as I have only seen about 25 kanga roos, 6 foxes, 10 possums. 5 Kol as. and 100 hares (Jack-rabbits). I enjoy receiving the LANCAS TER FARMING paper and read ing the records of those good Lancaster County cows Many people take their vacations over the holidays and go to the many beautiful beaches. Kindest regards to all, Amos Hively 26 Leslie St, Toowoomba Queensland, Australia 4350 3>Bonk Consolldotion Becomes Effective Th» lomoiid.i'.ion of The liar -1 .shin,' National Hank & Tiust To. The Conestoga National It.ink m Lancaster and The First National Bank of Yoik becomes effective at the close of business Dciembei 31. formin'; The Com monwealth National Bank. Total assets of the combined banks will be moic than $360 million, and there will be 28 offices serving south-central Pennsylvania in Dauphin, Lan caster, York, Cumberland and Perry Counties. “The name is new but the bank really is not,” said George L. Morrison. Jr, president. “The three banks are all among the oldest in Pennsylvania. Men con nected with them always have been active in the growth of the aiea, and we are now even bet ter able to assist in future grow th.” Harrisburg National was found ed in 1814; First National, in 1864, and Conestoga, in 1889. Start raising more and better Calves the Easy NURS-ETTE way No more carrying pails of warm water or hand mixing milk replacer. Just fill the hopper of the NURS-ETTE with milk replacer and the NURS-ETTE will mix milk replacer and warm water and keep it warm until calf nurses the mix (approx. 14 oz.) Then It wiD mix a fresh batch of water and replacer. For more information contact YOUNG BROS. NURS-ETTE SALES AND SERVICE Ph. 717-548-2462 Peach Bottom, R. D. 1, Pa. 17563 Corporate headquarters for The Commonwealth National Bank will be in Harrisburg, but the bank will operate as three divisions, each with its own pres ident. George W Reily. 111, will be chali man of the boaid and John C. Peck will sci vc as vice chair- man John R. Bicchlcr, president of Conestoga National, will be pres ident of the Lancaster division, which includes Conestoga’s eight offices. These consist of two in Lancaster and one in Centerville, Landisville, Lititz, Manheim Township, Millersville and Rohr erstown. Executive vice presidents will be Charles R. Alexander and Ro bert J. DeLaney, Jr. in Harris burg; Herbert W. Kauffman, Jr. in Lancaster, and Harry Wallick in York. Commonwealth National has developed a new corporate sym bol to go with its new name The symbol modern, triangle-shap ed design represents the three banks’ achievements of the past and their progress in the future. The new symbol spells out the name "Commonwealth National chosen because It clearly shows Bank," which* is next to a con- how the three banks arc linked temporary version of the tri- with the past and came together co.ncrcd hat popular in Colonial to fonn a new family of banks, limes Each element represents \iq s.iitl the symbol will bo re one of the banks. pioduced on all bank signs and , printed material, Morrison said the symbol was "BETTER-BILT" LIQUID MANURE SPREADER DISTRIBUTED AND SOLD BY S. M. MANUFACTURING Co., Inc. Owl Hill Road ft. D. 4, Lititz, Penna. 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