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i; silo. acco.dmg to Lauy Click,
Penn State extension agnuiltur
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Speak.ng to beef cattlemen
Wednesda.. night a - the Faim
..■id Home Centei. Cl.ck. Us.ng
? 1 d» sto .llusti ate. cvpla.ned that
t.ench and bunke. silos aie both
eor.\ement and ease to use and
\e .r.e\pensl\e
M.lk was down fne cents a
cwt itoni Decembei and eggs
He sa.d a :«e .n the state "e-c down two cents a dozen
bu.lt a3O be 110 foot concete Nationally fjrm pi ices adxanc
-;o e.sht feet deep to. oiiiV ed one thud of one pei cent.
SI TOO This doesnt .nclude the Comubut.ng to the inciease weie
nbo.. wh.ch the faimei supp. ed bghe: puces foi caale jnfi o=s 0 = s
m;e lf Pen.allj offsetting these me eas
; i; weie seasonalls lower pi ices
Cl.ck said a figuie ot S 5 per 101 eggs and cotton.
•on of capacity, snould be used
foi constiuction cos: of eithei a ,
wood 01 conc.et tiench silo This ,?s an d down stock losses by 10
figure includes labor, he said. l 0 P er said.
Click also spoke on high mo.s- The digest advantage, though,
Uue corn, including both shelled avoiding to Click, is that high
Sw C»SvTa" hit ineSafy op"™' Schick .a Pennsylvania's selection to- Pork Ail American at
moisture corn tions,” which are costly and time the first American Pork Congress m Des Moines, lowa March So.
Click said* high moisture corn consuming, can be eliminated. The first congress is the combination of the National Pork Industry
has se\eial advantages over dry g u t noted there are disad- Conference and the annual meetings of the National Pork Produc
corn, including an earlier har- vantages, including the necessity ers Council.
\est of up to two weeks Earlier 0 f maintaining the moisture level ~ , , . , ~ „„„ . cVI ‘
hanest can reduce “shattei loss- Wlthm cert ain percentages, in- Schick is among state winners under the age of 40 jeais, show-
eluding the necessity of maintain- ing leadership and productive pork operation.
mg the moisture level within cer- ,
A Lancaster Farming tain percentages; theie can,be The Lancaster County iepresentative for the state poik awaid
spoilage in some silos, it’s heav- was James Horton, Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown He is secietaiy
Classified Ad Can Help ier, and it can’t be moved readily 0 f the Lancaster County Swine Producers Association
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Farm Products Prices
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Prices leeched by Pennsyhan
-1.1 fa.mcra fo. their pioducts lose
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St. \ ice
Conti ibut.ng to the puce rise
\<tie h.chei p ices foi beef and
poik Steers at S2B a hundied
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•h eail.ei and weie S 2 50 higher
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Horn Detvmbei and weie S 7 20
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Schick Wins Pork Award
Heibert K Schick (left) of Kutztown RD2 is shown leceiving
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