Manheim Corn Grower Gets Best State Yield Clarence A. Keener.lr, Man- national non-irrigated coin icim farmer, had the best yield yield contest monu Pennsylvanians cnlcnn« he Com (Growers Assn KMIO Keener had a yield of 15G2 Need . . . HAY - STRAW - EAR CORN Buy Now ond Save! More and more farmers are buying from us for better value and all around satisfaction Delivered any quantity Phone Area Code 717 687-7631 Esbenshade Turkey Farm “America’s Oldest” PARADISE. PA. The Bramco-Oakes Feeding System, usi: linkage and tiough li low, has long been r< ultimate in aulomati The feed does not mo' It travels through tl providing each bird fully balanced ration, of the features of tin Cage,Feeding System production. —r 4 » i—J WBMMM SSSB&'^SSI E. M. HERR EQUIPMENT, INC. R. D. 1, Willow Street bushels per aero on his 25(18 am* field Taking Ihiul In the Pennsyl vania poition of Hie contest was Clyde K Kshelman and Sons, of Washington Boio, with a yield of 143 37 bushels per acic on a 28-acie field A Wisconsin farmer, William Gretzingei, Fall River, Wise, won first place nationally with a yield of 238 42 bushels per acre Keener’s field was spring plowed and planted May 1 at the rate of 22,500 seeds per acre in 34-inch rows He applied a heavy portion of livstock manure and triple super phos phate, which was plowed down Two bundled pounds of starter fertilizer was used, and on May 1, 150 pounds actual nitrogen was applied One pound per acre of actual Chlordane was used and two pounds of atrazine was applied 10 days aftei planting BRAMCO® gxcl« sive * THE MOST EFFICIENT AUTOMATIC CAGE FEEDER SYSTEM IN THE INDUSTRY- WE SELL, SERVICE AND INSTALL Burkholder Proposes Bold Egg Marketing A bold maikctmg appio.ich that will icflcct a good image on producei s was uiged icccntly b> lien Burkholdci of New Holland, a ducctoi of the Pennsylvania Egg Maiketing Assn. Speaking at the association’s Ftbiuaiy meeting Burkholdei said producers must become more bold in their marketing ef forts. “We must caiefully direct our marketing pioceduies and edu cate oui pioducers “We must mind our business m our aiea in a leal good man ner and our look at the whole marketing situation must be new. “We are obligated to leflect a good image to oui ptoduceis and exercise good piactices to out buyers ” There appeared to be a stiong feeling in the gioup that some body somehow should stait and carry thiough on an investiga tion of the present egg pricing system Members said they are concei n ed about multiple pricing on egg sales to the same and different leceivers Undei the cncumstan ces the FTC should be aleited. because according to then icg ulations such pricing is not pei mitted A motion was made and passed that the PEMA membeis sup posed action on House Bill 1564, which has passed the House and has leached the thud leading in the Senate Membeis were uiged to contact then Senatois and encourage them to complete the passage of the bill foi the pio tection of Pennsylvania produc ers, marketers, and consumeis 717-464-3321 Lancaster Farming. Saturday. March 7. 1970 The mallei of a unifoim car ton to be used b> membeii, of the PEMA was bi ought to the attention of the qioup again and one caiton company pitsenled then pioposal of a design for such a caiton It was decided that other man ufactuiers would be given an op portunity to piopose a design and that the pioposals would be presented to an appointed com mittee, which in turn would choose a design to present to th« entne membership The membership agieed to sup poit reseai ch pioposed by the Penn State Univeisity that would assist in developing means of im pioving egg quality The pioject has been piesented to the Re seai ch Committee foi Fan Funds to support the icseaich Keimit Bian piesented a slide leview of the Faim Show exhib its, and actmties, then gave a prelimmaiy review of the Shell Damage classification that has been developed to pinpoint aiea of damage Eggs Economical Eggs aie nutations and econo mical to seive the family, says Mis Ruth J Buck, extension foods and nutation specialist, The Pennsylvania State Univer sity, because they contain pro tein and the mineial iron which is an essential pait of the led blood cells Eggs also die prac tical foi weightwatcheis, since a laige egg seived without butter oi oily-type dressings has only 80 caloaes 27
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