Lancaster Farming. Saturday. March 14.1970
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State Swine Numbers Up 12%
The numbi’i of swine m tlu- inn ease of nine jut cent above
rl.ilc in up a NubNl.mti.il 12 pti pioduetion a .vc.u e.nhei
font ou>i tlu pa»t jeai. ehickui SoWs f IU | OVU . ( | totaled 53.000.
mimbciN ..u NU.uh but simp ant inmMWi whlh ,
;l „d cattle ‘onl.nm t° du-.m- pi> , lltu . ( 1IUU , lsl . (! . f lom
iiieoidmit to the Stall Uop 1U . m 19()8 t 0 7 7 fo , tht . 1969
poitiim Si a it i
The mimbeiN of and pun
on state fauna lO'i- 12 poi ci'nt Sows to laiiovv thiough Mav
in Jannaiv. willi an inventoiv of 0 [ this >V ear been estimated
(i 13.000 lumcl \ veai eailiei the tl! 62 000. an inciease of nine pel
lota 1 numbei of head was 547 000 ct . n t over the 1969 spring fauovv-
Tlil value of hogs this yeai is ~,0;.
placed at $22 8 million, as com
p.ned with $lB 1 million
Fall p'gs totaled 408,000. an
Hershey TV Auction Slated May 11-16
South Ccnti.il Pennsylvania's
annual television Auction ielm ns
to the an in the sming, actoid
uig to Llo.vd Kaisei, Geneial
Managei o£ WITF TV in Hei
sl'ej
The iuntl uiising idea which
combines family fun and ueasui
es will be televised on Channel
33 live and in coloi fiom the
Hershey Commnn ty I’hieatei
May 11 thiough 16
An time ot the Uiction will
be spm until midnight Monday
thiough Fadaj and fiom 1 pm
Satin day until the last item has
been auctioned Last yeai s sign
off was at 5 ain Sunday
Dining Auction Week Channel
33 will pieempt the entue even
ing piogiam schedule to conduct
moie than 50 hocus of bidding|
on an ovei whelming auay of;
inei chandise
, To bid on any of the hundieds
of items which wnil be ofteied,
die viewe l need onlv pick up his
telephone, dial the special toll
,l ee numbei and piesent his bid
to one of the volunteeis man
ning the special bank of 30 phon-
Royster
NITROGEN IS
op Dress Grains
rder Now
low Down
aye Time
CHARLES K.
NISSLEY
R D 2, Columbia
Piionc 285 5506
Sheep Slip
Sheep and lambs at 165.000
Promment aiea peisonahties
fiom the fields of government,
education ladio and television,
spoils and the community at
huge will auction off the meich
andise to the highest bidde
Again this veai, special segments
will be devoted to the ait lovei.
the spoils buff and the do-it-youi
selfu And bands combos and
singing gioups will peifoim and
have the i scwices auctioned
The high mciciei on each item
will be confhmed by a letuin
phone call and will be invited to
pick up his mei chandise at a
special location in Heishey, Lan
castei oi A'oik
At this stage of Auction plan
ning, an initial level of high
CHORE-T
ROUND
HANGING
WATERER
5 ORIGINAL
CHORE-TIME FEATURES
1. Water groove provides single
track for running water Pre
vents buildup of dust around
bowl,
2. Hood prevents roosting and
dust collection in water.
3. Bowl design prohibits spilling
and splashing of water.
4. Special radius permits self
cleaning by birds.
5. Special quick assembly stud
DON’S
SALES &
SERVICE
381 E. Jackson St.
New Holland, Pa.
Phone
354-9745
354-9744
1um(I wcic down illi cr per cent cr lions ;iNo w.is icpoilcd down lotnl value of nil cattle and
fi om the 170.000 of.i vc..i iMilici 5,000 fiom a >e.u eailiei and calves on .Inn 1 was $445,250,000
a u-coid low ' 1,000 in 1968 compaicd wilh $420,966,000 the
pievious ye.u.
Invenloi.v value at 536 million
was up 10 pel cent fiom $3 23
million a >eai cailiei.
Chickens Steady
Pennsylvania chickens totaled
6 5 million hens and 8 39 million
pullets of la.vmg age The figuies
computed with 6 3 million hens
and 8 43 million pullets of laying
age a year earlier.
A total of 31,000 luikcy-biccd-
value donations fiom aiea busi
nesses aie being sought Eaily
donois of top value merchandise
will icceive wide on-going pub
licily as well as extensive teleu
sion coveiage dining the Auc
tion
Potential donois aie uiged to
infoim Channel 33 of then in
tention to Lontnbutc tax deducti
ble items 01 to call the station
fo> finthei infoimation
The Auction and station mem-|
berships piovide the only funds i
available to the Station which a e
uncommitted, and aie therefoiej
used in suppoit of the evening |
piogiam schedule ensuung a
steady gicwth of WITF-TV in its'
piogiam of community seivice
foi South Centi al Pcnnsylvanfa
Cattle Decline
Invcntoiy of cattle and calves
on Pennsvlvania faims as of Jan
1 was 1 78 million head, down
one pci cent fiom the 1 8 million
ol a year eai liei
Neaily all of the decline was
in cattle and calves kept foi milk
which numbeied 127 million
computed with 1 29 of a year ago
Milk cows two yoais old and
oldei at 807,000 weie one pel
cent shoit of the 815,000 of a
yeai eailiei
Heifeis one to two veais of age
being kept as leplacement stock
weie also off one pei cent and
heifer calves foi milk weie down
three per cent
Othei cattle numbeis weie
about steady 512,000 comput
ed with 513 000 a yeai ago
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v MOUNT JOY, PENNA
Corn pioduction in Pennsyl
vania soaied 34 per cent higher
in 1960 than the previous year
with 76 2 million bushels produc
ed, accoidmg to the State Ciop
Repoiting Service.
The high pioduction was still
six per cent less than the recoid
1967 ciop.
Pioduction of corn silage at
4 9 million tons was the second
highest on lecoid Oats produc
tion of 22 6 million bushels was
15 per cent less than in 1968 with
aueage at a lecoid low.
liny acreage, at a record low,
failed to slow production down
with yields of 4 15 million tons,
and vveie the highest since 1924.
Yield pel acie set a record high.
Com Up 3i r /r
Pit. 653-1451