As USDA Completes First 100 Years 60s Decade of Progress Re seal eh helped m:ikc the Then* weic advances m feitil -1960’s a decade of development seeds, feeds and planting in all phases of agriculture - 1,1 ( „ ,uch as I nail ° w ' low technology, pioduction and dis- coin) whlch ,nc,L> ‘ ,sed yidds ti ibution. The laborntoues yielded flame- LONG’S MOWER SERVICE S SALES Lititz R. D . 1, Pa. 17543 626-8180 Anniversary Sale APRIL 16 to 25 Turf master & Gilson Dealer Tractors 5 to 14 HP. Rotaiy Mowers and Tillers OH to 8 HP. Garden & Lawn Supplies Lrl Indian Mini Bikes and Kar ts Remington Chain Saws Flower and Vegetable Plants SPECIALS DURING SALE Come in to Register for Door Prizes. Hours: 6to 10 weekday evenings During Sale 9 to 5 Saturday. WHICH ANHUIY GIFT FOR YIU? This yeai. New Holland celebrates its diamond anniversary... 75 yeais of service to agriculture. You can join m the celebration by taking ad vantage of our Diamond Anniversary Bonus ptogiam dunng April and May. When you buy a new New Holland ba'or, precision-cut forage harvester or haybme® mower conditioner, you'll receive a special C. E. WILEY & SON, INC. 101 South Lime Street Quarryville, Penna. JL nr NEW HOLLA!\D pi oof libel ti raiment, wash and wcai fabncs, advances in dehy dialion methods for coffee, funis vegetables, meats and dany pio ducts And specialists helped design new models of packaging, dis tribution and stoielayout The 60’s also saw maiked im piovements in USDA’s continu ing program of crop repotting— improved data processing and the use of new techniques such as aerial photogiaphy and re mote sensing fiom space, accord ing to the USDA. Foimula feeding of livestock and poultiy developed m the 1960’s Minerals, antibiotics and other micioingiedients weie add ed to concentiatecl feeds, boost ing livestock gains moie efficient ly and economically to answei lapidly gi owing demand. Incieased consumei appetites foi meat, a gi owing population and laigei peisonal incomes have spin led the incieased pio duct'on ot mc«t and poultiy Tne 1960’s also sav' shifts in leedlots and poultiy faims south and v est ot tne Coi n Belt New giam developments emciged in the 1363 s New shoil-stemmed ucc vaiicties have boosted pioduction since 1967, both in the United States and m lands such as India, Pakistan and the Philippines An international effoit, the nee leseaich was suppoited with both public and puvate funds The new stiains of uce weie de rived fiom Asian giam, planted gift. Take your choice of one of the following; Man's diamond-set, 17- jewel Hamilton wnstwatch, lady's diamond-set, 17-jewel Hamilton wnstwatch. Remington® adding machine or Remington poitable typewriter. But remember. Offer is good onlv during April and May Stop in soon for complete details. DIVISION OF SPERRY BAND Phone 786-2895 Lancaster Farmnu;. S.iini d.i>. April .T). 1!)7() .'U in expelimental fields of the In tel national Rice Reseaich In stilule in the Philippines ‘‘Mexipak - ’ and simil.u new vanities of wheat anothei in ternational development, p.ual leled the success of the new vai icties of nee, and helped boost giam yields in developing woild aieas. Soybeans became the U S faimei’s big success ciop of the decade, as woild demand foi oil and piotein expanded Giowcis found many new vaueties of soy beans, developed foi diffeient climates, a piofitable substitute for more tiaditional ciops Important genetic discovei ics also came fiom the laboiatones in the 1960's Foi example, USDA’s Beltsville facility pio duccd ‘fatheiless’ tin keys bo>n by paithogencsis that is fiom the double chiomosomcs of unfeitihzed hens’ eggs Pai thogenesis, thev found, also oc ems in othei poultiv (Hovvevei paithogcnetic oJDpnng aient ipbust eno igh foi commercial pioduction ) The lasci beam is also mak ing its maik in agnculUne USDA devised a method of using la-eis iO keep machines on a shaight couise while laving con tinuous plastic tubing foi field diainage Nnd in the 1960’s innovations veie introduced in food packag ing and maiketing Industiy, government and umveisities all conti ibuted to this piogiess Food laboi atones have pio duced piocesses including fieeze diymg, dehydiofieezing, vacu um and spiay-foam diying of foods Freeze-dned food items gamed shelf space in the 60’ s, as demand - ' for convenience forms advanced Other new “market accepted” grass and broadleaf weed killer combination on the market for CORN! I p,us atrazine gets the job done . . . with or without incorporation, without crop damage and wath reduced carrjoier possibility; in all soil types from sands to clays Can be applied with liquid niiiogen or fertilizer solu tions. See Us For Application Seiwice JOHN Z. MARTIN New Holland Rif 1 loods include boil in the baa foods, lowcalonc diet foods in stain div skim milk, pol.ito flakts, sweet potato flakes, ai tifieial swieteneis fiee/e dned coffee, mixes, salads, egg mixes, chei 'e dip, mixes for making milk shakes, salad, giavv, cus laid, cake, bieacl, biscuits and i oils, aililicial mange mice, ailificial milk shakes and othei clauy pioducls. snack foods imitation flavois, and nututional supplements including piotein supplements Many new foods nov featuie built in ‘chef seivice” and ‘ maid scivice” This means diffeient and lughci quality convenience foods aie now available that aie hettei than the busy housewife u=uall> has the time to piepaic. One leccnt study estimates th.u items mtioduced in the last decade accounted foi 55 pei cent ot items handled and 52 pei cent of s.dcs ruilnei techniques m pack r',m; and ti anspoi tat ion base h oi'„bt giehci effit onev <nd cconoim m food handbng Such impi o\ cinents have icsuitcd ji om eeiunal use of the bulk box, 1 oik Ift ‘uiick and rutomaliC dumping equipment Big T ohn” bulk f'eight cais unit tiains, adaptation of caibon dioxide or hqmd nitiogen as cooling agents foi lefiigeiated ti licks and im pioved equipment foi an ti ans poi t New packaging techniques populauzed in the 60’s include aluminum contameis, new light weight steel cans, tab-pull open eis, food pouches of combined laminations of plastic, papei and foil, flexible films, and plastic containers For stock conti ol there is a new computei ized checkout in (Continued on Page 32) Phone 717-354-5848
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers