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-
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APRIL 16 to 25
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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
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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
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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
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