32—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April. 25.1970 Rural People Buy More Meat Not very many >oai s> ago, a (leant and even there it’s far so much that it lessoned the im vcal roast or ’or of lamb served less important than it once was portance of their home meat pi fl op for family dinner might have The last nationwide household duction. brought a teai to the eye of a food consumption suivcy, taken M ole anc i bctlci i efi igeiation youngster. m 1965. showed that farm fami- j n f aim homes has played a big For it wasnt too Ion" ago laised and slaughteied about pa it in allowing faim families to what many then* «P" «ndul ß e their appetite for meat, own meat, and childioii weie a ‘ ho " ,t ‘ . , .. especially beef personally acquainted with then decade cailici. home meats mam courses pi°p°i Uon ot lota fa. m use had totaled 49 pm cent Nowadays, stoic bought meats But fai ra families vveien't ical spare out youngsteis such pain i\ eating less home pioduced In cities, consumers icly al meat m 1965 than befoie. most exclusively on pm chased meats And imal nonfaim fam- In fact, then 1965 weekly per dies get less than seven pel cent capita homegi own helping avei - of the meat they eat fiom home <wd over 1 5 pounds a tenth slaughter or souices other than oi a pound moie than a decade purchase, accoiding t. the US eaiher T) A " It was just that faim families’ Only on the faim is home overallconsumptionofmeat.es meat production still at all sigm- pecially stoie bought meat, rose For good production next lactation, FEED PURINA DAIRY CONDITIONER As a dauyrnan, you know that good milk production doesn’t just happen. It's something jou plan for by establishing a herd with the genetic potential for good production, then managing and feeding your cows so they’ll produce up to their bred-m ability. Many successful local dairymen also plan for good pro duction with a proven piogram of diy cow feeding. They need Purina Dairy Conditioner, a research proven ration to help give diy cows body condition they need for good production after they freshen. Purina Dairy Conditioner is an extra-palatable 12 Vz percent protein ration. It’s foitified with Mtamins A and D plus extia phosphoius to help guaid against milk fever. Purina Dairy Conditioner is low cost. too. because the amounts you feed depend on your cows’ condition and on the quality of the loughages you feed For example, a cow dried off in good condition being fed high-quality roughages would inquire less Dairy Conditioner than a cow in only fan condition being fed fair quality roughages Drop m soon and get your fiee copy of the Purina Du Cow Piogram folder! We’ll be glad to show >ou how Purina Dairy Conditionei can help you piepaie your dry cows for good pio duction next lactation John J. Hess, 11, Inc. Ph 442 4632 Paiadise West Willow Farmers Assn., Inc. Ph 464-3431 West Willow John B. Kurtz Ph 354-9251 R. D. 3, Ephrata Ira. B. Landis Pb 1912 Creek Hill Ed.. Lane. James High & Sons Ph 354-0301 Gordonville Wenger's Feed Mill Inc. Ph 367-1195 Rheems 60s Decade of Progress (Continued fiom Page 31) vtntoiy and ordenng system cunently being tested by ictail eis One of the histoi ic duties of the USD\ is ci op, livestock and puce reporting The Statistical Repoitins’ Sei vice completed a centuiy of con tinuous reporting in 1966, and in that year expanded data P' ocessing facilities to include the latest electronic equipment This insured rapid computation of data with less work and high accuiacy The 1960’s also saw moie use than befoie of pioba bility sampling for gieatei ac cuiacy. GROWING CORN IN 70? IF YOU ARE, LET US SHOW YOU HOW TO INSURE MAXIMUM YIELDS THE MOST EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICAL WAY WITH ANHYDROUS AMMONIA • Rental Equipment or • Custom Applied BULK BLENDED FERTILIZER • Rental Spreaders or ORGANIC PLANT FOOD CO. Grofftown Road, Lancaster, Pa In 1965. beef made up roughly half of faim families’ total red meat consumption. Mways befoie, poik had been the No 1 meat, because of its sloi ability when cuied But by 1965, pork made up only a third ot faim families’ meat menu In the 1960’5. SRS enumerative and objective yield suiveys be came operational thioughout the United States These sei vices aie constantly being impioved Othei new techniques foi field suiveys include iemote sensing— aeual photogiaphy and photo giaphy from space Remote sensing gatheis “picture data” of ci ops and livestock In this way large-tiact items such as citrus groves, divided-use lands and wildlife oi lange livestock can be accounted for quickly and with sui prising accuracy High altitude photos can save time and money foi data other wise difficult to collect Top Dress Wheat and Barley Use 30-60 lbs. ACT. NIT TOP DRESS PASTURES Use 100 lbs. ACT. NIT. or 400 lbs. of 26-13-13 BLEND YOUR FULL SERVICE DEALER PLUS • Custom Applied 392-4963 or 392-0374 <- / A & 1 > * v v < S BONANZA In Bags and Bulk NITROGEN SOLUTION CUSTOM SPRAYING Call Us For Sutan CHARLES K. NISSLEY E#2, Columbia 285-5506
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