State Federation
Warns Poultymen
Pennsylvania poultry faim
eis had an income of §160,634,-
000 in 1969, an inciease of 18
per_ cent ovei 1968 Pennsyl
vania ranks fifth nationally on
cash income on cgg», accoiding
to the Pennsylvania Poulliy
Federation
The USDA lepoitecl icplacc
muit clucks foi eg’ pioduction
continues well abo\e a yeai ago
Month of Febiuaiy was up 17
per cent and Maich, 14 pe:
Call Us Now
To serve the Lancaster
County farm community bet
ter, we maintain two phone
numbers. Our mam number
is 394-3047. But oui subscrib
ers and advertiseis can also
reach us through 626 2191
(ask for Lancaster Farming)
and avoid a toll call fiom the
Akron, Ephrata and Man
faeim exchanges.
Tobacco andßalari
go hand in hand.
Goodbye weeds
and grasses.
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cent The West Noilh Central
aiea was at 36 pel cent South
Atlantic, 22 pei cent, West, 14
pci cent: Xoith Ccntial, 12 per
cent. South Cential 11 pei
cent, and Noilh Atlantic. 9 pei
cent
Placement of bioilei caick*
in Pennsvlvama aie up 21 pei
cent, while the placements in
the 22 m ijoi bioilei pioduung
states aie up 10 pei cent Cm
lent sellings aie uinnmg nine
pci cent above a yeai ago
rideis thiough age 21 will be on
The above figuies indicate the piogiam Classes will stait
that we may be heading foi a at 9a m.
big “bust” in both egg and
bioilei prices United Egg Pio new a ddition to this >eai s
duceis aie quite concerned schedule will be special Ponv
about the heavy placements of Club Masses for Pony Club
leplacement layeis and quoted members fiom Pennsylvania
below is a telegram leceived a M a iyland. Delaw aie. and New
few days ago Jeisey
“Uigent, Drastic Egg Puce
Drop Expected Paying puces old hens have little chance of
foi breaking stock disasterously returning any fuither pi of it
low Immediate Removal of with the egg puces in piospect
layers that have, been pioduc- A delay in chick orders 01 can
mg lOV2 months 01 longei cu- cellation will help bring future
tically urgent to supplement egg supply m balance with de
egg removal program These mand ”
Tobacco grower acceptance of Balan is
moving mighty fast for a crop that’s been
cared for by hand for centuries. But Balan
is taking over. Stopping 20 weeds and
grasses as they germinate. For months, too.
Cultivations have been dropping to 1 or
2 at most. Balan is the most economical
weed control insurance you can buy today.
Let Balan work for you. Talk about it
with your dealer or ask any Balan user.
IHe’ll tell you.
When you hear it from Elanco,
Lanchester Pony Club
Show Scheduled May 2
The foui th annual Lanchester
Pony Club horse show will be
held next Satuulay (May 2) at
Pony Club Hcadquarteis at the
John Gibson faim at Diumoie
Pa Diicctional signs to the
show giounds ovei looking the
Susquehanna Rivei will be post
ed fiom Route 272 near Wake
field
Spectatois aie welcome and
theie is no chaige foi admission
to the show giounds Lunch will
be available on the giounds
with lice coffee seivcd until 10
a in
Thntv-foui classes foi junioi
(B*I«n»-b«n«fki, Ej«nco>
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. April 25.1970-5
Time to Check-Up
On the Woolly Bear
Want to check up on the wool and piecipitalion in Pennsyl
Iv beai and the almanac’ vania weathei iccoids
If so, iccall the fo> coasts and
conipaic with the ic-ailts of the
past haish wintci ..s compiled
by the Pennsylvania Chop Re
polling St" vice m coope..uion
with vaiious olhei state and
ftdcial gioiip>. including the
Weathei Biiieau
Tempeiatuic this pa 1 1 wintei
season avciaged fotn degioes
below noimal while the total
watei equivalent of precipita
tion was neai noimal
The sub-noimal tempeiatui
es in Match marked the 12th
consecutive month of below
noimal leadings in Pcnnsylvan
la
Snowfall totals exceeded 100
inches at many highei elec
tions in nothein locales This
winters total went down as the
greatest or second gieatest on
record at a majority of the cli
matological sub stations scat
tered over the State
November temperatures weie
two degrees below normal with
most of the snowfall confined
to the western half of the State
The big news in Decembei
was the white Chustmas exper
ienced by almost all of Penn
sylvania A series of snow
storms started December 22 and
by the 27th snow depths were
six inches in lessei affected
areas in the extieme west, 20
inches in central poitions and
much of the southeast, and ovei
36 inches in the Pocono Moun
tains
While near record totals of
precipitation were lecorded in
December, Januaiy lesult was
just the opposite Temperatuies
10 degrees below noimal maik
the month as one of the coldest
January’s of recoid and at the
same time piecipitation totals
(melted watei equivalent) weie
among the lowest on iccoid
Undoubtedly Januaiy lepie
sented the lowest monthly
combination of tempeiatui e
Sub noimal tempeiatures and
near noimal melted piecipila
tions (above noimal snowfall
again due to lowei tcmpeialur
cs) wcie obseived in Febiuaiy
and Match A maioi snowstoim
on Maith 2qth maiked a fitting
finish to the winter season
THe hea\> and persistent
snow cover was an excellent
insulating blanket over the
Commonwealth, thus limiting
fiost peneti,ition to less than
two inches in most aieas
Moistiue penetrated to signi
ficant depths so that initial soil
moistiue conditions this spring
are the best in many years
ICC Holds Up Rail Rate
Hike, Hearing Is May 2
Temporary relief from a new
geneial fi eight rate increase was
granted by the Interstate Com
merce Commission The ICC re
jeered a lequest by the railroads
foi an immediate six per cent
boost, and ordeied a broad m
vestigation of all tales and charg
es
Don Giaham who directs tian
spoliation activities of the Na
tional Council of Farmer Cooper
atives. welcomed the ICC decis
ion, saying such a study is long
overdue
‘Fanners aie hit especially
hard by fi eight late increases”
Graham declared “They’ve al
ready been saddled with thiee
rate hikes in less than three
years, the most recent coming
last November The new demand
by the lailioads would have
b; ought the total to 23 per cent
in a 31-month penod”
Giaham said the ICC invest]
gallon scheduled for oral heal
ings beginning May 2, will give
shippers a chance to an then
guevances and require the rail
load' to justify the need foi their
demands