Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, May 30, 1970, Image 13
Lamb Chops Getting Bigger A dinnor-platc sUocl lamb Menhennell cites the cun cnl cds shown at the Ohio Stale Fair chop? It could be in the future, tiend among puicbicd sheepmen since 1954 Rive a clear indica accordlng to Warn G Mcnhen- 10 breed for si/c. Weight avei- d°'i of the emphasis on si/c. nett, president of the Penn-Mar ascs for the lop yearling rams Shropshire Brecdcis Club among Inc so-called mutton bie- PUBLIC SALE of Real Estate and Personal Property Including A Lot of Antiques SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1970 Located along Silver Mine Road, 8 Miles South of Lancaster, One Mile North of Marticville, just off Route #324 Pequea Twp. Real Estate includes a Ib-Story Dwelling Built in 1953 Containing 5 Rooms and Bath (large Kitchen) first floor; 4 Rooms and Bath (Apartment) on Second. Plenty of Closet Room, throughout full basement. Situated on a Lot, well over an acre in size. Plenty of Trees and Flowers, Well, Cistern. Well constructed House over-looking the surrounding Countryside. Real Estate to be sold at 2:00 P.M. For Information or Appointment Phone 872-8052 even ings. Antiques Include Cherry Corner Cupboard Oak Round Extension Table, Old Rockeis, Waidrobe, High Chair, Cradle, Oil Lamp, Old Trunk, Pictures, Plenty of Dishes, Waterbury Wall Chime Clock, Old Beds, Dressers, Wash Stands, Chests of Drawers, Cane Chairs, Kitchen Coal Range Zenith AM & FM Radio, Frigidaire Refrigerator Upright .Freezer, Dextei Wringer Washer, G E Toaster, Sun beam Mixmaster, Breakfast Set, Studio Couch, Rechner Chair, 32’xI8’ Living Room Rug, Porch Glider, Metal Beds, Mattresses, Desk, Photo Developing Set, Portable Sewing Machine, Comforts, 22 Rifle, Single Bairel Gun. Tools, Wheelbarrow, V 2 Inch Drill Household Items will be sold at 10 30 A M. Sale by BARBARA W. MILLER, ESTATE Executors: Norman D. Miller & John Henry Miller Carl Herr, Atty. Carl Diller & J. Everett Kreider, Aucts. Lunch by New Danville Auxiliary. Intercourse, Penna. RADIO CONTROLLED TRUCKS FOR BETTER SERVICE C. B. HOOBER & SON Suffolks h.iu, gained fiom :m aveiagc of 250 pounds lo 200. Ilampshnes fiom 210 to 275. but the fastest giowlh has been in the Shiopshires gaming fiom appioximately 170 to dose lo 250. If picsent tales of giowlh continue. Menhennctt pi edicts all thiee breeds will appioach the 350 pound innge in 20 yea is Gams by Doisets, Southdowns and Cheviots have been considei ably less than those shown by the thiee above mentioned breeds, he said. The lapid size change in Shrop shires reflects a conceited effort by Shropshne bieedeis over the last 15 yeais to pioduce the ideal meat and wool sheep. In a recent letter to members of the Amer ican Shropshne Registiy Asso ciation, piesident D W. Cham bers stated the goal of the asso ciation as the production of “a useful, meaty, pioductive, big, open faced standaid of excel lence”. Results of 1969 lamb caicass contests attest to the tiend foi bigger animals In pievious years a loin eye measuiement of 2 5 to 3 0 squaie inches would have been consideied a supeuoi show ing At the 1969 National Lamb Show in Cedar Rapids the grand champion caicass, a Suffolk, had a loin eye of 3 05 squaie inches The Chicago International Live stock Exposition giand champion carcass, a Hampshue, had a loin eye of 3 25, while the winning carcass at the Pacific Interna tional Show was a Shiopshire sired lamb with a loin e> e meas ui ment of 3 5 squai e inches CALL Titus Burkholder 850 Gal. Esco Bulk Milk Tank Only 2 years old SOO Gal. Girton Bulk Milk Tank Both M.C.D. 1. N.Y. 3 H.P. Brunner Compressor Belt Driven 2 H.P. Lehigh Compressor Belt Driven 15 Nice Clean Milk Cans 12 & 7 Can Star Milk Coolers Lehigh Refrigeration Compressors Automatic Bulk Tank Washers NOTICE We have been appointed Stocking Warehouse foi Milk Keeper Bulk Tanks. CALL Leroy Zook LANCASTER SILOS ACORN BARN EQUIPMENT WEAVERLINE CARTS CALL Chas. Eshieman Autolite Tractor Batteries For A Limited Time Only 20% OFF u p ice FREE SPOTLIGHT For Only 20 Tickets With Each $lO 00 Purchase Made On Pai ts, You Will Receive A Ticket, Offei Extended Through May and June WHILE THEY LAST ALUMINUM SHOVELS 10% OFF List Price Lancaster Farming. Saturday, May .10. 1070- M Composting Termed Way Of Reducing Pollution If more homeowners would leain the ail of ‘composting", theic would be considerably less trash for municipalities to collect and dispose of, says a Univeisity of Maiyland hoili cultunsl Each day housewives throw into gaibage bags tons of fiuit and vegetable scraps Each ycai trash collectors aie faced with the pioblem of discaidmg tons of leaves and grass clippings oi other organic wastes collected by homeowners Dr Fiancis R Gouin, exten sion hoiticultunst, says each homeowner can play an impoi tant pait in reducing his con tribution to the national pollu tion problem. If homeowneis would learn to compost these oi ganic wastes, there would be significantly less trash to collect and dis pose of, and this means that municipalities could concen trate their effoits towaid moie profitable community goals Composting is not difficult, he says, and requires little time and space All you need is an area no laiger than four squaie feet The compost may be made in a pit dug into the giound or on the suiface with an en closuie of old snowfence or second-hand building matenals To build a compost, put a 10 to 12 inch layer of oigamc mat ter (such as leaves, twigs, glass clippings, old house plants or cut flowers, trimmings from fruits and vegetables and wood ashes from your fneplace) in CALL Henry Esh For Sales Service Parts LISTER DIESEL ENGINES We Sell From 31 i K.W. to 100 K.W. Generator Sets a CALL Bob Kistler ||| NEW TRACTORS New 444 $3400. 856 Custom Less Than $9OOO. USED TRACTORS Utility 544 _ $4300. SCO Farmall with 3 Bottom Plow John Deere 60 w/cultivator $1175. 560 Allis Chalmers D-17 - Model 240 4 Unit Planters for tool bar $150.00 each Just Received Carload Of The "NEW" 990 Mower Conditioners. Phone 768-8231 the bottom of the pit oi em los me On top of this la\ei put one half lo one inch of soil fiom the gaidon and a light spi inkling of lime and fcitilizcr Continue building these alternate laycis until youi compost is complete. Keep moist and turn occasional ly to hasten decomposition Youi compost will be leady lo use in your gaiden in six months to a ycai • Farm Calendar (Continued fiom Page 1) Beef and Lamb Club, Fai m and Home Center. 800 p m Senior Extension Club, Faim and Home Ccn tei Thursday, June 4 7 00 a m to 3 00 p m Bei ks Count> wool pool. Reading Fail grounds Friday, June 5 800 pm Lancastei Countv Holstein Association dnec tors, Faim and Home Cen tei. Saturday, June 6 11 00 a m to 600 p m Lan caster County Extension Club chicken baibeque, Stauffei’s Maiket, Rohieis town Road, Rohieistown FACTS ABOUT FARMING The faim value foi all the in gredients in a loaf of biead is exactly the same today as it i\as in 1950 3 3c