READ LANCASTER FARMING for full market reports A 4-H Rocket Project Here? It’s Being Considered Compost Shredder-Grinders PROCESS LEAVES TREE LIMBS (li/ 2 thick) BONES SOD HAY PHOSPHATE ROCK So extremely rugged in fact it will easily shred hardwood tree prunings, I%”' thick. Oc casional stones accidentally introduced into the feed hopper -are instantly pulverized. The balanced rotor has 24 hardened steel hammers that are free swinging and will not snap or bend under strain. Exterior sealed ball bearings, large feed hopper, ball bearing rubber wheels, 5 hp gasoline engine, epoxy painted steel body all add up to quality. It is difficult to find a shredding or grinding chore the Model 9-P will not handle easily. Even tin and aluminum cans, newspaper and cardboard or plastic bottles can be instantly pulverized. Process potting soil or make rich compost using Natures own sources. Turn tree prunings into topsoil mulch. A rewarding, satisfying, healthful gardening hobby, or business. Im prove garden productivity and promote healthier plants tjje natural way. Eliminate burning of leaves, tree trimmings and other garden refuse. rx, <OT C ON display tAAft "EF —J27S NOW AT .• • 2905,«i' 5,s: ‘ ! “ l FARMERSVILLE EQUIPMENT INC. R.D. 2 EPHRATA LOCATED IN FARMERSVILLE PH. 354-4271 The Com That PROFIT-MINDED Corn Growers GROW The more concerned you are about making your corn produce the TOP DOLLAR income . . . the more you should consider the one Brand that will do it . . . PIONEER. PIONEER BRAND 3369 A PIONEER. brand SEED CORN PIONEER is « brand nama numbars idantify van* tias & Ragtstarad tradamark «f Pionaar Hi Brad Corn CortiMnyoas Mamas lowa "MIGHTY MAC" Model No. 9-P with 5 HP Gasoline Engine. 4-H leaders emphasize that a 4- H project ban be developed for any subject which interests 10 or more people. One of the newest projects under discussion locally is a rocket club. So far, the only thing holding it back, according to Jay W. Irwin, associate Lancaster County ag agent, is the lack of 4-H leaders to guide the club. On Wednesday, some persons from outside the area brought their experience with space age technology here to demonstrate the type of work which could be done. It involved launching three small model rockets from the ground outside the Farm and Home Center. Although the U. S. rockets which have gone to the moon are most famous and most costly, the small rockets at the Farm and Home Center were only a few l inches in size. Irwin said they can be purchased for less than two dollars each and used up to about 200 times. The rocket is launched by a small cartridge, ignited by an electrical charger. Each car tridge costs only about 60 cents, he said. Ignition of the miniature rockets last only about eight- CCC Butter The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced that, in order to make more PROCESS STALKS WEEDS VINES MANURE TABLE SCRAPS CLIPPINGS Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 16,1971 — The model rocket is on the launching pad outside the Farm and Home Center Wednesday. tenths of a second, but this thrust shoots the rocket into the air several hundred feet. Once underway, the project can become much more complex than simply launching the rockets. For instance, there’s complicated mathematical formulas for adjusting and determining the rocket’s trajectory. Safety is one of the most highly Prices Drop butter available to meet domestic market demand, the Commodity Credit Corporation has reduced the sales price of butter for unrestricted use by two cents per pound, and in Texas only, by three cents. USDA said the new price would remain effective until the end of the 90-day freeze period (through Nov. 14, 1971). This reduction is in addition to a two-cent reduction announced September 21, and represents a total reduction of four cents a pound from the sales price prior to September 21. The new sales price is the market price, but not less than the following minimums: TO- 3 /* cents per pound--New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New England,-Delaware, Virginia, , West Vigmia, Maryland and the District of Columbia; all other States, 69-% cents per pound. The 3-cent adjustment for Texas brings that State in line with the pricing in other States. CCC currently does not have any butter for sale in other states bordering the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. ATTINTION FARMERS Apply CONESTOGA brand FERTILIZERS this Fall and save time and labor next Spring ! ! Phone us for prompt delivery of fertilizers, Lime and certified grain seed. We can top-dress your alfalfa with 0-15-30 plus chick weed killer after frost. Inquire about our special early delu ery discounts. LANCASTER BONE FERTILIZER COMPANY, INC. Quarryville, Pa. Oxford. Pa. 1-717-786-7348 1-215-932-8323 1 1 , ?r? .1* In this photo, Jay Irwin catches the rocket in the midst of blastoff, which lasts only eight-tenths of a second, but sends the rocket several hundred feet into the air stressed aspects of the project, Irwin emphasized To get the program off the ground, all it takes are some leaders who don’t necessarily have to know __ anything about rocketry, Irwin explained THEIR THIRST COMES FIRST WITH VfiteA/e AUTOMATIC LIVESTOCK FOUNTAINS Lowest cost, sparkling water pipeline cool in summer, warmed in winter for maximum consumption...fastest gains. Quick recovery, positive action temperature control, completely automatic. 70 styles, 26 mod els. See or ca// . Lester A. Singer Ronks, Pa. 17 687-6712
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