6 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 23,1971 Future Rules Relaxed Livestock and poultry producers’ purchases of futures contracts and net long positions in wheat, oats, barley, flaxseed or com in connection with feed requirements are exempt from speculative trading and position limits. This was announced recently by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, based on amend ment of the orders, effective September 29, of the Commodity Exchange Commission. The Commodity Exchange Commission, consisting of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Attorney General, or officials designated to act for them, is authorized to establish limits on speculation in commodity futures. simkN»U HWIMMC. “CHIK-EZE” Hinged bottom model Chik-Eze includes egg tray which can be put into use at 10 weeks. This feature will actually permit birds to be kept in the start/grow cage at full laying age if necessary. It also eli minates problems of egg gathering and egg breakage if circumstances delay movement of pullets to grow/lay or permanent lay cages, and it takes care of eggs from birds that lay permaturely. The lowered floor provides a 2 inch gap for eggs to roll out onto tray. THE ALL NEW FLAT DECK CHIK-EZE PULLET REARING CA& . . . offers durability, economy, performance and practical labor saving features that increase management efficiency. The heart of the system is the Big Dutchnjan chain and trough feeder providing 96 inches of feeding space per cage. There is full availability of all the feed to all the birds. All feed is automatically recirculated and remixed, result ing in better feed consumption. Extra feed capacity makes high density of birds per cage row practical and manageable. BIG DUTCHMAN A Division o£ U.S. Industries, Inc. EASTERN BRANCH 215 Diller Ave., New Holland, Pa. 17557 Ph. 354-5168 Limits on position and daily trading in wheat, oats, barley, and flaxseed are 2,000,000 bushels in one future or in all futures combined. Limits on com have been set at 3,000,000 bushels. Since the establishment of speculative limits in these grains, the rapid growth of livestock and poultry feeding operations has created the need to offset price risks on feed required for such operations through the purchase of feed grain futures contracts. The purchase of feed grain futures against feed requirements is sound com mercial practice by livestock and poultry producers, and the Commission has ruled that exemption should be made to permit such purchases without regard to existing limits. Hog Carcass A 235-pound Hampshire gilt belonging to John Strawbridge, Stewartstown, had the best carcass of nine hogs at the Manheim Fair. In the competition by the Lancaster County Swine Producers Association, the animals were placed on the basis of the butchered carcass. Strawbridge’s winning animal had a chilled carcass weight of 157 pounds, backfat of one inch, length of 30.6 inches, loin eye of 6.5 square inches, quality score of 2-plus, loin weight of 31.14 pounds, ham weight of 36 pounds and ham-loin percentage of 43.24 per cent. Other placings in the top five were: Dutch Valley Farms, Manheim RD3, second, 217-pound crossbred gilt, 164 pound carcass, backfat 1.1 inches, 30.1 inches length, 6.9 square inches loin eye, 30.3 pounds loin weight, 40.9 pounds ham weight and ham-loin percentage of 43.14. Stauffer Homestead Farms, East Earl RDI, third, 227-pound crossbred gilt, 162 pound carcass, 11 inch backfat, 32.8 inches long, 5.5 square inches loin eye, 33.1 pounds loin, 35 3 pounds ham, 42.13 per cent ham-loin. Willow Glen Farms, Strasburg RDI, fourth, 204-pounds Yorkshire gilt, 163 pound car cass, 1.3 inches backfat, 31.4 inches loin, 4.9 square inches loin eye, 29.2 pounds ham, 41.42 per cent ham-loin. Clair Hartman, Gratz, 211- pound Spotted Poland China SPREAD 818... FAST... RIGHT... “BEAR CLAW” I INTERNATIONAL® Ukawl* ULflli DEPENDABILITY , SIMPLICITY Rugged "BEAR CLAW" single-beater PTO models from 130 bushels to truck-mounted 320 bushels Low-cost, efficient ground-drive models Best Buys! Best Service! For all farm equipment needs / MESSICK FARM EQUIP. COPE & WEAVER CO ELIZABETHTOWN 367-1319 NEW PROVIDENCE KAUFFMAN BROS. C. B. HOOBER & SON MOUNTVILLE 285-5951 INTERCOURSE 768-8231 Quality Results Reported barrow, 158 pound carcass, 1.1 inches backfat, 29.6 inches long, loin eye 5.7 square inches, 28 pounds loin, 37.2 pounds ham, 41.22 per cent ham-loin. In on-foot evaluation, Clair Princep turns weedy alfalfa into alfalfa again. Spraying Pnncep™ SOW on dormant alfalfa this fall, can give you better quality, high-yielding alfalfa next year. It can lengthen the life of your alfalfa stand, and make your hay worth more. If you’ve got a weedy alfalfa stand at least a year old, spray Pnncep and you'll cut cleaner hay next year. P. L. ROHRER & BRO., INC. Smoketown, Pa. SINGLE INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER Sales and Service EPHRATA Hartman and James Horton, Elizabethtown RDI, tied for first place in placing the animals nearest to the actual carcass placing. William Fisher was third and John Strawbridge fourth. BEATER ADERS 733-2283 397-3539