New FHA Bill Aids
Agnes Farm Victims
Farmers suffering property or
production losses from the severe
rains or flooding of storm Agnes
can receive additional help from
the broadened Disaster Relief
Act, signed by the President on
August 16.
Chops Fast and Fine-at Low Cost Per Ton
The Model 720 FORAGER makes high
quality haylage and silage chopped the
way you want, at a cost that'll help your
profits on your livestock From multiple
position hitch to adjustable deflector
spout, the 720 is designed for efficient,
economical forage harvesting and fast
changes from one crop to another
6' pick up attachment handles heavy
windrows with ease does a clean job
in picking up greeni forage wilted hay,
cured hay or straw Pick up fingers comb
the stubble and feed material to the auger
in a steady stream save more of the
leaves
Row-crop attachments match your row
width guide stalks into chopper with
three gathering chains per row Two row
attachment adiusts for row spaemgs from
28" to 42' one row attachment har
vests rows of any width
Nissley Farm Service Roy H. Buch, Inc.
Washington Boro, Pa. Ephrata, R. D. 2
Grumelii Farm Service
QuanyviUe.Pa.
Farmers Home Administration
loans with the first $5,000.00 to be
forgiven are now available ac
cording to Penrose Hallowell,
FHA state director. Any
remaining amount over $5,000.00
will bear 1 percent interest. He
720 FORAGER
a FIELD HARVESTER
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Cylinder center pivot maintains constant
relationship between gathering unit and
feed rolls for even feeding
Feed roll springs are adjustable to give
you the proper tension for any crop
Reversing mechanism lets you reverse
rotation of feed rolls and gathering unit
from tractor seat for fast clean-out
Eight cupped tungsten carbide knives on
cylinder cut and throw crop in a single
fast, smooth operation There's no need
for s power-consuming blower Scissors
action of curved knives against shear bar
produces a fine cut
Shear pins protect cylinder drive and
drive line for long life
Built in sharpener lets you put fresh, keen
edge on knives without removing them
from the cylinder
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stated that many Pennsylvania
Farmers will benefit from the
new Act. All 67 counties have
been designated in the major
disaster area by President Nixon.
“To date, 1,448 applications
from farmers have been
received,” Hallowell stated,
“and 799 farm loans totalling
$3,251,250 have been written.
Ample funds are available and
we estimate that by June 1973 as
much as $56 million may be
utilized to provide winter feed,
family living expenses, and next
springes operating expenses.’”
The 1972 Disaster Relief Act
broadens the benefits, and many
farmers who have already
received Emergency loans with
the $2,500 forgiveness provision
may reapply for the increased
benefits.
“We have shifted our Penn
sylvania personnel to serve
farmers where the applications
were greatest. In addition,
twenty FHA Loan Supervisors
from Louisana, Maine,
Mississippi, and Texas have
worked with our Pennsylvania
farmers,” Hallowell continued.
“We anticipate an additional nine
Loan Supervisors from North
Carolina and South Carolina
commencing next week. 15
temporary employees have been
placed on the job, too.”
In order to be eligible, a farmer
must have experienced damage
to his growing crops, or his
buildings, or his equipment, or
his livestock, or his land.
Funds advanced under this
authorization by the Farmers
Home Administration can be
used for typical farm operating,
such as feed, seed, fertilizer,
property taxes and interest on
secured debts, and for living
expenses.
Shear bar is reversible and replaceable,
with hardened edges for clean cutting
Delivery chute rotates for side or rear
delivery into truck or wagon can be
positioned easily from tractor seat
Deflector spout adjusts from tractor seat
for full wagon loading
Multiple-position hitch adjusts easily to
match tractor drawbar height
Heavy 6" tubular steel frame is built to
withstand the jolts and jars of operation
over rough fields
Optional axle extensions change harvester
tread to match row widths
High flotation tires are available if field
conditions require them
L. H. Brubaker
Lancaster, Pa.
N. G. Myers & Son
~ ,,> . JRheems.Pa.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 2,1972
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County Bull Named
ABS Proven Sire
Meadow Hollow Insignia, a
registered Holstein bull bred by
Amos M. Stoltzfus, Elverson,
recently graduated from the
Dairy Progeny Test Program of
American Breeders Service, Inc.,
De Forest, Wisconsin, to their
regular proven sire line-up.
Meadow was purchased by ABS
from Stoltzfus as a calf.
The current USDA information
shows Meadow to have 23
daughters in 20 different herds
across the country. His daughters
average 17,108 pounds of milk
and 601 pounds of butterfat. This
is +1,196 pounds of milk more
USDA Lifts Newcastle
Quarantine in Calif., Ariz.
The USDA has lifted the federal
quarantine for exotic Newcastle
disease in poultry and other birds
from San Diego county, Calif
except for five isolated
locations—and all of the Colorado
River Indian Reservation in
Yuma county, Arizona.
Officials of USDA’s Animal and
Plant Health Inspection Service
(APHIS) explained that the
action was made possibly by the
fact that—with thejexception of
the five selected locations in San
Diego county—the poultry of San
Diego county and Yuma county
have been free of exotic
Newcastle infection for more
than 90 days.
“This length of time without a
new disease outbreak indicates
that the poultry populations of
both counties are free of in
fection.” according to Dr. E. E.
Saulmon, Deputy Administrator,
Veterinary Services, APHIS.
San Diego county had been
under quarantine since March 10,
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than their herdmates and gives
Meadow an outstanding
Predicted Different of +737 milk
and +22 butterfat. USDA
predicts the average daughter of
this bull will produce $39 more of
milk each lactation than
daughters of breed average bulls.
Meadow is the second Lan
caster County bull to graduate to
the ABS Genetic Harvest.
Fultonway Ivanhoe Belshazzar,
bred by Fultonway Farms,
graduated several years ago.
Both bulls are routinely available
through local ABS represen
tatives.
along with seven other southern
California counties, USDA said.
The eastern part of the county
was released from quarantine on
July 28, with the entire
quarantine area of Southern
California was reduced to about a
third of its original size.
Guidelines for lifting the
quarantine call for areas to be
free of the disease in poultry and
pet birds for at least 90 days. Dr.
Saulmon said the general
quarantine in San Diego county
could be safely lifted now
because there was no evidence
that the disease has spread from
the isolated cases involving pet
birds, which remain under
quarantine.
The Colorado River Indian
Reservation quarantine had been
in effect since mid-April,
following confirmation of the
disease in a small backyard
poultry flock near Parker, Ariz.
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