12—43*caster Farming, • 1972 Tractor Sales Booming The free world farm and in- 640,000 last year. Further, he dustrial tractor industry—paced predicted that 1973 sales would by a sales boom in the United total about 675,000 units. States and Canada—is finishing “Industry tractor sales in the its best year since 1969 and should United States and Canada do almost as well in 1973, ac- reached about 228,000 units this cording to a Ford Motor Com- year, up 18 per cent from last pany tractor executive. year’s 193,000 units,” he said. James H. Grommersch, who “That’s the best year for North heads worldwide sales for Ford American sales since 1967 when Tractor Operations, said that the industry sold 243,000 units.” industry sales of wheeled trac- “By contrast, industry unit tors in the free world will be sales in Europe are up about four about 690,000 units this year, per cent for 1972, while sales in compared with 700,000 in 1969 and the rest of the free world (ex- This week-old pig’s stomach is exactly this size. The little dry feed it takes to fill this tiny “fuel tank” must be LOADED WITH POWER! Purina Pig Starters give your pigs EXTRA protection for about V2O per day It takes mighty little dry feed and sow's milk to fill the tiny “fuel tank” of a baby pig from the time he’s a week old Uiii.ll he’s three weeks old. An average of about an ounce a day of loaded-with-power Purina Baby Pig Chow or Purina Early Weaning Chow is all it takes to give him extra energy, fast growth and disease protection. 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D 3, Ephrata eluding North America and Europe) are up about two per cent,’’ Grommersch said. “We’re optimistic about 1973 because of a number of factors— the improvement in farmers’ income, some pent-up“ demand from recent years, increased exports of farm commodities, a surge in construction contracts, a general realignment of world currencies and a greater supply of loanable money,” he said. “We expect these factors to continue to buoy sales although their benefits already have been realized most during 1972.” “In the United States, for example, the gross national product is up 6.4 per cent this year over last year and is ex pected to grow another 6.1 per cent in 1973,” he said. “And with U.S. government fiscal pressures expected to hold interest rates down and forestall any tight credit crises during 1973, tractor buyers should find ample funds available at reasonable rates.” “Over 70 horsepower farm tractors accounted for 40 per cent of all industry unit sales this year in the US. and Canada, for example, compared with only 18 per cent 10 years ago,” Grom mersch concluded Crockett in Congress Davy Crockett, the famous Indian scout, was elected from Tennessee to the House of Representatives m 1826, 1828 and 1832 He was de feated in 1830, partly be cause of his opposition to Andrew Jackson’s Indian Bill, which violated Indian treaties MAKE A RESOLUTION TO CALL ABS IN 1973. NO. ELDORADO ALARIC OLYMIC MEADOW KBOP BEN VIRGINIAN CONFIDENT SRC CONQUEROR FASCINATION SNIPSIC STATESMAN ORMSBY SUNNY- __ ARLINDA 49 INTENSIFIER FAYNE THE COUNT DAYLO KNIGHT SON BONANZA IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE REGULAR BULLS. AT ABS WE HAVE 20 MORE GREAT PROVEN SIRES OVER +4oss. THE TOP 20 BULLS FOR PD MILK WILL AVERAGE WELL OVER +lOOO. **ALL FIGURES FROM 9/72 USDA Al SIRE REPORT. CALL YOUR ABS REPRESENTATIVE LISTED BELOW: PAUL HERR HOLTWOOD, PA, Outstanding local corn growers are receiving high yield awards from The Producers of Funk’s G- Hybrids for their early entries in 1972 Project:2oo. They are Weidler Bros., Palmyra, and Jay Rohrer and Harold Musser of Manheim. Project: 200 is America’s largest high yield corn growing contest. With a beginning in 1969, the contest has grown each year with over 5,500 corn growers participating in 1971. Even greater participation is expected for 1972. The early yields, and hybrids reported by the growers are: Weidler Bros., 106.8 bushels per acre made with G-4646, and Jay Rohrer and Harold Musser, 140.9 bushels per acre made with G- 4646. The thousands of com growers throughout the U.S. and Canada who take part in Project:2oo THESE BULLS ARE AVAILABLE EVERY DAY AT REGULAR SERVICE FEE. P.D.ss** P.D. MILK** P.D.B.F.** t7l tl 072 147 t 52 tB6l t3l t4B t 605. t 36 t 44 tBO7 t 24 t 44 t 525 t 34 t4O 1708 t 23 t 39 t6OB t 25 t 35 t 677 tl 8 t 35 t 670 tl 8 t 33 t 665 tl 6 t3O t 716 tlO t3O 1577 tl 5 t 27 t 396 tl 8 t2l t 426 tlO t2l t 320 114 t2O t6BO - 1 t2O t 475 t 7 tl9 t 430 t 7 tl9 t 367 t 9 117 1170 tl 4 tl5 t 430 t 3 tl5 t 265 t 9 MAURICE STUMP WEST GROVE, PA. PAUL MARTIN RICHLAND, PA. Corn Growers Win Top Yield Awards CUSTOM BUTCHERING Hogs Processed the old fashioned way. Sausage, pudding, scrapple. Hams and Bacon cured. Beef cut, wrapped and frozen. Dried beef and bologna. WE ALSO SPECIALIZE IN U.S.D.A. GRADED SIDES AND QUARTERS. CALL PAUL A. HESS 464-3711 or 464-3127 RAY HARBOLD ELIZABETHTOWN, PA, machine harvest and shell a minimum of two acres from not less than four adjacent rows running the full length of the field. Yields are converted to No. 2 corn and all figures are validated by a disinterested witness. The top yield in 1971 was 289.9 bushels per acre. Overall average yield of 5,500 entries was 146.5 bushels per acre. The agronomic practices used by Project:2oo competitors are annually computerized. The summary of this information represents one of the largest studies ever made of the techniques used by com growers in striving for higher yields. Try A Classified Ad It Pays! MERTON STROBLE ELVERSON, PA. srb«
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