| Help Us Serve You I iV Don’t assume we know about your farm organization’s meeting To get your meeting on our Farm Calendar, it’s safer to assume we don’t know. Remind us by calling 394-3047 or 626-2191 or by writing to Lancaster Farming, 22 E. Main St, Lititz, Pa. 17543. You’ll be helping us to serve you better. P S. If you’re not sure you told us already, we don’t mind hearing from you again. mm mm mt** Don’t wait till \ the last minute^/ " I<V * "•* mm mtm **** GET YOUR TRACTOR READY MQUf CftDn ALLEN H - matz, inc. | BB Bm 505 £• Main St., New Holland ■ Ph: 354-2214 ONCE ACROSS THE FIELD DOES IT Smoketown, Pa. Ph. 397-3539 Grade No Fancy 8 Choice 148 Good 151 Medium 91 TOTAL 398 Choice Good Medium 19 7,595 Common 4 1,122 TOTAL 129 53,672 Choice Good Medium TOTAL GRAND Prime 16 Choice 292 Good 624 Standard 1,059 Utility 5,782 Hols Bulls 4,431 Hols. Hfrs 2,006 Farm 1,252 TOTAL 15,462 1,565,635 -S\7 6th Annual Grading Summary The following information was compiled to summarize the livestock grading program of the Bureau of Markets This is the 6th Feeder Cattle Steers Total Wt Av.Wt 3,990 499 69,555 470 66,570 441 43,904 482 184,019 462 Bulls 17,045 27,910 Heifers 85 39,055 257 104,610 61 24,493 404 168,158 931 405,849 Veal Calves 3,145 56,875 114.950 169,105 571,350 452.950 197,260 WHO IS MORE IMPORTANT? YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY OR YOUR FAMILY? The more you save on life insurance the more you can keep for your family. HERBERT S. DENENBERG, PA. INSURANCE COM MISSIONER, recently published “A Shoppers Guide To Team Life Insurance”. In it you will find quote, “Its Costs Vary As Much As 140 percent For Substantially The Same Coverage” For More quotes from the shoppers guide, write or call 808 HOSSLER RDI, Manheim, Pa 17545 Phone 717-665-3713. >*<L % m OPEN HOUSE MARCH 12 TO MARCH 17 BIG DISCOUNT ON PARTS SAVE $ ON Alt EQUIPMENT FREE LUNCH on Sat., Mv. 17 Starting at 12; 30 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. DOOR PRIZES MTERNATIONAL HARVESTER . SALES & SERVICE 1054 S State St. Ephrata, Pa. Ph. 733-2283 Heavy Blue Heavy Blue (over weight) Heavy Blue Buck (over weight) Heavy Blue Buck Light Blue Light Blue Buck Red Red 449 410 400 280 416 (over weight) Red Buck Red Buck (over weight) Total 454 407 401 416 436 Yearlings Ewes Total 110 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 3,1973 — annual report and is a total of all livestock graded by the Livestock and Dairy Section in 1972 Market Lambs 5879 123 1232 106 1356 138 1085 13 10,685 Sheep Lambs 1,375 358 647 451 80 89 11 3,011 Choice Choice Bucks Good Good Bucks Utility Utility Bucks Cull TOTAL 543,175 14,515 117,327 12,755 110,636 11,566 93,922 483 67,271 4 749 1,564 973,264 45 497 542 4,662 59,947 64,609 117,406 33,772 44,588 34,058 4,202 5,544 482 240,052 Feeders Blue Buck & Tail Red Red Buck 2 1918 Red 516 Buck & Tail 267 Utility 105 Total 3183 Feeders Special Sales Feeder Pigs US No 1-2 69 US No 2 1.589 US No 3 4,147 U S Utility 1,602 61 7,468 US Cull Total Zero-till Meet Attended by 160 Some 160 farmers turned out for a meeting on zero till methods Tuesday at the Farm and Home Center The meeting was spon sored jointly by nine area John Deere dealers along with the local Ortho representative The meeting lasted from 10 00 a.m until 2:30 pm, with the audience divided into two groups One group heard all about zero till methods in the morning while the other group was talking about equipment In the afternoon, the two groups switched Also on display was the John Deere Generation II caravan truck, with cutaway samples of tractor engines and other tractor parts Dealers participating were Landis Brothers, Lancaster; ABC Groff, New Holland, Wenger Implement, Quarryville, Clair D Worley, York; Edwards and Cox, Oxford; Evergreen Tractor Co., Lebanon; M.A Yearsley and Son, West Chester; Edwin Hurst, Mohnton, and Shotzberger’s, Elm. 27 924 1180 95 2 120 3 816 83 8 866 1208 89 8 120 3 91 1 103 6 120 6 1192 70 o 69 3 70 7 713 61 0 69 7
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