—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. April 21, 1973
6
APRIL 23-29
Rise and shine, warm and fine.
Streams are running high now . Daylight Saving Time
begins April 29 (set clocks ahead one hour before retiring on
the 28th) . . . Last quarter of the Moon April 25 (fish bite
best during last quarter and new Moon) . . . Ice should be
out all lakes now . . . Average length of days for week, 13
hours, 55 minutes . . . First soda fountain patent April 24,
1833 . . . Canadian geese arrive home . . . The wild pear is
now in bloom .. To see what will vex you, peep where,you
shouldn’t.
Old Farmer’s Riddle: Why are soldiers and dentists alike?
(Answer below )
_A kangaroo court is com
monly a court that is unauthorised, such as being organized
in a hobos’ "jungle” a camp or jail. There was, at one time,
a county court in Ohio where the judges collected no pay
except fees, which was so called. Of wooden nickels, we only
know this; they don’t work in slot machines.
dome Hints. To remove dirt from cuffs and collars, mb the rings heavily
with ordinary chalk. let sit overnight, then wash as usual ... As a last
resort, try using hydrogen peroxide or rubbing alcohol to remove ketchup
stains Riddle answer They both have to drill.
OLD FARMER’S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Beautiful spring weather most of week with
highs in 70s; end of week partly cloudy and warm with
scattered showers
Greater New York-New Jersey: Partly cloudy to start, then
very hot; clear and unseasonably hot latter part, then light
rain and cool
Middle Atlantic Coastal: First part of week clear and warm;
end of week clear and unseasonably hot, then rain.
Southeast Coastal-Piedmont: Clear and very warm all week.
Florida: Clear to start, then becoming much warmer; cloudy
and warm latter part, showers in south.
Upstate & Western N.Y.-Toronto & Montreal: Clear and un
seasonably warm most of week; light rain and cooler for
weekend.
Greater Ohio Valley: Clear and very warm until end of week;
then moderately heavy rain and cooler
Deep South: Week begins clear and very warm, then light
run in northwest; rain latter part, cloudy along coast.
C ilcago and Southern Great Fakes: Most of week clear and
quite warm; ram and cooler latter part.
N irthern Great Plains-Great Lakes: Clear and warm at first,
thin scattered showers; end of week pleasant, then rain.
Central Great Plains; Generally clear and very warm for most
of week; ram latter part, then cool.
Texas-Oklahoma: Cloudy to start, then rain; rain continuing
to end of week.
Rocky Mountain Region: Week begins clear and very warm,
then cloudy and cooler; clear again latter part.
Southwest Desert: Clear and warm to start, highs in 80s, then
rain and cooler; cool rain continuing to end of week.
Pacific Northwest: Clear and warm at first, then showers and
cooler; end of week cloudy and mild.
California: Clear and very warm to start, then cloudy and
cool; week ends partly cloudy and very warm.
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THE OLD
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Ask the Old Farmer: At a
bicentennial celebration re
cently held, people were sell
ing wooden nickels and
having kangaroo courts
Could you give any informa
tion concerning the origin
of these two? T J.M., Lynn,
Mass.
Dairymen Find
Dairymen around the nation
are making extensive use of an
audio-response computer located
in Michigan. It is available to
dairymen in several States
through touch-tone phones which
serve as remote computer ter
minals, says Dr. Buel Lanpher,
Extension economist in farm
management, U. S. Department
of Agriculture.
During the present period of
rapidly rising feed costs and
fluctuations in protein prices,
PEKB Changes
Name, Location
Dr. L. A. Wilhelm, President of
the American Egg Board (for
merly Poultry and Egg National
Board), has announced the
relocation of the national
headquarters office effective
May 1, to 205 W. Touhy Ave.,
Park Ridge, 111. 60068.
The Board’s office is presently
situated at 18S. Michigan Ave., in
Chicago’s loop. The new location
is in a Northwest suburb of
Chicago.
The AEB offices in Park Ridge
will be on the first floor of a two
story steel and glass building, in
a semi-residential area. The
landscaped grounds provide
adequate parking for the em
ployees in the building that
houses approximately 20 other
companies. Out-of-town visitors
will find it a convenient 15-
minutes from O’Hare In
ternational Airport.
“The new location provides
additional office and mailroom
facilities as we add new staff
members and increase the
promotional programs of AEB,”
concluded Wilhelm.
The new address and phone
number, effective May 1
American Egg Board
205 W. Touhy Avenue
Park Ridge, Illinois 60068
(312) 696-1309
Lasso plus atrazine
tank mix...gets the
foxtails and lots
more grasses. Lots of
broadleaves, too.
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Yellow Foxtm!
Lots of grasses and broadleafs
growing in corn mean nutrients and
moisture going to waste. Your corn
has to grow with “leftovers.”
To give your corn the “full course”
it needs, tank mix Lasso plus
atrazine. To take care of the
grasses like the foxtails, smartweed,
and others. And to get pigweed,
smartweed, and other broadleaves.
If rotation to soybeans is how you
Computer Program. Profi
dairymen have called most often
for the “least-cost dairy ration,”
reports Dr. Lanpher. This is also
true of other computer systems
serving farmers. The remote
terminals usually are located in
area or county Extension Service
offices. Dairymen used the
Michigan system 4,733 times in
1972 to find out the least-cost
ration that could be formulated
from available 'jeds. Dairymen
in New Hampshire recently
joined the system.
What does it cost a dairyman to
use this computer service?
Twenty-four dairymen In
Ingham county, Mich., in their
second year of using the system,
report that savings on feed costs
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P. L ROHRER & BRO., INC.
SMOKE! OWN
want to go, Lasso plus atrazine
is the way to go. Because you use
less atrazine there’s less chance
of carryover problems to next
year's beans.
That’s what you expect
from your herbicide!
T’hone Lane. 397-3539
quickly pay for computer fees.
Besides saving on the cost of
feed, 18 of them increased herd
production by more than 190
pounds of milk per day.
The Michigan computer
system has 131 different
economics-related programs.
The “Capital Investment Model”
was used 917 times in 1972, and
“Crops-Livestock Income
Possibilities” was requested 390
times. Farm management
consultants, bankers, and others
making financial decisions with
farmers also are able to join this
computer “farm management
network” through their State
Extension Services, stresses Dr.
Lanpher.
Glint Foxltll
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