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Franklin & High St.
FEJED- LETTER
'Cargill's new controlled release liquid
supplement is new here, but not new
everywhere. Let's eaves drop together on what
some users say about it.
“We observed an increase in milk production
of 250 to 300 pounds per day on our 80 cow
herd with a daily consumption of 2'/a pounds of
CLS per cow." "we will have at least one
30,000 pound cow, complete lactation. Con
sumption of CLS-32 has never been over two
pounds per head per day." "My herd jumped
10 pounds of milk per cow after switching to a
ration of CLS and livestock mineral. The cows
receive a 12 per cent protein mix in the parlor
and have access to the tank at all times." "I
have been feeding CLS-32 to my 44 head of
Holsteins for three months. Before that I was
feeding roasted beans and Ground Corn. Now I
am feeding Ground corn and CLS-32 in the lick
tank. Production has k stayed about the same,
but the cost has been cut in half." "We have
been mixing CLS-32 in our grinder-mixer since
last October. Since we started with CLS our test
has stayed at 3.75 to 3.90.
Naifies and addresses available on request.
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EDGEFIELD FARMS
Route 472 & Edgefield Rd
Quarryviile, Pa.
Consumers Warned Against
‘Bait & Switch’ Tactics
Consumers can save con*
siderable sums of money when
making purchases if they refuse
to be victimized by one of the
most widely practiced comsumer
frauds “bait and switch,”
according to Joel Weisberg,
Director of the State Bureau of
Consumer Protection.
He explained, f “A store will
advertise an item at an ex
tremely low price. When a
consumer goes to the store and
asks to see the item, the
salesman actively discourages
the purchase and attempts to sell
so-called ‘higher quality’
products at substantially in
creased prices.”
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IN ALFALFA WITH
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Apply 2 to 4 weeks after alfalfa
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seedling or established legumes. This
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday May 12,1973
Weisberg urged consumers to
avoid “bait and switch” tactics
after the Bureau took legal action
May I against a Harrisburg rug
company which advertised
carpeting for $2.89 to $4.89 a
square yard. The Bureau
charged that the company had
been 100 percent effective ih
discouraging consumers from
buying any of the advertised
carpets. During a two-month
period, the lowest priced carpet
sold to any consumer was a $5.95
per square yard carpet, ac
cording to the Bureau.
In a similar case, a Western
Pennsylvania company, Gold
Bond Industries of Springdale,
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Owners say they have
saved enough to pay for
the Calendar in Less then
1 year in herds of 35 or
more cows.
was fined $15,000 on April 27 by
the Allegheny-County Common
Pleas Court for engaging in bait
and switch advertising in the sale
of swimming pools in violation of
a court injunction.
Judge Marion K. Finkelhor
said in the Court Opinion that the
company’s advertisement of a
pool at $689 “served as a ‘come
on’ to enable defendants to sell
the more expensive pool at $l,OOO
to $2,000 above the wholesale
price ”
In another case, the salesman
strongly emphasizes the un
desirable features of the ad
vertised item, informing con
sumers that’ “It will fall apart as
soon as you get it home,” or
“This model isn’t made anymore
and we can’t service it;” or “A
person as intelligent looking as
you certainly would rather pick
this other ” sewing machine,
carpet, couch, etc
“Protection against bait and
switch requires constant con
sumer awareness,” Weisberg
said “Whenever a salesman
refuses to sell you an advertised
item or strongly disparages it, do
not shop in that store. If you
check in other stores for the item
the salesman tried to sell you,
you will often find you can buy it
for less elsewhere.”
Weisberg described several
types of “bait and switch”*
schemes, all of which are illegal
In the most extreme case, the
store does not even have any of
the items it advertises as “bait ”
The consumer is told that the
store “just sold out ”
PSU Reports
Growing Degree
Days, Rainfall
A report from Penn State of
weekly crop and weather
roundups with a report on
weather conditions for the week
ending May 7.
In Lancaster? the average
temperature for the week was 55
degrees, -3 degrees' under the
normal average for the time of
year.
Growing degree days for crops
that start at 50-degrees totaled
181 degrees, or 55 more than in an
average year.
Rainfall for the week totaled .35
inches: rainfall for the season
totaled 6 09 inches, or 1.65 inches
more than normal.
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Litter Rags Offered
Official litter bags with the
Keep America Beautiful a\ m
bol are being offered which
can be imprinted with the
name and tiddress of a spon
soring group.
An illustrated brochure,
detailing sizes, costs and
other featuies is available
from Keep America Beauti
ful, 99 Park Avenue, New
York. N Y. 10016.
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