Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, May 19, 1973, Image 12
—Lancaster Farming,. Saturday, May, 19.1973 12 MO¥l« AUCTIONEERS! We print sale bills. Call 394-3047 for price. TRY THESE in the Kitchen Can you or your family alone stop the dram on the nation's energy resources? Of course not. But if each of PP&L's 865,000 custom ers—residential, farm, commer cial and industrial—makes a con scious effort to use only the elec tricity or gas, oil or coal we really need, the total reduction could have a dramatic effect on our energy supplies. Below are just three of the small ways all of us, homemakers, husbands or chil- dren, can make a big contribution over-all to that saving, and save money, too! Whenever possible cook in the oven rather than on the range surface. The surface unit must remain on constantly while the oven, because of its insulation and thermostat, is actually on about a third of the time. Coot hot food to room temper ature before placing in refriger ator or freezer. nsl^ If your hot water faucet drips you're not only wasting water but a lot of money for whatever fuel is used to heat it. Watch for others in our series of watt-saving hints. They'll ease the drain on your pocketbook and play a small but mighty part in easing the nation’s energy dram. PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY I From Local Ag Toachers Feed Costs In Perspective Planning this year’s crop program will be more complex economically than in the past few years. The corn belt, Mississippi and Ohio valleys are continuing to have adverse weather con ditions which are delaying the planting of both corn and soybeans. With the reminder of high prices this past winter for both sources of Total Digestible Nutrients (TDN) and crude protein it may be advisible to reevaluate your cropping program for this year to receive the greatest profit. * This past winter many farmers who had to purchase shelled corn ipm their local mills found that the price had risen to n ap proximately $3.80 per hundred pounds. If we carry this one step further and estimate that the average farmer can produce 150 bushels of dried shelled corn per acre or 8100 pounds per acre, his crop would have a gross value of $307.80. If the same farmer can produce five tons of good alfalfa hay per acre which had a retail value last year of approximately $BO.OO per ton or $4.00 per hundred pounds. Then the alfalfa crop would have had a gross value of $400.00 per acre. Considering the production costs of each of these crops, it may be advisible to carry some alfalfa fields over another year. This may be especially important because of the conditions in the HELP WANTED Man for Counter Sales FARM BACKGROUND Some Warehouse Work - Permanent Position For Details Stop or Call Central Tractor Parts 1590 Manheim Pike Lancaster, Pa. Ph. 717-569-01 H Thoughts in Passing James S. White midwest where farmers are having problems planting crops as well as obtaining soybean seed. Feed prices are basically determined by supply and demand. But, in addition, it is important to realize that the high cost of alfalfa hay was not only influenced by its availability, but also by the high cost of soybean oil meal and other protein sup pliments. To better understand this, let us determine what 100 pounds of protein would have cost from each of these two feeds. Soybean oil meal which contains 50 percent protein sold for ap proximately $14.00 per hundred pounds. From this source protein would have cost $28.00 per hundred pounds. From alfalfa which contains about 16 percent protein at $4.00 per hundred pounds the cost' of protein would have been $25.00. If we consider these prices with com, which is used as a source of energy, it would have cost approximately $43.00 per hundred pounds of protein. With these facts in mind it may be advisable to reevaluate your entire program as well as the use of non protein nitrogen during the coming year. James S. White Teacher of Agriculture Elizabethtown High School TRY A CLASSIFIED AD PHONE 626-2191 or 394-3047 For high efficiency at low cost feed your cows Checkerboard Daily You can take advantage of present high milk prices by getting your cows to produce at their bred-in ability—at a low cost. Checkerboard Dairy is the milking ration for the dairyman who wants a highly efficient, yet a low-cost ration for his herd. Checkerboard Dairy has a balance of vitamins, minerals and protein cows need for top per formance. And it’s a complete milking ration, high in molasses for added palatability and pelleted for easy handling and feeding. Put your herd on Checkerboard Dairy. See us today—and let Checkerboard Dairy help your cows produce all the milk that’s bred into them—and let you take advantage of today’s good milk prices- John J. Hess, 11, Inc. Ph.‘ 442-4632 Paradisp West Willow Formers Assn., Inc. Ph: 464-3431 - West Willow Ira B. Landis Ph: 665-3248 Box 276, Manheim RD3 Fix-Jt Tip Drawers are most likely to stick during warm weather. Moist air causes wood to swell. Slight sticking can be eliminated by rubbing paraf fin or a grease stick over the slidingjparts. If lubricant won’t do the trick, then sand the sliding parts until the drawer opens and closes easily. Do not take off too much because the wood will shrink later on and the drawer will wobble. Do not force a drawer that is stuck because it can be damaged. If you can get it slightly open and can make enough room, place a lighted bulb on an extension in the drawer and make sure there is nothing flammable it might touch. Heat from the bulb will shrink the wood in several hours. Jomes High & Sons Ph: 354-0301 Gordonville Wenger's Feed Mill Inc. Ph: 367-llaa Rheems John B. Kurtz Ph: 354-*925i R. D. 3, Ephrata