Ist-Year 4-H’er Wins Annual Hog Round-up Bruce Sipling, in his first year of 4-H competition, walked off with the winner’s trophy and a check for $279.50 on Tuesday at the Annual Lancaster County 4-H Hog Round-up. Bruce is the ten year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sipling. The show and sale were held at the Lancaster Stock Yard. Bruce’s pig outclassed 107 TERRE HILL SILOS DO YOU NEED A SILO? The TRI RIB STAVE SILO gives you more where it is needed. SUPERIOR INTERIOR FINISHES Write or Call NOW AND SAVE Free Information and Prices on SILOS - BUNK FEEDER TROUGHS SILO UNLOADERS HILL SILO CO., INC. TERRE Terre Hill, Penna. 17581 Phone: (215) 445-6736 Quality and Service Since 1927 ASK THE MAN WHO OWNS ONE other pigs exhibited by 34 4-H Club members. His pig was sold to J. M. Hoober Inc., livestock dealers, for $1.30 a pound. The roundup’s reserve champion was owned by Stuart Heisey, Elizabethtown RD2. His pig was sold for 80 cents a pound to Ezra W. Martin Co. ‘The champion pen of ten was owned by Scott Heisey, k:A*\WL' s wJ. '* ower costs, plus savings in time and effort This all means more net profits for you Stop in today and ask about our Special Stockman’s Knife offer Let us show you flow Mol-Mix will fit your dairy and beef operation so that you can truly, ‘cut costs” Elizabethtown RDI, who received 58 cents a pound for his 1,795 pounds of pork. Dan Baum, Elizabethtown RD3, received 64 cents a pound for his Berkshire champion. Other winners in the com petition, and prices paid a pound, are as follows: Chester White champion, Stephen Horton, Elizabethtown, 62.5 cents; Duroc champion, Scott Heisey, 60.5 cents; Hamp shire champion, Kerry Boyd, Ephrata RDI, 60.5 cents: Landrace champion, Dan Baum, 62 cents; Poland China champion, Scott Heisey, 61 cents; and Yorkshire champion, Stephen Horton, 64 cents. Crop Outlook Based on information on crop prospects and weather conditions through July 20, the U.S. Department of Agriculture continues to estimate USSR gross grain production at ap proximately 195 million tons compared with 168 million tons in 1972. The principal factors affecting the USSR grain crop since the July 13 estimate include on the positive side generally favorable weather throughout most of USSR. Offsetting developments that could affect this estimate were: (1) rains in south European USSR probably caused greater than normal lodging of winter grains and (2) the cool dry weather in northern Kazahkstan and the Urals may be retarding grain development somewhat. Gram Purchases - Information recently received from Moscow, basically confirming earlier reports, lists total Soviet grain rpi- ’•T en: our Feeding Costs H OUR LIQUID CONCEPT! ter for USSR Mol-Mix' liquid liquid supplements leader Lancaster Farming, Saturday. August 18,1973 Lancaster County 4-H members were first place winners in the Junior Livestock Judging Contest held at State 4-H Days on The Pennsylvania State University campus, August 6-8. From left are: Kevin Rohrer, Manheim; Steve Donough, Manheim; Ronald Kreider, Manheim; and Dwight Houser, Lampeter. purchase contracts last year at 27.6 million tons. The total was comprised of 17.7 million tons of wheat, 8.9 million tens of coarse grams and 1.0 million tons of gram not identified by either type or source. Of these totals, 10.9 million tons of wheat and 7.2 million tons of corn were pur chased from the U.S. These data conform to the information released last September in the Foreign Agriculture Circular entitled “Soviet Grain Imports May Signal Shift in Consumer Policy.” Export Sales Reported - Data on export sales unshipped as of July 6 were contained in USDA 2281-73 released July 25, based on reports filed with the U.S. JOHN Z. MARTIN New Holland RDI Phone 717-354-5848 Department of Commerce as required by Export Control Bulletin 84 (A). Estimated FY 1974 Imports - A total of about 15 million tons of grain from all sources is ex pected to be shipped on Soviet account during FY 74, part of which may go to third country destinations. Ihe Old iimwt iFKt 11!^ “Punctuality is a device for getting some time to yourself.” No matter where you live, you can count on us to service LP-Gas needs fast and 23
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