FARM TREWS
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because of increased beef cattle prices expected
during early 1974.
Milk output could move above year-earlier levels
during the latter part of 1974. Farmers are likely to
produce larger feed crops this year, so dairy feed
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"SCOTTY" SPRAYERS
TRACTOR OR TRAILER MOUNTED
55 TO 200 GALLONS —6 OR 8 ROWS (40-
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Accurate Spraying at Lowest Price,
This sprayer includes all of the essentials to do a
good, accurate spraying job but,-to keep the
price as low as possible, some of the con
' venience features have been eliminated. 20-inch
nozzle spacing. Available with either 6 or 8 roller
nylon pump.
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/\ Lititz RD4, Pa.
If you have a problem of teat and udder erosion in your herd
chances are you are milking with unstable vacuum. And, as more
and more animal health authorities have been agreeing that many
teat and udder injuries —which have-contributed to the spread of
mastitis have been caused by unstable milking vacuum . . . you
should have your milking machine's performance checked
We'll be happy to do this for you with our DETCO Graph Machine.
It’s a remarkable, new invention that records vacuum readmgs at
the milker units attached to the teats, recording the milking vacuum
and pulsating vacuum simultaneously. And tells you in easy-to
understand graph form, as shown in the photo above, if you are
milking with unstable vacuum at the teat end.
Increasing the size of your vacuum pump and the size of your air
and milk Imesare good But if you still don't
have stable vacuum at the teat ends—investigate our ZERO CONCORD
Twin-Vacuum Pipeline Milking System. It's a combination of a
revolutionary pipeline milking machine and the ZERO Completely-
Automated Vacuum Bulk Milk
Cooler. It was designed especi
ally to milk with stable vacuum
at the teal ends to prevent teat
and -udder injuries caused by
milking with unstable vacuum
And has many other advantages
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MUIR MIRY EQUIPMENT
1352 Union St
Phone 717-393-6055
This is Joe Your Milker Fixer
Call 626-4705
Rothsville Station Road
NCW MOSII. 70'*
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TWIN VACUUM PIPELINE
MILKING SYSTEM
-with cow momitok
Lancaster, Pa. 17603
supplies should be larger and pt ices more reasonable
in late 1974. Improved'fnilk-feed price'relationships
will likely cause milk output per cow this year to
resume its long uptrend. In contrast, milk cow
numbers will probably decline further.
Farm production of milk in 1973 totaled 115.6
billion pounds, some 3Vi percent below 1972. High
feed prices reduced milk output per cow, the first
drop in almost 30 years, and together with strong
slaughter cow prices, caused the rate of decline in
milk cow numbers to accelerate. Production was down
all year, although the rate of decline slackened
somewhat by year-end*.
Farm milk prices have risen rapidly since last
August, and in February stood at $8.95 per 100
pounds, up some 36 percent from a year earlier.
Manufacturing milk prices at $B.lB per 100 pounds
were about 101 percent of the parity equivalent and
some 49 percent above February 1973. Milk prices
will continue well above year-earlier levels during this
first half of 1974. Farm price margins over 1973 levels
may narrow later in 1974 if milk production does
recover.
Increased milk prices will push cash receipts from
dairying up-again this year -- perhaps to around s9‘/2
billion. Receipts rose some 13 percent in 1973 to
about $B.l billion 'as higher prices more than offset
lower milk marketings by farmers. However,
production costs, particularly feed costs, rose even
faster.
In 1973, per capita civilian consumption averaged
557 pounds milk equivalent, holding about stable for
the second successive year. This was in contrast to
steady declines for a number of prior years. The drop
in per capita consumption may again resume this
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Have you ever bought anything simply
because it was cheap. I was thinking
about this the other day. And you know, I
could name 'you everything I ever
bought for price alone that gave me
trouble. But 1 could not tell you how
much I saved on any one of those items.
There is an old saying. The bitterness of
poor quality remains long after. The
sweetness of price is forgotten. How
true. At Lancaster Ford we believe there
is a difference between a price buyer
and a price conscious buyer. The dif
ference being that the price buyer is
looking for the best way to invest his
money. We welcome the price conscious
buyer at Lancaster Ford because we
know we can give him the best quality
for the least investment. Why not give us
a try at the the friendly people.
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TRACTOR, INC.
Quality Parts and Service
2166 Willow Street Pike Lancaster, Pa. 17602
Phone 464-2746
Lancaster Farming. Saturda
year, with the likelihood of declining commercial
usage and fewer dairy products being available for
donation,
Output of manufactured dairy products in 1973
declined some 5 percent, with butter and nonfat dry
milk showing the largest declines. American cheese
production rallied at the end of the year, bringing
1973 output around 1 percent above the previous
year, the smallest gain since 1969. In early 1974,
butter and nonfat dry mill} output continued well
below a year earlier, but American cheese production
was up about a fourth.
Deadline Extended On
Quality Control Proposal
The deadline for receiving
public comments on a
proposal concerning meat
and poultry plant quality
control programs has been
extended to May 10. The
deadline for submitting such
comments had been March
22.
USDA’s Animal and Plant
Health Inspection- Service
(APHIS) said the comment
period was extended because
4-H Livestock
Judging Moved
To Louisville
The 1974 National 4-H
Livestock Judging Contest
will be moved from the In
ternational Livestock Ex
position in Chicago to the
North American livestock
Exposition in Louisville, Ky.,
Nov. 21-22, according to Dr.
, E. Dean Vaughan, Assistant
Administrator for 4-H -
Youth Programs of -the
Extension Service, U. S.
Department of Agriculture.
Teams- from 32 "states
participated in this 4-H event
last year.
The contest has been held
in Chicago since it began 50
years ago. As plans were
being made to establish the
North American Livestock
Exposition, state 4-H judging
coaches and livestock
specialists suggested the
move to this new exposition.
A survey of state 4-H
Leaders in consultation with
coaches and livestock
specialists led to the decision
to move the event to
Louisville because of its
central location for par
ticipating states.
PAUL BOYER,
Manager
"Where The Deal
Is Always Better"
Mar. 4U. x-,4
of public interest and
requests for additional time
for considering and com
menting on the proposal.
APHIS officials explained
that the proposal would
provide for the approval and
use of quality control
systems voluntarily installed
by meat and poultry
processing plants. These
systems would in turn be
monitored by federal meat
and poultry inspectors to
augment their own ob
servations and sampling of
processed products in
checking for wholesomeness
and accurate labeling.
Comments on the proposal
should be sent in duplicate to
the USDA Hearing Clerk,
Washington, D. C. 20250.
Anyone interested in
presenting his views orally
should immediately contact
the Systems Development
and Sanitation Staff, APHIS,
USDA, Washington, D. C.
20250. Records of oral
comments, as well as written
views, will be available for
public review in the Hearing
Clerk’s office during normal
business hours.
A notice concerning the
extension in the comment
period is scheduled to be
published in the March 22
Federal Register.
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TILLERS
You might be amazed at the
prices we have for quality
tillers ,
ALLEN H.
MATZ, INC.
505 E. MAIN
NEW HOLLAND, PA.
354-2244
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