Co-op Research Parmer owned modern foods are cooperatives do more than significantly Improved over produce and market some of their fore-runners of 20 ycors the highest quality food in ago. And many of these the world. Many co-ops also improvements have come maintain extensive research from co-op laboratories and staffs who probe for better research farms. ways to grow, process and Faster Cabbage Harvesting preserve the agricultural Yields Better Kraut products of their farmer Sauerkraut is probably members. America's favorite form of In fact, most of our cabbage. But this everyday r SPRAYERS COME & SPRAYERS GO! flUfii issmi ’ HO. 1 * , M; FEATURING • Compact, 3 point Hitch PTO Air Sprayer • Big Piston Pump otters Full Range from 20 to 500 P S I and 12GPM • F7O AIR ATTACHMENT, Available for Row Crop. Two Way Swath to 70 Feet, Adjustable Vanes • Multi use Design Cuts Cos) in Half • Results Proven - Growers Prefer the Model A 32 TMG Sprayer LESTER A. SINGER RONKS, PA. PHONE 687-6712 Lancaster County's Only Dealer Specializing in Sprayer Sales & Service ■■■H Silage Liti iLSrILS Activator FEEDERS ARE WILD ABOUT PRO-SIL TREATED CORN Get the Full Story from Your Local Pro-Silage Expert NEVIN MYER & SONS, INC. RDI Chester Springs, PA 19425 Phone 215 827 7414 BROWN & REA I RICHARD | LANCASTER BONE I MARTIN LIQUID ; DOMBACH | FERTILIZER CO. | SERVICE {5B South Duke Street ! 301 Park Avenue Box 716, Route 1 ! Millersville, PA 17551 Quarryville, PA 17566 { New Holland, PA 17557 Phone 717-872-8641 Phone 717-786-7348 Phone 717 354-5848 120 Liberty Street Atglen, PA 19310 Phone 215-593-5149 I'A.A.O'tils % «« • SILAGE WHY? • Cows Give More Milk • Cheaper Feed'ot Gams • No Urea • Lower Total Feed Costs • Preserves Corn Silage • Makes Corn Silage A Balanced Feed • Easy to Apply • Easy to Feed • Research Proven • FDA Approved • All These Mean More Profits SWATARA CREEK FEED MILL RD 1, Route 501 Myerstown, PA 17067 Phone 717 933 4111 J.O XUQ .UN Aids the Farmer nutritional bargain might well have disappeared from grocers' shelves had it not been for the foresight of grower groups like Pro-Fac Cooperative in Rochester, New York. The farmer-growers who own Pro-Fac market their well-known Silver Floss sauerkraut throughout the East and the Midwest. Ten years ago, most of their cabbage crop was hand harvested. Workers with large butcher knives walked down long rows of cabbage plants, severing them from their roots and throwing them on a pile. At today’s labor costs, this kind of harvesting technique would be quite expensive. Recoginizing the need for an improved mechanical harvester, Pro-Fac growers with the backing of their co oop management, began experimenting with different types of machines. Through that program, one Pro-Fac grower developed an improved harvester which is now being used across the country. The machine travels down the cabbage rows, slashing the heads neatly from their stalks and loading them onto a truck, all automatically. The harvester cuts labor costs way down and helps to keep sauerkraut prices more reasonable by letting one man dotiie work of four hand harvesters. An added bonus of mechanical harvesting is that the cabbage arrive at the processing plant sooner. Because they’re fresher, these cabbages help make a higher-quality product. r?) NORTHAMPTON FARM BUREAU CO-OP 300 Bushklll St Tatamy, PA 18085 215258-2871 Better Eggs front Midnight Snacka What does a chicken do when you turn the hen house lights on at midnight? She cats. This is not a schoolboy riddle; it's a fact about chickens that has now generated some very careful scientific scrutiny leading to management practices that help keep eggs one of America's best nutritional bargains. Poultry scientists have been turning on the hen house lights for many years. Among the first to throw the switch were the researchers who work for Gold Klst, Inc., a poultry producers’ cooperative based in Atlanta, Ga. The egg that a hen lays in the morning has been for ming in her body all night. The formation of the egg shell can put a tremendous strain on the bird’s calcium reserves. If she runs low on calcium, she will lay eggs with thin shells. When hens turn in for the night, the egg-making process goes into high gear. If it weren’t for the midnight snack that Gold Kist growers “Volatile Fruit Essence Recovery” may not mean much to you, but it means plenty to the people who make savory jams and jellies from grapes like these. Welch’s devised an essence recovery technique that makes today's grape spreads tastier than Grandma's. WENGER’S FARM MACHINERY * « »'>V» - WVV*V'iES I >4-# J L -Z-, 'iSHf; give their hens, the shells on the eggs produced would be thinner and more of them would crack. Cracked eggs are wasted eggs, and waste drives costs up, both for the farmer and the eventual consumer. Other cooperatives have also been successful in their DO YOU NEED USED PARTS FOR FARM TRACTORS FARM MACHINERY CALL HARRY STOHLER AT Myerstown Pa. Ph 717-866-2138 Lancaster Farming, Saturday. July 5.1975 These chickens aren't night owls, but they sure act like ones; while the rest of us are safely in bed, these Gold Kist layers spend their nights bathing in incandescent light and snacking on top-quality feed. Gold Kist found that layers exposed to light and a late night snack yielded eggs with strong shells. The Flavor Stays In and South Race St. attempts to improve the quality of the foods they produce through science - including jelly makers! Welch Foods, Inc., the famous grape growers’ cooperative located in western New York, uses a special technique for recovery of volatile fruit essence. Simply stated, this means that the molecules of pure fruit flavor that used to “go up in steam” in earlier jelly and jam manufacturing processes are caught and forced back mto the boiling fruit mixture. The result is richer fruit flavor, flavor so good that some independent taste testers feel that it beats the jam and jelly put up in Grandma’s kitchen. Better Food for a Better Future All of this research, and much more, has helped farmer cooperatives bring American consumers food products of unrivaled quality at affordable prices. Co-op efforts have benefited all American agriculture, and consumers as well. TRY A CLASSIFIED PHONE 626-2191 OR 394-3047 57
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