Beef production meeting slated in Maryland NEW WINDSOR. Md. - A winter miner session will be held in this Carroll County town, Thursday, February \9, under sponsorship of the Maryland Cattlsmen’s Association, Unlveraity of Maryland Extension Service and Maryland Department of Agriculture. The oragram, which will be held in the Windaor Chapel of the Bretberen Service Center, win feature two main speakers who will be followed by panel discoasiona from key Maryland beef producers, sellers, and experts. First speaker will be Dr. William Smith of Perdue ORDER YOUR SPRING FARM SEEDS NOW Cert. Iroquois AMs Ctrl. Pmnscott Rad Dover Cert. Saranac AP Alfalfa Pa. Grom Red Dover Cert. Ciyup Alfalfa Cert. Ladww Dover H-L305 Alfalfa Cert. Garry Oats W-L3ll Alfalfa Cert. Orbit Oats Cert. Vernal Alfalfa Cert. CSnftmd Oats Cart. Buffalo Alfalfa Cart. Cfeitfonl Oats Cert. 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BALANCED HEAD MOWER - NO. 400 4 ROW CYCLO PLANTER - (RUBBER TEETH, NO. 35 HAY RAKES new tires) Equipment Subject to Prior Sale * 10% CASH DISCOUNT ON ALL PARTS PURCHASED OR ORDERED THIS WEEK ONLY m University who will talk on Year <r ßoand Feature Management and Crop Residues for Feeding the Beef Herd.” Panelists to follow Dr. Smith include Baltimore County beef producer Wayne McGinnis, Eastern National Livestock Show Manager and cat tlemen John Wildesen, Alleghany County Extension Agent diaries McVeigh and Frederick County beef producer Robert Ferguson, who will discuss their operations. After the day’s lunch break, the second speaker will be Dr. Joe Fontenot of V.I.P. who will talk on SPECIALS PAUL B. NEELY, INC. RED LION, PA. • Does NOT include Twine or Jamesway Repairs "Practical Feeding of Market Cattle to Various Decrees of Finish”. A panel of Marylanders will follow up on the subject of “Direct Marketing of Quality Beef’. These panelists will in clude Gene Milllnlx a Howard County feedlot operator and grain farmer; Baltimore County beef producer Lawrason Sayre; Billy Wagner of the Mt. Airy Locker Co.; and Leesburg, Chester Co. Holstein club elects officers Lester High of Pottstown was recently elected president of the Chester County Holstein Club. Other officers are Vice-president, Art Hershey, Cochranvllle; Secretary - treasurer, Bob Pepple, Oxford. Don Hostetter, Coatesville will serve as Sales Represen tative. George Lamborn wax elected to be the Youth Chairman. Other committee chairmen elected are Show Chairman, Dave Weaver, Glenmore; Membership Chairman, Glen Freese, Oxford; and News Reporter, Mrs. Art Hershey, Cochranvllle. Chester County will be participating In several of the export sales 'of the Pennsylvania Holstein Association again this year. Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills. *2,900.00 moo '3,200.00 WARM UP- REFRESHMENTS E. BROADWAY PHONE; 717-244-6115 MOST ONE OF A KIND WEEK ★ moo *950.00 EACH FREE. COFFEE AND DONUTS Va., feedlot operator, Prank Meyers. Hie program will kickoff with registration at 0 a.m.; the flrit speaker at 0:30 am., the first panel from 10:30 - Noon, lunch from Noon to 1:15 p.m,, the second speaker from 1:15 - 2:15 pm.; and the final panel from 2:15 - 3:30 pm. Cost is $lO (which includes lunch), wives and other family members can attend at an additional $5 each. In the past the area farmers have sent heifers to Spain, Hungary and Italy. These are all high quality Registered Holstelns. Members will be invited to go on a Dairy Tour this spring. They plan to visit farms in the Maryland area. This gives dairymen a chance to get to see other facilities and some of the top cows of the breed. Requirements for mem bership are that you own one Registered Holstein and. are interested in promoting the breed. For information call Glen Freese, Oxford. Label revisions granted Princep® SOW herbicide wettable powder and is being has been granted label test marketed as a liquid revisions from the En- formulation in certain vironmental Protection states. The label changes Agency for use on fruits, include: nuts, com, trees and shrubs. 1. Low rates (1.25-2.5 Ibs.- Princep is Ciba-Geigy’s A) on almonds and peaches simazine herbicide that is in California, currently marketed as a 2. Split applications on Payments omitted Secretary of Agriculture for tbe first five months of Earl L. Butz announced that the marketing year - June it will not be necessary to October for wheat and July make deficiency payments November for barley -is less for 1975-crop wheat and than the established target barley, according to Paul H. price for these crops. Keeney, chairman of tbe The national weighted Beriu County Agricultural average price received by Stabilization and Con- producers for tbe first five servation Committee. months of the 1975 marketing As provided by the year was $3.63 per bushel for Agriculture and Consumer wheat and $2.55 per bushel Protection Act of 1973, for barley. Since this is in deficiency payments shall be excess of tbe target prices of matte to producers when the $2-05 for wheat and $1.13 for national weighted average barley there will be no price received by farmers deficiency payments. Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Fab. 7.1976 Shopping bag items increase HARRISBURG - The retail decreased from ten precent price increases for 15 in November to eight percent "shopping bag" items* - slowed in December, ao The 15 shopping bag items cording to a supermarket included, potatoes, cabbage, survey by the Pennsylvania canned peaches, fresh pears, Department of Agriculture, earned corn, sugar, shor toning, coffee, bread, corn- Thc average state shop- n*kes, whole chicken, eggs, ping bag cost increased by ground beef. American one cent from $0.20 in cheese and four rolls of toilet November to 09.21 In paper. December. For the previous p.gg« showed the sharpest month, the increase was five increase with a dozen Urge cents. eggs selling for 90 cents, Retail prices varied in the compared to about 83 cents a commonwealth, according to month earlier. Cabbage rose the continuing survey by the from 14 to 15 cents a pound; department’s Bureau of coffee went up from $1.35 to Rural Affairs, with the $1.37 a pound; bread in average price highest in creased from 36 to 37 cents a northeastern PennsylvanU pound; and American cheese at $9.44 and lowest in the Increased a penny from $1.50 southeast central part of the to $1.51 a pound, commonwealth ft $8.86. Canned corn dropped from The survey also showed 36 cents to 35 cents a pound; that items in rural stores sugar was down from 27 were three percent more cents to 25 cents a pound; a expensive than in urban pound of cornflakes dropped stores, down from the six a penny from 57 to 56 cents; percent spread a month ground beef decreased from earlier. $l.Ol to $1 pound; and four Savings in buying rolls of toilet paper were a Storebrand rather chan nlckle cheaper at 73 cents, namebrand varieties of Prices for the other items selected shopping bag items remained about the same. lemons and oranges in California. 3. Tank mix with Paraquat CL on almonds and peaches in California, sour cherries in Michigan, grapes in California and oranges in California and Florida (bedded area only). 4. Tank mix with Paraquat CL on no-till or minimum-till corn east of the Mississippi River. 5. Additional nursery stock including: in California - Bishop Pine, Knobcone Pine, Lodgepole Pine (Shore Pine), Monterey Pine, White Fir, Eucalyptus, Oleander, Palm, Bottle Brush, and Carob. In Washington - Holly and Pieris spp. Complete label in structions should be followed. For additional information contact Mrs. Betsy Wood, Agricultural Division, Ciba-Geigy Cor poration, P.O. Box 11422, Greensboro, N.C. 27409. 73
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