Bossie travels in a big way U.S. exporters of dairy cattle will have to scramble if they hope to top last year’s successes. During calendar year 1975, the number and value of animals shipped, as well as the number of importing countries, all reached record highs. USDA issued health certificates for roughly 73,000 dairy breeding cattle for export last year, com pared with about 58,000 in 1974. Valued at an estimated $5B million, the animals traveled to 57 countries in 1975, three more than a year earlier. North American countries proved the biggest customer- when, paced by Mexico and Canada, shipments shot up 65 per cent to over 50,500 head. But North America’s share of total U.S. dairy exports slipped from 75 to 69 per cent. The Middle East picked up some of the slack, with purchases vaulting 553 per cent last year to nearly 10,000 CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING CATTLE & HOGS CUSTOM; Curing & Smoking CUSTOM: Bologna Making FRESH & SMOKED meats 13 N. Market St Elizabethtown, Pa. PH: (717)-367-1246 Bui Putdiman,^ CONTROLLED CAGE FEEDING SYSTEMS Contact us for additional personalized information on these Big Dutchman feeder benefits. • HIGHER PRODUCTION • REDUCED OPERATION COST LESS WASTE SPILLAGE LIMIT FEEDING HERSHEY EQUIPMENT Co., Inc. 215 Diller Ave. New Holland, Pa. head. Inspectors okayed 9,200 dairy cattle for transport to Iran, but actual shipments may have run slightly less-. In some cases, health certificates expired due to delays in air shipments. Shipments to South America climbed more than 150 per cent to 4,200 animals, while European importers upped their purchases slightly to around 6,300 head. Meantime, exports to Asian nations skidded by more than half to around 2,000 head, and fewer than 500 animals touched down in Africa, compared with 824 the year before. In a breakdown of who buys what, Canada came up the No. 1 customer for two of the five breeds exported. 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READ Big Dutchman chain and trough feeding systems give you the "best” controlled feeding for high density egg production operations. With feed costs continually rising control is essential for feed economy su u I'i settle for anything less than Big Dutchman. AUTHORIZED ouj Dutchman, DISTRIBUTOR Lancaster Farming, Saturda Waterfowl seasons set for Pennsylvania HARRISBURG - Water fowl seasons and bag limits for 1976 have been established by the Penn sylvania Game Commission within frameworks set up by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. There will again be split seasons this year on both ducks and geese. Can vasback or redhead ducks can be taken for the first time since 1971, bonus scaup can be taken on Lake Erie and Presque Isle Bay throughout the entire duck season, and hunters will again be able to harvest both snow and blue geese. The initial season for ducks, sea ducks, coots, mergansers and Canada geese will open at noon on October 13. The early season on ducks, coots and mergansers will end at sunset on November 20, while the early season for Canada geese will end on December 4. The second season for ducks, sea ducks, coots, and mergansers will open at noon on December 1, and close at sunset on December 11. The second season for Canada geese will open on December 30, and close on January 15. The season for snow and blue geese will open at noon on October 13, and close at sunset on November 11. No hunting will be per mitted for any migratory waterfowl before noon on October 13, and hunting will be prohibited for ducks, coots, sea ducks and mergansers before noon on December 1. "St, , L = . jy New, low fertilizer Prices in time for small grain seeding. Both contain Magnesium and Sulfur ft f BULK BLENPS~ 1 ORGANIC mmmd plant J [ ANHYDROUS AMMOMIAj FOOD CO. 2313 Norman Rd., Lancaster, PA Sept. 11.1976- Depressed populations of brant have led to a closing of the season on these birds in 1976. Hunters interested in applying for goose blinds at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Lebanon and Lancaster Counties or at the Pymatuning Waterfowl Area in Crawford County should note that the opening day of waterfowl hunting at Middle Creek will be October 14, and waterfowl hunting will begin at Pymatuning on October 15. The daily bag limit for ducks will again be four, with a possession limit of eight after the first day. Hunters this year may again take 15 coots daily, with a possession limit of 30. The 1976 bag limit on mergansers remains at five daily and 10 in possession. Three Canada geese may be taken per day, except in Crawford County (including the Pymatuning Waterfowl Area) and at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management area in Lebanon and Lan caster Counties, where the daily limit will be one. The possession limit on Canada geese will be six after the first day of the season. A gunner may not take more than two wood ducks per day, and he may not have more than two woodies in possession at any time after the opening day. For additional details, hunters should contact the Pennsylvania Game Com mission in Harrisburg, phone 717-787-3745. Redcoat Abe Arthur 71 Barsoy Pennrad 10-10-10 4-16-16 PH. 717-397-5152 75