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The giraffe has a maximum life span of 30 years approx
imately the same as the Neanderthal man during the early
Stone Age.
EVERY 'SW,
WEDNESDAY IS
m* DAIRY
rex day
AT NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, INC.
New Holland, PA
If you need 1 cow or a truck load, we have from
100 to 200 cows to sell every week at your price
Mostly fresh and close springing Holstems
Cows from local farmers and Pur regular
shippers including Marvin Eshleman, Glenn Fite,
Kelly Bowser, Bill Lang, Blame Hoffer, Dale
Hostetter, H.D Malz, and Jerry Miller.
SALE STARTS 12:00 SHARP
Also Every Wednesday, Hay, Straw &
Ear Corn Sale 12:00 Noon.
All Dairy Cows & Heifers must be
eligible for Pennsylvania Health Charts.
For arrangements for special sales or herd
dispersals at our barn or on your farm, contact
Abram Diffenbach, Mgr.
717-354-4341
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Pa. broiler, egg, and turkey meeting set
Co
HARRISBURG - The 1978
Pennsylvania Poultry
Conference scheduled for
June 22, at the Host Farm in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
will again feature three
separate conferences for
broilermen, eggmen, and
turkeymen with prominent
speakers from throughout
the United States. The
conference has grown in
attendance every year for
the last five years and nearly
doubled last year when the
separate conference for each
commodity was instituted. A
nationally known figure is
also selected each year to
address all three con
ferences in a joint session.
The Broiler Conference
will include the following
presentations: John
Halladay, Russell Research
Center, Athens, Georgia,
“New Mechanical Handling
Systems for Live Broilers”;
Dr. Robert Eckroade,
University of Pennsylvania,
“Avian Infectious Bron
chitis”; Charles H. Stevens,
Sports Stevens and McCoy,
Inc., Engineering Con
sultants, “Pollution
Management;” and Dr.
Joseph Mac Neil, Penn State
“The Hidden Value of Taste
Panels.”
The Egg Conference in
cludes Robert Fischer,
Publications Editor, Hy-Line
International, “New
Breakthroughs in
Cholesterol Research”; Dr.
Roland Leach, Penn State,
“Nutritional Effects on Egg
Shell Quality”; Linda Fit-
Hugh, Executive Vice
President, California Egg
Marketing and Research
Agreement, “Egg
Promotion California
Style”; and Fred Adams,
President, Cal-Maine Foods,
Jackson, Mississippi,
“Problems in Egg
Marketing”.
The Turkey Conference
includes Ted Wasden,
President of the National
Turkey Federation, “What
the Consumer Really
Wants”; Dr. D.L. Cross,
Clemson University,
“Turning Waste (Litter)
Into Profit”; Dr. Michael
Humphrey, USDA,
“Changes in Processing
Regulations”; and Jack
Merritt, Vice-President of
Operations, Nicholas Turkey
Breeding Farms, Inc.,
California, “Turkey Leg
Problems”.
The Educational Session of
the day will come to a close
with a price-outlook session
for broilers, eggs, turkey,
and feed. Speculating on
these future prices will be
John Pedersen of Poultry
and Egg Fax, Stone
Mountain, Georgia. In the
automatic
|T!A GRAIN
Uik DRYERS
SAVE Time, Labor
and Money!
• New Dryers—ll models
• Greater capacity
• Quiet Centrifugal Fans
• Gas Miser Venturi Burners
• Oil Burners optional
TUT
I HERSHEY EQUIPMENT
1 FI I COMPANY > ,NC
SYCAMORE IND. PARK
255 PLANE TREE DRIVE
LANCASTER. PA 17603
(717)393-5807
Route 30 West at
the Centerville Exit
ATTENTION FARMERS
TREMENDOUS SAVINGS on NEW FALL WARRANTY
INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER EQUIPMENT
IH Tractor Model 464
Model 574 Standard (Diesel) *.480.00
IHCycIo Com Planter (6 Row) 5,656.00
IH 315 Packer Mulcher 12’4" s o\-0 2,703.00
IH Flail Chopper Model 8 2,475.00
IH Disc Harrow Model 122 (6'9”) 3 pt fast hitch 775.00
IH Disc Harrow Model 475 (19T') (set up) .. 4,850.00
IHVibra Shank Model 45 (12’) . . 1,525.00
IH Mower Conditioner Model 990 7'. . 3,150.00
IH 720 Forage Harvester with Hay pickup 5,550.00
2 Row Crop Unit for 720 Forage Harvester 1 ,685.00
IH #lO Bale Thrower ... 950.00
IH Model 715 Diesel Combine w/810 (13’) Header 26,600.00
MISCELLANEOUS NEW EQUIPMENT
York Rake B'(Demo) . . 950.00
Mott Mower - Offset D 9 . 550.00
Mott Mower Model 88 Fine Cut Offset 1 ,475.00
Mott Mower SA 5 (underslung) Demo 675.00
■5 ■ PERRONE EQUIPMENT DORP.
Avondale, PA., Route4l Phone:2ls-268-2016
■ HI (Special Prices Limited To Present Inventory)
Lancaster Firming, Saturday, May 20,1978—39
evening, the Pennsylvania
Poultry Federation holds its
Annual Banquet featuring
entertainment and an
nouncement of the broiller,
egg, and turkey industrymen
of the year.
The conference and
Grain reserve
reported
WASHINGTON, - A
telephone report by the
United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) field
offices shows that 324.9
million bushels of wheat and
77.3 million bushels of feed
grain had been placed in the
farmer-held grain reserve
through May 9, according to
Stewart Smith, associate
administrator of USDA’s
Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service
(ASCS).
The figures cited by Smith
were based on a telephone
survey by ASCS. Feed grain
in the reserve includes 21.3
• Flats repaired or replaced promptly • Tube valves
replaced l • I ires liquid filled 1 • Tire sales & service
for every truck tractor and auto on your farm'
PHILIP LEBZELTER & SON CO.
(Independent Goodyear Dealer)
1062 Manheim Pike, Lancaster, PA 17604
banquet are open to
everyone and advance
registration can be made by
writing to the Pennsylvania
Poultry Federation, 500 N.
Progress Ave., Harrisburg,
Pa. 17109 or telephoning 717-
652-7530.
million bushels of barlev.
28.0 million bushels of com,
24.2 million bushels of oats
and 3.8 million bushels of
sorghum.
lie grain reserve takes
grain off the market for a
period of up to three years or
until market prices reach
certain rates specified by
formulas in farm program
regulations.
Beginning May 15, weekly
telephone survey results will
be included with the weekly
report of price support loan
activity which is usually
issued each Monday.