* Space age technology comes to agriculture EDITOR’S NOTE: The complex and highly important and valuable business of agriculture is developing some strong ties to the Space Age. Computers and satellites have become a part of the farming scene. Following is an Population growth puts increasing pressure for more crop production on the major arable land areas of the world depicted by the shaded regions above MEAT BIRDS OR EGGS- No matter which isyourlivelihood, Agway peopleare ready to help you in every phase of your operation. Here’s how: Feeding for profit Shell Firm Feeds and the Daily Nutrient Intake Program are two major Agway contributions to more profitable poultry enterprises Agway feed researchers and flock nutritionists are continually seeking even better feeds and feeding programs Egg marketing Agway marketing experts can help you locate profitable markets for your products Building design and construction Agway poultry facilities are de signed and built to provide effi cient use of space and labor and to accommodate modern auto mated equipment Parti Facility leasing There’s no need to tie up your capital in order to expand or mod ernize Under certain conditions, there are significant advantages in leasing facilities and equip ment through Telmark Financial help Qualified poultrymen can obtain credit from Agway to assist in raising broilers or layers Research and development Feeds and feeding programs new ideas in housing and egg handling new techniques in flock health maintenance Agway continually searches for better ways to lower costs and increase profits Business Management While not yet available in all com munities, Agway farm consultants article about the National Aeronautics and Space Adm nistration’s LAGIE project LACDS stands for Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment Next month, a several day conference will be held in Houston, Tex. to present fin dings and details on the project An announcement of that conference will be made in Lancaster Farming in the near future. are supplying advice to farmers, helping them set up record-keep ing systems and preparing tax returns Your Agway Poultry Enterprise Serviceperson Your access to the team that keeps your operation running smoothly and profitably For more information on any aspect of poultry management, contact your local Agway Store or Repre sentative POULTRY ENTERPRISE SERVICE (agway) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 9,1978 Can you visualize a space-age system that uses pic tures taken from satellites to predict crop produc- ■ turn? At the push of a button, accurate forecasts of crop production for any wheat producing area of the world would roll out of a computer. It doesn’t happen that way today, but sys tems that will make it possible are being developed. The new systems will use pictures similar to those from weather satellites that we see on T.V. news programs. However, the pictures that will be used to estimate crop production will be much more detailed than the weather satellite pictures. Scientists from three major U.S. agencies are now cooperating in a project to test the technology that would be used in a satellite-aided crop pro duction estimating system. The three agencies are the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the D.S. Department of Commerce, and the National Aeronautics and Space Adminis tration (NASA). The project is called the Large (Turn to Page 14) Livestock market and auction news New Holland Dairy New Holland Sales Stables Wednesday, Sept. 6,1978 Reported receipts of 155 cows, 152 heifers, and 9 bulls. Market stronger than last 'week’s market. Load of Wisconsin, fresh 940-1425; load of Pa., fresh 775-975; load of Butler Co., fresh 650-1175; load of Pa. purebreds and grades, fresh 1100-1225, springers 700-1250; load of Pa. fresh 625-925; See the Ad on THE NEW TOBACCO CUTTER Page 24 ► NO VIM TRAILER LOAD SALE NEW PAPEC #540 HOPPER BLOWERS Regular Price; $1454.00 1132°° 3 Used #540 2 Used 48 Papecs 2 Used AC Blowers Used Choppers & Wagons WM. B. LOPATOFSKY Route #lO6 West Clifford, Pa. 18470 Phone:7l7-222-3837 or 717-222-3877 local cows 525-1140; springing heifers, grades 575-850, purebreds 825-1000; open heifers 300-500; bulls 375-625; herd dispersal of 22 head in all stages of lactation 430-1000; herd dispersal of 60 head in all stages of lactation 440-1075. New Holland Horse New Holland Sales Stables Monday, September 4,1978 Reported receipts of 281 horses, mules, and ponies. Market steady with last week’s market. Local driving horses 250- 750; riding horses 250-375; better horses 425-700; lightweight killers 175-325; heavyweight 350-500; mare ponies 15-55; colts 10-25; geldings 15-50; larger ponies 75-210. Also 13
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