Fanning, Satarday, 0ct0b«r21,1971 Keystone (Continued from Page 23) The Eastern Seaboard Sheep Council will meet at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, November 5, at the Capitol Motel Resturant.' The dinner and meeting is open to any interested person. The Pennsylvania Cat tlemen’s Association meeting will be held at 3 Broilers up ten per cent’' HARRISBURG Placements of broiler chicks in the Commonwealth during the week ending October 7 were ten per cent above the corresponding week a year ago, according to the Penn sylvania Crop Reporting Service. The placements were 1,996,000, about the same as the previous week. Average placements during the past nine weeks were 19 per cent above a year earlier. MASSEY FERGUSON DEALING DAYS RED HOT SPECIALS MF 275 Diesel 8 Speed Tractor (67 H.P.) High Clearance. MF 275 Diesel Multi Power Tractor (67 H.P.) 13,368.00 MF 285 Multi Power Tractor(B2H.P.) 16,200.00 MF 52010 Ft. Disc Harrow • MF 4684 Row Corn Planter.. MF 110 Spreader. MF 160 Spreader. J Personalized MF Financing PARTS and SERVICE AVAILABLE LEBANON VALLEY IMPLEMENT CO. 700 E. Linden St., Richland, PA. p.m. Saturday, November 4, at theCrossgates Inn. The Keystone In ternational Livestock Ex position is sponsored by the Pennsylvania' Livestock Association in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and the Pennsylvania Farm Products Show Commission. Placements of broiler chicks in the key 21 poultry producing states were 62,410,000, about the same week a year earlier. Average placements in the 21 states during the past nine weeks were seven per cent above a year ago. The number of broiler fryers slaughtered in Pennsylvania under federal inspection in the week ending September 27 were 2,009,000 with an average weight of 4.05 pounds. SELL List 11,700 11,300 . 14,272.35 13.750 1.750 2,450 . 2,100.00 2,875.00 1,450 . 1,675.00 2,050 . 2,425.00 Moisture (Continued from Page 1) farmers to get on with harvest if at all possible before conditions get worse. He warns that it would take just one storm to make an entangled mess out of presently erect stalks. Most of the moisture reports range between 24 and 30 per cent. One Lan caster County grain handler reports com coming in at between 24 and 27 per cent moisture. “It’s very good all around,” he said. Com in the Elizabethtown area of Lancaster County is reported to be of excellent quality, but the harvest isn’t coming in quite as fast as expected. The problem is moisture. An Elizabethtown area Phil and his father, Bill, produce milk in a big way. They require corn hybrids able to produce well under a wide range of conditions and soil types. Most of their corn is no-tilled. EASTLAND 629 X is a hybrid well adapted to their needs. Excellent as silage or ear corn in more northern areas as well as for grain in southern areas where a 100-day corn is needed. Ask Bill, or your own Eastland Seed Dealer about E 629 X. grain handler said: “We’ve had our share of loads which were on the borderline, and have turned some away because of moisture.” The firm has no drying facilities. In Berks County, there is noticeable difference bet ween com that was planted early and that which went in late. Hie earlier plantings reportedly suffered somewhat from drought and pollination problems. Later plantings are reported to have more consistent and' better yields, early yield checks show. According to Berks County Extension Agent Clyde Myers, the crop throughout the county looks very good from the roadside, but a closer check indicates that PHIL JOHNSON, EASTLAND SEED DEALER AT GOSHEN. N.Y, CHECKS EARLY PROGRESS OF E 629 X E629X Wool contest to be held LANCASTER - The make-it-yourself-with-wool competition for • Lancaster, Lebanon, Dauphin, Juniata, Adams, and Frankin Counties will be held October some ears are not filled out properly. While the harvest throughout the area is still in its initial stages, and a total picture on yields and quality can’t be compiled, it is known that some areas are faring better than others. Lancaster Cotmty is showing the most promising signs of a good harvest. Some in dications from neighboring counties are not as good. Some of the yields in Lebanon County, for example, are reported to be disappointing. SEEDWAY, INC. SEEM SEED FARMS DIV. EMMAUS, PA. 18049 28, beginning at 9 a jn. in the Farm and Home Center, Lancaster. Competition is open to non-professional seamstresses, aged 19 to 24. Garments entered in competition must have a fabric content of not less than 60 per cent wool People interested in participating and getting more information about the event can contact Mrs. Mary Alice Gregory, 721 East 28th Division Highway, Lititz, Pa. 17543. This district competition is cosponsored by the Lan caster County Farm Women Society and the Penn sylvania Sheep and Wool Growers Association.
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