Fanatef, Setsrdey, fay 12,1979 1 Custom farming rates (Continued from Page 138) - CUSTOM RATES; SELECTED FARMING OPERATIONS, PENNSYLVANIA, 1979 Corn Picking Corn Picking And Shelling Corn Combining Corn Drying (23 Percent Corn) Combining Small Grains Hay Making: Mowing , :, Mowing And Conditioning Raking Pick-Up Baling: Twine Wi re Cut, Rake, Bale, And Store Large Round Baler (Avg. » 1400 Lb) Stacker-Wagon (Avg. » 1 Ton) Silage Making: Pull-Type Chopper And Tractor Self-Propelled Chopper Blower 1 Han, 2 Wagons, 1 Tractor 2 Hen, 2'Wagons, 2 Tractors Potato Harvesting, 1-6 Men, 0-3 Trucks Acre Plowing, Moldboard Plow: Spring, Stubble Sod The cuckoo bird is not WASHINGTON, D.C. - The word “cuckoo” may be synonymous with “crazy” in American slang, but the European bird (mown as the cuckoo is far from crazy. In fact, the cuckoo is so clever that it tricks other birds into raising its young, the National Wildlife Federation reports. Ap parently convinced that parenthood is for the birds - other birds - the mother cuckoo lays her eggs in other birds’ nests, then flies away forever. That way, the cuckoos avoid the work of building nests and also the respon sibilities of parenthood - such as feeding their young. It’s a lazy, parasitic life, by human standards, but it seems to agree with the bird that is famous for its monotonous call and its appearance in Swiss wall docks. The European cuckoo, is so dever, that it doesn’t pick just any bird to raise its offspring. While different varieties of European cuckoos lay eggs of different colors, each cuckoo lays her eggs only in the nests of birds whose eggs most nearly resemble her own. A cuckoo that lays bluish eggs lays them in nests of a warbler that lays bluish eggs. One whose eggs are speckled deposits them only in the nest of another bird who lays speckled eggs. If there is another egg in the chosen nest, the female cuckoo carries it away or swallows it, explains the National Wildlife Federation. So although she won’t be around when her egg is hatched, the mother cuckoo plans for her off spring’s future by making sure it won’t need to compete for food. Job crazy In keeping with its mother’s plan, a newly hatched cuckoo pushes any remaining eggs or other young birds out of the ijgst. It edges anything in thenest onto its bade, and then rises up until the egg or young bird tumbles over the edge of thenest. This ejection of all rivals is important to the young cuckoo, for it often grows to be much larger than its foster parents and needs all the food they would normally bring to their brood of four or five. what about the European cuckoo’s American cousins? “American cuckoos, at least, have better man ners,”. They build their own rather flimsy nests of twigs in which they lay their own eggs, and they raise their own young. They also perform a valuable service because they feed on destructive tent caterpillars. Like their European counterparts, they aren’t cuckoo, according to Ranger Rick’s Nature Magazine. ) have a nice weekend... ‘ Basis Of * Mountain ' Valley * Charge * Section * Section - $ ' Acre Acre Acre Bu. Acre Acre Acre Acre Bale Bale Bale Bale 7.^5 Stack 15-50 Hour Hour Hour Hour Hour Plowing And Cultivatin' Acre Acre ECONOMY "J” Fence Line Feed Bunks * -27- Featuring: and mail to: t j WEAVER STAR SILO, CO. \ RD4 I Myerstown, PA 17067 1 SJS^QjSJ I of PA. i City State Zip 2 I WEAVER STAR Myerstown. Pa 17067 ' I X 717 866 5708 County _ Phone X I J Harvesting 13.00 $ 12.60 17.10 16.80 16.60 „ 16.70 .25 13-10 .25 13.10 4.45 5.75 3-40 4.35 5.85 3.30 .18 .25 .18 .26 .42 .44 5.80 14.00 18.50 26.00 4.10 17.00 27.00 22.50 36.00 4.30 20.00 30.00 85.00 8.00 7-80 7-90. 9.10 8.60 8.80 MWMM CONCRETE PRODUCTS I* ——36" 1. Medium capacity for smaller herds. 2. Feed your cattle with your chuck wagon. No special feeding equipment required. 3. Designed after careful study of feeding problems. ALLEGHENY STAR Jackson Center Pa 16133 412 662 2883 NORTHERN STAR Watsontown, Pa 17777 717 649 5151 The State 12. 16. 16. 13* 4.40 5.80 3.35 .43 6.65 14.50 20. 32. 18. 28. 85. 3," POST Jr Corn silage Haylage High moisture corn Gumte repairs (High strength concrete sprayed on surfaces) Name . Address Sod ■ Plowing, Deep (10 Inches Or More) Plowing, Disk - .Acre Disking, Tandem - ;Acre With Harrow Or Cultipacker. -SAcre Harrowing: (nc Spike'Tooth Acre Spring'Tooth Acre Cultivating , Acre Planting Corn With Fertilizer: Convent ional-TI 11 Planting Acre Reduced-Till Planting -Acre Planting Soybeans, Without Fertilizer Drilling Small Grain: Without Fertilizer With Fertilizer With Fertilizer And Cloverseed ANCHOR POST CABLE 4 " X 4 ' TUBING with fresh Concrete “Steel Reinforced” 4. Heavy steel reinforcing for strength. 5. Vibrated Concrete for quality. 6. Movable for future expansion. 7. No corners to retain spoiled feed. 8. Long sloping trough back helps save feed. I AM INTERESTED IN STORAGE FOR Manure Please have a salesman call FEED EASY- Silo unloaders Conveyors Feed-mixer wagon Feed transit wagon Feeders .Acre ■Acre Acre " Acre $ 4.80 $ 5-20 Acre 5-20 6.10 Acre 6.00 6.40 O <1 -f 1 f 19" "H" TY Featuring: #> * 9.20 9-00 9.50 9.65 8.15 8.30 5.50 6.00 6.00 6.70 4.20 3.85 4.65 4.75 5<75 5.55 Planting And Prill? 5-90 6.20 9.15 8.75 6<oo 5.90 WWMM'i Fence ~~32"- *•'**»■ ViZZZ No special fe< ) 3. Designed aft« problems. 3 ' 2 “H h T~ 12" A_ f- 16 ” "" 55" 1. Large Capai 2. The right he 3. Heavy reinfi 4. Ten ft. lengt 5. Movable 1 sized cattle.
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