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SUPER SUCKER STUFF HC
Don't be confused by competitive claims...
There is a big dollar saving difference between Drexel’s
"Super Sucker Stuff HC (High Concentrate)” and those
other low concentrate formulation brands. It’s simply
this...we put more in the jug. Here’s proof.
Super Sucker Stuff HC Competitive Formulation
1 pint sprays 1000 tobacco plants
20 gallons sprays 20 acres of tobacco
THIS YEAR USE THE NEW PREMIUM PRODUCT FOR SUCKER CONTROL
WASHINGTON, D.C of all farms last year, but
U.S. farms with gross sales nearly two-thirds of all farm
of $lOO,OOO or more ac- production expenses. On the
counted for only 15 per cent other hand, those farms with
EAR CORN NEEDED
* Paying Top Prices For
Top Quality ear Corn
* Easy Access • only 2.5 miles east off
of 283 Bypass at Manheim - Mt. Joy
exit.
* Fast Unloading - dump & go!
* Contract pricing available - June thru
September.
■* Unloading anytime from 7 a.m. to
5 p.m. • evenings & Saturdays by
appointment.
JAMES E. NOLL GRAIN
R 2 Manheim, PA 17545
PH: 717-665-4785
2V4 lb. K-MH
Big farms dominate production
1 pint sprays 666 tobacco plants
20 gallons sprays 13 1 /2 acres of tobacco
CHEMGRO FERTILIZER CO., INC.
State St., Box 218
East Petersburg, Pa. 17520
Phone: 717-569-3296
gross sales sales of less than
$lO,OOO accounted for 38 per
cent of all farms, but less
than five per cent of all
production expenses, ac
cording to Farm Production
Expenditures for 1978, an
annual publication issued by
USDA’s Crop Reporting
Board.
The pubhcation reported
that production expenses for
the nation’s 2,366,060 farms
totaled $114.2 billion last
year, up 16.6 per cent from
the $97.9 billion total of 1977.
Landscaping course
UNIVERSITY PARK -
Does the outside of your
home give you the feeling
you are living in a jungle
even though you know you
live in Pennsylvania? Many
people have homes that are
completely engulfed m plant
materials because their
homes are overpowered by
large shade or everg; een
trees that have been planted
too close to the house.
Another common sight
contributing to the at
mosphere of a jungle is that
of plants growing up over the
windows so thickly that light
cannot get mto the house.
Usually, the plants were
planted too close together
when they were small, and
no one gave any thought to
allowing space for growth as
the plants increased m size.
With the beauty that is
being built mto most newer
homes, there is no need to
“hide” any part of the
building as was common in
the past. All landscapmg
should be done for a purpose.
The most important places
for shrubs or smaller plants
around your house will be
the corners and around the
entrance. Your home may or
IV2 lb. K-MH
Lancaster Firming, Saturday, July 21,1979
Expenses averaged $48,273
per farm in 1978, up from
$36,238 m 197'*’, according to
the government figures.
Costs of feed, livestock,
farm machinery, wages, and
rent accounted for more
than half of the over-all total,
the same as a year earlier.
But the sharpest nses were
m costs of livestock, farm
machinery, wages, and
interest.
Livestock expenses
jumped nearly a third; farm
may not need plants between
the door and the corner.
Other uses you may fmd for
plant materials around the
foundation of your house
could mclude framing your
home or to soften large,
unbroken wall surfaces.
learn more about
Lancaster Co.
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nursery. In the Fall, she will
be returning to York College
where she is majoring in
police science.
Her father is the
veterinarian at Victor
Weaver, Inc.
Tickets for the contest can
Leader of the
middleweight power class
If you re thinking about a mid-power tractor to take on a vanety
of assignments, check out the 886 It has the power, work
speeds plus the handling ease you II appreciate when working
in the field feedlot or over the road The Control Center with
deluxe safety frame heater and air conditioner is as you d
expect standard
• 358 cu in diesel develops 86 PTO hp' , 6 drawbar hp
• 16 speeds forward 8 reverse plus on-the-go shifting with
Torque Amplifier transmission
• Mid-mount Control Center with two doors thoroughly
padded insulated to reduce interior sound level
• Large expanses of glass, one-piece windshield underhood
muffler for unimpaired visibility
S#e all Sanaa frecfors now Fmanc• plans availsbla
Inti
COPE & WEAVER CO.
New Providence, Pa. 17560 717-786-7351
machinery and interest each
moved up 25 per cent.
Though feed expenses
remained the top single item
and moved up 13 per cent,
they accounted for only 14%
per cent of all expenditures
last year, compared to 14.8
per cent the year before.
The government report
showed the nation’s smaller
farms operating at losses.
The smallest, those with
gross sales of less than $2500
a year, had average farm
expenses of $6203.
offered
landscape planning, send for
Penn State’s course titled,
Landscape Planning For
Small Properties. You get
the course by sending $4.25
plus 25 cents postage, to
Landscaping, Box 5000,
University Park, PA 16802.
Make check payable to Penn
State.
be purchased from any
board member or from
committee members Leßoy
Esbenshade, 717-665-3168;
John Hershey, 717-653-5807;
and Steve Ney, 717-426-1381.
Ticket deadline is July 27,
1979.
10NLY
With Roll Bar and
Total Enclosure at 1978 Price
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’Manufacturer s Estimate