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LANCASTER -y Fruit and
vegetable growers m the
states of Pennsylvania,
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Sold in sorted lots the auction way. See them
weighed and sold and pick up your check.
SALE EVERY MONDAY - 8:00 A JN.
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♦ Daily market Report - Phone 717-354-7288 I
Abe Diffenbach, Manager |
We have a free down-filled vest for you
when you purchase a new Pow-R-Trac
ring drive silo unloader Stop in soon
and compare Pow-R-Trac features with
ordinary unloaders OFFER GOOD
UNTIL APRIL 1,1980
BADGER RING DRIVE SILO UNLOADER
Cleans wall-to-wall, top-to-bottom Mul
tiple suspension • Double auger flitmg
and knives • Separate digger wheel
SEE YOUR LOCAL BADGER DEALER
Ask him for a FREE COPY of “Update”,
our publication packed with helpful
information for farmers.
ALLEN ZEIGLER
RR 1 RD 1 Rt 274
Lehighton, PA 18235 V2MI South Rising Sun, MD 21911
(717)386-4593 (301)658-6923
GRUMELLI’S
FARM SERVICE
Mechanics Grove
Quarry vide, PA 17566
(717) 786-7318
ROY CHRISTMAN
RD 1
Hamburg, PA 19526
P (215)562-7218
PIKEVILLE EQUIPMENT INC,
RD2 Oley PA 19547 (215)987 6777
Connecticut, Maine, and
Washington will receive
$60,326 from the U.S.
CECIL DAIRY SERVICE
LLOYD E.KREIDER
RD 1
Cochranville PA 19330
(215)932 4700
SHOW-EASE STALL CO.
523 Willow Rd
Lancaster PA 17601
(717)299 2536
Department of Agriculture
to help improve the
marketing of their products.
Additionally, $17,100 will
be provided to identify
consumer cooperatives in
South Carolina which buy
fresh fruits and vegetables
and to learn what services
cooperatives may need from
the state department of
agriculture
Bobby Smith, assistant
secretary of agriculture for
marketing and tran
sportation, said the funds
are being awarded under the
How to
NEWARK, Del. - A suc
cessful equine breeding pro
gram depends upon a pro
perly conditioned'mare, says
C M Reitnour, University of
Delaware equine specialist.
Proper nutrition, a sound
preventative medicine pro
gram and adequate exercise
are of utmost importance in
conditioning. A preventative
medicine program should in
clude immunization against
diseases, and prevention and
control of internal parasites.
Worm mares every six to
eight weeks with recom
mended anthelmintics to
prevent and control infesta
tion by internal parasites
such as strongyles, ascands,
bots, and pmworms.
In addition, it is advisable
MANURE STORAGE?
Go For A
SYSTEM
Not Just A
Manure Pile
ACORN MONSTER PUMP
%
jiff *
W&J & ACORN
THE FIRST TEAM IN SOLID MANURE STORAGE
SYSTEMS FOR STALL BARNS OR FREE STALL BARNS
eligible for marketing grant
federal-state marketing
improvement program,
administered by USDA’s
Agricultural Marketing
Service. Under the program,
states request the funds and
match approved grants with
state money.
A $5346 grant will be used
to expand the reporting of
prices and supplies of fruit
and vegetables grown and
sold in Pennsylvania. The
information will be gathered
from producers who sell
directly to consumers and
prepare mares for breeding
to vaccinate mares against
tetanus, eastern and western
encephalomyelitis and,
possibly, upper respiratory
problems found in your par
ticular area.
Feed mares a well balanc
ed gram ration containing
approximately 15 percent
crude protem and about 75
percent TDN and a high
quality alfalfa or alfalfa
grass hay to prepare them
for the upcomuig breeding
season. A vitamin and
mineral supplement may be
fed if good quality roughage
is hot available.
All mares should be turned
out, lunged, ridden or driven
for adequate exercise. The
highest conception rates oc
cur when mares are m ex
Interested In
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SEE OUR ACORN SYSTEM ON DISPLAY AT THE
OREGON DAIRY FARMS OPEN HOUSE
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 29,1980—C31
will be available on a toll
free telephone line.
Connecticut will receive
$14,420 to complete a
directory of fanners who are
willing to sell their produce
directly to consumers. The
directory will provide
consumers with “where-to
buy” information, and will
also develop additional
customers for farmers.
Maine will receive $18,400
to develop a management
program for a new small
farmer cooperative, most of
cellent physical condition,
neither too fat nor too thin.
It is well established that
mares in a weight gaming
condition going into the
breeding season will con
ceive more easily than
Udder Joy Kids 4-H
to hold craft demonstration
FLEMINGTON, N.J. - A
Program on the 4-H goat
project was given by the
Udder Joy Kids 4-H Goat
Club to the Kingwood School.
The members plan to take
part in the 4-H Day at the
We’ll Design A System
to Meet Your Needs
Of Today, with
Growth Flexibility
whose members are
vegetable growers. The state
department of agriculture
hopes to extend the
marketing season for the
cooperative members.
Washington will receive
$22,160 to determine if there
is a market for processing
tomatoes and alfalfa grown
on land formerly used for
sugar beet crops, and if
equipment and buildings
used to process sugar beets
can be used to process
tomatoes and alfalfa.
mares extremely over or
underweight.
Start your mare now on a
good sound management
program so that the chances
for fertilization are high.
Mali Program, to be held in
May.
A craft demonstration and
movie will highlight the
April 7 meeting to be held at
the Jurkowski residence.
Reported by Donna Comp
ton.