kt2-Lmaaim Fwhg. Satrday, Octafcar 24,18>1 Now Is the Time (Continued from Page AlO) livestock makes the parasite feeder calves should be treated for problem more severe. Fecal stomach worms soon after arrival samples of animals taken to the on the farm. The same thing is true local veterinarian is the best for dairy heifers in this part of the , method of determining the exact state. Heavy population of infection. OUR READERS WRITE, AND OTHER OPINIONS Great grain robbery If you liked the great grain robbery of 1973 when the Soviet Union all but stole our wheat out from under us by purchasing it for a fraction of what it was worth you’re going to love what’s going to happen next year. The good news is the Reagan Administration has given the Soviets permission to buy up to 23 million metric tons of grain next year. The bad news is, since farm prices are at extremely low levels, the Soviets will once again be paying bargain basement prices. It’s our owrt fault, due to the ridiculous way we sell our grain on the international market. We’re a one nation OPF/C when it comes to*intemational grain sales. We export 85 per cent of the soybeans in world markets, 70 per cent of the com, and 50 per cent of the wheat. That being the case, you’d think we’d insist on the maximum return for our product, just at OPEC does for its oil. But we don’t. We simply put it on the international market and ask-other countries how much they’ll give us for it. They “give” us as little as they can. This week the House of Representatives voted on an Farm Calendar Mondav Oct 26 7 P- m - u PP er Octorara Pa. StarSge Snvenuon, Jaffa Mosque and Altoona Wednesday, Oct. 28 Sheraton, continues until S fl h ° rt Thursday. 7:30 . pra ’ Geor B etown Sub - Tuesday Oct. 27 station. Extension Income Tax Workshops, Gouncil » Extension continues until y & B.M m Producers Annual Board Meeting, Palm Springs Livest^kAuction^ Friday. C °"' U "” !S » « Meetmg, Ph«»«ior County Holstein Banquet, (Turn to Page A 34) FRANKLIN H. KREIDER 38% LIQUID NITROGEN ★ Check Our Fall Fill-Up Price ★ Call Us For Your Fall Fertilizer And Limestone Needs NOW IS A GOOD TIME FOR SOIL TESTING amendment I- co-sponsored to the 1981 Farm Bill which would change all that. It simply allows the Secretary of Agriculture to get the maximum return from our in ternational grain sales by setting a minimum price for export sales, the same as every other major grain exporting country does. The amendment includes a provision to make sure the extra money from that minimum price policy actually gets back to American farmers. As the grain companies sell grain abroad, the Secretary of Agriculture would be empowered to collect the dif ference between the free market domestic price and the minimum export price. That money would be stored in a Grain Bank and returned to farmers, pro rata, based on yearly production. Net farm income in real, in flation adjusted dollars threatens to be lower this year than any since 1935. Yet we con tinue to sell our grain in the world market for less than the average cost of production. We must insist on a profit. Congressman Tom Harkin Washington, D.C. 2400 Dairy Road Lancaster, Pa. 17601 717-898-0129 Body lice are very common and before the hair coat gets much heavier, animals should be clip ped, sprayed or dusted. Parasites are hard on animals and hard on thepocketbook. To Control Mice and Rats Birds may-migrate south for the winter, but mice and rats migrate from the outdoors to the indoors. And they may choose your home. When nights become chilly, mice W.L MUMMERT CO. Hanover, PA 717-637-6923 MCCRACKEN’S FEED MILL, INC. Manheim, PA 717-665-2186 MAHTHfS ELEVATOR, «C. Hagerstown, MD 301-733-2553 H.Q. ANDREWS «. SONS, IHC. McVeystown, PA 717-899-6772 BEACMFEEDS York, PA Ph: 717-843-9033 RICHARD B. HERBIE CHESTER WEST ISAAC K. lEFEVER Special-Accounts Sales & Distribution Beacon Advisor Representative Manager Phone 215-267-7042 Phone 302-478-3058 Phone 717-741-2600 Beacon Milling Company, Inc. and rats move into garages, storerooms and bams. And if there's food in these areas, they’re likely to set up housekeeping there until colder weather drives them into your house. Mice cran crawl through holes or cracks as small as a dime. They can enter where pipes go through the wall. And some are so bold, they’ll run through an open door while you are entering the house. She used two great systems to produce 52,6471b5. of milh last year. ■ i’l'Jh * - •> ' ' ' - ' o <■<¥ ""¥$ /” X> *L ~ >?SYSTEM a „ v ••* _ w „ „ «•' - ,■/ «v \? a, ... •" • s "<•.£' , w % <> A ,' w f M \ ?* ' W #?:S{ K "'3 ~ r ; KACOIt! Hers. And Beacon's System Six! This is Maplegrand Rockman Meadow. She has a life time production of 216,737 lbs of milk... 7,528 lbs. of fat... since first calving. That’s an average of 95.4 lbs. of production per day, including dry periods! What's more, last year alone, she produced over 52,647 lbs. of milk and 1,925 lbs. of fat for an average of 146 lbs. of milk, for her 360 day lactation. For production like that, she must have a system, right? She has. In fact, she has two systems. Her first system is her own. She was sired by C. Fawcetdale Ambassador, and developed by Kermit Irwin and'Family, owner of Maplegrand Farms of Peru, N.Y. Careful breeding and management went a long way. Her other system comes from Beacon. Beacon System Six. Her owner took advantage of Beacon’s nutritional expertise. Following the advice of his Beacon Dairy Specialists. Irwin has typically fed her 10-20 lbs. of Beacon Super 30 Concentrate every day, along with corn silage, high moisture corn, com and oats chop, and hay (treated with Beacon Hay Pre-Serv). If you’d like to have better producers, maybe even super ones like Maplegrand Rockman Meadow, get to know Beacon’s new System Six. It uses six proven methods to increase your milkcheck...and you can measure the results in as little as six weeks! Call your Beacon Advisor now. You can’t beat the system. Beacon. Cayuga, New York. CALL YOUR BEACON DEALER TODAY! nn We're Employee Owned. That's Why We Shine. WJRfHY A CLOUSE FEED Mill H. JACOB HOMER Carlisle, PA 717-249-2963 NQirS MILL Witmar, PA 717-393-1369 JOHN M. HERR 717-865-2401 STEVENS FEED MILL, INC. Stevens, PA' 215-267-2150 CLARK SUPPLY GO. JOHN M. HERR & SONS, INC. Sun. MD Grantville, PA 301-658-6464 717-469-0988 6.5. SHYBER FEED 215-562-5398 Brodbeck, PA 717-235-1213 If you find signs of mice activity, there are tiro good ways to get rid of than. If there is Just one or two mice, a trap is a good remedy. Bait the trap with bacon, peanut butter or cheese and set it near a wall so that the trigger is pointed towards the wall. If a large number of mice are present, then baits are more effective. The bait should.be put in bait stations so children or pets cannot get to it. Intercourse, PA 717-768-3431 NEW FREEDOM FARM & HONK SUPPLY, INC. New Freedom, PA 717-235-3606 ELROY SANER Thompsontown, PA -717-535-5583 RAY BRANAS Beacon Advisor 717-843-4515 R.E. RUDISILL Sales 8 Distribution Manager Phone 717-854-2281
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