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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.
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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
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Extension Income Tax Workshops, Gouncil » Extension
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Ph«»«ior County Holstein Banquet, (Turn to Page A 34)
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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
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Hanover, PA
717-637-6923
MCCRACKEN’S FEED MILL, INC.
Manheim, PA
717-665-2186
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Hagerstown, MD
301-733-2553
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McVeystown, PA
717-899-6772
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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
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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
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This is Maplegrand Rockman Meadow. She has a life
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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
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Carlisle, PA
717-249-2963
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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