For me, the test of any alfalfa is how many pounds of nutrients per acre it produces. I’m as interested as the next guy in what researchers are doing to improve the alfalfa varieties on the market today. But. sometimes, I think seed companies forget that more leaves or better disease resistance by themselves don’t produce more milk. The bottom line is pounds of nutrients per acre. That’s why I plant Multi-plier alfalfa from Jacques. Sure it’s a multileaf and has good winter-hardiness and terrific \ disease resistance. But all that says to me is that Multi-plier has the 1 potential to produce more pounds of 1 nutrients per acre on my farm. I look at my com silage hybrids M the same way. So I also plant a lot I of 7970 from Jacques. Yes, it’s big and leafy and yes, it makes a lot of grain and fits my operation. But my analysis only measures total digestible nutrients and that’s what I’m looking for. I’m open to new alfalfa varieties and silage com hybrids, but only if they’ll deliver more pounds of nutrients per acre than my Jacques' Multi-plier and 7970. 6665 e A DIVISION OF AGRIGENETICS COMPANY Prescott, WI 84021 1-800-321-2867 "Doing what works for yog-" Maryland Frederick Eddie Mercer, Inc. 301-663-4678 Hagerstown Marvin Martin Elverson 301-791-6948 Oliver Mast 215-286-9426 Mifflintown Taney town ™ Gerald Hart Homer DeGroft Wll , 717-463-2775 410-775-7356 J"" 81 * Westminster Raymond Brown Jr. 410-346-7209 Pennsylvania Bernville John Stump 215-488-1965 com • soybeans • alfalfa sorghum • sunflowers ® Jacques Is a brand name numbers Identify varieties © 1992 Jacques Seed Company Danville Paul Zeager 717-437-2067 Easton Paul Smith 215-588-8262 Gap Erth-Rite, Inc. 717-442-4171 Harrisonville Curtis A. Brant 717-987-3962 Kunkletown Northampton Dennis Smale Edward Werner 717-629-2493 215-262-6552 'A il i|«; McVeytown The Gearhart Brothers 814-542-2663 Mercersburg Arthur Byers 717-328-2992 Mt. Pleasant Mills Walter Stauffer New Tripoli John Pergosky 215-298-2870 £v t v k'j *' i « JJ New Jersey Central and North Jersey Plant Food Co., Inc. 1-800-562-1291 Stewartsville Ray Truszkowski 908-454-4034 For Additional Dealers Call: 1-800-321-2867 ■3' W'k Seminar Feb . 21-23 STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) Game bird producers and man agers are invited to attend the 24th annual Game Bird Production and Management of Shooting Preserves Conference at the Days Inn here Feb. 21*23. The conference starts with a reception on Sun day, Feb. 21 with game meat and eggs at 8 pjn., according to a program participant Program topics on Feb. 22*23 include a workshop of feeding recommendations, how to use marbled/spleen vaccine, a panel on hatchery equipment and embryo or chick man agement, processing game birds for hew markets, pollution and how it relates to small game propagation, pheasant manure pro duction, improving brooding management for game birds, game bird medication survey, and the annual Pa. Game Breeders Associ ation meeting. Last year, representa tives from eight states attended. For more information and registration, contact the Game Bird Confer ence, Penn Stale Uni versity. 306 Ag Admi nistration Building, University Park, PA 16802-2601, (814) 865-8301. HOW CAN YOU KEEP INSURANCE COSTS DOWN ON THE FARM? GET MET. IT PAYS. How much life insurance will you need to your family can raise money for estate taxes? Ask Metropolitan Life. We'll Rive you an Estate Conserva tion Analysis-free of charge -before you decide to buy a policy. That way, you know how much insurance will keep your farm and family secure. Let us tell you more. Call your Metropolitan Life sales representative today. William J. Mitchell Rag. Financial Planner 1891 Santa Barbara Drive Suita 108 Lancastar, PA 17601 717-560-0345 GET MET. IT PAYS. A Matron oitan LWa Tg? WAFFIMBICOMniNgF MMiopofelan IHt incuranca Company NawlMcHY