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paper advertising.
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a ad (F'rom page 1)

at the Town Hall on Tuesday even-
The Scripture was read by An-
Sweet Potato Variety
Good Starch Source it: Myers.

their

The Scouts are grateful
to the citizens of Florin in helping
|

Large Yield Makes It fo meke paper drive 2 sue- Developed fof Dual-
A Profitable Farm Crop “> IP Requi t
Mrs. James Wagner and Mr. and, urpose requirements
Mrs. Nelson Felty, of Lancaster. vis- a
By W. J. DRYDEN
The sweet potato is fast taking its ited Mr. and Mrs.
place as the main source of fman on Sunday. >
starch. This is largely due to the, ,. Tos pn
fact that starch can be produced or iid and Mrs. Maortin Nye ’ and
extracted easily from sweet potatoes SONS Visited Mr. and Mrs. Warren
and of the large volume that can be Eshleman at Emigsville, York Co.
on Sunday.
Mrs. Blanche Graveno and son
Arthur Miss Mabel Shette:
spent Saturday at Harrisburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Schlegelmilch
i entertained these guests on Sunday:
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schlegelmilch
produced per acre.
Starch and its derivatives are
used in the production of almost nd
anc
ron
HOTS kr

of Hersheytown, who celebrated
their twent'eth wedding anniver-
sary; Mr. end Mrs. Schlothauer, of
Lancaster and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin
( {| Wickenheiser, of Harrisburg, and
Mrs. Mary Lehman and Ephraim
Starch potato, right, and ordi- Arndt Jr. of Elizabethtown.
nary yam at left. The yam weighs | Te following called on Mr. and,
a pound and a half, the starch 1c oc FE Musselman on Sunday:
Petalo weighs more than Phy wp 10 ponte Mio 5
pounds, some grow as much as oe y Mi, and Mig
13 pounds. Fred Shimp and son, Fred Jr. and!
Geraldine
every item of commerce — from He 1
urg,
and Charles
cream puffs to dynamite. In the y Sk and Rev. and Mrs
wastelands of the Florida Ever. Young of New Cumberland.
——

glades, the United States Sugar cor-
poration is carrying on vast opera.
tions in the producing and manu-
facture of sweet potato starch. They
now have requirements for 40 freight
Mortuary
cars of sweet potatoes daily. Re CO rel In
The starch sweet potato is a spe-
cial variefy developed and tested for .
years. It grows as large as a man’s This Section
head and contain a much higher
starch content than the table varie-
ties. The yields are from 500 to 70C street,
bushels per acre. 4 a. m.
By-products are also important.
Pulp stock-feed production as well 4
as the vines for livestock feed have, | She was born in York county, a
high nutritive value. The waste wa. daughter of the late John and Ma-
ter is decomposed and gas used in ria Stumm Weiser, and was a mem-
power plant, the solids producing a ber of Trinity
high quality fertilizer. here. Besides her
Not only for Florida, but other survived by
sections where climate and soil pro: pq.
duction is suitable, this industry will the
prove of increasing interest and
value to farmers. It has proved finan. {Wo
cially sound and the need for this Emma,
quality starch is ever increasing. Katherine
(From Page 1)
Florin, died at her
Tuesday
months.
home at
after an illness of
four
Lutheran churc
husband she is
John W., at
Maria,
Forney,
grandchildren:
one son,
one daughter,
Rev.
wife of
Roy Florin: also
three sisters.
Myers: Mrs
Gingrich: and Daisy
wife of Abe Eisenberger, all of this
boro; Paul Weiser
wife of Elam

and one brother,
of Florin.
The funeral will be held from the
Nissley Fri-
day afternoon with interment in the
Camp Hill cemetery at
Improved Machinery
Picking Machines
funeral home

here on

Florin,
War Departm't
(From Page 1)
arrangement,

with an old-type
1 tractor wheel guide and a disc coup-
“led to the bar about three feet ahead
of the front tractor wheels.
Masten device this
Spring on a large scale on part of
Feather pickers for big produc-
tion work improves quality.
tried his
This automatic rubber finger pick-
ing machine will remove many of his 16.000 acres of farms. On one 420
the feathers from the birds after|acre field. he said he cut man-hours
they pass out of the scalder; I 1s @ from 1,180 in 1945 to 35 this Spring
product of E. J. Albright company,
) Tractor hours were
Chicago. 985 19¢
The square, semi-soft gum rubber #02 to 429.
fingers lay flat against the carcass 3590 to $17.50. He used three tractors
in pulling feathers. It is sturdy|last year, and one this year, reduc-
enough to stand continuous usage ins equipment costs from $7.605 to
and operated with a one h. p. motor. $9 994
Gr The tractor was operated day and
Bloat Superstitions night and only one night
Fallen by Wayside servicing.
Many of the old notions about bloat! Masters said that a single tractor
have fallen by the wayside, in the equipped with one of the drives can
wake of recent research, according plow 25 acres in 24 hours. One man
to the American Veterinary Medi-
reduced from
Labor costs cut
required
riding a tractor or truck can keep
cal association. For example, bloat : .
in sheep and cattle results from four tractors in operation in the
S z 2 sults
greater accumulation, not exces- same field at once he said.
sive production, of gases. Exploded, He said the device can be of fin-
p 5
also is the theory that alfalfa, clover gneial
and other legumes are more in-
clined to generate gases within an
animal than the common pasture
grasses. to 100 farmrs, news-
Also headed for the discard is the papermen, business
belief that death is caused by in- men and vocational agriculture stu-
tense pressures exerted by gases
within the paunch. Instead, scien-
tific research shows that it is prac-
tically impossible to kill animals
through such pressure. Of the five
principal gases generated within the farmer
paunch, carbon monoxide and
hydrogen sulfide are the two with
poisonous properties. Even slightly
increased quantities of either, at
time of bloating, is sufficient to
cause death, which probably results
from distention of the paunch walls.
F YOU ASK ME, SIMPSON.
(1
* ON vA 1 THINK YOU
benefit to both large and
small operators.
Recently he demonstrated the self
driving tractor
county agents,
dents.
Masten is a successful farmer, for
several years producing more cotton
and grain than any other individual
in Texas.
Ie eee
MAYTOWN
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Houseal, en-
tertained last Sunday at their home
in honor of Mr. and Mrs, Melvin
Foltz and Mr. and Mrs. John Ben-

MISUNDERSTOOD der, Mrs. Foltz, the former Roberta
No THE SUMMER Arnold, is a sister of Mrs. Houseal
SAL and Mrs. Becker is a niece of both
Mr. and Mrs. Houseal. There were
Son, Si 41 guests present from York, Eliz-
i

abethtown, and May-
town.
ltl A An
RAMBLED AROUND ALL NIGHT
When the barn opened, 25
steers on the Noah Landis farm in
Landis Valley, wandered around all
There is no better way to boost night. They were found near Man-
Fr ws Mount Joy
Es
pr ia ~~ I
WER a:
= hh Wh —
w ear ca
W yard

of

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back home.
Benjamin Kauf-
Kamm, of
from |
| and will compete more with higher
The need for a breed of sheep that
would produce both wool and meat
efficiently resulted in work being
undertaken by the USDA about 1912
to find such a breed.
The result of years of extensive |
| work was the introduction
Columbia sheep, which
the most desirable characteristics
of the Lincoln and Rembouillet. The
breed was more than a quarter of
a century being developed.
of the
The breed as developed to such |
a point that it has its own registry
organization, the Columbia Sheep
Breeders’ association. It is primar-
ily a range sheep but is being used |
to a moderate extent in farming
areas.
Columbia sheep are free from
wool-blindness and skinfolds. The
body is long, but is symmetrically
proportioned with a good balance
and depth.
between width In 12
An Idaho Columbia ram show-
ing the desirable characteristics
of this newer breed.
months a typical Columbia ewe
grows a fleece weighing about 12
pounds, which contains approxi-
mately 50 per cent clean wool about
31% inches long.
New Corn Ear Worm

Control Recommended |
A new contact insecticide has re-
cently been developed for the con-
trol of corn ear
worm on sweet
corn and hybrid
seed corn, as a sub-
stitute for pyreth-
rum,
The spray is a
liquid solution of
styrena dibromide
in a mineral oil and
is applied to the
corn silks as soon
as their ends ap-
pear brown. It is
necessary to treat
more than once as
all ears do not show brown at the
same time. The spray is applied
with a hand applicator which meas-
ures a 20 drop dosage from a half
pint container.
Feather Fabric Will
Add to Farm Income

The
dried fibers are wound on spools.
washed, stretched and
America’s poultry industry can
produce 35 million men’s suits an |
A new feather fabric that |
looks like wool but is warmer, soft |
nually.
er and lighter, has been developed |
by USDA specialists.
Feather protein is converted into |
fiber by treating the feathers with |
a reducing agent and a special type |
of wetting agent, or detergent, ol
water solution, then forcing the re
sulting spinning solution, or ‘‘dope,” |
through the tiny holes of a spin.
nerette into an acid-and-salt solution
that sets the streams of dope intc
fibers. The fibers are then stretched
and dried and treated to remove the |
detergent so that the regenerated |
protein is left in true fiber form.
It is not expected that feather |
fabrics, due to small volume avail. |
able, will ever prove a serious econ |
omical threat to cotton or wool, |
nevertheless feathers do offer addi: |
tional revenue for the pouléryman, |

priced fabrics.

Cultivation Increases
Bermuda Grass Yields
Oklahoma experiments have | {
New Columbia Sheep~
Made-to-Order Breed

combined |

Jane Rohrer,
Mcemma, Nancy Peifer,
some, Mary E. Stauffer.
Juniors: Betty Bard,
man, Paul Myers, Jay Wenger,
tha Doerr, Nancy Forney,
Vera Shenk.
Sophomores: Jack
Ann Louise Shenk, Mary Wissler,
Jessie Covert, Pauline Miller, Ches-
ter Schoenberger.
Carl Denlinger,
Sale Register
e Regis
If you want a notice on your sale
inserted in this register weekly
from now until day of sale. ABSO-
| LUTELY FREE, send or phone us
your sale date and when you are
ready let us print your bills. That's
the cheapest advertising you can get

Kreider,
Longenecker,
Freshmen: Arlene

Saturday, Apr. 13—On the prem- Gingrich, Elaine Gingrich, Kenneth Ducklings, Turkey Polts he undersigne ) will sell at public ! on the
ises on the road leading from Mount Miller, June Mamma, Joantie. Nott. Gosslings vv. at 2 i os Jn ; t! i Village of Florin, Lane. Co. Penna
Joy to Mastersonville near Becker's! yy ja Swarr, Mary Wenger, Sally 5slings, no a { lg Olown 0 wit:
| Service Station at Becker’s Bridge, | 7... hev. Laura Zi me ar- :
| ; phey, Laura Zimmerman, Mar- , | Wo IL I
[5 acres of land, story farm... Gin tich. Janet L.eamon. Betty Beverly Twin Market
{ g vio y
| house, barn andsffarage, also house- Jane Rankin, James Shuman, x200 ft., fronting along the
ive dtoc xchanoe g along the highway
3 |
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| hold goods by Edwin P. Eby. A. K.
| Miller, Auct, 4
IRONVILLE

| | chairs, Extension kitchen table, metal utility cabinet.
| Good Friday, April 19 — Annual [On old Hershey pike. 2 miles from | small kitchen table, couch, Singer sewing machine,
| Community sale. 300 head of live Elizabethtown, 8 miles from Her- | (excellent condition); smoking stand, bridge lamp,
oo ph pe : Mr. and Mrs. ve Toten! Berntheizel | Shey. | flour chest, kerosene stove and baker. (3 burner);
| stock, baby chicks, farm imple celebrated their 40th ‘wedding anni = have the Chicks now for you curtain stretcher, picture frames, baby high chair, 3
| ments, ete, by C. S. Frank & Bro. and ontertdined the i | every we Mond nights, and all | double blankets, shawls, double woolen blanket
| Aldinger and Wagner, Aucts. Sale versary and en ov amed the ° OW=- | day Tuesdays and Thursday nights, | hawls, rug, size 9x12; scatter rugs, 100-piece dinner
| at 12:30 p. m. ing people at their home on Satur- | and all day Friday , all season, | et of dishes, glassware, many other dishes, cooking
| day evening: Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Boos Bes, Ni Hampshire pols and pans, hooks, small bible, 135 years
: 1 10.4 ..|Garber and children, Bobby and Re Fr ae os Bat Oo ross, | old; bed spreads, feather pillows, feather cushions,
| Friday Evening, April 19 at six tock 0s8, hte Giants, table cloth and napkins, doilies; towels, comforter
| c’clock on the premises in the vil Betty, John Fox, Sr. and son, John, | White, Black, Brown and Buff Leg lips, fruit jars, step ladder, rake, shovel, snow shovel
ses Hai oe SER on Ye a Js )S, jars, adder, rake, l, sn
Yage of Florin. entire lot of house Jr. and Mrs. Lizzie Von Stetten and 5 hs Bo Mite: 5 M ts d An cabbage cutter, broom, kitchen stool, ironing board,
| 4 Nas, Sexo WE or ockerels ele ic sad aster. ori } in
{ hold goods by Mrs Jacob Y. Kline daughter, Anna. cn order, All prices right, see or call gear) xe ron m. when terms
Also at the same time and place| The Otlerkein Guild, Miss Sara | us Ai fore you buy. Give us a ring wi canditions will be made known by .
some household goods by Henry |Jane Mummaw, will meet in the U. | Ail breeders blond tested rr
. : V 000 Turk i
Strickler. Dupes, auct. See adver-|B. Church on Tuesday evening. pn i og 5.00 ii | MRS. JACOB Y. KLINE i
OILS $35 J! or 1 nared.
tisement, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Snyder vis- Write for Price List, we also ship | At the same time and place the following: 9-piece
ited Prof. and Mrs. Harry Nye of Parcel Post walnut dining room suite, 3-piece Bird's Eye Maple
Good Friday, April 19—At their | Hunting, Pa. on Saturday. . K. WAGNER'S CHIC KE RY | bedroorq suite, davenport table, end table, library
. . if} able ocking chairs itche ‘hairs, ¢ :
place of business near Mt. Joy, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Ulrich and | _ a4 i 9: Sah, Suchen sais 2
: wv. vad. Mark — i Fug, scatter rugs, smoking .cpoinel, Ing
| cows, hogs, poultry, implements, | daughter, Marian, spent the week- | Town 2 Villag e taborettes, clothes tree, bridge & table lamps, pictures,
furniture, fruit, etc. by C. S. Frank | end with relatives in Palmyra, Pa. | A a | mirrors, Canary & breeding cage, clothes dryer, porch
and Bro. Wagner, auct. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Kauffman | Insurance Service, Inc. | ct, porch rockers, fernery, glider, dishes, cooking
a hs utensils, galvanized tubs, grass scythe, chick feeders &
and Mr. and Mrs. O. I. Brooks spent | AnnoUNCas Fhe Appointment of fountain, brooder stove, 3-gallon sprayer.
Saturday, April 27—On the prem- Sunday in Jonestown, Pa. visiting | David B. Shank
ises in Lanc. Twp. one-half mile | friends. 135 E. Willow St. Elizabethtown, Pa. | HENRY STRICKLER
A rp’ SE oa x . i h |
south of Herr's Ice Plant on the, phraim Fornoff spent the week | Phone: U7 | Walter Dupes, Auct.
David E. Herr farm. Full line of end in Buffalo, N. Y. where he took | AS At oi 1h i
3 5 ; Fe rT aw Kime 7. Sri
household goods by Fannie K. Herr. part in a bowling tournament. ow gam ow
Ed. F. Funk, auct. .. | Mr. Shank v devot his entire |
The Ironville Fire Company will | time to serving clients and policy = |
meet Monday evening at 8:00 p. m., | holders in this territory with a very
Saturday, May 4—Second Annual
Spring Community sale at Beverly
Twin Market and Livestock Ex-
change along old Hershey and Eli- |
zabethtown road. Merchandise, im- |,
April 15, in the school house.
{Albright
I business session.
Mrs. Robert Wagner
flight of steps at her home and was

will preside during the
fell down a
and tools by G. K. Wagner. next meeting is planned for the

| same place the evening of May 15.

LAN D SVI Other officers elected:
I LLE Vice president, Elvin Snavely,
mm Manheim 2; secretary, Allegra
The Honor Roll for the third six Kreiner, Elizabethtown R3: treasur-

Dorothy Forney, Nancy Herr, Betty Hess, Manheim R2,

WITMER’'S HAVE A LARGE LINE OF KITCHEN SINKS,
COAL RANGES, WATER HEATERS, FOR
IMMEDIATE DELIVERY
ROSS B. WITMER
PHONE: LANCASTER, 2-5020 LAMPETER, PA.

WE LIST
FOR SALE
115 ACRE FARM between (Mount Joy and Manheim also a SIX

|

ROOM HOUSE with conveniences and BUSINESS CONNECTION
East Main Street Mount Joy.
F. G. SHIRK & CO.
5 North Duke Street Lancaster, Pennsylvania
REP. J. STATLER KUHN Phone 247-M Mcunt Joy, Pe
nna.

2nd ANNUAL SPRING
COMMUNITY SAL
— AT
‘BEVERLY TWIN MARKET
and Live Stock Exchange
Phone 291-R-2

G. K. Wagner, Proprietor R. D. 2 Elizabethtown
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On Old Hershey Pike Two (2) Miles from E-Town; Eight (8) Miles
proved that disking the grass sod | from Hershey.
of bermuda lightly every other year |
will cause an increase in yield of
about 26 per cent. The tests were
made on a thin or poor stand of
grass.
It was found that bermuda would |
respond to heavier disking than the |
common native grass. Tillage |
seemed to prevent the grasses from; |
dying in the center of the clumps. |
——— Oe

For everybody to sell any surplus goods you may have, so Mr. Farmer
and Dealers be sure and let me know what you have to sell on this Sale
by Tuesday, April 23rd, so I can advertise same for you. all kinds of Farm
Machinery, Tractors, Pick-up Bailers, Wagons, Bind-
ers, Tractor Plows, Corn Pickers, Furniture, Tools.
new Paints, Horses. Mules. Cows. Heifers, Bulls,
Sheep, Goats, and Hogs.. Write or Call on Phone, we
sold over $52,000.00 worth on the last Community Sale,

# which was held Saturday, March 36th. Over 100
farmers and other people sold Tractors, all kind of
| Machinery, Furniture and Livestock, from all over the State. Give me
Everybody in this locality reads |a ring if you have anything to put on this sale.
your business than by loral news- heim ten miles away and trucked The Bulletin—that’s why its adver-
tisers get such excellent results.
G. K. WAGNER]
Chicks
an known as Family Se-
| curity, Shieh provi les all membe rs
ite Ae 200 HEAD OF CANADIAN HOLSTEINS
surance : 442 | 30 HEAD OF WISCONSIN GRADE HOLSTEINS
plements, livestock, ete. by G. to the Columbia Hospital.
Wagner,
—
Saturday, May 11, hog sale at ® ba
Beverly Twin Market and Livestock 25 Joined The
Exchange, by G. K. Wagner.
a (From Page 1)
Ascension Day and Decoration [sonville Wednesday evening with |
Day Community Sale, May 30, at|M. M. Smith, assistant county agent, |
Beverly Twin Market and Live-in general charge. Sixteen farm. |
stock Exchange—stock, implements | boys and girls of the district were
hogs, poultry, supplies, furniture enrolled at this initial meeting, The |
Geraldine Kilne, Joe ,
Jim Reap- | NOT everybody reads circular ad- |
|
| vertising left on their door step.
Ezra Her- | .
Ber- |
Thelda | |
Earl | unique
eks riod in East | tichar ossler, Manheim R2; | IRR
wes S period i ist Hempfield er. Richard H 5 ler, M mh im R2; PART OR FULL TIME | ahi In charge.
Twp. high school follows. song leader, Faye Kreiner, Eliza- EY ¥ ANIMA! LE LO
5 . 37 33 VERY ANIMAL ww Nt Alu
Distinguished Honor Roll: Sen- | bethtown R3; game leader, Richard | 65¢ per hour time & half time CATALOG ON SALE DAY. FRER ¥RANSFERS
iors: Ruth Barkle. Juniors. Lois Shenenberger. Manheim R2; and Apply 1; CASH—BALANCE 30-60-90 DAYS
Baker, Sophomores, Theresa Mohler, | news reporter, Kenneth Ober, Man- 9 4
! ’ | Wisconsins 11 o'clock Rn WwW M
Susanne Supplee, Loretta Sweitzer, | him R2. | Ja pep po i sharp. Canadians 12:20 GRAND VIE FAR S
| en a i
and Dorothy Metzler. Freshmen, Adalt local leaders were named > 4 175 | # €. 8. Erne H, I, Alwine, Ownsis
. re | : . © . | Middletown is located 8 miles so. Harrisburg, 20 miles west Lancaster
Richard Bachman, William Halde- [as follows: Corn project, Samuel MOGRT OY. FENNA |} on Route 230. From Reading turn left square at Hummelstown
man. Wanner, Manheim R3: Pig feeding, MOUNT JOY, PENNA.
Secondary Honor Roll: Seniors, | Herman Kreiner, Eliizabethtown R3 | a - —
Richard Brubaker, Vernon Charles, |and Garden project, Mrs. Robert

Everybody reads newspapers but The Bulletin, Joy. Pa., Thursday, April 11,

ORDER YOUR PUBLIC SALE
Baby iY aq
¥

| 2 Building Lots & Household Goods
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1946

HOUSEHOLD GOODS 2
G. K. Wagner
: ner spring and old fashioned
B.D. 2
Prop. Phone 291-R-2 Bed it
oS edroom suite, mattress;
Elizabethtown, Pa. ili

We’ re Here Again With

20 HEAD OF DUNLOGGINS. WOODMASTERS
AND SAFEMASTERS
DAY SALE
At Middletown, Pa.
Starting Promptly at ¥ O'clock
ON MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1946
! Ceriifi~rd to Elood
pe Vines sk
Concord ea. Niagra .1 a ; : 1
Fredonia x ea. Catalpa .18 ea. | A ALL
RASPBERRIES
Latham, and Cumberland .10 ea. |
All Are Accredited nf
are the
Jormgon GRUB wnt TREE
largest im-
8
We

> x »a orters of Canadians in the
Longencecker Road, MT. JOY, PA. poric : gn t
Phone 305-R U. All cattle owned and
wne 305-R
rit ot selected by wus personally

NO C ONSIGNMENTS or
COMMISSION CATTLE
Have About 50 HEAD of
VACCINATED HFIFERS
Bred and YEARLING. A
few VACCINATED COWS
kt All cattle shipped in Box
| | and Express Cars, attend-
MEN
WANTED

WE HAVE THE
Sup
YOU

v 1001s
/ CLEANING
SUPPLIES
Di
i iif

The Sprin
and acce

your clean-

RAKE
Rigid | $120
|
oa
eA Oxidized steel
les head. Reinforced
2 HR head and handi
i | fo

$1.15
Cood steel blade
| holds its edge.
Nicely shaped,
finished handle.

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