Custom Work Rates Guide Is Compiled
Farmers hiring custom operators for plowing cultivating and harvesting can use the 1962 issue of Machinery Custom Rates compiled by the State Crop Reporting Service. The guide shows regional differentials between mountain and valley areas in the Commonwealth and notes large rate variations within regions due to local conditions. Copies are available free by writing to the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service
Department of Agriculture
Harrisburg
State Vets Alerted For Screw Worms
Pennsylvania veterinarians are alerted to watch for screw worm infestations in livestock as warm weather enables northward spread from southern areas. Early detection is urged with reporting of maggot-infested wounds and sending samples to the University of Pennsylvania for identification. Cooperation with authorities in spraying livestock is recommended.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine
39Th
Pine Streets
Philadelphia
Dressed Meats Production Shows April Increase in Pennsylvania
Dressed meats at high level report from Harrisburg Pennsylvania notes 72 million pounds of red meat produced in April, a 3 percent rise from last year. Beef and pork up, lamb and mutton up 8 percent from March, but overall slaughter down 11 percent from March. Clifton Fadiman quote appears.
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Marrisburg
Pennsylvania
State
Milk Production Hits Record in May in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania farmers produced a record 700 million pounds of milk in May from 870000 cows the lowest herd since January 1941. Output per cow reached 805 pounds the highest on record while costs for inputs stayed steady and the milk price averaged 1s od and cane ts per hundredweight. The milk-teag ratio fell to 1.24 from 1.27 a year earlier.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State
Durin Fay
Airymey
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United States
Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical Association
Undertaker
Paul Holdcraft
Clifton Fadiman
Mark Traiy
Reunnion‘ Opegial
Mew McCormick
McCormick Harvester-Thrashers
McCormick
STARY
International Harvester Sales and Service
Ephrata
C. E. Wiley & Son
Quarryville
Wakefield
J. Paul Nolt
GAP
David Kurtz
Morgantown
Kauffman Bros
Mountville
C. B. Hoober
J. B. Hostetter & Sons
Mount Joy
Cope & Weaver Co
Willow Street
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