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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1968
Page
9
Harrisburg district foresters monitor spring fire season as rural cleanup and debris burning heighten risk. Chief E F McNamara notes most operations pass without incident, but February saw 96 fires burning 338 acres and at least four deaths.
The Gideon Stoltzfus Sale last Saturday offered 68 Holstein dairy cattle above three months with an average of 430. Top cow sold for 1050. Equipment included tractors 1500 each, hay conditioner 1180, baler 515, rake 345, flail chopper 630, elevator 400, wagon 32750, bulk milk tank 2400, sputnick 825, milker units 160 and 150. Baby calves under 3 months sold with dam.
Farmers are urged to feed Purina Sow Chow to sows to support large litter sizes. The ad emphasizes proven nutrition from Purina as the key to productive farrowings.
Harrisburg reports farmers plan to plant 36 000 acres of potatoes 21 000 of tobacco and 499 000 of oats this year. Wheat and rye plantings fall 1967 while barley and soybeans rise 190 000 and 27 000 acres respectively. Corn area holds at 142 million acres and hay harvest remains two million acres.
Harrisburg report says farm cats are suspects as tuberculosis carriers. Secretary Le land H Bull notes past cat destruction failed to halt disease on several farms. University of Pennsylvania veterinarians joined autopsy studies of cats from TB destroyed cattle farms.
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