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terested upon their receipt. The first sale is scheduled for May 26 and prsent interest indicates 18002000 pigs will be offered.

Prices at the Tappahannoclc Feeder Pig sale held February 16 were: No. I s, $10.00-17.21 per head with an average weight range by lots of 42 pounds to 114 pounds respectively; No. 2’s $9.00-16.21; No. 3’s $8.50-14.89 while medium grade prices .ranged from $9.90 to $15.95 per head. Pest prices per pound were for pigs weighing 5556 pounds which brought from $18.18 to $20.89 per hundred weight.

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Have you sharpened your pencil user your spring fertilizer program? It not such could prove profitable. 1 ninny Kastham and 1 got our heads together last week. Result.-: we saved $225 on one field, applied the same amount of plant food, and handled about 5000 less pounds of material or a good truck load! Come by could be: less dollars spent, same yield results, and a less tired man.

Hope to see Dunny many more times in I960, but think this one 15 minutes visit paid him considerably more than his share of Extension Service costs to county. Our door is open to all farmers large or small.

Washington Senior

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We started our meetings this year on September 18th, 1959. We had twelve members at this meeting. The following officers were elected: President, Granville Fox; Vice President, Harrison Powers; Secretary-Treasurer, Jimmy Williams; Devotion leader, Bud Smoot; Song leader, William Frauo pa^[«l. a.w 2ui}aaiu siqi ly \ia[z a baby beef show.

At the next monthly meeting Mr. Lyne talked to us about farm accidents and how to prevent them.

Other meeting subject were putting our names on our mail boxes, to help mail carriers or other people find where we live, planning a career after we finish high school. At one meeting arr Army and Marine Recruiting officer talked to us about the advantages of the services, and at another we were shown a film of the State Judging Team.

James G. Fox, President

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