yy GOOD MANAGEMENT and 
close observance of recommended 
feeding practices have paid off for 
Morris Fearnley of Greene, Connecti- 
cut, a breeder of White Rocks. During 
the 1945 breeding season, egg fertili- 
ty, except for the taper-off part of the 
season, was 95 percent and hatches 
below 80 percent did not occur. 
yw USDA Secretary Anderson will 
be one of the principal speakers at 
the annual meeting of the National 
Council in Chicago, January 9 to 11. 
Eastern States will be represented at 
the gathering. 
vy MEMBERS WHO take delivery 
of Eastern States mixed fertilizer in 
January and February reduce their 
plant food costs and make profitable 
use of storage space on the farm. 
Their fertilizer will be on hand when 
they are ready for it. 
yx A LIMITED SUPPLY of high- 
purity variegated alfalfa seed has been 
secured for shipment in 1946. This 
seed contains no measurable amounts 
of sweet clover or other crop seeds. 
Orders for this seed will be confirmed 
as received until it is all on order. 
Aggressive action is meanwhile being 
taken to secure additional quantities 
of similar quality seed. 
Several thousand pounds of another 
lot of variegated alfalfa which does 
contain sweet clover seed, not in ex- 
cess of two percent, is also available. 
The cost of this is $8.40 per hundred- 
weight less than the seed without 
sweet clover, and is an outstanding 
value for forage production. 
The sweet clover will be much in 
evidence the first spring after plant- 
ing, but by low and slightly delayed 
mowing it can be eliminated from 
later harvests. 
Hay-Pasture Mixtures No.3 and No. 
4 containing 30 percent and 75 per- 
cent respectively of high-purity varie- 
gated alfalfa are also available in 
appreciable quantities. 
yx SOYBEAN SEED is now availa- 
ble in 50-pound bags as well as in 
bags of 100 pounds each. Members in 
certain areas have requested this 
smaller size for some time but only 
recently have labor supply and ship- 
ping facilities been adequate to make 
this extension in package sizes possi- 
ble. 
Both size bags will be priced at the 
same amount per hundredweight. 
sx KEEP IT DRY is the first and 
most important rule for storing ferti- 
lizer. Remember that chemicals ab- 
sorb moisture easily. Keep fertilizer 
off concrete floors, away from walls 
and under a tight roof. Also avoid 
piling on scaffolds or floor directly 
over stables where livestock are kept. 
Animals breathe out much moisture. 
yx SUPERPHOSPHATE supplies 
stored on the farm can well be in- 
creased — beginning now. Have 
enough on hand for the stables and 
poultry houses all winter plus enough 
more to take care of early pasture 
topdressing and early seedings. 
yx IT TAKES LESS purchased ferti- 
lizer to maintain farm fertility when 
manure applications are light and 
frequent. Heavy per-acre-spreadings 
mean waste of plant food. Reinforce 
all farm manure with Eastern States 
20% Superphosphate. Loosen up the 
working parts of the manure spreader 
so that it can be set for lighter rates 
per acre. 
yx BORAX CAN KILL as well as 
cure! Use it as a ‘‘prescription”’ treat- 
ment — and only when it is a known 
soil deficiency and for crops that are 
known to benefit from ir. 
EASTERN STATES 
Used BAGS 
Eastern States Feed Bags are now 
leased directly to members at 15.5 
cents each. Thus the bags are con- 
stantly the property of the Eastern 
States Farmers’ Exchange. Bags no 
longer serviceable in transporting 
Eastern States feed will be released 
to the commercial bag market and 
members will receive the market 
price. 
Your local representative or regional 
warehouse will accept your bags and 
return them to a bag house authorized 
to grade and recondition Eastern 
States bags. You may return as few 
as 10 in one hundle if you are a small 
user. Fifty bags in a bundle is pre- 
ferred whenever possible. Tie bundles 
securely with three ropes or ties. 
When shipping through your repre- 
sentative or warehouse, tag bundles 
plainly with the name of your repre- 
sentative (or warehouse) on the front 
of the tag; put your name on the back, 
together with the number of bags and 
bundles. Get shipping tags from your 
representative or warehouse, 
These are the only authorized Eastern 
States bag houses: 
CARL BURWICK & COMPANY 
314-324 Grote St. 
Buffalo, N. Y. 
A. BRODER BAG COMPANY 
28-52 Wasson St. 
Buffalo 10, N. Y. 
GENERAL BAG & BURLAP COMPANY 
1617-25 North Second St. 
Philadelphia, Penn. 
CARL BURWICK & COMPANY 
81 Thomas St. 
Worcester, Mass. 

