State Aviation Director John W. (Red) McFarlane, director of the Pennsylvania Aeronautics Commission, is shown here explaining to Key stone State Flying Farmers current problems in agricul tural aviation. Mr. McFarlane was one of several speakers addressing the group as it met Farm Show Week at Harris burg airport. Further details on the Flying Farmer meeting will be found in this issue. " (Lancaster Farming Photo). Dairymen Oppose Closing Hospital Farms in State HARRISBURG The Pennsyl vania Dairymen’s Association, following their annual meeting at the State Farm Show, announc ed adoption of a resolution ■■■■&■■■KB Belmont ■ ■ 97 Per Cent Pure ■ ■ Agricultural Limestone ■ ■Calcium Oxide 30% * ■Magnesium Oxide .. 20% ■ ■Calcium Equivalent 57% ■ S Wenger & ■ S Sensenig Co. ■ 2 Phone Gap 45R21 ■ 2 RD 1, Paradise, Pa. ■ %■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ♦♦ xx II II ♦♦ TT ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ :: ♦♦ H *♦ ♦♦ «♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ s ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ :: ♦♦ «» ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ «• •• «• «♦ t: ♦♦ ♦♦ :: S «♦ ♦♦ It Authorized Dealer FOR CHECK OUR BUYS IN USED EQUIPMENT Serving Chester County and boutturn Lancaster County Over 16 Years Now Is The Time To Have That Baler, Tractor or Com- bine Reconditioned by Factory Trained Personnel GENUINE REPAIR PARTS & SERVICE S. G. LEWIS & SON West Grove, Pa. Phone West Grove 2214 For Your JLocal Representive against the “announced intention” of the Secretary of Welfare to dissolve operation of the farms at mental hospitals in the State In a lasolution the association declared the farms have been operated for many years and represent investments of millions of dollars in dairy herds, other livestock, and equipment They said “we firmly believe that the operation of these farms has pro vided not only food at a saving of taxpayers’ money, but also therapeutic benefits to the in mates ” The association pointed to the fact that the practice of operat ing such farms at similar insti tutions in the great majority of states “would indicate the sound ness of such operations.” The resolution said “we urge Governor George ,M. Xeader to halt such action until thorough and complete studies can be made by competent parties.” 124-Hour Service | on—— 1956 Drivers’Licenses :| EDWARD G. WILSON g Notary Public g H 16 S. Lime St. Lancaster, Pa. *3 txtuxtxttnnnntttzttttttttxiutuxinxtx Massey Harris 'Ferguson New Holland Brillion Terramatic Barn Cleaners and Othei Lines. Or Kirkwood 32 R 4 • I ' From Years Ago: Telephone Coverage In Lancaster County Is Reviewed Southern and Southestern Lan caster County’s telephone pic ture, as projected currently by the Commonwealth Telephone Company, is the start of th-e con struction at Quarryville of a new, modem building to house offices, field and installation equipment, and service supplies and facili ties. To this, add conversion to the dial system - a system al ready enjoyed by farmers and others in this section. Fifty years ago, the farmers’ interests were also a prompting factor when additional poles and wires were being hooked up to bring more residents of the river hills and nearby into telephonic communication with the resit of County History Mom and pop always like to talk about the “good old days.” Some of these may be specifically, numerically, 25 or 50 years ago. In addi tion to “50 Years Ago This Week on Lancaster Farms,” Lancaster Farming today of fers the first in a series of stories that are undated, but highlight some of the days that were. Writer of this column is Charles Slentz of Quarry ville, who has checked files from years back to select interesting items to recall here. History is interesting, most interesting when local. the world The then Southern Telephone and Telegraph Com pany (now. as Pennsylvania Com munity Telephone Company, a subsidiary of Commonwealth), had at that time “extended its line from Fishing Creek to Fite’s Eddy, Hess’ Milt to Hensel, via Chestnut Level.” Quoting further from ItHe press of January, 1906, “The poles have been planted an,d two wires strung the entire length except at one point near Hess’ Mill where the wires will be attached to the poles of the long distance line to top of hill east of Chestnut Level, to Hensel exchange ” Early m the year 1912, The Southern Telephone and Teleg raph Company initiated progress that brought to rural dwellers in the Gap community much coveted phone service improvements We’re reminded, for example, that the Company “is developing new business in and around Gap ” The news paragraph anticipated that “the new exchange will be completed by the midle of this month” (January) Post Office At Buck Folks living in a rather far reaching area served by the United States government through the post office at Buck, came an innovation two weeks after New Year’s, fifty one years ago In our gleaning from old files, we are apprised that “Sat urday. January 14, 1905, Buck Post Office, in East Drumore township, will cease to exist.” Reading further, “The office has not had/.the attention it should have had in past mojiths on ac count of the postmaster being unable Ito be there. The pat rons of Buck office are making arrangements to be with their mail through rural carriers ” Again progress was initiated for some farmers and good neigh bors in our county through a daily means of communication (the mail) being brought right to their own back yards. Of course after that, not having to stop by the mail, people m their travels sometimes did “pass the Buck,” 'thereby doing the very Ithing that the present Musser enterprises in this the Biggest Little Town in the U. S A., insist should not be done. Shredders From Strasburg Late in the year 1911, from Strasburg township came this: “Jacob Weaver, our machinist has built 17 shredders this fall, some of them going quite a dis tance.” We-team that Mr, Weaver Lancaster Farming, Friday, January 20, 1956—3 was, the father of Rev. Clyde W. Weaver, who resides on Miller Street, Strasburg. We also learn the shredders in quastian were fodder, and it is believed that some of them are still giving giving service - still shredding, for instance, on several local Amish farms. Mr. Weaver who operated a blacksmith and ma chine shop in the early part of the century purchased the patents on this equipment from the or iginal builder who coudn’t make the grade ficancially. Still more improvements for farmers (this time in the terri tory around Quarryville), accor ding to this word of news at the turn of the year 1903-04: “A new cob breaker and grain elevator have been placed in J.'F. Weav er’s Mill here .. making one of the best and most up-toda'te chopping plants in this section.” And while on mills, modern izing to give greater service to farmers was possibly responsible for a project that brought “up to snuff” a grist and flour mill down near the Maryland line The story, as of mid-January, 1912, was: “Mrs Annie E. Wood is about to have a saw and cider mill installed on her mill prop erty at Pleasant Grove The me chinery came last week. The gnslt and flour mill was recently overhauled A concrete penstock was one of the improvements. It will be a thoroughly up to date plant when completed.” Mills Grind Fine And ever, the grind is on’ Pro cessing foods for man, milling grain for chickens and all fowls, grinding and mixing making for stockmen’s needs; the mills grind exceedingly fine- Thinking about chicken feed calls to nund spe cific egg production worth pas sing on to you. It’s a laying re cord made in January, 1912, up around the north central part of practices. the county and involved less than a dozen hens. Read it for your seself: “The eleven Rhode Island Red pullets, owned and raised by William S Shiffer, of Manheim, made a marvelous record in pro ducing eggs last week They laid a total of fifty eggs for the week, an average of a little better than seven eggs a day The pullets’ production for the previous 9 weeks was away above the aver age (Four of the hens were hatched April 4, 1911 - the bal- BETTER CHICK LIVEABILITY EARLY LARGE EGG SIZE CHALK WHITE EGGS SUSTAINED HIGHER PRODUCTION LOWER HEN HOUSE MORTALITY Pennsylvania - U. S. Approved Pullorum - Typhoid Clean WRITE FOR NAMES OF SATISFIED CUSTOMERS IN YOUR AREA | Keystone Breeding Farm! : 43 Old Mill Road EPHRATA, PA. S * PHONES; Hatchery 37611 - Farm 3-617? ■ ance on May 15) They were carefully tended, but no special effort was made to force the laying.” Because memories of Christ mas and New Year turkeys still pleasantly linger, we may well mention one heavy holiday turkey sale which took place long enough before the days of super markets, frozen foods, and fowl raised in wire-floor pens (Ynletide season, 1911, to be exact). Turning to today as Hessdale), the following is brought to our attention: “Messrs. C. B. Herr & Son hand led 500 turkeys over the holi days and had calls for many more.’ The knife was probably not the ultimate fate of this turkey which made the front page dey after New Year’s, 1912, for here we have doings of a pet - a pet belonging to one “Frank Eby, the fourteen year old son of Phares Eby, of Paridise.” Con tinuing, Frank “has a turkey gobbler that is the pride of the village His name is Tom; he is eighteen months old and weighs twenty-one pounds. Frank has harness for him and drives him around hitched to a wagon ” Parts and Service Headquarters for OLIVER — FERGUSON Farm Equipment CMC Trucks See The Hershey Trans planter For Your Spring Planting N. 6. Hershey and Son MANHEIM, PA. Phone 52271 ■ MB
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