Vol. 1, No. 19 Remedied Dairy Barns on Tour At West Chester ‘ Seventeen Southern , Chester County dairy farms were-'includ ed in a tour [Tuesday and Wed nesday to give dairymen a chance to see how neighbors solved their bam remodeling problems. ' Joe Nageotte, extension dairy specialist from Penn State, was on hand to describe remodeling .at each farm and to answer ques ’ tions Chester County Agent Robert A. Powers, Jr, advised Lancaster Farming 45 turned out for the Tuesday tour, and throughout the meetings were of great value to those participating On the schedule were the -Charles T. Wollaston Farm on sthe Toughkenamon- Landenberg Road, a remodeled bank farm -for a herd of 30 cows; the Edwan Paschall Farm, just northeast -of Toughkenamon, expanded floor space in bank bam, with future plans discussed; the Lawrence Waltman Farm at "Jennerville, a new 60-stanchion barn where 15 cows may be re leased with the flip of one lever, where silage is fed from a self unloading wagon driven through, the 'feed 'alley. Norman Bentley Farm Another remodeled barn on the Norman Bentley Farm a quarter mile southeast of Lin coln University was the last stop before noon Tuesday It featured a remedied barn, 54-mch comfort stalls, chain type gutter cleaner and a 38-cow herd. These farms were visited in the afternoon; Walter Shepherd, south of Route 1 at Post House, milking parlor, barn remedied into loafing area for 40 cows; Mason Brothers Farm, just south of' Chrome, milking parlor, new pole-type loafing barn, trench silos; Joe Beokenstrater Farm, mile 'and a half south of Oxford, remodeled barn and chain tie stalls for 40 cows. Inverted V-Comfort Stalls Robert Growl Farm, half mile southwest of Maple Grove, bank barn' being remodeled by stages, new type comfort stalls, for 30 cows, William A. Reid Farm, quarter mile north of Oxford, in verted V-comfort stalls being added on old stanchion frames for added cow comfort. Wednesday the group toured eight more farms, the Harvey C Worthington Farm a half mile north of West Chester, hydraulic gutter cleaner, 50 stanchions, loafing pen for dry cows and heifers, sky light in roof; William Balterston Farm, half mile north of Whitford, pen stable, milking parlor system; Spring Mill Farm, on 401 quarter mile east of Route 29, comfort (Continued on Page Three) It took the wind but a reW seconds to responding to announcements in three level this tobacco barn as shown by pic- churches Sunday morning: It took less tures in last Lancaster Farming, than- five hours to clear and stack the lum- Here is the same barn, three hours or so her, with a bountiful meal served in be after 100 friends and neighbors poured in, tween. .(Lancaster Farming Staff Photo). Raymond WitmerNamed Lancaster County’s Outstanding Young Farmer By ERNEST J. NEILL Increased milk production, full utilization of irrigation and forced air hav drying are but some of the items implemented by Raymond F. Witmer which helped him win the title of Lan caster County’s Outstanding Yoiiri£ Farmer Friday night. Receiving the Lancaster Junior Chamber of Commerce award in a field of five, Mr Witmer will now compete in state finals at Palmyra in April. His citation came but 11 years after the Penn sylvania Future Farmers of America named him the out standing Future Farmer of the state. That was 1945, the year he received his American Farmer degree. At Pequea Creek Bridge Those traveling Highway 222 north of Refton skirt the Wit mer Farm—Penn Del Farm pro perly—where a new concrete .bridge is being constructed to replace the treacherous, accident prone Pequea Creek bridge. But it was Pequ ft a Creek that last summer provided Penn Del with adequate moisture, hy the thousands and thousands of gal lons, to keep pastures green while the remainder of the countv burned in drought. Scores of people saw the sprink ler system revive pasture and alfalfa, providing green grass sB age for th“ 48 head of re gistered Guernseys. “Thg, - irrigation system re presented an investment / of around S 8 000 but it more than ipaid for itself,” Mr. Witmer, 31, I told Lancaster Farming. Quarryville, Pa., Friday, March 9, 1956 Quick Clean-Up on Glict Farm Graduating from the vocational agriculture course at West Lam peter Townghip High School, he was born and raised on the farm he now operates. His father, Clair H. Witmer, lives a mile away. That was before the day of field choppers, hay driers, irrigation. His herd, headed by the bull Golden Harvest King Cole, pur chased from Golden Harvest Farm. Bridgewater, Conn., is sup ported by the 133-acre farm that “is nearly all grass.” Ordinarily he runs five acres of wheat, three of corn 20 cicres of irrigated pasture. The balance is grass, grassland farming. are com binedr pastured five acres at a (Continued on page Frree) Named Lancaster County’s Outstanding Young Farmer by the Lancaster Junior Chamber of Commerce was Ray mond F. Witmer, shown here with his family before a Dutch hutch in the dining room of their Penn-Del Farm home near Ref ton. Mrs. Witmer is holding Mark, one year old, while Mark, 3 plus, is perched between his dad and mom. (See accompanying story) (Lancaster Farming Staff Photo). Outstanding Young Parmer Wolgemuth Named 'By New Holland 4«H Tames Wolgemuth, R 1 Bare ville, has been elected president of the New Holland 4-H Commun ity Club The club met this week in the bank building at New Hol land. Other officers are - David Lapn, Bareville 1, vice president; Joyce Weaver, HI New Holland, secre tary; Edgar Sheaffer. R 2 New Holland, treasurer; Barbara Mar ton, R 2 New Holland, song leader; Mary Jane Hoover, R 1 New Hol lar! Howard Rme or R 2 New Holland, game leaders; Louis Lapp, R 1 Bareville, news report er. Club leaders are - John B Lapp R 1 Bareville; David Hoover, R 1 New Holland; James Martin and Ruth Sheaffer. both of New Hol land.. The next meeting will be April 2. $2 Per Year Spring Is Near Crass and Brush Fires Indicate Grass and brush fires re oorted m all sections of Lancas ter County this week gave oroof that spring is near, and Jiat spring cleanup can be down right dangerous. Hrere are the net results of major blazes this week Approximately 50 acres of |rass and timber near Nine Points burned over; Twenty-five acres of scrub cov er near Pequea burned in a stub born, four and one-half hour blaze. A grass fire was extinguished on a field near Zion Home south of Lititz; About 250 young spruce trees vere destroyed when fire swept the Ray Reese property on the lorth edge of Quarryville Friday. Sparks From Brush Fire Often-the cause was listed as “sparks from a brush fire.” Un til Tuesday’s showers, many .gras sy areas were tinder dry, and a spark, a tossed cigaret, or a fire out of control swept wide areas. Dry grass proved flammable as gunpowder in many sections of the Garden Spot, and a drive through the County shows scores of burned-over patches The Nine Points Fire started on a farm owned by Nevin Mc- Clure and James DeEugemo, then crossed over into the Dr. Michael Margolaes farm. Even on the Main Street of Mount Joy, firemen were called out to douse a grass fire Tuesday afternoon. Other Farm Fires At Pequea, the fire was be tween the farm of John Clark and the right-of-way of the Read ing Railroad, starting on rail road property and extending in to land of the Pennsylvania Power and Light Co. as well. There were other fires in the County too. A chicken house owned by Marlin Mumma, R 2 Manheim, was threatened when gasoline set fire to shavings on the floor. There was no damage. , A brooder house on the Henry Stover Farm near Halfville was damaged an estimated $lOO by an overheated stove There were more, many ma jor, many minor all /pointing to the need for extreme care this season. Farm Income Off |l-Billion USDA Advise Total form income dropped i nearly a billion dollars last year 3 to $19,045,000,000, the United I States Department of Agriculture 1 reported this week. Per capita farm income, at $B6O, was less m than 50 per cent of the $1922 individual average for nonfarm S individuals. fl Thursday the Senate started voting on the soil bank-rigid high support combination which indicate Congress is termined to do “something the farmer.” WHAT IS CANCER? Cancer is defined as an controlled growth of cells.” detected early, cancer can be removed by surgery or stroyed by radiation, the can Cancer Society says
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