6 —Lancaster Farming, Friday, Feb. 15, 1957 Nation’s Farmers Reap Cash Crop In All Seasons From Vacationers The nation’s fanners paiti pating in a program first launch ed seven years ago by Faim Va cations and Holidays. Inc, 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, N Y to'"enable city dwellers to vaca tion on farms during the sum mer are discovering the program is an additional cold-cash bonanza during the other seasons. Hunteis. bud-watchers, camera tans, skiers, skaters, church groups, as well as ordinary holi dayers, are among those contn- butmg to this bonanza, according - to farmers whose guest accomo dations are hsted in Farm Vaca tions and Holiday’s annual book let. These other-than-summer guests aie paying an average of $4O per week or $l6 weekend for board and the farmers’ spare bed 100ms. Summertime incomes of farm ers who pi ovided room and board to guests through Farm Vacations and Holidays this past summer for the first time, range generally between $7OO "and $lOOO. All this is added fann income which has nothing to do with the price of corn, beef, milk, or eggs. It results directly from the fact millions of Americans and Canad ians want to vacation on a real farm but until recently have had no convenient means of finding a farm to visit. Farmers in the U. S. and Cana da interested in harvesting their “Hidden Ciop" their spare looms, still have time to sign up to participate during 1957 in the farm-guest program, according to Robert P Wolfe, director of Farm Vacations and Holidays, Inc., whose headquarters is at 500 Fifth Avenue, New York 36, New York. Mr. Wolfe strongly advises farmers to address their inquiries to him as early as possible so there will be time to get full in .BBBSaSBESiSaBBaBBBBfIBaBBBfIBBBBfIBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBaHBBBBBBBBBaBHHBHHBBBBfBfIBBHBBBfIBBBBBBHiIBBfIaB FARMALL CUB TO BE GIVEN FREE in HOOBER'S FEB. 27-28 Afternoon & Evening $2OO. Worth of Door Prizes to be Given Away! ENTERTAINMENT and REFRESHMENTS for the WHOLE FAMILY Come Early - Stay Late! ■BBBBBBBBB formation on the program into farmers’ hands before the 1957 booklet, which will have a 100,- 000 copy distribution, goes to the printers Each farm in the program re ceives a descriptive paragraph detailing the particular farm’s location, its accomodations for guests, the room and board rates, and such other information as whether children are welcomed, the type of food served, the kind of activities available to guests and which seasons the farm is open to guests. The farm may be a working farm or ranch or a gentleman farmer’s estate, buf all farms wishing to come into the program are inspected, generally by a rep resentative in the agricultural field. In addition, farms in the Farm Vacations and Holidays pro gram aie supported locally by newspaper advertising. Woodlot Management ✓ Course to Be Offered Management of the farm wood lot can be studied through a cor respondence course offered by the Agricultural Extension Serv ice of the College of Agriculture of Pennsylvania State University. Species of trees found in wood lots of Pennsylvania and their uses are discussed; also the mar keting of lumber, timber, estimat ing, and tree diseases. Reproduc tion and planting of seedlings is explained in detail. Since the farm woodlot can be a source of recreation as well as income, the aesthetic aspect of forestry is considered. The coun ty agent can supply a bulletin de scribing the-course, or write to Farm Study'Courses, University, Park, Pa. DAYS CHARLES B. HOOBER INTERCOURSE, PA. Keystone Hatchery Now Operating At New Location SPRING SALES PROMOTION REMEMBER New & a Large Selection of Used Tractors all purchases count towards jackpot prize drawing! TWO OF THE 44 lambs born on the Her bert Eckman farm, R 3 Quarryville, are in terested onlookers as Eckman and his son Frank, 10, display triplets born to the 10 The Keystone Leghorn Hatch ery has moved from 43 Old Mill Road, Ephrata, to their new lo cation R 5 Lancaster, just south of Leacock on Heller’s Church Rd. The move was necessitated by a 50 per cent increase m hatch ing capacity and operation. The first hatch in-the new building was on Feb 2. The hatchery will still main- tain their breeding farm at R 1 Ephrata where trap nesting and pedigree work is carried on.' The hatchery is owned by Na than W. Martin, Ephrata, and! Reed W. Kinzer, Lancaster. The, partnership was formed three years ago. " ' They have crossed two of the oldest strains of Leghorns in the , country to produce the most de- ! sirable characteristics in the off- ; spring. Breeding work follows the principle of reciprocal re- J current selection which is breed- j mg from families in each pure ( strain. ' j PL SOuthfield 8-3501 Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmumwmmmmmmmmmmmmum year old ewe. Eckman breeds 62 ewes. This is the second set of triplets born this year, but the two of'the other set died. (Woolley Photo) Gable Herd Completes Fourth Year of Testing [ The National Ayrshire Breed ers’ Assn., Brandon Vt., reports that the purebred herd of C Har old Gable, Elverson, has com pleted its fourth year of Ayrshire Herd Testing with an average of 9,615 pounds of milk and 419 pounds of butterfat. Gable’s 26 cow herd made the record on twice a day milking. The highest butterfat producer in the herd was Brown Portia Queen with 13,003 pounds of milk and 596 pounds of buterfat. Farmall Cub To Be Given Away In Our Jackpot Prize Drawing On March 30th Receive One Ticket For Each $lO.OO Purchase To- ward Our Jackpot Prize! Start getting your tickets today! INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER
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