-ft* and /ee of Britain vv. re is jsig: a iose his helpers They are, right to left, Dana, housing set-up to save all the labor pos -10, Beverly, 8, and Corkey, 6 Wilson oper- sible (LF Photo) ates a 390 acre 'dairy farm south of Little P. L. ROHBEB & BRO- IHC. SMOKETOWX JNNSNWVmWWWWNVWWVfWWVWNNSVVAV 'S / The Lancaster Junior Chamber of Commerce THE 4th ANNUAL HOME and GARDEN SHOW | LAST TWO DAYS FRI, & SAT., APRIL 11 & 12 GUERNSEY SALES PAVILION LINCOLN HIGHWAY EAST of LANCASTER All lands of ideas and home improvements— PLUS amazing solar energy exhibit, Falcon missile, and preview of Home of Tomorrow Wonderful for the entire family FRIZES - CONTESTS - ENTERTAINMENT Show Times 6 30 to 10 P M NightK Admission Adults 50c PLENTY OF FREE PARKING ,\SS\\S\\\\\\\V\N\\WWV\W\S\VNNV\\\W\Ws . K r Ph. Lane. EX 2-2659 presents 50 EXHIBITS Saturday 1 to 10 P M Children Under 12 Fiee *v -v! ' TRONO LARGE eafed o *<7 LANCASTER FARMING CLASSIFIED ADS PAY INTERESTED IN GETTING MORE for YOUR FEED DOLLAR? Z--^) '■"rlfi - 1 in your - <: Beacon Dealers and Beacon Advisors are lo cated throughout Lancaster Count). For the name of the one nearest to you please phone or write: The Beacon Milling Company* Philadelphia and Carlisle Sts., York, Pa. Telephone: York 8-2341. f BEACON Lancaster Farming, Friday, April 11, 1958—1 Henry Wilson Designed His Farm To Eliminate Labor and Chore Time (Continued fiom page twelve) the bulk bin and down through the length ot the milking pallor The pallor is fitted with indi vidual feeders at each milking stanchion Here the feed is grav ity f’d and measured to each cow Silage from the bunker is also handled by a conveyor system although this one is on wheels Tests have shown that dany cows do not fare as well when self f‘d from bunkers as steers, so this means' that the silage has to be brought to the animals in quantities that they will clean up In an upright silo, this is f<.nly easy But with a bunker, it can be a back-breaking chore ' However the purchase of a self-unloading wagon has taken most of the chonng out of silage feeding and has reduced feeding time to about 15 minutes for the 65 head of cows The wagon is loaded with a tractor scoop and then driven by feed bunkers The same bunkers, located out of the weather in the hay storage shed, are then used to feed hay The wagon does not sit idle m the summer either Most of the first cutting of alfalfa goes to the dany cows as green chop, a practice that gn es the cows most of the nutritive vine of the crop without danger of bloating or damage to the field Alfalfa is the major ciop on the farm It is used for both hay and silage Some of the alfalfa is pastured later in the season as the need anses Theie aie about 15 acres of permanent pas ture How does Wilson leel about loose stabling after having han dled-cows by both methods’ Beacon Advisor When )0u buy feed jou expect top qualit) ingredients, skillull> blended into i toimubi ol pio\cn nutiition.il ment You should ilso expect man counsel tint will cnible jou to e;ct out ol the teed ill the nutrition that s pack ed into it Tints wh) we line on c ill a 'Beieon Advisor ’ 11 1 s job is to woik with poultijmen and dair\- nicn to help them contiol costs to dexclop methods which w ill help }ou build ”ie itci piolits The) make a strong leim Beacon Feeds and the Be non Ad- Msor Wed like to pul both to work for } ou. “I wouldn’t go back to the other way,” he said And why the switch over 9 “I saw ways of saving labor” The Wilson herd is mixed Hol stein and Guernsey He uses arti ficial breeding on the older cows, although' he keeps a bull for younger stock Two full-time men help operate the faim Farm Women 6 Hear Lecture On Trip Abroad I'arm Women’s Society #6, met iceently in the home of Mrs Mil ton Eberly R 3 Elizabethtown, Pa Mrs Eby Espenshade gave an il lustrated talk on her trip to Euiope She accompanied her son Tommy this trio was given to them bv the Harrisburg Patriot News, as a reward for Merits. Tommy lecened as a News boy. He was chosen as the most out '■tanding talented boj, out of a laige group Mi Eberly also showed several slides he took when he toured Geimanv as a Rotanan Piesident Mrs C R Fre> an nounced that Home Makers Day will be held April 23, m the First I.esbyteuan church. 136 East Ciange St Lancaster, Pa Members voted a $5 00 conti i bution toward the “Scholarship Fund’’ for Home Economic Train ing and $lO 00 to the Migiant Spiritual Growth” fund Guests were our County Vice Piesident and County Secietary> Mis Abiam Wcidman and Mis Harold Zook-- Plans were made foi our group to \ isit Society 12 on Satmday Aprd 19, Cohostosses were Mrs. Paid Hess and Mis Musser Hcisev CHAIN SAW SERVICE CENTER New & Used Snavely’s Farm Service New Holland EL 4-321 WHY MAKE HAY? when HARVESTORE" HAYLAGE (the near-perfect forage feed} is yours in 3 Simple Steps See us for details on High-Profit Haylage KNIPMEYER, INC. Haivestoie Sales & Service NEW HOLLAND. PENN A PHONE ELGIN 4 2351 3
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