—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 6, 1958
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Manheim’s “Regional Star FFA Farmer’’, Gerald Greiner, receives an,
impumptu assist from one of his fattening steers in spreading bedding
for his 25 feeders. —LF PHOTO
Manheim F.F.A. Lea
Greiner Competes For
Highest State Award
It merely requires a 30-mmute visit with Gerald Grei
ner, S. E Penna Regional Star Farmer for 1958 in the state
Future Farmers of America award system, to determine the
reasons for his selections for competition to determine the
State’s FFA Star Farmer.
The husky, 18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs Lester G
Greiner, Manheim R D 4, in the past 412 years has com
piled one of the outstanding emptied manure spreader,
records in Penna FFA cir- Our host had an appomt
cles ment in just a few minutes
For the skeptical, that 30-
minute visit is all that's ne
eded to decide that here is a
hard - working, thinking,
“dirt” farmer
When this reporter aniv- First it was a quick trip
ed at the Greiner farm, there to a nearby farm, which the
was a short wait as Gerald Greiders recently purchased,
returned from a nearby field to feed 25 of his 35 fattening
nn e tractor pulling a just- steers Gerald has installed
54 horsepower
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when you need it most
With more than 54 horsepower engineered into one
compact power package, the D-17 has what it
takes to step up your fall harvest and plowing
Power' Director lets you shift between high and
low range on-the-go. You can slow down for turn
ing or call on extra power for tough spots... then
shift quickly into high range when you hit better
C °Traction Booster system automatically increases
traction, as needed... controls wheel slippage and
eaves fuel. . , .
You’ll harvest and plow more acres a day far
easier with the D-17.
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Rheems, Pa.
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Mann & Grumelli Farm Serv.
Quorryville, Pa.
L. H. Brubaker Nissley Farm Service
Lancaster, Pa,
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and his evening chores to fin
ish before getting ready to
leave for it. So, we tagged
along to inspect his operat
ion and get the above photos.
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Lititz, Pa.
R. S. Weaver
Stevens, Pa.
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pauses for a moment to
house.
der Honored
a self-feeder in the remodel
led bam, with a steer shed
*on the ground level.
“The feeder is automatic
at the bottom, but not on the
other end.” he reported, and
proceeded to empty bags of
ration into the hopper. Next,
he dropped several bales of
bedding straw down and
started breaking them.
After a fast work-out with
a pitch-fork, the bedding
was scattered and we return
ed to the home-farm
There he led the way to
his “floor” of Leghorn layers.
He keeps 2,000 layers, using
automatic feeders and water
ing systems “This”, he grins
“is the way to do it right.”
We then hurried to his
farrowing house, where ten
Yorkshire-cross sows and his
herd boar waited for feeding
time His string of 50 fatten
ing barrows are on self-fee-d
ers, but the traditional feed
bucket and troughs go to wo
rk in the farrowing house.'
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What Is A Good
Hatching Egg Flock Worth?
As a buyer of baby chicks, you should make a point of knowing what kind
of care your halcheryman takes of his breeders., I may be all wrong, but
we feel here at Babcock's that our breeder flocks are the reason for our suc
cess. We take special pride to see that all breeders are in excellent health
at all times when we are taking eggs for Kiatching. For protection, we do
like lo brood them though so they are exposed to diseases. This gives our
customers stronger chicks with a high degree of parental immunity. But once
we house them, they must be kept hea’thy.
THINGS WE DO
Never hatch from breeders until
they are ten months old, even
if we need the eggs.
Use only eggs 24 to 27 ounces
-per dozen.
You get big, sturdy chicks of a uni
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| least once every three weeks Insures you of healthy chicks from
| from day old on. healthy mothers.
4. For every one tlockowner we Top poultrymen ore producing top
selected we turned down three. chicks for you.
We're pretty fussy. We hove to be to keep ahead of our competition. This
year buy your chicks direct from the breeder.
BUY BESSIES FROM BABCOCK
Babcock Hatchery, Inc.
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L'ke most farmers Gerald this will have to do and we’ll
can spot something he would make the changes where and
like to improve, repair or when we can.
change in everything he do- He has an idea that a farm
es “But 'for the time being, ing partnership with Tiis dad
Cut C.R.D Medication Cost
with ROCKLAND
See your dealer
DICK KNAUSS
R.D. 1, Doyleslown, Pa.
Fillmore 8-5359
RTE. 3F, LITITZ, PA.
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sure all is well in the modern farrowing
—LF PHOTO
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Star Farmer
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PARA-STREP la approved by the U. %
FOod and Drug Administration for safety
and effectiveness.
PARA-STREP Is a patented combination
Of dibydrostreptomycin and Para-AmlnC
Benzoic Acid CRC-I2) in mlcronlzed dust,
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If tha pair were administered indlvldi#
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By getting this much age on our
breeders, we have found that your
chick livability the first few weeks
is extremely good.
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