KEIFFER IS SHOWN standing by the central 6-inch tile line just above the lower laterals in the field. Above him on the hillside five laterals had been completed, while the machine was moving mto work-in the "wet” lower section of the field. The part of the field below the wagon and truck has been used for pasture and meadow in the six years Kiefler has operated the farm, being too wet to crop. He hopes to start cropping it in 1960 —LG PHOTO Cooperative Conservation Adds Rich Cropland For This Farmer The photos on this and the facing page serve to illust rate a project undertaken by a southern Lancaster County farmer ■who believes, „ with out reservation, in conserva tion farming as a means of increasing farming profits. Grant Kieffer, who farms 475 acres—including the Ful ton birthplace—just north of the 72 - 222 junction in Go shen community, this week completed the laying of 6,000 feet of porous concrete tile drain in a field just west of the farmstead. The fie’d had been tiled years ago, but with the main lines too small and clogging cutting down on flow, it was time for another try at dry ing up the low lands and re turning them to profitable crop production Kieffer reports that in the six years he has farmed the “home-pace” he has never cropped the lower part of the ’field—which is b’essed with a rich, black, deep top-soil SUPER Self Service SHOES 220 W. KING ST. Lone. Co/s Largest Shoe Store All Ist Quality SUPER LOW PRICES STANDARD Equipment, Inc. Announces Its 16% BIG Spring Discount SALE ON All-New Bam Cleaner Easy-All Comfort Stalls SATE closes MARCH 31 Cepe & Weaver WILLOW STREET Ph. Lane. EX 3-2824 and too much ground water. Next Spring, after the new tile has done its job and the entire field has "been contour stripped, he expects to grow his first row or grain crop on the land. Up till now, Kieffer has utilized the rich soil of this field by pasturing or harves ting a hay crop. But as he says, “That’s not the best thing with land as rich as this.” Before actual work could, start on the dram system, Kieffer contacted the Lancas ter County Soil Conservation Service. SCS Work Unit Conserva- While they last! Stereo-equipped Gonsolette Hi-Fi . . . precision changer that automatically shuts „ itself off. Multiple Magnavox extended-range high-fidelity speakers operating through a cross over filter network. Two channel stereo amplifier . . . Now priced within reach of every Music lover. Your choice of sev- C