12—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 7, 1963
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A BEAR ON THE CORNERSTONE along with
the date,‘l773, tells some of the history of this tobacco
shed on the Elvin Hershey farm, Lincoln Highway,
west of Lancaster. The cornerstone carries no names,
but the cornerstone on the barn bears the date 1807
and the names Christian and Elisabetha Bear. The
house has a stone with the date 1885 and the names
of Benjamin and Anna Bear.'Hershey has lived on the
farm since 1934. L. F. Photo
• Hershey
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dunng December, January,
February and March, and sells
most of the meat, except the
hams, at his market stand The
hams are usually sold tresh to
be cured 'and sold later by an
other market stand owner He
jaises about 50 head ot York
‘shiie hogs each year “If we
bought hogs to butcher, we
would need a special license,”
he sa>s
Hershey said he keeps busy
enough with the farms and
maiket, and does not do any
custom butchering I could
probably have custom butcher
ing all the time it I wanted
it, he said, but he does not
jeel that he has enough time
joi that kind of business.
DAIRY BL’SIVKSS
Xelson H Hershey, the son
who lives on a second farm
at Columbia K 2, is the dairy
heidsman The 110 acre farm
jb inn as a partneiship of fa
thei and son
Last yeai the 33 Holstems
in the herd made an average
13 912 pounds ot milk wuth a
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air the- cows In the hferSf;
raised on the farm. -NO;
attributes most of the gali
increased grain in the rai
but he says,there might
been some other factors.
Nelson said he had felt
several years that the wea
link in the dairy program
the heifer raising facilities,
improve this phase of the ;
gram, the Hersheys remoc
the barn on -the home pi
so that the pens were lar
easier to clean, and mpre 1
and airy.
The old well was torn a
and a new concrete block
was constructed at the fi
edge of the forebay. T
small doors were replaced
large rolling doors and a
steel I beam eliminated
need for several posts in
stable. Now the entire
can be cleaned with a ma;
loader and spreader.
Feeding is easier, too, •
the long continuous troug!
the back side of the pens,
placing the partitions in
small pens with movable ga- Most of the potatoes and mm and Anna Bear, and thj
tes makes it easier to see the the eggs from the- 7,800 lay- year 1885. A tobacco shed oi
heifers and keep a check on mg hens go to the market the farm' has a cornetstpaj
their health. At present, the trade or to retail stores-in with the figure_of a beat'aaj
Hersheys have about 30 head around- Lancaster. - the date 1773 - Hershey "baji
of young stock for replace- On the farm where Nelson he' does not now the history
ments on the home farm. As lives the 30-acres of-corn, 85 -of the Beajr fanulyr-but he ha|
the heifers freshen they will-acres of hay, 20-acfes-of wheat-contracted with,a historian b)
be taken to the milking string and five acres of barley, as trace the family and its bacltl
on the farm Elvin bought well as the 15 acres of pas- ground. ;
from Park Hess about seven ture, provide feed and bedding - Id many ways the farm ij
jears ago. for the dairy herd a unique combination of thij
Nelson says he believes the The Hersheys raise no tobao best -of the old days and thcj|
new method of handling re- co or _ other cash crops. - most modern agricultural pracl
placement stock will improve An interesting feature of tiees. „
the dairy program a great the nei\ly remedied barn on '(Continued on Fasce 13) ■
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