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TOURISTS FOR A CASH CROP: Mr. and Mrs. David Benner, Ranks R. D. 1, “ge'rompaS 7™“ °Een.
ioy a meal with tourists at their farm Pictured (left to right) are David Frank- ner Py ’ y j, .
age 9 and Karl Franklin age 13, ofPittsburgh; Kurt Martens, Rendsburg, Gf course all the extra en- Harry IVarCIOS
many'Sherley Spring, Erie, Penna.; Paul K. Franklin, Pittsburgh; James tertamment of seeing cows Nnmorl TTrk
inkhn, age 2, Pittsburgh; Mrs. Henny Waack, Valley Cottage, N. Y.; Cathrine milked, calves fed and eggs namea *0 OOU
inkhn, age 5, Pittsburgh; Mrs Eva Martins, Rendsburg, Germany; Mrs, gathered is free with the five foncprua h* nn JCvjU
;rley Spring, Erie, Penna., John F. Hermeling, Woodhaven, N. Y. and Mrs. dollar a night room or the V ' UIIBCI vaiiuil uuu
in Hermeling, Woodhaven, N. Y. Standing: Mr. and Mrs. Benner and Mrs. “ All y° u can eat >” seventy-five by Everett Newswanger
;1 Franklin, Pittsburgh. LF. Photo, f nt breakfast of fried pota- staff Reporter
— toes, eggs, blackberries, tomato T .
mice cereal and coffee And The Lancastei County Soil
armers Cautioned Against Using you can’t drag the children a^ d Water Conservation Serv
_ . . _ , . . . ° C 0 lJ Ae . away from the barn. The sights “ d , L „ r ~
.y Containing Pesticide Residue . es i and ™ s » llllT, ‘ ;l " r; anything “• T 0 K ,“;
, , ~ Christine Rutt P . sl t.on of son co,L™tto
HARRISBURG Pennsyl- give farmers in those areas In answer to the question, Technician for the district A
T W ? re /w Ut n n u d a r d g !’" zm r P f r T le f S ° n New 4-H Queens if they have had any dishonest student Qf Chemical Engineer .
k neek by Leland H Bull, land diverted to federal con- people the Benner’s agree that , ~ Pprinevlvatl , 3
ite secretary of aguculture, servation piograms Carol Hess was crowned 4-H th ey have had “Not a one ”In
gu.-d against purchasing Secretary Bull said the cur- Queen in the sen ior division fact the night the electricity Lancaste /’ Co untv from three
containing pesticide res- rent dry spell has extended at the Field Day contest held went off and tke ra “ water ye ars of Soil Conservation
f d “ t 0 other aieas and that ad at Longs Park this week Miss came in the wmdows the tour- |« oi m m° Sy
he h":' °V g^u ante H th * ditional counties may ask for Hess 1S a member 0 f the Red He has assumed therespL
5; t cle t a "- ad r e l’ an Rose 4 ' H Baby Beef Club aTld family s sibihty of making contacts
oi ge rt tested befoie haul- federal relief the daughter of Mr and Mrs. ™ y with land owners and gather
at , , . Drought conditions, he not- Elvin Hess Jr, Strasburg Rl ing information to make con
he m S hln' If ed ’ “duickly become an emer- Queen in the junior division servation plans Other duties
ihou fpfi cnvcnr/s,™™ nc ® ency P r(> blem in areas that was Mis S Christine Rutt, daugh- f • ft _ o*l. include maping drainage areas,
ikuiarrp y aoa ,i,ct ari a * ready have experienced two ter of Mr and Mrs Wilmer Lftyillg HdlS Set grassed waterways, diversion
, ei R , “ , P , successive years of critically Rutt, 509 E Main St, New Hoi- O iIT» _ l_ terraces, farm ponds and farm
imme Mer the dry weather ” land. She is a member of the KCCOrd High and field boundaries
On w*rt„*c.rta„ As a result, the state’s ag- Garden Spot 4-H Sewing Club D.i. The new Soil Conservation
..ffSd ;evm Sh ri “ l,ure head «*«■”<>•Production Kate Techm™ w.ll work from the
taste, rr> , “ seven f. ers have had no hay carryover m n . . , Service office at 439 North
Cv rt c f a COU ff to cushion against recurring Tractors, DIUgS , Pennsylvania laying hens Duke street Lancaster .
b f ai ’! aS in shortages. T last month set a new all-time It was also announced that
1* ■ dry weather. he Targets Of Rural
P e PaitT.ent of Agriculture to sus P ects - could be a factor m C f.i. Comno fm bird according to the Penn- num ber of exhibits made
* tabavor and for that batCty Campaign Xn.a ”«rCrhng sZ “Llv T 2
p _ reason has advocated new re- T , Contest to be held July 23 at
farm faloilfla! 1 search on the use of these July been pro ice the Roy Garber Farm, Fruit
•wlll VdlCllUai chemicals claimed National Farm Safety The increased rate of lay yjije lt was reported
fob -f t onp p n „i*,,„ a ccn Manv hav sources he mdi- Week boosted egg production 1 per that everything is in shape at
Bai'^ L i t P Q !p t caffrt mav be entirely l free of President Lyndon B John- cent to 258 million, despite a t he farm
-Q, Lititz Springs Paik cat d ay be e " teyfiee son called on all persons and 2 per cent drop in number of
We7k £™> y low tolernnci he ad- organ,za, .one m the nahon -to layers Their total was down
, Vek vised buyers to ‘ labora- unlte m a stl 'ong and purpose- to 13 7 million, lowest since
-J—Farm Women’s So- t analyses to be on the safe ful effort to ieduce £arm . home August, 1949, and the lowest
et - u 3 family picnic, Wal- Sl( j e » Secretaiv Bull said a and iura l highway accidents to June total since 1945
u‘ : Meaclow > near Hopeland number of commercial labora- an n-redueible minimum Prices received for eggs av-
Dist. 4-H Demonstra- tones in the state aie now Tbe 21st annual faun safety eraged 33 cents per dozen dui
'otl Lay, Allentown Fair making such tests program, sponsored by the U mg June, one cent higher than
. 101 S Department of Agncultuie May and equal to June 1963
ll Ji GO pm, Lane Co It’s the green blades of and the National Safety Conn- Coupled with this increase in
Plov - n g Contest and Conser’ grass that manufacture food cil, is built around the theme, puce was alO cent per hun
'ahen p ie i d Day> Roy Gar . for the plant If you mow off “Safer Amencan Families Ev- dredweight reduction in price
, er Farm, Fruitville Pike 90 per cent of the blade, root erywhere ” of laying mash These two
ul > 2s— Co 4-H Hnrsp <?hnw growth stops for several days In his proclamation, the puce changes combined to pro-
Johr Ohck grounds Leola ’ to as much as more than a President said tb 2l des P lte the duce a more favorable egg-feed
week. 1 (Conlinuhd on Pase ’ 8) ratio. - -
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 18, 1964
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>avid Benner’s Tourists
A Different “Cash Crop”
by Everett Newsw anger
Staff Reporter
Once upon a time it could
be said that the only place a
farmer made money was fiom
the animals in the barn or the
crops in rthe field
But on twenty-five or thirty
Lancaster County faims this is
not the case anymoie
These enteipusing people
have turned their spare 100 ms
in the farm house into a piofit
able cash crop
One such faim is the forty
two acre dany faim of Mr
and Mrs. David Benner, Honks
RD 1 Their twenty-two cows
get milked under the watch
ful eye of maybe a lawyer or a
railroad worker The eleven
hundred chickens may be fed
by an Internal Revenue Ser
vice man or a Real Estate Sales
man
$2 Per Year
Benner Farm stays about two
days and are invited to Church
with the family if they’re there
over Sunday They find out
about staying on the farm from
the Pennsylvania Dutch Tourist
Bureau or one of its local
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WEATHER FORECAST
Temperatures during the
next five days are expected
to average 4 or more de
grees above normal —normal
high 87, normal low 66-
Cooler Sunday night and
Monday, otherwise warm
throughout the period.
Precipitation may total 1
to .6 of an inch occurring
as scattered showers about
Sunday mainly over the
northern section.