12—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 30, 1966 • Reflections FIVE YEARS AGO (Continued from Page 6) 26,000-bird capacity broiler plant on the William Myer farm, north of Myerstown. My cr also showed them his 90- cow pole bain and milking par lor systems At two commercial establish ments the poultrymen viewed the manufacture of pharmaceu ticals and the dressing of poul tiy. On the Raymond Musselman farm at Bethel Rl. a home made. 40-ton feed tank was the major attraction Mussel man buys feed in bulk for his 33,000 laying hens Machine Grows Grass In doors A grass incubator, re cently put into operation at Wyeth Laboratories at Mariet ta, will repoitedly turn 84 pounds of grain into 550 pounds of green grass in seven days Whether winter or sum mer outside, the machine caies not. The installation is designed to produce green forage for several thousand labbits and guinea pigs, and several hun dred monkeys used in testing woik Hopefully, a spokesman for the laboratoiy said this week (July 8), the machine’s pio duction will replace the kale and beets now being raised and fed Hydroponic Industries, Inc, manufacture! s of the Martin Foiager, claim grass can be produced for about $lO a ton, including all seed and operat ing costs Bicksler Named Poultryman Of The Year Homer J Bicksler, manager of the Penn sylvania Faim Bureau hatch eiy at Harnsburg, and form er piesident of the state poul tiy federation, uas recently named “Poultryman of the Yeai’’, at the federation’s an nual confeience at State Col lege. Leslie S Hubbaid of Lancas ter another past president of the federation and former ic upient of the award, piesented Bickslei with a scroll in re cognition of his many years of seivice to the mdustiy and to the federation Also honored was Harry H Kauffman, who retned at the end of June as head of Penn State’s poultry extension divi- Dairymen! CONTROL FLIES with CIODRIN and VAPONA Combination Spray Approved for use on dairy cattle. Alfalfa FERTILIZER 0-20-20 3-12-12 0-15-30 Available in Bulk, Bags or Spread ORGANIC PLANT FOOD CO. GROFFTOWN RD. next to Waterworks Ph. 392-4963 or 392-0374 ‘ sion. » * IP • Solanco FFA Electa Trimble Paul Trimble, Quarryville Rl, was elected president of the Solanco Future Farmer Chapter Thursday night (July 13). The son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Trimble, Paul will be a senior in vocatioinal agricul ture in September. Other offic ers named were: vice presi dent, Gerald Kreider, Quarry ville Rl; secretary, - Richard Geyer, Quarryville Rl; treasur er, Carl Troop, Quarryville R 3: reporter, Raymond Bomberger; sentinel, Ronald Kreider, Quar ryville R 2; and chaplain, Na than Dombach, Quarryville Rl. * « ib Ten Years Ago JULY, 1956 Barn Raising On Click Farm Some 90 friends and neigh bor turned out last week (July 6) to replace a tobacco bai n which was blown down Attention... Turkey Growers! Here is our efficient turkey feeding program. • Turk-E-Perk will give them a fast start. • Turkey Starter • Complete Turkey Grower • Complete Turkey Fattener • 40% Turkey Starter Concentrate with corn or • 40% Turkey Grower Finisher Concentrate with corn Check our low bulk price. [wiRTHMOREj HEISEY FARM PARADISE SUPPLY SERVICE PaMdise Lawn and Bellaire 665-3121 367-2321 687-6292 NOW GET MORE QUALITY AT NO Girton deluxe i n FARM COOLING TANK FEATURING CLARK ELECTRIC R. D. 1, Kinzers - r --*. * * t , s Phone Intercourse 768-8501 last March on the Aaron Glide farm at Quorryville R 2. A serioi of Lancaiter Farm* inf photos followed the swift progress of the barn raisins showing the results of one day’s dedicated efforts. Farm Museum To Expand The famed Pennsylvania Farm Museum at Landis Valley ac quired an additionad two acres iccently, and plans to expand. “Officials of the Pennsylvan ia Historical and Museum Com mission came to Lancaster this week (July 20) to survey pi As pect s for expansion both at Landis Valley and at the Eph rata Cloisters. The comtnisbion vetoed the idea of a farm village, empha sizing that the individual character of the farm museum would be lost. Wh'Mi plans are completed, the grounds of the museum will be turned about face, and will look toward the Lancaster- Reading highway. It is hoped the farmhouse once occupied by the Landis INCREASE IN PRICE WITH A NEW Brothers, and now. serving n»Lebanon, York, and Berks also office and museum, will bo fur* voted "no” on continuation of nished in a style typical of the controls, year in which it was built. This is the fourth coniccu * * • • tlve year local farmers have turned down wheat marketing quotas. ♦ • • • Rain* Hinder Field Work Rainy weather continued to hamper field work on area farms. Harvesting of hay was difficult in all sections. Corn has excellent, dark green color and stands waist high. Rain during the first two weeks of July totaled about 75 percent of the normal for the entire month. M. M. Smith, Lancaster County Agent, re ported “I don’t know when I’ve seen corn, tomatoes, and tobacco grow as fast as they have this year.” County Farmers Vote Down Wheat Quota Although farmers across the nation voted better than four to one for continuation of federal con trols on next year’s wheat crop, Lancaster County farmers vot ed five to one against the measure. IDE OUTLET ER E INSULATION T COOLING A # Kt Neighboring counties of If flies are about to drive your cattle crazy. • then you better see us fast for ORTHO DiBROM 1% Fly Spray If you’re sick and tired of fooling around with weak, half-hearted fly sprays, then you’re ready *■ for DIBROM, Minutes after you spray, every fly that’s been hit will be dead or dying. When DI- < BROM hits ’em, they stay hit. Even if they’re re- sistant to other sprays DIBROM is registered to spray over and around cattle. In fact, Dibrom in emulsified form is even safe to spray on food crops, up to four days of harvest, It’s easy to use, comes to you ready-mixed and gives you real economy. Sure, it costs a little more than your pyrethrin sprays, but you’ll find that it gives a lot better kill. So when all is said and done you wind up getting back a lot more of the money that flies have been costing you in reduced milk and meat production. Come in and see us . . . well be glad to show you how to go after flies like you mean it -with ORTHO DIBROM, T. M. Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.; Ortho, Dibrom. On all Chemicals, Read" Directions and Cautions Before Use. DISTRIBUTED BY P. L ROHRER & BROK ING. SMdKl^bwSf 4 ' Phone Lancf 597-sls9 Aungft Holstein Leads Red Rose DHIA A registered Holstein owned by Harry Aun gst. Marietta Rl, completed the highest 305-day lactation re cently in the Red Rose Dairy Herd Improvement Associa (Continued on Page 13) Robert K. 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