16—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, 6etober 29,1066
Winding-Up Potato Harvest In Lancaster County
BRINGIN’ IN THE SPUDS Po
tato harvest is running a little late
this year on the Noah W. Kreider &
Sons farm in the Manheim area, be
cause of the frequent rains this month.
But with about 200 acres already har
vested, the end is in sight with the
large capacity of the mechanical har
vesting equipment like the one shown
above. Using a crew of four on the
'• More Hog Research “ Hl °g &ase P roWems are oi^wMchte^sSi
(Continued from Pare 131 nothing new, he said. ‘They , olie w^ lctl f 135 US3d
Wfc bS hv th? lackofsci- have merely come Mo n* ****** to vastly
Sc SsSch nSaSr to ead sharper focus: first, be- iim £ rOTe Paction effimency.
SteSl m .theTexact a Hewita- tri- «* ** ' tbat v*'
Se bate relative to the value of m hogproduction lies
Pointing out that the num- the hog crop than, is now ex- Precisely m the areas where
Z- perienced with' any other live- poultry business has made
J . V™ T~r I^ raners P™- r wnnrl heraiKSP »*» g* improved dis
ducurg hogs had dropped by stock ’ an f . second, because controJ improved genetic
38 percent from 1959 to 1964, advantages Jn. more eco- 3353 imurS
DeGraff said that efforts of nomdcal production ,that could e£eS *
farmers remaining in hog pro- «*me from larger, specialized w been
toes P ** h °° disease outbreaks.-’ -* ' DeGraff said. “Bat he is los
aMeases‘ rng out as a market for feed,
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harvester to separate stones and dirt
from the potatoes as they are picked
up, each harvester can cover four to
eight acres a day, depending on digg
ing conditions. Potatoes are augered
into a bulk potato body which is tow
ed alongside until it is filled. Accord
ing to Noah Kreider, Jr., most of the
crop this year is being shipped in bulk
truckloads to processors. L. F. Photo
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ptoyment for term families, supply." He said Unit tt U re
and aa a aouret of succulent .mtirioabls that tha beisf pro*
and nutritious food for con- ducdng industry has kept pace
turners. with the greatly increased con*
"The hog business is losing sumer demand,
out because its problems have The development of hybrid
been relatively neglected in seed etocks, expanded use of
ithe allocation of research. fertilizers, herbicides, peatl
funds end research talent in oldee and high-speed power
both our state and federal re- equipment have created a
search stations." shift away from livestock pro-
DeGnff called the remark- ductdon. to grain farming, he
able rise in consumer demand said. He urged greater efforts
for beef from about 55 by agricultural scientists to
pounds per capita 'twenty years make available for animal ag
ago to 100 pounds per capita rlculture similar risk-reducing
this year "One of the truly developments. i
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