A SILO. The new 210 feet long addi
tion (right) on the Roland Sharpless
Farm located south of Quarryville on
Black Burn Road looks like a free stall
barn but it isn’t. It is a bunker silo. The
34 ft. wide by BV2 ft. deep silo under roof,
is expected to hold 1,500 to 2,000 tons of
corn silage and will be fed out from both
ends by moveable gates to 250 to 300
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MORTON CHEMICAL COMPANY
DIVISION OF MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INC.
110 'NORTH- WACKER DRIVE • CHICAGO, ILLINOIS BOBOS
steers. Fifty-one tons of limestone will be
used to seal the contents. Sharpless mov
ed on the farm in April and has convert
ed the dairy operation into a labor-saving
beef set-up. 2’ x 2’ pile lasters filled with
cement reinforce the inside wall and iron
rods were cemented into each row of
blocks. 400 yards of concrete were used in
the construction. L. F. Photo
ANOTHER PEACE OF-MIIID PRODUCT FROM..
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. September 14.196 ft
NEPPCO Plans Pre-Expo Tour Of
Spread Eagle Farms Complex
TRENTON, N.J. Spread Ea
gle Farms Pennsylvania’s
most talked about poultry com
plex will be the subject of
an all day tour arranged by the
Northeastern Poultry Producers
Council (NEPPCO) for Oct. 7.
The trip precedes the opening
of the three-day NEPPCO Ex
position in the Farm Show Build
ing in Harrisburg, Pa., on Oct
8. Four chartered bus loads of
poultry industrymen from the 14
northeastern states are expected
to make the trip.
Spread Eagle Farms, Inc., is
located at Klingerstown, Pa,
about 45 miles north of Harris
burg. It presently houses more
than 200.000 layers, 60,000 of
which are brown egg birds All
are in cages, in environmental
ly-controlled houses
The operation includes some
1500 acres of land under cultiva
tion mostly in corn to be used
as poultry feed Spread Eagle
utilizes an ingenious poultry
manure disposal system to re
duce fertilization costs It also
boasts a feed and grain center
for processing and storing grain,
and for mixing formula feeds
Major products of the opera*
tion are liquid fresh and frozen
eggs, sold principally to the
spaghetti and bakery industries.
It produces a number of pro
cessed convenience food items
utilizing eggs, and markets some
of its production as shell eggs
The tour will be preceded by
an audio-visual briefing at the
Farm’s main office Following
the tour, visitors may take ad
vantage of an optional airplane
flight to view the’ layout from
the air
Details and reservations for
the tour are being handled at
the NEPPCO Office, 10 Rutgers
Place, Trenton, N J 08618 The
tour is by reservation only and
includes lunch, transportation
and admission to the exposition
Open House At NEB A
Northeastern Breeders Associ
ation (NEBA) of Tunkhannock,
Pa announces plans for an Open
House during the period of Sep
tember 19-22 A repeat of last
year’s successful event, this
year’s Open House will place
special emphasis on the new fa
cilities just completed at NEBA
Highlight of the NEBA Open
House will be the dedication of
the new facilities on Saturday,
September 21 Also, on this date
a chicken ba.becue will be serv
ed Tickets for the baibecue may
be obtained fiom NEBA tech
nicians or fiom the NEBA of
fice in Tunkhannock They must
be purchased in advance
Throughout the four day peri
od employees will be
present to greet guests and an
swer questions On Saturday,
September 21st guided tours will
include an inspection of the new
modern labor atoij, the new
barns, and the sires at NEBA
Demonstrations will be given o£
semen collection, processing and
freezing procedures
Occupying center stage during
the Open House will be the NE
BA sires Visitors will see not
only the A.I. proven sires at NE
BA, but the many others in the
NEBA sire development pro
gram Included will be a number
of sires due to enter service dur
ing the coming months
First Book
The first book printed in the
American colonies of which
copies are still known to us was
the Bay Psalm Book
ELI F. KING
Pond Road Ronks R. D. 1
(2 miles Northwest of
Intercourse)
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