LETTERS
TO THE
EDITOR
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Dear Editor and Friends:
Time passes rapidly here just
as it does in the United States,
so I guess it is time for another
Australian report. The fall har
vest season is just starting and
the main crops to be gathered
are millet, corn, cotton, soy
beans and sunflowers. Many of
the areas that I travel in have
been very short of rainfall and
will have a very short crop.
Other areas are reasonably
good and the areas that irrigate
have excellent crops.
The railroads aie govern
ment owned and they give
special freight rates on live
stock feeds to areas that are
drought - stricken. Another
thing many cattle men get is a
permit to feed their cattle along
the stock routes. The law re
quires that they move them six
miles a day, but they can keep
them along the road for many
months if they care too. The
biggest problem is finding wa-
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ter for them as they travel. One
man told me he had 175 head
on the road for nine months in
1965 and when the drought
broke they were in fine condi
tion.
In the olden days, the Stock
Routes weie used a great deal
to move cattle. They are still
maintained as a public domain,
but aie rarely ever used. An
other thing of interest I have
noticed, when an animal dies,
they pile wood on it and burn
the carcass There is no lending
works here as in the U S. I am
also quite amused at the rural
mail boxes you see. Mostly they
are an old bucket or milk can
fastened on a post or stump.
In the rural areas, the Post
Offices are frequently in a pri
vate farm house, where you
would cross a cattle guard or
maybe open a gate to get too.
In mentioning these things, I do
not wish to convey that the
rural people are not intelligent
and well read, buy they are
very practical and try hard to
live within their means. I find
it lelatively easy to communi
cate with them, and most of
them like to learn about farm
ing in America.
For some of our best dauy
feed customers, we are sending
them a subscription to Hoards
Dairymen for Christmas gifts.
The dairymen close to the cities
that have a fairly good milk
quota, can buy some feed but
those producing cream or over
quota milk, simply do not have
enough income to spend money
on bought feed. One advantage
they do have, they get nearly
a*s much for a cull dairy cow as
they pay Tor a fresh one. You
could buy a real good fresh
cow for $2OO. A reasonably
good beef cow would bring $l5O.
About a month ago, we had
two couples from California
stop to visit us. The two men
were farmers, in fact one of the
men had 2,000 acres in Califor
nia. He said his land taxes
averaged over $lO per acre per
year. We looked at equal land
here. The taxes run less than
$l.OO per year. I took them to
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Manheim Young Farmers Annual
Banquet To Feature Eastman
GORDON EASTMAN'S all new adventure show of
hunting and fishing will be the entertainment at the Man
heim Young Farmers annual banquet to be held Friday,
March 28, 1969 at 6:45 p.m. at Hostetter’s Banquet Hall at
Mt. Joy, Pa. Your tickets may be purchased from any
Young Farmer member.
some of the best areas of the
Darling Downs where they ir
rigate and they both said they
had never seen “any better
land.”
I had a letter from a Mr
Heisey of Hershey, Pa, who
directed a tour to Australia re
cently. There were 28 in the
party including II women from
Pennsylvania and Maryland.
However, they did not include
Queenland in their itinerary
and I did not get to see them. I
felt they missed seeing much of
the best and most fertile land in
Australia. Mr. Heisey called by
phone from southern Australia.
We have selected to build
and hope to get started build
ing our new house in about two
weeks. It will take two or three
months to complete. It should
be ready before winter starts in
June. This city has an average
yearly growth rate of 1,000 peo
ple and there are many new
homes being built.
Aside from a few days of 90
degrees, we had a very pleasant
summer and I would say this is
as near a perfect climate as one
could find. Another thing I
never tire of is the blue sky. I
have had a fair look at Queen
land, in six months, I have
OXFORD PICKLE
COMPANY
South Deerfield, Moss.
Invites all growers to
consider Cucumbers
Mj foe Pickles in their
farm program for this
- \ growing season.
"Cucumbers are a
proven cash crop"
For more informotion contact
HARVEY G. GOOD
PLANT FOOD STORE
Intercourse, Pa. , Phone 717-768-8451
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Lancaster Farming. Saturday, March 15.1969—1.^
Annual Flowers Serve
Many Purposes
Gardeners can find annual
flowers for almost any purpose
Annuals can be planted to add
summer color to a spring-flow
ering rock garden, cover up dy
ing spring foliage, in larger
beds, for edging and for win
dow and porch boxes, suggest
extension ornamental specialists
at The Pennsylvania State Uni
versity.
Better Save A Little Money:
It May Be Worth Something,
Sometime.
traveled 20,000 miles in my
sales work.
The company plans to get me
a new vehicle as soon as the
new models come out in April.
We don’t do anything like they
do in the States, do we!
Good bye for now to all the
Lancaster County friends.
Yours Very Truly,
Amos Hively
20 Glendower Street
Toowoomba, Queensland
Australia 4350
Trucks
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Akron
Ph. 859-1021
Plants
600 Assorted Sweet Onion Plant 1 -
with free planting guide $3 6C
postpaid. TONCO, “home of the
sweet onion,” Faimersville, Tex
as 75031.
Miscellaneous
Diy Wood shavings delivered n
convenient 2 ton loads Excel
lent for dany barns and free
stalls. Low puces.
Phone Denver 267-6726
For Sale John Deere 720
tractor, 4 bottom plow, John
Deere A tractor with 45 loader.
International manure spreader
ground driven Model 30. Phone
215 932-8499.
For Sale—No. 6 Harvester, 6
knives, fine shape with new pick
up head; also camper 36” Toppei
with walk-in door, like new
Aaron N. Bange, Hanover R#4,
17331, Phone 637-6820.
Wanted—A Black Wood range
in good shape. Also a wood silo,
state size and price. Apply to
John Mv Martin, Denver R#l,
Penna. 17517.
For Sale—l96B Falcon Futura
straight stick, positive traction,
AM-FM radio, dual speakers,
like new condition, 3900 Miles,
Call 367-3185.
Wanted Disc, plow and snow
blade for International Cub Low-
Boy tractor. Must be in good
condition Phone 717-442-4028.
For Sale —Butchering hog, Pure
bred Landrace barrow, weighing
300 to 360 lbs. Call after 6 P.M,
665-5728.
For Sale 6 Surge diagonal
parlor stalls with stainless steel
front shield and feed bin. Phone
445-5652
For Sale—l 2 x3O wooden silo
with roof and outside ladder.
Phone 215 593-6434.
For Sale —Bottle gas refrigera
tor in good condition, $lOO 00
Phone 717-733-3262
For Sale—Ford 2—14” bottom
plow, three point hookup, tup
back, like new. Phone 872 5858
For Sale 1-row John Deeie
potato planter, recently over
hauled, $95 00. Phone 872-2583
For Sale—MF 2-iow corn
planter with plates, like new.
Phone 872-7632.
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