12—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. November 1.1969 • Farm (Continued from Page 1) adjustments often icquirc large sums of capital and they af fect alt components of the faim business Examples of these ad justments me the pm chase of additional land the construction of new dam lacilities. the in stallation of on irrigation sys tem. or building a completely mechanized beef feeding sys tem The high capital requue ments of such adjustments de mands caicful study of the ef fect of the adjustment on the business befoie a final decision is made ” For Lancaster County farm eis, one management tool that can be used effectively is Linear Progiamnnng “Penn State through the local extension of fice m the Fai m and Home Cen ter, provides a state-wide ser vice that can not be found avail able on as laige a scale in any other state. - ’ Crowley said Linear piogi attuning has been described as a management tool DEPENDABLE IS ELECTRIC HEAT! 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Call PP&L today for a free estimate of the cost to heat your home electrically. to be used only when larmers face major adjustments which will affect the overall organiza tion of the farm business and thus necessitate the examina tion of several alternatives This is because minor adjustments can be evaluated by paitial bud geting But Ciowley said. “Sup pose a faim operator is not fac ed with any adjustment piob lems, is theie any way this opci ator could make effects e use of L P. as a management tool The answer is yes, lineal piogiam ming piovides an excellent means of depicting an optimum standaid against which the opei ator can compaie his piesent operation Linear piogiamming may be as useful used for this puipose as when used as a tool to evaluate majoi adjustments ” To start in the program, data collection sheets are filled out fiom the faim lecoids These sheets aie divided into essential ly five sections which include the fai m resom ces and how they For good production next lactation, FEED PURINA DAIRY CONDITIONER As a dauyman, you know that good milk production doesn’t just happen It’s something you plan for by establishing a held with the genetic potential for good production, then managing and feeding your cows so they’ll pioduce up to their bied-m ability. 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Landis Ph* 3Q4..7Q19 1912 Creek Hill Rd., Lane. John B. Kurtz Ph- 354-9251 R. D. 3, Ephrata West Will ow Farmers Assn., Inc. Ph 464-3431 West Willow HWK are presently used; crop activi ties with the imputs required for the various crops; livestock activities with the inputs need ed: capital additions to be con sidered and the prices paid for inputs such as purchased feeds, etc. These items are fed to a com puter and sorted out and the re sults enables the farmer to use this advanced technology for planning The operator must be able to accurately descube the quantity and quality of his ic souices, to state his objective and specify any lestiictions to be imposed. The plans developed by LP are noi mative solutions and pei - tain to the stated conditions, ip stnctions and coefficients which are obtained from the faim operator in the data collecting piocess If the data accurately reflects the farm situation the solutions should be very helpful to the operator. 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