FHA Honors Centre County Family
Tho Uni old W Lucas lamilv Hancock of Loganlon, who
of Bi'llcfonlL*. I’a, has been s haicd his fm m ambitions, and
honored ns "larm family of the lcy c f! an fmming as tcn;mls
jear by agnculluial lenders, They woiked haul and made
stale and local officials, farmers pi ogress, but found that tenant
and rural citizens participating in fanning failed to bung the sal
the Pennsylvania Rural Develop, isfaction of "building some
nient Committee s Tour of the thing you can keep ” They con-
Central Susquehanna River Ba* tinned to talk and dienm of
6in - owning their own place By
The award was sponsoicd by 1960 ’ they *>Jd gamed enough
the Farmers Home Admimstra- f^ pei l. ei ’ ce ‘" KI savin gs
tion, the rural ci edit agency of t l ley / e t P lc P Jll ’ ec i to ta k c H l *-
*he US. Depaitment of \gucul- step towaid faim owneish, P
ure ‘ They tinned to the Farmeis
As a boy on a Cenlie County Home Administration foi fman
farm where his paients were cing to take over a farm in Nit
"hard working owner-opera- tany Valley where they would
tors,” Lucas learned to love the make dany farming their main
land and dreamed of owning his, enterpnse Eventually, a suit
own farm some day In time, he able faim ownership loan was
married the foimei Nyna Mane auanged through FHA, and in
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CHURCHTOWN AGRICO
SERVICE CENTER
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1960 they look o\oi as owneis
\n operating loan piovided
funds to pin chase livestock and
equipment
Mr. and Mis Lucas with
their two childicn, Andy, ele
ven, and Amy, nine, now oper
ate a 175 acie faim in the fer
tile Nittany Valley, ciop 160 of
those acres, milk 43 head of
Holsteins and caie for an addi
tional 31 head
They leap five tons of alfalfa
hay pei acie. pioduce 120 bush
els of shelled coi n per acre, and
ensile 28 tons of corn silage per
acre
Efficiency is a key to their
success.
Contributing to the efficient
opeiation is a detailed system
of record keeping, with Mis
Route 23
Lancaster Farming, .Saturday. Oclobfr 17. lf)70 '
Lucas m cbaigc She can tell a
visiloi how much each cow con
sumes at cvciy feeding, each
cow’s pioduilion iccoid, the
current status of cash outlay foi
faim soivices and equipment
The Lucas family’s paiticipa
tion in DIIIA has paid divi
dends In 1960 the held tinned
in the thud highest pioduclion
average in the County 16,648
pounds of milk and 608 pounds
of buttcifat and won foi
them a gold plaque It was the
first year the heid’s bulteifat
average exceeded 600 pounds
What advice does Lucas of
fer other faimeis new m the
business 9
Take advantage of all the pio
fessional help thats ofteied, he
says
Help vour cows thiougli a
sound piogiam of bieedmg
feeding, and management
which has a scientific basis foi
forage testing, soil testing and
Dairy Held Improvement Asso
ciation iccords
The family takes an active
part in community affans He
is a dnector of the Centre
County Soil Conseivation Dis
trict, member of Huebleisbuig
Fire Company, Pennsylvania
Farmeis Association. Dany
Held Impio\ement Association,
from your Wayne Dealer
Book Your Cattle Feed Now
Were not going to give you a long list of
reasons why now is the time to book. You
know them all. Just a word to the wise to
help you do it and get it off your mind.
Anyway, we’d like to see you and maybe
bring you up to the minute on feeding
developments.
GRUBB SUPPLY CO
Elizabethtown
WHITE OAK MILL
R D 4, Manheim
C. E. SAUDER & SONS
R D 1, EastEail
H. M. STAUFFER
& SONS, INC.
Witmer
STEVENS FEED MILL,
INC.
Stevens, Pa.
Leola, Pa.
MOUNTVILLE
FEED SERVICE
R D 2 Columbia
' FOWL’S FEED SERVICE
R D 1, Quarryvilie
R D 2, Peach Bottom
H. JACOB HOOBER
Intercom se, Pa
D.iiiv Ht'icl Impiocemenl Asst
n.iljon .imi othei oigani/alioin
Cluldien .nt; in the 4 H Dan v
Club, Chinch Chou and 80./
Scouts
Pemose Hallowell, State Dn
ectoi of FI lA, stated that Urn
Slate Awaitlb Committee m
selecting the oulstamling lai in
family consideis such points a
appeaiance of the home and
faim, quality and pioduction oi
lueslock, quality and pioduc
lion of oops, efficiency in Urn
faim and home opeiation, the
adoption of impiovement man
agement piactices. linancial
piogiess and community al
faus
The Lucas’ weie cited foi out
standing achievement on the
fann. m the home and in sei
vice to then community Paili
cipating in the iccent piogiam
weie P Kenneth Shoemakei,
ex vice president foi govei n
ment lelations, Heinz Company,
letned, the pimcipal speaker
on a piogram including Honoi
ables Heiman T Schneebeli,
17th Congiessional Distuct, Lc
land H Bull, Secietaiy, Penn
sylvania Depaitment of Agn
cultui e, and Mi Thomas H Pat
ton, Coopeiative Extension Sei-
vice,
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HEISEY FARM SERVICE
Lawn Ph 964-3444
HAROLD H. GOOD
Teue Hill
HERSHEY BROS
ROHRER’S MILL
R D 1, Ronks
PARADISE SUPPLY
Paiadise
DUTCHMAN FEED
MILLS, INC.
R D 1, Stevens
Rexnholds