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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. September 25,1971
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Rural Development Tour Planned October 6 and
Plans for the 1971 Rural
Development Tour have been
completed, says Dr. Donald A.
Harter, Penn State University
Extension resource development
agent and chairman of the tour
committee.
The two-day tour will begin
October 6 in Chester County with
the first stop being at C. P.
Yeatman and Sons, Inc.,
Avondale, Chester County
mushroom producer. Aided by
the latest developments in
production, this operation
produces four crops of cultivated
mushrooms in a continuing year
round operation. Special houses
containing 131,000 square feet of
bed space produce a 1,5000,000
pound crop which is marketed
through a local cooperative
processing cannery.
Other stops include; Green
Valley Farms, Avondale, Chester
County-On this modern farm,
animal wastes from a herd of 200
milk cows is recycled back to
cropland, pastures, and
woodland through a system of
aerobic lagoons and irrigation
sprinklers. Monitoring
procedures and laboratory tests
are earned out to measure the
ecological implications of this
pioneering venture.
The Conard-Pyle Co., West
Grove, Chester County-This is the
largest concern m Pennsylvania
as well as the oldest in the U. S.
merchandising by mail order.
This firm annually produces
500,000 field grown rose plants,
and 700,000 can-grown or
namental plants, the latter in
plastic-covered winter protection
houses
Davida Pines, Plowville, Berks
County-Ecology has been a
dominant concern in the design
and development of homes on this
100 acres of beautiful woodland to
provide a new concept in family
vacationing.
Middle Creek Wildlife
Management Area located in
Lebanon and Lancaster Counties-
This 5,0000 acres under
development by the Penn
sylvania Game Commission is
planned as multi-use recreation
project which may be enjoyed
equally by the sportsman,
amateur naturalists, and outdoor
enthusiasts While controlled
water fowl hunting is planned as
a major feature of the area,
picnic sites, nature trails, and
mountain overlooks are also
being developed
Cloisterdale Farms, Inc ,
Ephrata, Lancaster County-A
modern egg production plant
which uses highly mechanized
practices to manage 270,000
layers in cages. The Bressler
drying system, a recent in
novator in poultry waste
management; is used for manure
disposal The system was
developed at Pennsylvania State
University
Aaron Z Stauffer Farm,
Ephrata, Lancaster County-This
highly diversified 87 acre family
farm serves as a good example of
the effects of increasing urban
pressures on agricultural
practices
Nolde Forest State Park,
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Reading RDI, Berks County-This
644 acre tract is under develop
ment' by the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental
Resources as an environmental
Educatfon Center. Development
of the Center will enable a wide
range of teachers and students to
become better acquainted with
ecological concerns.
The theme of the tour is:
Agricultural Progress and Urban
Development; Values in Conflict.
Headquarters for the tour will
be the Colonial Motor Lodge,
Denver, just off the Pennsylvania
Turnpike Exit 21.
The annual banquet will be held
at 7 p.m. Octobei 6, at tour
headquarters. R. M. Davis, state
conservationist, USDA Soil
Conservation Service, will be
master of ceremonies. A featured
speaker will be announced later.
Interested persons who would
like to participate in the tour may
contract: Orval Bass, Farm and
Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road,
Lancaster, Pa. 17601, Telephone
(717) 394-0681
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The structures of the twenties (and others of even earlier times)
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