This is a view inside the new free-stall housing at the
Ernest Sauder farm. In this view, the automatic roof
panels are closed. Parts of the automated feeding
This is an exterior view of the enclosed putting the finishing touches on the facility
free-stall system built at the Ernest Sauder early this week,
farm by Caleb M. Wenger. Workmen are
Workmen put the finishing touches on the new automatic
opening and closing roof designed as part of a new livestock
housing concept by Caleb M. Wenger and being completed
this week at the Ernest Sauder farm at Silver Springs. The
men at the top center (looking up from the ground) give an
indication of the size and appearance of the new roof. These
large roof panels automatically open and close, depending on
whether or not the sun is shining.
system are shown. The facility was built and designed by
Caleb M. Wenger, Quarryville RDI.
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Farm Show Brief
The 1972 Pennsylvania Farm
Show will have more than 220
commercial exhibits when the
big event opens at Harrisburg for
live days on Monday, January 10
Farm Show Brief
The accent is heavy on youth at
the Pennsylvania Farm Show.
Members of 4-H Clubs
(agricultural and home
economics), Future Farmers of
America, and Future
Homemakers of America
compete with various exhibits.
Public school vocational
agriculture and homemaking
departments provide special
booth displays and give
demonstrations of their farm and
school activities. Homemaking
students also display food and
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 8.1972
Dr. Farber Is
Named Acting USDA
Dr Sheldon S Farber has been
named the U S Department of
Agriculture’s acting area
supervisor for meat and poultry
inspection in Pennsylvania
According to the USDA’s
Consumer and Marketing Ser
vice which is responsible for the
lederal inspection program, the
office will be located in
Harrisburg and will supervise
lederal inspection in packing and
processing plants, as well as
maintain surveillance of state
inspection programs that are
certified by USDA as equal to
federal
Dr Farber’s appointment is
part of a USDA reorganization of
its meat and poultry inspection
program, in which eight regional
offices were consolidated into
five and 36 area offices were
established Most of the latter
offices will be located in State
capitals and will report to one of
the five regional offices
The Pennsylvania office will
come under the Northeast
Regional Office in Philadelphia.
Its acting director will be Dr
Chester F. Diehl
The purpose of the
reorganization is to enable USDA
to have an even closer
relationship with state officials
who administer inspection
programs and will offer meat and
poultry industrymen a closer
point of contact for fulfilling their
role in the inspection process
Prior to assuming this pbst. Dr
Farber, a native of Philadelphia,
was deputy regional director for
processing in the Northeast
Regional Office in Philadelphia
He joined USDA 25 years ago,
having graduated from the
University of Pennsylvania with
a Doctorate in Veterinary
Medicine
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