Vol. 17 No. 18
Manheim Farmer Named 1971 Outstanding Cooperator
Lester Stehman Recognized at Conservation Banquet
A Manheim area farmer who
has been an active cooperator
with the Lancaster County Soil
and Water Conservation District
for many years received the 1971
Outstanding Cooperator Award
at the annual banquet at the
Farm and Home Center Thur
sday night.
Lester Stehman, Manheim
RD2, operates a 76 acre beef
farm in Rapho Township. A soil
Conservation Cooperator for 23
years, he has been actively
stressing conservation practices
on his farm for the past five
years.
The award presentation to Mr.
and Mrs. Stehman was a color
aerial photo of the Stehman farm,
taken by Grant Heilman, local
photographer. The award was
presented by Abe Dombach,
chairman of the County Com
missioners.
Stehman’s list of conservation
practices include:
—Built 2.2 ,acres of sod
waterways, > .. ■ >
—Constructed 12,461 feet of
terraces. Of this, 4,140 feet are
parallel, 8,321 feet are cropland
terraces.
—Constructed 10,025 feet of tile
drain.
'—One grade stabilization
structure.
—Has 60 acres of contour
farming.
Two other prominent Lan
caster County Conservation men
were honored for their services to
the Conservation District. In
surprise acknowledgements,
Amos Funk, Millersville RDI,
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and Henry Hackman, Manheim
RD2, each received an engraved
watch from Comissioner Dom
bach in appreciation of the 20
years' each has served in the
District.
The film “American the
Beautiful” was shown by Hack
man, executive assistant ot the
District. This film has been
prepared for use in local school
to develop attitudes and
awareness in elementary school
children on ecology and- con
servation. The script and film
strip were prepared by Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Hackman.
The annual report was given by
Mrs. Nancy Burkhart, Con
servation District secretary. In
her report, it was noted that in
1971 the federal government paid
Lancaster County land owners
nearly $75,000 for conservation
work on their farms, comprised
mostly of installing sod water
ways and cropland terraces.
She stated that a total of 86
landowners became cooperators
during 1971, making a total of
1,586 cooperators in the District.
Fifty-nine basic conservation
plans were prepared and 15 old
plans were revised and technical
assistance provided to 574 lan
downers.
Speaker for the evening was R.
M. (Mel) Davis, Camp Hill.
Davis cataie to Pennsylvania in
Dairy Calf
“Lancaster County Dairymen
lose between 2000 and 3000 calves
each year. Most of this loss can
be attributed to the facilities in
which the calf is born and raised.
If the dairyman can improve his
facilities for calf birth and
raising, this mortality rate can be
cut.” So says County Agent Max
Smith.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 25,1972
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Stehman are shown
with the photo they received after being
named Outstanding Cooperator at the
Management Discussed
On Tuesday his thoughts were
backed up and amplified by two
calf experts from Penn State
University as they talked to
Lancaster County Dairy Far
mers at a Calf Raising and
Replacement barn meeting.
The meeting actually took
place on two Lancaster County
farms so that the specialists
Calf raising and barn replacemnt meeting
at the John B. Groff farm, R.D. 1, Mt. Joy.
could demonstrate what they
were talking about. Steve
Spencer, dairy Extension
specialist, Penn State University
and Jerry Bodman, Extension
engineer at Penn State, pointed
out the advantages of the calf
facilities on the John B. Groff
farm, Mt. Joy RDI, and the
Nelson H. Hershey farm,
Columbia RD2.
They noted that many dairy
farmers lose calves at birth or
shortly thereafter because the
calves may be born in unsanitary
quarters such as manure gutters
or dirty box stalls.
Other poor practices which
contribute to calf mortality in
cludes tieing the calves with
bailer twine to a post at the end of
the bam or putting a number of
calves in box stalls to run free.
They noted that when this occurs
quite often the calves will suck
each others ridders, thus many
times ruining udder tissue
causing the calf to be a poor
milker when she is older.
The specialists encouraged
dairymen to think a bit more of
their calves when they construct
new facilities. They pointed out
that the Groff farm has in
dividual stalls for calves, slatted
floors, and maternity pens.
The bam is dry and draft free
and is highly conducive to
problem free calf birth and
growth.
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annual Lancaster County Soil and Water
Conservation District banquet Thursday
night at the Farm and Home Center.
Farm Calendar
10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Southeast
Pennsylvania Ayrshire Club
barn meeting, Kennard
Henley farm, Cochranville.
Oakryn Grange 66, Conferring
first and second degrees,
Oakryn Grange Hall.
I p.m. New Holland Young
Farmers concrete workshop,
New Holland Concrete
Company.
7:30 p.m. Lancaster County
Soil Conservation District
educational meeting, vo-ag
department, Elizabethtown
Area High School.
7:30 p.m. Dairy Herd
Management meeting, Farm
and Home Center.
Swine Management Conference,
Penn State University, March
28 - 30.
9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Farm
Vacation Workshop, ag
building, Tunkhannock.
Milking Short Course, Penn State
University, March 29 - 31.
7 p.m. No-Til Com Planting
meeting, Roy H. Buch, Inc.,
Ephrata RD2.
7:30p.m. —Farm Water Supplies
meeting, Farm and Home
Center.
$2.00 Per Year
Saturday, March 25
Monday, March 27
Tuesday, March 28
Wednesday, March 29
Thursday, March 30
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