8-*-Lancaster Farming, Saturday. April 15, 1972
Guernsey
Thirty-seven persons
representing the Lancaster
County Guernsey Breeders
Association traveled to the
Hanover-Chambersburg-
Mercersburg area last week for
its annual tour
The first stop on the tour was at
Hanover Shoe Farms, Hanover,
home of world famous trotting
horses. There are over 3,000 head
of horses housed at the farm
Of particular interest to the
women in the group was a stop at
the Pet Pie Plant at Cham
bersburg. The frozen foods
division where pies are made was
observed, making the few pies
made at home look like childs
play
Specifically touring farm
operations, the environmental
calf barn at the Lester Peckman
farm at Chambersburg was of
particular interest to Lancaster
County calf raisers
One year ago, Peckman con
verted a chicken house into a
environmental calf barn The
barn has exhaust fans installed
as well as electric heat for the
extremely cold conditions which
arise on occasion All calves are
housed individually
The calves are put into the
environmental calf barn at birth
and are kept in this environment
for a period of one month The
calves are fed colostrum (from
frozen colostrum) for the period
in which they are housed in the
controlled environment
Shavings are used for bedding
The pens are cleaned out only
after the calves are moved to
another location, then the pens
are thoroughly disinfected
Another feature installed in the
new set-up is gates which can be
locked behind each calf at
feeding time, thus making giving
of medications a possibility from
the walkway
Peckman reports that m the
year the new system has been
sustain top
production
with the
BABCOCK
B-300
Keeping production up...costs
down... Is the profit key In poultry
operations. And more and more
records on commercial flocks of
Babcock B-300’5... ,, The Busi
nessman’s Bird"...show sus
tained production of top quality
eggs...often with an additional
20 to 30 eggs per bird housed
over other strains. Come 1n...
look at the records and the B-300
.. .‘The Businessman's Bird”.
BABCOCK
FARMS, INC
Telephone (717) 626-8561)
Breeders Annual Tour
installed, he has had no calf
losses
The Peckman operation, father
and three sons, milks 150 head of
Guernseys The cattle are kept in
loose housing with straw and
sawdust used for bedding
At the William Stuff farm, a
high moisture corn feeding
system Was observed Stuff uses
a loose housing system, milking
in a conventional barn Stuff has
several Champion and Danmost
daughters in his herd
A new Surge double-six
Herringbone system at the farm
of Marvin Hussong in the Mer
cersburg area was viewed. A
commercial set-up, the
Hussong’s, father and four sons,
are presently milking 160 head.
Hussong stated that in order for
the system to pay, they need to
expand to 300 head of cattle,
which the new system will allow
them to handle. Hussong’s raise
no cattle as replacements.
Coming on with
Hot Orange Power!
Ist at 14,000 lbs —AI Arnold, Martinsville, Ist at 12,000 lbs —Don Kolb, Evansville,
Indiana—two years in a row with his, Indiana, an Aliis-Chalmers 220 "If you
A C 220 "Credit my winning to that A C don't have it in the engine, you can’t
426 cu in engine It’s a producer” get it to the ground. And that A-C power
train is first across the finish line, too!”
These drivers and their Aliis-Chalmers tractors
sweep the big power classes at Louisville!
What they do on the track, they do in the field. When
these orange giants buck their way out of the starting
gate, they make every Aliis-Chalmers owner stand a
little taller. Because these winning pullers tell everyone
why you bought orange...for power, endurance,
total performance.
And they showed a crowd of 16,000 at Louisville*
how these things make a tractor great.
With...engine performance. The ability of a turbo
charged goer to produce peak power over the full course.
To keep it over the long, hard pulls...producing,
lugging, until every pore in the block turns beet-red and
screams in agony.
With...response to tough sudden loads that pit
engine, clutch, gears and shafts against the drag of
Every day a few more formers learn...flllis-Chalmers is big in big tractors.
ALLIS-CH ALM ERS
The cows are washed as they
come into the parlor. The cattle
get no feed in the parlor With the
new milkers, which are designed
to be used automatically or
manually, the cups fall off when
the quarter is milked out.
At the Seth Schnebly farm,
outstanding Lyrene May Rose
Prince daughters were shown
The 40-head herd produced over
12,000 pounds of milk and 585
pounds of milk.
Serving on the tour committee
was Ralph Bitler, chairman,
Robert Breneman, and Elam
Mull.
When storing dairy sour
cream, turn the carton upside
down in the refrigerator to
prevent air from entering the
carton. Sour cream will last
flavorfully for four to five days
when stored in this manner.
NISSLEY FARM SERVICE
Washington Boro, Pa.
L. H. BRUBAKER
Lancaster, Pa.
AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT DIVISION MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
XXX
Twin Valley FFA Students
Compete in Public Speaking Contest
At the Berks County FFA
public speaking contest which
was held last week, Nevin Mast,
vice president of the Twin Valley
FFA Chapter, placed second for
his speech “Soybeans Miracle
Crop to Feed a Hungry World.”
The contest was held at Conrad
Weiser High School. Mast is now
eligible to participate in the area
contest with speakers from
Reynolds
& Yellot
COMPANY INC.
REISTERSTOWN,
MARYLAND
833-1840 J
Builders Since 1953 /
45,000 lbs. With stamina that takes it without a whimper.,
stands up to the pressures and pain of giving every
ounce of surge these full-ribbed blocks can stand.
We say., .track performance carries over to field
performance. That Allis-Chalmers engines with wet
sleeves, seven bearing crankshafts, opposed manifolds
and crankshaft driven oil pumps make it perform
big pulling a plow, harrow or planter. That Allis-Chalmers
powertrains have all the size and strength to walk
off with most any “sled” you hook up.
So, if you demand peak power all day, shouldn’t you
have proven orange power?
See your Allis-Chalmers dealer...he can turn track
orange into practical, profit-making field orange for you.
We can hety you grow.
'Tractor Pulling Championships held as
part of the National Farm Machinery Show,
Louisville, Kentucky.
ROY H. BUCH,INC.
Ephrata, R.D. 2
Lebanon and Schuylkill Counties.
If he wins in the area contest, he
then will be eligible to participate
in the Eastern Regional contest
and in the State FFA contest at
Penn State in June.
Terry Murray, Twin Valley
chaplain, earned fourth place
with his speech “Management of
the Dairy Hefier.
Pole-type
Farm *
Buildings
Ist at 9,000 lbs.—Ed Miller, Rockport,
Illinois, an Alhs-Chalmers D-21.—“ Sure,
my A-C engine is best on the pull. It’s built
to go all the way... from block to battery”.
N. G. MYERS & SON
Rheems, Pa.
GRUMELLI FARM SERVICE
Quarryville, Pa