Faculty Visits Farms On Twin Valley Tour Hybrid Barley Developed
Approximately 50 teachers teachers were given ah op
from the Twin Valley High School portunity to hand milk a cow if
participated in an In-Service Day they had never done so before
tour of five local farms in an Taking advantage of this op
attempt to gain a better un- portunity were Miss Kathy Sch
derstanding of modern webel, Mr. Art Harms Mrs
agriculture on Monday, October Holly Clevely,Mrs. JoyceZaiac*
23. The tours were arranged by Mrs. Dale Werner, and Mr’
the Twin VaUey FPA Robert Moyer, assistant prin-
First stop on the tour was cipal. While at the farm teachers
Caernarvon Farms, operated by saw the Dutchman bull which
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew D. Stoltz- was bred by Mr. Stoltzfus. Before
fus. Andy explained many of the leaving everyone enjoyed a milk
aspects of management of his 80- and orange juice punch prepared
cow Registered Holstein herd to by Mrs. Stoltzfus.
the teachers including animal The second stop on the tour was
registration, computation of the 100-cow dairy farm of Mr. and
feeding rations and decisions Mrs. Paul Brubaker Jr. Here the
involved in breeding and crop faculty members toured the
management. Many of the double-six herringbone milking
teachers were impressed by the parlor, free stall cow and heifer
complexity of the records which a barn and farm shop. Mr.
dairyman must keep. Brubaker also discussed farm
The teachers toured Andy’s 80-
stanchion barn and facilities.
Twin Valley FFA president
Nevin Mast showed the teachers
the electrically operated self
propelled silage cart and the calf
raising facilities. Following this
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finances and pricing of farm
products. Before leaving the
farmstead the educators were
able to see com silage being
blown into one of the three poured
concrete silos. On the way to the
next stop they were able to see
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the Brubaker’s two-row, self
propelled corn silage chopper in
operation.
A picnic lunch was served at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Kirk, the third stop on the tour.
Lunch was courtesy of the FFA
and the Kirk’s.
The teachers were able to tour
the Kirk’s remodeled Colonial
home, tour their automated 200-,
head beef finishing facilities and,
if they so desired, enjoy the view
from the top of the 80-foot con
crete silo.
Fourth stop for the day was the
beef and hog farm of Mr. and
Mrs. Omar Beam. The swine
farrowing house, swine breeding
herd and automated beef
finishing facilities were the main
points of interest here. Several
city-bred teachers were also able
to lead one of the Beam childrens
4-H steers.
Final stop on the tour was the
home of state FFA vice
president, Frank Stoltzfus. Frank
guided the teachers through the
two hog houses, explaining the
management and operation and
economics of the buildings and of
swine fattening. The Twin Valley
educators were also allowed to
tour the 460-foot pullet house
which contained 13,000 three-day
old chicks.
The participating faculty
members received much insight
into the management, operation
and finances of a modern farm.
They were also exposed to some
of the more inticate aspects of
farm management, such as the
use of foot baths to control
diseases in poultry houses.
The Twin Valley FFA would
like to thank everyone who
helped make the In-Service Day
tour a success - Twin Valley
administrators, participating
farmers, fellow members and the
bus driver, Martin Hassler.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 4,1972
By Penn State Scientist
A practical method for
producing hybrid barley, one of
the first such developments in the
nation, was announced this week
by Penn State Scientists during
national meetings of crop
scientists in Miami Beach, Fla.
Further development of such
hybrid barley, if successful,
could lead to growth of a new
hybrid barley seed industry
similar to those producing hybrid
seen com and hybrid sorghum.
Heading up this hybrid barley
research is Dr. Robert P. Pfeifer
0? Penn State. Pfeifer ad
dressed joint annual meetings of
the American Society of
Agronomy, Crop Science Society
of America, and Soil Science
Society of America. He made the
first public announcement of this
breakthrough by scientists with
the Agricultural Experiment
Station at Penn State.
The method uses two genetic
systems, Pfeifer said. A system '
of maternal inheritance is used to
transfer male or pollen sterility
from generation to generation to
make hybrid seed. Then a system
of genes is used to restore male
fertility so that hybrid barley
plants produce grain.
The two systems were
discovered by crossing winter
barley with spring barley in such
a way that male sterile plants
were found and reproduced. An
intensive study of the inher
itance of the system showed they
could be used to make hybrid
barley seed. -
Letters of patent have been
filed by Penn State officials
through the Research Cor
poration of New York City on
behalf of the corporation, The
Pennsylvania State University,
and the discoverer, Dr. Pfeifer.
Pfeifer indicated he and fellow
scientists are working to perfect
the new method to produce
hybrid barley for livestock and
poultry feed as well as for hybrid
malting barley. He indicated the
malting barley industry is
looking for ways to increase
yields as well as to expand the
number of regions where such
barley can be grown.
Malt experts estimate the
consumption of barley for malt
will be 230 million bushels in the
U.S. by 1985. This figure will
almost double the present use of
barley for malt. Of all barley
grown today in the U.S., about 1
out of 3.2 bushels goes into malt.
Thus far the new hybrid barley
is a product of laboratory and
greenhouse experiments. The
next step, Pfeifer said, is to
produce seed in field proportions.
Two Witmer Cows
Complete Records
Two registered Guernsey cows
in the herd of Raymond F. and
Louise A. Witmer, Willow Street,
have recently completed top
official DHIR actual production
records, according to the
American Guernsey Cattle Club.
Penn Del Hercules Jill, a two
year-old, produced 10,570 pounds
of milk and 521 pounds of fat in
305 days, and Penn Del Boy’s
Juliet, a two-year-old, produced
11,370 pounds of milk and 505
pounds of fat in 305 days.
All cows were milked twice a
day. The testing was supervised
by Pennsylvania State Univer
sity.
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world. The United States’
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