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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 24, 1973
Ephrata YF Slate
Meet on Polluted
Farm Water Supply
Recent studies in northern
Lancaster County have shown a
large percentage of rural water
supplies to be highly polluted
with coliform bacteria and
nitrates. These pollutants can
cause serious problems con
cerning human and livestock
health.
The Ephrata Area High School
adult farmer class is conducting
a panel discussion on farm water
supplies during which the
following areas will be explored:
1. What is drinking water
pollution and how does It get into
our systems?
2. Why is it harmful and how
does it threaten the health of
humans and animals?
3. How can we prevent and-or
eliminate this health hazard?
Serving on the panel to discuss
these problems and answer
questions will be:
Mr. C. Robert Graham,
Microbiologist, Lancaster
Laboratories, Inc.
Dr. Robert D. Herr, Vocational
Agriculture Teacher, Eastern
Lancaster County School
District.
Mr. James Humpreville,
Consulting Geologist, Lancaster
Mr. Randy Miller, Water
Treatment Equipment Specialist,
Brubaker Plumbing & Heating,
Lancaster.
Dr. Melvyn G. Wenger,
Vetinarian, Ephrata.
The panel moderator will be
Charles Ackley, Agriculture
Teacher, Adult Farmer
Program, Ephrata Area School
District.
The meeting will be held on
the
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Ph. 626-4705
Rothsville Station Road
Tuesday evening, March 27 at
7:30 P.M. in the Ephrata Senior
High School Agriculture
Department.
It is suspected that rural water
supply pollution is much more
widespread than just the area
tested. Any persons interested in
this information are invited to
attend.
Birdman
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season. Captive birds do a lot
better, almost solely because of
the commercial feeds now
available.
The feeds are especially for
mulated for gamebirds, and
Gress maintains that it would be
virtually impossible to grow
some of the more difficult breeds
without these feeds.
Since Gress retired, he has
decided to raise fewer birds,
instead of numbers, he said he’ll
be trying to grow the more dif
ficult breeds.
The bird business is a hobby
with Gress, but he says it’s
definitely a paying hobby. Most
farmers don’t need any hobbies
that produce more work, but for
some it may be hard to resist the
charms of a strutting golden
pheasant. More information
about gamebirds can be had by
writing to Robert L. Bartlett,
Pennsylvania Gamebird
Breeders Association, Route 4,
North East, Pa. 16422.
ONCE
ACROSS THE FIELD
DOES IT
Smokefown, Pa.
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Farm Calendar
(Continued From Page I
6:30 p,m. Owen J. Roberts
FFA Annual Banquet, Owen
J. Roberts High School
Cafeteria.
7:30 p.m. Ephrata Young
Farmers meeting, Water
Analysis Summary and Panel
Discussion, vo-ag depart
ment, Ephrata Area High
School.
7:30 p.m. Annual 4-H Tractor
Maintenance Club Roundup,
Farm and Home Center.
Wednesday, March 28
1 p.m. Dairy Replacement
Barn meeting, Barley Bros.,
Washington Boro RDI.
Thursday, March 29
12 Noon Pennfield Dairy
Awards Banquet, Bird-in-
Hand Motor Inn.
1 p.m. Region II Young Far
mer Leadership Training
Conference, vo-ag depart
ment, Manheim Central High
School.
7:15 p.m. Elizabethtown 4-H
Pig and Rabbit Club
Reorganizational meeting.
Union School.
7:30 p.m. Lancaster County 4-
H Development Fund com
mittee meeting, Farm and
Home Center.
7:30 p.m. Elizabethtown-
Donegal 4-H Community dub
Reorganizational meeting,
W.I. Beahm Junior High
School Library.
26th National Conference on
Rural Health, Statler-Hilton
Hotel, Dallas, March 29-30.
Friday, March 30
12 Noon Holstein State Calf
Sale, Farm Show Building,
Harrisburg.
7:30 p.m. Sheep Producers
Meeting, “Six Steps to Better
Sheep Production”, Farm and
Home Center; Rescheduled
from March 21.
Ph. 397-3539
Pennsylvania State Jersey Cattle
dub meeting, Willow Valley
Motel, Lancaster.
Saturday. March 31
10:30 a.m. District 111 Jersey
Cattle Club sale, William
Aaron farm, Quarryville.
11 a.m. Pennsylvania Angus
Association Spring sale,
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Phone 717-397-0035
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