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Farm Management
Handbook Available
From Penn State
A successful farm manager
must develop two plans of work—
a short-run plan used to evaluate
next year’s operation and one
based on a sufficiently long
period of time to permit changes
or adjustments in land, labor,
capital, and management, ac
cording to a new ‘‘Farm
Management Handbook”
published by The Pennsylvania
State University College of
Agriculture.
“There are a number of ways
to improve farm income and not
all of them involve increased size
nor do they always require the
expenditure of capital,” says Dr.
Virgil E. Crowley, Penn State
Extension farm management
specialist and one of the
nublication’s authors.
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Doing things at the ngnt time
often produces more income;
reducing costs means more net
income; and often a
reorganization of the crop and
livestock enterprises can in
crease income significantly, Dr.
Crowley points out.
The handbook, developed by
five farm management
specialists, includes data which
will be helpful to farmers and
individuals assisting farmers
with various management
problems and with the
development of farm-operating
plans.
One section discusses farm
the role of the
farm manager, problems of the
decision-making process, and the
construction of partial and
complete budgets.
Another section is devoted to
dairy budgets and related in
formation, and still another area
deals with budget information for
the major livestock enterprises
such as swine and beef. A
remaining section includes
budget information for fruits,
vegetables, and field crops.
The 130-page book may be
purchased for $2.50 plus 6 percent
sales tax. Make check or money
order payable to The Penn
sylvania State University and
send with your name and address
to FARM MANAGEMENT
HANDBOOK, Box 6000,
University Park, Pa. 16802.
Poultry Firm
Names Wealand
Richard E. Wealand, 108 S.
Market St. Ephrata has been
named eviscerating foreman in
the fresh processing dividion of
Victor F. Weaver, Inc., New
Holland.
Wealand, who joined Weaver in
1966 as a production employee,
has currently been serving as a
group leader in the eviscerating
department.
Under his new responsibilities
he will assist in supervising the
activities of the eviscerating
department which processes an
average of 70,000 broilers daily.
PSU Researcher
Develops Instant
Moisture
The grass on the other side of
the fence may BE greener if a
new device to read internal
moisture finds its way into your
neighbor’s garden shed before
you get wise to it.
Called the Relative Humidity
Indicator, it was invented by a
Penn State engineer for use with
concrete that is setting, but its
feasibility for farm and garden is
being explored.
“Moisture,” says Roger
Carrier, the inventor, “is
essential for concrete during its
formative stages; that is, for
about a month after pouring.”
To keep the wetness in, a sealer
is commonly used. But if it is
unevenly applied, moisture leaks
develop. The concrete dries out
and later, flakes and cracks
develop.
Carrier’s device, an inex
pensive throw-away plastic disc,
permits,virtually instantaneous
reading of moisture content.
Like litmus paper, its three
indicators turn color in response
to moisture. An insufficiency is
indicated when two of the three
turn blue.
“A grass seed company,” says
Carrier, “is currently exploring
the possibility of marketing our
device for home-garden use.
Placed on the ground it would tell
the gardener whether the seed he
has planted-or is about to plant
is endangered by soil that is too
dry.”
Dry ground kills seeds before
they can germinate.
A slightly more sophisticated
adaptation of the Relative,
Humidity Indicator may be
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