Bahamas Testing Livestock Industry
Known mostly for tourism, the
Bahama Islands are testing the
merits of a new industry for the
Caribbean, livestock production.
A five year project has been
developed with the College of
Agriculture at The Pennsylvania
State University to establish a
center for research, develop
PUBLIC AUCTION
OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
FRIDAY EVE. SEPT. 7, 1973
7:00 P.M.
Located south of Route 30 from the East end of
Mountville along Hershey Mill Road, Manor Twp.,
Lancaster Co., Penna.
95 ACRE FARM
more or less
2Vi story two-unit brick dwelling with slote roof
, FIVE ROOMS AND BATH
FOUR ROOMS AND BATH
Separate oil burning hot water heating systems. Two
gas water heaters. Pressure system.
Large bank barn with corn barn attached. Stables
set-up for steer feeding operation.
Concrete stave silo.
Large tobacco shed, also room to hang tobacco in
corn barn.
Sewage line thru property. Pond with spring.
This land is in high state of cultivation.
For appointment to inspect property call 393-4464.
FANNIE G.SHEAFFER
AND
NATIONAL CENTRAL BANK
CO-EXECUTORS OF
ABRAM R. SHEAFFER, ESTATE
HARRIS C. ARNOLD, SR. ATTY.
ABE DIFFENBACH, AUCTIONEER
PUBLIC SALE
OF
DAIRY CATTLE
Location: 2 miles southwest of New London. Take
Rte. 896 East from Rte. 1 bypass. From New London
take State Rd. to Kirks Mill Road, follow sale arrows.
New London Tw r p., Chester County.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 7, 1973
11:00 A.M.
COMPLETE MILKING HERD DISPERSAL
90 GRADE HOLSTEIN DAIRY CATTLE 90
2/3 of herd home raised
App. 30 due from Aug. 1 till Dec. 30
Last 3 yr. DH IA Average 11,876 M 438 F
One milking per testing
Years of Ivanhoo’s sons breeding (home bull)
Cows in herd have milked to 90 lb. pel day
TB and Bangs Cert. 30 day chart
• Sale in tent
DAIRY EQUIPMENT
800 gal. Mojonmer milk tank
2 yr. old / compressor with umcons
Kasco dumping station with 100 ft. of glass pipeline
Auto, wash pipeline and teat cups
De Laval ?r77 compressor with 2 hp. motor
De Laval =75 compressor
6 unit Do Laval milkers (New Type)
S. S. double tubs. 2 Stewart Clippers (1 new type)
80 cow trainers, 2 rubber tired silage carts.
New Holland 818 two row self propelled chopper
(good shape) wide row head, IHC #45 blower, IHC
6 ft. cut away disc, IHC #5 flail chopper. 5 JKoykef
• plow coulters (heavy duty.)
TERMS: BY
Lester Bros.
215-869-9294
215-869-2265
Kreider & Diller, Aucts.
sUmch furnished
ment, and training in livestock
production.
The livestock production center
is being built on Andros Island,
largely uninhabited and formerly
covered with timber used for
wood pulp. Over a five-year
period, about 2,000 acres will be
developed.
The project will include several
so-called “satellite demon
stration farms” operate' 1 by
Bahamians. Penn State’s role in
the development got underway
officially on July 1.
The work will involve services
of specialists in animal
production, veterinary medicine,
agricultural engineering, soils
and fertility, forages, farm
management, marketing, rural
sociology, and other specialists
from the Agricultural Ex
periment Station and the
Cooperative Extension Service at
Penn State.
Three of four staff members
and their families to be stationed
in the Bahamas are now there.
These are Gary W. Allshouse,
agricultural engineer; Daniel G.
Orr, animal scientist; and
Ronald F. Guyton, forage
Dairy Herd Dispersal
Robert K. Totten - Ringoes, N.J.
Thursday, August 23, 1973 at 12 Noon
Place - on the farm on Wertsville Rd. 1 mile East of
Ringoes, N. J. Take Wertsville Rd. off Rt. 202 - 31. 7 mi. E.
of New Hope, Pa., 7 mi. S. of Flemington, N. J.
50 hd. DHIA testing over 30 years.
49 Holsteins, 1 Jersey. 5 hd recently fresh, 18 hd due fro m
Aug. thru Nov. with the.balance in various stages. Breeding
- Sire Power and ABS used strongly! 2 by Kingpin, Fobes,
Lucky, Promise and other popular sires represented. A
young herd, 5 heifers due this fall and 15 milking first calf
heifers are in this herd! Moderate Feeding - Cattle weren’t'
pushed with feed in anyway, and have great potential for
higher production advancement. DHIA rolling average
12.000 lbs. milk 440 lbs. fat with individual records up to
20.000 lbs. milk. Young well bred cattle with strong sound
udders and milkability! Truely an opportunity to take
advantage of! Records read at ringside! Pregnancy check
ed. T.B. & Blood tested and eligible for immediate inter
state shipment! Terms cash or good check sale day! Lunch
available! Owner & auctioneers not responsible for acci
dents.
Owner Sale Managed by:
ROBERT K. TOTTEN COL. FRED R. DANIEL
Auctioneers, Inc.
Neshanic Sta., N. J. 08853
(201) 369-4784
Ringoes, N. J.
EVENING SALE
ELWOOD SWARTZ
DAIRY HERD
DISPERSAL
AND
DAIRY EQUIPMENT & TRACTOR
MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20,1973
7:00 P.M. D.S.T.
Located in York County, Pa., off Rte. 83 at Exit 12,
Strinestown, turn South on Locust Point Road, 2 miles
io SALE:
58 HIGH GRADE HOLSTEINS
CERTIFIED ACCREDITED VACCINATED
WITH INTER-STATE HEALTH CHARTS
53 are milking age; most are young, with good growth; 17 first
calf heifers, selling and 20 second- and third-calf; about 14
recently fresh and 14 fresh or close springers; others in
various stages for even-flow; 5 good growth bred heifers, due
Sept, to Nov., a real good type herd with good udders and
production. Herd from A.B.C. Sires; a number of 80-lb. cows.
PUBLIC INVITED PRIOR TO SALE
DAIRY EQUIPMENT & TRACTOR
Hinman 4-unit glass pipe-line for, 48 cows; 48 stall mats, in good
condition; 600-gal. Creamery Package bulk tank, remote
controll; International 350 Diesel tractor, in good shape,
1 I
CLAIR R. SLAYBAUGH, Auctioneer Elwood. Swartz
IDAVILLE, PA., Phone 677-7479 , 1 R No. 5
JACOBS. Clerk York, Pa
, Phone 256-3461
SALE IN COVERED BUILDING or 266-2881
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 18,1973—39
specialist. A fourth staff member
will arrive in the Bahamas next
March. Other specialists on the
project will serve on a part-time
basis.
Any effort to produce livestock
in the Bahamas will face non
traditional cultures and en
vironments, says Dr. Robert H.
McAlexander, Coordinator of
International Agricultural
Programs at Penn State.
Accordingly, the work will
require in-depth studies of the
socio-economic situation related
to production and marketing of
livestock. For a livestock in
dustry to be successful in the
Caribbean, the analysis must
determine, for example, a farm
size that will provide the typical
Bahamian family with an
adequate income, Dr.
McAlexander points out.
The Bahama project is spon-
sored by the U. S. Agency for
International Development
(AID) under the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961. Involved
from the Bahamas is the Ministry
of Agriculture and Fisheries The
Penn State portion of the AID
contract program for research,
development, and training is
expected to be approximately
$2,000,000 over the five years
People from the Bahamas will
be selected for training in degree
and non-degree programs in the
U S. and elsewhere Vocational
training will be provided by the
Western Institute of Science and
Technology (WIST) of Waco,
Texas WIST will also provide a
resident manager for the center
Penn State’s advisory com
mittee assisting with the plan
ning and development of the
project includes Dr. R H. Cole as
chairman, Professor J H. Eakin,
Jr., Dr. B. R. Baumgardt, Dr. L.
L. Wilson, Dr. G. E Brandow,
Dr. R. E. Swope, and Professor
F. W. Peikert.
Other major international
contract programs of the College
of Agriculture include (1) a fruit
and vegetable production and
marketing program with the
Ministry of Livestock and
Agriculture in Uruguay, and (2) a
crop science and agricultural
extension program at the
Castelar School of Agricultural
Sciences in Argentina. Both of
these programs are conducted in
cooperation with Texas A and M
and Michigan State universities.
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MADISON SILOS
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1070StemmetzRd.
Ephrata, Penna 17522
Ph. 733-1206
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