—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 8. 197: 40 Walenty Mazur, an agricultural scientist from Poland, is shown with his hosts for Farm Family Hosts (Continued From Page 1) Mazur dairy operation. Although it consists of only four cows, the family uses milking machines. Farm Calendar (Continued From Page 1) Foundation meeting, Farm and Home Center. Bpm.- Ephrata Young Farmer meeting, officers and Fair committee. Young Farmer Office, Ephrata Junior High vSchool. Yol- ricter-State Fair, September 11-15. Wednesday, September 12 95th Annual PennAg Industries Association Convention, Host Corral, Lancaster, September 12-14. Vegetable Field Day, Penn State’s Rock Springs Research Farm. Friday, September 14 7 p.m. - Pennsylvania Egg Marketing Association meeting, Colonial Motor Lodge Restaurant, off Reading Interchange. SPICE Annual meeting, Edgewood Resort, Alexandria Bay, N Y. Saturday, September 15 District 10 4-H Horse Round-Up, Ludwig’s Corner. Apply Lime In The Fall For A Better Crop Next Summer Fall liming assures proper limestone distribu tion in the soil, ready for spring planting. The freezing and thawing of winter aid in the process of limestone dissemination. So, why wait, cori’ect your soil deficiency now by liming, and reap a bigger harvest next summer. MARTIN'S LIMESTONE Blue Bali, Pa. 354-4125 The Mazurs grow mostly potatoes, sugar beets, wheat, oats and barley on their 30 acres. They also have a garden, half-an acre of fruit trees and two acres of strawberries. Walenty’s father also grows mushrooms in a 400- square-meter growing house. But, as with many of Poland’s small farmers, Mr. Mazur is only a part-time agriculturist. He is a builder by trade and spends his days constructing houses. “Most of the large farms in my country are owned by the state,” Walenty noted. “State farms are 1000 to 2000 acres, and perhaps two-fifths of the farmland is state owned. The rest of the land is privately owned, but these farms are small, perhaps only one acre, although some are as large as 100 acres. Most of the small farmers, like my father, grow food mainly for their own use and have jobs away from the farm.” Although mechanization is a feature of many Polish farms, horses as draft animals are very much in evidence, especially on the smaller farms. “Tractors are very expensive in Poland, ” Walenty said. “It is possible to buy tractors from other coun tries, but you must pay an import duty of $1 a pound, so there are X Gap, Pa. 442-4148 part of his nine-month stay in the U.S., Mr, and Mrs. Wilmer Kraybill. not many tractors in Poland except those which are made there.” Potatoes are a staple of the Polish diet. “There is no meal without potatoes,” Walenty commented. “Cabbage and pork are also important. But nothing is as important as potatoes.” .iHS Wayne Cares: Give your pigs the best start they can get with Wayne Tall Curler Senior... A 16% protein starter with added lysine and methionine fora new amino acid balance. Contains a combination of ingredients that results in higher digestability, less tendency for looseness in pigs under stress and fast low cost gains. Medicated with scour fighting Mecadox.® CHARLES E.SAUDER &SONS R D 1, East Earl HERSHEYBROS. Reinholds WHITE OAK MILL R D 4, Manheim STEVENS FEED MILL, INC. Stevens, Pa PARADISE SUPPLY Paradise READ LANCASTER FARMING FOR FULL MARKET REPORTS AA A A A WE OFFER 24 Hour Service EMERGENCY REPAIR SEE US FOR FARM MACHINERY I LIQUID MANURE I SPREADERS ff e Service ff hut We Sell NISSLEY FARM R.D. No. 1 Washington Boro, Pa. AAAA A A A H.M. STAUFFER & SONS. INC. Witmer JE’MAR FARM SUPPLY INC. Lawn—Ph: 964-3444 FOWL'S FEED SERVICE R D 2, Peach Bottom ROHRER’S MILL R D l.Ronks USE WAYNE ANIMAL HAROLD H. GOOD HEALTH AIDS TO KEEP Terre Hill YOUR LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY HEALTHY A A THE BEST IN LLIS-CHALMERS acSrn BARN W CLEANERS HARVEST EQUIPMENT -BILT A A A A A Ph. 285-4844 FCX Sales and S untie SERVICE A A A A MOUNTVILLE T EED SERVICE P..D.2, Columbia DUTCHMAN FEED MILLS, INC. R.D.I, Stevens GRUBB SUPPLY CO. Elizabethtown A
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