Lancaster Farming, Saturday. March 29, 1975 28 Concrete walls, blackened stan chions and broken windows were all that remained of the Warren Bucher dairy barn, Reistville, after a fire last Broiler Placements Down 1. pet. Pa. Placements of broiler chicks in the Commonwealth bylers DIESEL and REFRIGERATION SHOP DISTRIBUTOR AMALIE PENNSYLVANIA ENGINES MOTOR OIL SALES and SERVICE GIRTON BULK MILK COOLERS Automatic Diesel Engine or Electric Operation Equipment PTO or Diesel Drive Stand-by Alternators. In Stock 20 - 7-16” thick steel tanks 1690 gals, can be used for air pressure WE INSTALL COMPLETE MILK COOLING EQUIPMENT IN SUGAR VALLEY, BRUSH VALLEY & FRANKLIN COUNTY BEFORE YOU BUY, CONTACT DANIEL H. BYLER STAR ROUTE 655 BELLEVILLE, PA 17004 CALL US FOR "ON FARM TIRE SERVICE IN-THE-FIELD! ON-THE-ROAD! ON-THE-FARM! Our fully equipped farm service truck brings you fast on the spot tire REPAIRS REPLACEMENTS and HYDRO ELATION WHEN AND WHERE YOU NEED IT Our trucks ore radio dispatched for faster service when you need it! SWEIGART TIRE SERVICE during the week ending March 22, 1975 were Formerly Sweigart Firestone 677 W. HIGH ST. PHONE 665-2258 MANHEIM, PA HOME 665-3603 Thursday. All the cows were driven out of the barn before they. were harmdd by the $70,000 blaze. 1,369,000. The placements were 1 .percent below the corresponding week a year earlier, but 9 percent above the previous week. Average placements during the past 10 weeks were 6 percent more than a year earlier. Settings for broiler chicks were 1,895,000 - 9 percent below the previous week and 7 percent above the com parable period a year ago. Inshipments of broiler-type chicks during the past 10 weeks averaged zero compared with 3,000 a year ago. Outshipments averaged 233,000 during the past 10 weeks, 12 percent above a year earlier. Placements in the 21 States were 59,581,000 - 1 percent above the previous week but 7 percent the same week a year earlier. Average placements during the past 10 weeks were 7 percent less than a year ago. Settings were 72,538,000 - 2 percent above the previous week but 6 percent below a year earlier. The current 3- week total of eggs set is 7 percent below the com parable period a year ago. Neighbors Clean Up After Bucher Fire "It was about 4:30 in the afternoon and we were Just ready to milk. We'd only washed down two of the cows. I glanced up and saw a puff of smoke coming from the hay hole. I knew we were burning. I told my helper to let the cows out, I went to call the fire company and by the time I got back to the barn it was really going.” That’s how Warren Bucher described the start of the fire last Thursday that consumed the dairy barn on his Reistville, Lebanon County, farm. “We didn’t lose a single cow. We didn’t even lose the dog, a six-month-old pup, although we thought we did at the time.' After the fire, we found him hiding in some bushes.” Bucher praised the young man who works as his part time helper, saying he.kept a cool head and did everything right. “Without him, I know we’d have lost some cows,” Bucher commented. “My wife was a big help, too,‘in getting the calves out.” The blaze leveled the bam, destrdyed severaltons of hay and straw, and 'ruined several pieces of machinery stored on the upper- level. See a Kubota for your own good. It's a better buy by far time tested, dependable, versatile and economical! A complete line of in-between tractors 17, 24 and 26 hp, all with rnCiny featuresstandard that others offer only as extra cost options. Plenty of Category #1 implements available for the 3-pomt hitch. Excellent nationwide parts and service availability. Come in for a free demonstration. You and Kubota will make a great team. PIHSBURGH TILLAGE EQUIPMENT S WOODS ROTARY MOWERS FOR YOUR KUBOTA. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ — ’ FARMERSVILLE Ephrata, RD2, PA 17522 717-354-4271 After the flames died down, all that was left were the blackened, skeletal stan chions that had once housed the 34 Guernseys in Bucher’s milking string. On Wednesday morning of this week, some ISO volun teers showed up to help Bucher rid his farm of the HOG PRODUCERS! Get Top Price for Hogs JK New Holland Sold in sorted lots the auction way. See them weighed and sold and pick up your check. SALE EVERY MONDAY 9:00 AM. NEW HOUANO SALES STABLES, INC. - Phone 717-354-4341 Daily Market Report Phone 717-354-7288 Abfc Diffenbach, Manager SEE OUR LINE OF STORE HOURS: Mon. thru Fn. 7:30 to 6:00 Saturday 7; 30 to 4:30 EQUIP., INC. debris left from the fire. They were done by noon, and Bucher expressed his thunks to all who helped. The herd is being housed at a neighboring farm, and will be dispersed on April 10 at the Guernsey Sales Pavilion in l^ncastcr. E3KUBOTB Kubota fills the tractor gap. 17 H P
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