Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, November 08, 1975, Image 16
16 —Uncatttr Farming, Saturday, Nov. 8, 1975 Farm-city The Chcstcr-Dclawarc County Farmcn' Association will be spon soring a Farm-City weekend on November 15-16 to which all interested persons arc invited. Twenty-three farm operations, greenhouses, mushroom houses, and other agriculturally related businesses will be open next Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and on Sunday from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. Brochures describing the activities are available in schools and businesses of the area. The purpose of the Farm-City weekend is to "build a bridge of un derstanding with our city and urban neighbors." Following is a list of farms to be seen, and brief highlights about each; Amyr Farms, North of Oxford, - Dr. Richard Stoneback and family specialize in purebred Arabian horses, and a goat operation complete with box stalls, stanchions, and milking parlor. McFadden Greenhouses, Wedgewood Rd., south of Oxford - 65,000 square-feet growing area under glass and fiberglass. Flowers, especially roses, are the specialty and they’re marketed throughout the He Laval's - ONE HAND OPERATION - AUTOMATIC SHUT-OFF - AIR VALVE METERS AIR You can see how well it cleans roo It s durable self draining design prevents contamination DE LAVAL STERLING VACUUM PULSATOR Or Dependable Magne ic Elec (ic Pjlsa k r s v.hich proved op per romance tof n"n, '.eats CALL AND FIND OUT WHY SO MANY USERS HAVE CHANGED TO DEUVAL ]. B. ZIMMERMAN LANDIS BROS., INC. & SONS 1305 Manheim Pike Weslol Blue Ball Pa PH ; 7 39^3906 on XI IS PH 1717 j 354 4955 Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington areas. John K. Hamish Poultry Farm, Oxford - open Saturday only. A 12,000 cage operation with complete facilities for processing, washing, and grading. Paul Johnson, at the end of Waterway Rd. on Route 472 • two mushroom houses, one double filled and one empty. Open Saturday only. Penn Lea Farm, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hatton • Route 896 at Elkview. Milk from their 128 Holsteins is allowed to be sold retail without pasturization. Free-stall parlor operation. Ar-Joy Farm, west of Route 10 between Chocranville and Russellville. Owned by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hershey and family, the farm con sists of a 50-cow registered Holstein herd and 500 hogs raised on slats in a fattening operation with automatic feeding and watering systems. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Lapp, Cochranville - 750 a'cre farm, with com the primary crop. Chick to broiler operation for 70,000 birds raised in a 44 by 460 foot house with en vironmental control and continuous light. Gum Tree Stables, just off of Route 10, 'north of II t Milks Easy-to-Handie 55 lb Pails weekend tours slated Cochranvlllc. Mr. and Mrs. J.K. Karri* arc the owner* of facilities for resting, breaking, and conditioning race horses. Pony rides available with proceeds going to Children's Hospital, Philadelphia. Modern Mushroom Farm 8, Inc., Toughkenamon • the largest and most modem mushroom growing plant in the East. Every phase of mushroom growing can be seen by visitors. R. and S. Barnard Or chard and Greenhouse, three miles east of Unionville of Rt. 842. Fifty acres of fruit trees and 12,000 bushel cold storage facilities. Also a large flower growing operation specializing in snapdragons and carnations. Louise R. McMullan, Pocopson - a small dairy farm with 21 milking cows Feeds with 50 grams per ton of AUREOMYCIN" require no withdrawal before slaughter. This lets you pack on the pounds and protect your hogs all the way to market. mUREOM'tCIN gives you good eigpf gains and teed efficiency At hie same time it protects against .osses from bacterial scours cervical abscesses and atropi ic rnnitis and helps pre vent these diseases during times ot stress Fmisning is no time to ease up Make su r e vojr urogram includes AUREOMYCIN THE EFFICIENCY GRUBB SUPPLY CO Elizabethto, " Pa BROADWAY which ha* been In the same family for over 60 years. Woodward Brothers Dairy Farm with collection of old tractors and implements in working order Is open to visitors on Saturday only, located south of Pocopson. Nusscx Farms, West Chester, produces 50,000 gallons of cider, annually. A full line of vegetables arc grown on his farm, which also include 160 acres of fruit trees. The Nancy Riser Goat Farm on Pennell Rd., Glen Riddle, has a milking herd of 24 goats and has been on DHIA for nine years. The Far Out Cactus Greenhouse, located three miles south of West Chester, features the largest collection of cactus on the East Coast. Fifteen hundred varieties can be viewed in a Here’s a good for a great finish Distributors of American Cyanamid Animal Health & Feed Products VA • SELBYVILLE DEL • LEWISBURG, OHIO • VESTAL, N Y . LITIT2, PA picul greenhouse operation from seed growing to retail Harry Bickcl. West Chester, has a 250 acre dairy farm with free stalls and 60 cows. Crops include com, hay, and small grains. Unvilla Orchard - largest known octagonal bam; 300 acres of fruit trees and vegetables. It is one of the last fruit and vegetable farms in the Philadelphia suburban area. Take Route 452 off Rl. 1 and look for farm on West Knowlton Road. Patty-Run Farm, located l 4 mile west of Bridge Street exit on Route 724 on Klob Rd. Owned and operated by Daniel Klob and family, the farm consists of 170 acres, 55 Holstems. and 500 laying chickens. Bachelors Flowers is a retail florist operation FACTOR It s the perfect follow up to starter grower programs v ith AUREO S P 250 the hog feed additive used by more pro ducers for starting their hogs than any other additive For complete details contact any of the feed manufacturers listed below or call or write The Fcv Company EARL SAUDER INC New Holland Pa ■ELD, N.J. 08344 Phone 609/692-4400 idea AA AIJ REOMYaN| 'n In i uKs Am i m C iMm 0 Comoany STEVENS FEED MILL, INC Stevens Pa complete with nine ai r . conditioned and CO2 con troUed greenhouse*. Locate! at Snowdcnville. More than 100 Holstelns a milk processing plant, and a dairy store are the chief attraction at William and Lester High's Rldglca Farm at Bucktown. Titus Beam at Elverson has 500 feeder hogs, 150 beef cattle and some sheep on his 225 acre farm. A 100-head of registers Syrshires in a conventional tiestall bran can be seen at the Charles Gable farm, south of Elverson. A fish farm covering 46 acres is the attraction at Mahlon Kurtz’s about 3> : miles south of Elverson. Thirty-two ponds are used for warm water fish production.