—Lancaster Famine. Saturday. Nov. 29, 1975
16
Chester Co, farmers prepare agricultural
By Dieter Krleg
THORNDALE - A group of
Chester County fanners has
been working diligently
since last Spring to harvest a
commodity which can’t be
eaten and which they hope
will be around for a long
ime.
The farmers, many of
them retired, have formed a
Rural Heritage Committee,
a branch of the Chester
County Bicentennial Com
mission, and their objective
Lawn Tractor with Snow Thrower
Inch-deep snows or knee-high drifts, nothing
handles snow removal like a John Deere Lawn
and Garden Tractor with snow thrower Pick a
tractor from 8 to 19 9 horsepower Then team it
with a snow thrower, 32 to 46 inches wide All
throwers have a 12-inch diameter auger And a
reversible cutting edge for extra wear The swivel
discharge chute lets you control direction of throw
from the driver’s seat.
UUIOIS BROS. INC. BEYER'S HARDWARE
Lancaster 3933906 Christiana, PA
AniUCTnWN 1215] 593-5687
EQUIPMENT INC. COLL,NS MOIORS
“ o S’Sm s4 ° " D 1 «H»*367^f rtOWn
Phonei2isi«*4439l GOODMAN’S AUTO SERVICE
A. B. C. GROFF, INC. Honey Brook K PA
NewHofland 354 4191 |2ls| 273 2356
SANTA
SAYS ...
“Give A Gift Tha
Lasts All Year Lo
A SUBSCRIPTION T
CUP AND MAIL THIS COUPON TO:
LANCASTER FARMING, P.O. BOX 266, LITITZ, PA. 17543
OR CALL 717-394-3047 or 626-2191
LANCASTER FARMING Will Send A Gift
Certificate Announcing
documentary for Bicentennial observance
is to record what American
agriculture has been all
about. Ever since spring
field work began last March,
the group has photographed
present-day methods of
tilling and planting, and
arranged for antique
machinery to pull away from
the dust and cobwebs and
into the limelight.
While most of their
machines do not date bade
200 years - or even 100 • the
Committee’s objective is to
Only *3.00 Per Year
Ted Dunn, a retired farmer from Downingtown,
sits on an old corn binder he and several other
Chester County antique farm machinery buffs used
in making a photo-documentary of agriculture.
Marshall Jones of Westtown is pulling a team of
mules and a wagon around the corner. The project
is being undertaken by the Rural Heritage Com
mittee, as a part of the Bicentennial Celebration.
prepare a documentary
which will depict farming
methods in their past and
present forms. Taking care
of the photography work is
Roland Woodward, who also
conceived the project and
has the largest collection of
antique farm machinery in
the County. The script for the
documentary will be written
later by a commercial firm.
When Lancaster Fanning
visited William Johnson’s
farm, near here, where the
group wps meeting to
photograph antique corn
binders at work, the
operation was best with a
few of the same kind of
, problems which confronted
farmers of yesteryear.
Among their difficulties was
a broken tongue on one of the
com binders - not planned
for, of course, but it became
a part of the show; for what
is fanning without break
downs?
Several men walked along
the rows of com, tearing the
ears from the stalks, husking
them, and then tossing the
crop into a wagon dating
[Continued on Page 251
--I
See your mfs dealer NOW for free systems
planning services and take advantage of the
early order discounts that are now in effect.
Find out for yourself the details of this
special purchasing program that offers the
LOWEST PRICE of the year on QUALITY
MFS products.
•mBOBBW
• ••you are always first
in line at your own
mfs grain drying and
WAITING in elevator lines
VERNON E. MYER
Steel Buildings
And Gram Storage
R.D. 4, Lebanon, PA 17042
Ph«W:(7l7) 867-4139
11-75
This product and other
animal health products
available from your
local feed and farm
supply dealers serviced
by
• MY
ERICKSON
COMPANY
Harrisonburg. Va
JJKOt
r COW CLIPPER REPAJRS*
i AND SHARPENING SERVICE
1 Also Used Clippers For Sale
I
Don Lohr
RD6. Lancaster. PA
717-872-5503
I
Shipping
fever!
Be ready with
CRUMBLES!
Fall, winter, spring or sum
mer AUREO S 700 * Crumbles
enables your cattle to main
tain top gains in the presence
of respiratory problems, such
as shipping fever
Feed it the first day cattle
arrive and stay with it for 28
days. On established cattle use _
it at the first sign of trouble.
It’s easy to use. Simply sprin'
kle on top of the regular ration
and mix it in It’s economical
—one 50-pound bag treats 10
animals for 28 days.
Fight economic losses from
respiratory diseases, .be ready
with AUREO S 700 Crum
bles. Order your supply today!
♦AUREO S 700 is Amen „
can Cyanamid Company’s 52J?
trademark for a combination
of AUREOMYCINIi) chlor
tetracycline SULMET'k' sul MBKUKL
famethazine Withdraw 7 MBHM
day e before stauffhler
AVAILABLE FROM
YOUR
FAVORITE ANIMAL
HEALTH SUPPLIER