—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 21, 1976 100 Fifth generation farm (Continued from Page 100] of foresight when he built up the farm. In 1842 he built the barn which is presently standing, and the neighbors thought he was crazy. “They thought it would never get full,” the elder Hershey explains. “But, I saw the time we had hay and straw stacks sitting out side,” he continues. The explanation for the neigh bors’ attitude was that in 1842, the barn was 'con siderably out of proportion to the tillable acres of land on the farm since so much of it was in woods. But as the land was cleared and machinery came into the picture, the story changed. The present house was built in 1895 and also has an interesting history. Originally, a frame log house made from logs which were mortised mto each other was the dwelling the Hersheys called home, but m 1895 that log house burned down from a cooking fire mishap, and a INSTANT SHORT CUT New Cylinder-Screen Chopper New cylinder screen cutting mechanism assures short uniform chopping on the new Gehl 600 forage har vester Powerful blower whips crops to the back of the box or into the silo No feeder apron Unit is shorter front to back Tough three-inch diameter shaft whirls cylinder at 1000 RPM Six 21-inch long knives 120 sq in throat area 374 sq in screen area Standard tungsten carbide faced knives and cutterbar bu'lt-m knife sharp ener Three attachments available hay pickup one-row and a two-row that handles both wide and narrow rows GEHL. Gets into your system ZOOK’S FARM STORE N. G. HERSHEY & SON HONEY BROOK, PA MANHEIM, PA 215-273-9730 717-665-2271 NiSSLEY FARM SERVICE WASHINGTON BORO, PA 717-285-4844 S. JOHNSON HURFF POLE TAVERN MONROEVILLE, Ni 609-358-2565 or 603-769-2565 STOUFFER BROS. INC. CHAMBERSBURG, PA 717-263-8424 NEVIN N. MYER & SONS, INC. CHESTER SPRINGS, PA 215-827-7414 UMBERGER'S MILL RT 4 LEBANON, PA | FONTANA) 717 867 5161 A. L HERR & BRO. QUARRYVILLE, PA 717 786 3521 BINKLEY & HURST BROS. 133 Rothsville Station Road Lititz, PA 717 626 4705 new home had to be con structed. At that time, the carpenters were out of work, so the same day the log house burned, there were men out building a new home for the family. And, in less than eight weeks time from the day of the fire, the family moved in. In total, the house cost $l4OO to build, with the carpenters getting $l.OO a day for a sun-up to sun-down daily job. “If we had $9.00 at the end of a week of work we used to think we had a lot of money,” explains Hershey, giving the story a little flavor. “And that was in my time,” he continues. The farmhouse remained as it was built for nearly 51 years until 1946 when Gray bill Hershey installed plumbing and heating. Today, it is a very modern home. The size of the farm has also changed m the five generations it has belonged to the family. Originally 145 AGWAY, INC. CHAPMAN EQUIP. CENTER CHAPMAN, PA 215-398-2553 CHAS. J. McCOMSEY & SONS HICKORY HILL, PA 215-932-2615 WERTZ GARAGE LINEBORO, MARYLAND (301) 374-2672 LEBANON VALLEY IMPLEMENT CO., INC. RICHLAND, PA 717-866-7518 CLAIR J. MYERS Lake Road R 1 Thomasville, PA 717-259 0453 acres and 96 perches, each ge eration sold off a little bit at a time, until it has now reached its 90-acre size. The most recent sale was by Daniel, who sold the frontage for budding lots. Although this move and several other changes in the community have brought more people out to settle near the Hershey farm, the family seems to have ad justed with little or no regrets for their encroached upon land. “We have good neigh bors,” says the elder Her shey, and Daniel offers no objection. “The only dif ference is that I used to know all my neighbors for quite a distance away, now I don’t even know those a block away.” By this time, the Hershey farm is quite modernized and since his purchase of it nine years ago; Daniel has added a few new niches. Although the type of operation is similar to several generations ago with hogs and fattening cattle in the winter, Daniel has added poultry to his operation. Six years ago he built his first broiler house which holds 38,000 chickens at one time. Then, eight months ago, he added a second house of the same size. In total, he raises about 400,000 broilers a year. He also built a forebay onto the barn about eight years ago, and raises 300 hogs a year at about 100 to 110 at a time. And, while he has 90 acres on the home farm, he rents 30 more to make the total of his tillable land 120 acres. AUGUST is f.r Alfalfa • Topdress with 0-12-34 Check for Potato Leafhopper Methoxychior Cygon available. Spray 3rd-4th Cuttings as necessary. MH 30 Available for Tobacco. Limestone - Available for application after barley harvest. Tobacco - Look at our Solo Sprayers for use in Sucker Control. OPEN MON. THRU FRI. 8 to 4:30 CLOSED SATURDAY DURING JULY & AUGUST j| f BULK BLENDS l ORGANIC plant I i anhydrous ammonia J pQQQ 2313 Norman Rd, Lancaster, PA Ph. 397-5152 Graybill Hershey, left, and his son Daniel, who now owns the farm, examine a cradle, which the elder Hershey remembers using in a field The Hershey are proud of their fifth generation family farm, and will possibly have it in the family for several more generations, since Daniel and his wife have five children with one of the boys already helping taking in terest in the operation. TRY A CLASSIFIED where tree stumps were still un cleared. In the background is the farmhouse built to replace a frame log house that burned down in 1895. Forecast unchanged WASHINGTON nr prospects in the soviet New WASffiNGTON, DC. - following good July department °! rains in parts of this region. However, cool, rainjr today that its forecast of the wea fh er \n iot e June and 1976 USSR unchanged at 195 million European USSR. The Soviet SuecfSl grain situation continue forecast was issued July » to be monitored very closely and included 80 million tons further of of wheat. 98 milhon tor* of expected crop outturn will be coarse grains and 17 milhon as n £ w Mormation t .f S^L? US . CeII^ e ? US graill f becomes available, (buckwheat, millet, nee and next report to update pluses). the USSR grain crop is There have been some tentatively Icheduled for mdications of improved crop about September 9. ■S"!?
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