'ifarm 9 to town Kauffman, and Ron Forrey, both from Elizabethtown; Randy Ranck Pennsylvania State FFA president from Solanco High School; Duane Hernley and Roger Smeal, both from E-town. ssman’s bird is back! Consistency: The only layer to place first or second (lOFCC) In every USDA 2-year combii. Random Sample Summary between 1966 and 1973, her last year of entry, '/PHONE: (717) 626-8561 Performance: Legendary 90% plus peaks, and consistent, top egg production throughout the laying period. Reliability: The B-300V is a time-tested pert farm, under the real-life conditions. day-in and day-put. That’s how she became tl “businessman’s bird”...the first choice of producers wherever eggs are produced at a profit! ought to get alotmore for his products.” Mrs. William Hamp, Lancaster, and her sister, Mrs. Walter Schilling, Pipersville, were at Park City with their children. While the youngsters were eagerly wanting to pet a young calf on display, the two mothers watched at tentively and were drawn in by what was going on around them. They described the happenings in the Mall with one word - “wonderful.” The bee display, which was as much a crowd pleaser as most anything the far mers brought in, rated a grade of “fantastic” from Mrs. Hamp. /‘The children are enjoying it too,” the Lancaaster woman said, adding in the same breath that she would be coming back later with other members of the family so that they don’t miss out. “The farmers should do this more often, this is something that’s beneficial to the whole country,” Mrs. Hamp continued. “It lets us be more aware of farmers and the fact that we here in Lancaster County are living in an agricultural area.” She speculated further that a lot of people are “confused” as to what really goes on down on the farm and thought this Km M * /?/ It. /^f^s • ilrfe, . I^P Mr. and Mrs. LJ. Logan of East Eari harvester and the amount of silage a were impressed by this 3-row forage cow eats in a day. was a good way of clarifying things. Another visitor to Park City this week was Herbert Hearn from the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Like others interviewed for this particular story, Heam is not a farmer and has no farm background. “I think this is wonderful and I find it most interesting,” the retired mail carrier commented. Ober Knibel from Hanover offered his opinions: “It’s educational and really in teresting - you bet! This kind 11.0 10.0 9.0 POUNDS OF CRUSHING 80 STRENGTH 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 'Early shall strength measured at 36 weeks of aga; late shell strength at 68 weeks of age. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Oct 23.1976 of stuff intrigues me. But isn’t that a terrific price,” he commented, while glancing over at the 3-row self propelled forage harvester. ! !The price tag fell just short of $40,000.) Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Logan of East Earl were caught at the same display. “I think you’d need a doctor around when you’re buying one of these machines to cope with the possibility of a heart attack,” Logan said in a quite serious tone while carefully inspecting the New average feed converter in the combined Random Sample > of any bird entered for more •nsecutive years between 1966 crushing strength improve ; (36 weeks) and 30.8% in B-300 V’s hatched in 1977 will late lay than they did in early IHING STRENGTH OF BABCOCK LAYERS, 1972 -1977* Holland chopper. “We’ve seen’em in the field,” the Lancaster Countian con tinued, “but we never saw one up dose nor were we aware of how they operate or how much they cost.” Next to the chopper was a pile of silage labeled as an average amount of feed eaten daily by an average diary cow. The Logans more than once made reference to that pile, continuing to ex- (Continued on Page 27] 21
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