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Englishman views Pennsylvania agriculture
i By JOYCE BUPP
'york Co. Reporter
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Morris, who.spent three
ths traveling around this
try. Being the tourist is
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“courier,” an English
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lort in London, the first
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or the next three weeks,
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n minor lodging or meal
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nting luggage and heads
every stop, and even
ing one of the group out
a Russian jail for
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When delegation members
learned that Paul was
planning to come to the
States in September, they
invited him to visit with
them. Accepting some of the
invitations, he spent the first
week of December in York
' and Lancaster counties.
One of Morris’ main
reasons for visiting America
was te absorb the geography
and get'to the people, not
necessarily take in every
tourist spot on the map. He
bought a car in California,
giving him the mobility to go
where, and when he chose.
Paul, and his traveling
companion, Alison Thomson,
spent much of their time
camping. They prefer
wilderness areas, where
they could backpack into the
forests, build a fire and
absorb an isolationist at
mosphere that just can’t be
found anywhere on the
British Isles.
“The geography here is
hugel”, Morris discovered.
“In England, land is so
heavily populated that you
sometimes just mentally
erase the surrounding
civilization and pretend that
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you are alone.” He felt that
this was a primary reason
that English people tend to
be more introverted than
Americans - living on top of
one another, it is the only
way they can maintain any
privacy.
During the winter months,
when he isn’t guiding touring
groups, Paul works as the
relief manager on a pig and
turkey farm about 30 miles
outside of London. He also
fills in on assorted farm jobs,
working wherever he is
needed for nearby farmers.
Large White Hogs are
raised on the farm, a breed
which is a cross between the
Danish Landrace and a
Wessex Saddleback. The
farm owner has been a
champion pig breeder for
two straight years in
England for that breed of
pigs. The award is based on
feed conversion efficiency
and litter survival rates.
“If you really do well in pig
breeding, yon can make a go
of it, but you have to be
'tops,” states Morris. Under
the present set-up, the feed
company owns the hogs, the
farm owner used their feeds
exclusively, and then retains
a percentage of the market
price, as well as receiving a
managership fee.
Pigs are obtained as
“weaners,” and are supplied
through a cooperative, Hartz
Quality Pig Producers,
which serves as a marketing
agent between the breeder
and the feeder. One farm
manager and two helpers
handle the 700 to 1000
animals, fattening them for
about four months on buil
feeds. The pigs are sold at
250 pounds, with an average
market price of $65 per
hundredweight, dressed
weights.
When the bottom of the
market on British pork fell
four years hgo, the farm
owner branched out mto the
turkey business. Day-old
chicks are brought in on one
farm, raised for about 26
weeks and then dressed out
on an adjacent operation at
about 30 to 35 pounds.
“Our turkeys are extra
good,” believes Paul,
“Because they see daylight
and run out on the open
ground.”
Paul and Alison were
especially interested in farm
life in Pennsylvania and
spent several days on a York
County dairy farm. In there
time here, they visited the
Green Dragon Farmers
Market. Paul found himself
almost buying a cow during
the dairy auction, when be
raised his hand to wave his
host to a seat he’d been
saving. The auction
fascinated him, especially
the speed of the auctioneer’s
speech.
Time
Sunday
KENNETT SQUARE. Pa.
- Longwood Gardens has
announced a time change for
its weekly Sunday afternoon
organ concerts, effective
January 2, 1977. The two
hour concerts, which in the
past began at 3 p.m. each
Sunday afternoon, will now
begin at 2:30 p.m. “We hope
that this time change will
allow a greater number of
our visitors to enjoy the
concerts, as well as the floral
displays in the con
servatories,” said a
spokesman for the gardens.
The Sunday afternoon
concerts are presented by
Longwood’s well-known
organist, Dr. Clarence
, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Jan. 1,1977—49
“I like the farmers’
markets better than the
supermarkets,” he com
mented, adding that -it was
more comparable to the
English food marketing,
with small shopowners
specializing in certain foods.
He also expressed disap
pointment with fast food
chain restaurants and felt
that the few that were being
tried in England “wouldn’t
make it.”
Although he thoroughly
enjoyed his American visit,
Paul wasn’t ready to live
here permanently.
“In England, I know where
I stand and where my neigh
bor stands. Here life moves
so fast that I don’t think I
could live that way.” But
then he added, “America is
tops in technology and more
responsive to changes than
any other country in the
world.
changed on
organ concert
Snyder, in the conservatory
ballroom, and include works
of both a secular and a
liturgical nature. The organ
upon which Dr. Snyder
performs is considered one
of the most complete in the
country. It weighs nearly 55
tons and is housed in a
chamber off the Longwood
conservatories. The organ
was installed in 1929 by
Longwood’s founder, the late
Pierre S. du Pont.
Besides the Sunday af
ternoon concerts, visitors
have two other chances each
week to enjoy beautiful
flowers and fine music at the
same time. One-hour con
certs are given on the organ
by Dr. Snyder at 1 p.m.
every Tuesday and Thur-.
sday afternoon, and guests
may listen in the ballroom or
from the nearby con
servatories.
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Paul Morris should be an
expert at comparing the
cultures of various countries
on an “everyday life” basis.
He has traveled in every
European country, several
of the Iron Curtain countries
and some of the Middle East
areas. And he’s held an
unbelievable assortment of
jobs in his 25 years.
What does someone who
has traveled over much of
the world want to do with the
rest of his life?
“I think I’d like to find a
small farm back in England
and be sort of self
sufficient,” he has decided.
Admittedly, that may be
difficult because of the
scarcity of land there.
But regardless of what the
future holds in store, Paul
and his Pennsylvania friends
hope it includes another visit
back sometime.
There is, in addition, a
series of concerts on
scheduled Wednesday
evenings featuring guest
artists. A schedule of
evening concerts may be
obtained by writing the
Visitors Center, Longwood
Gardens, Kennett Square,
Pa. 19348.
Admission to afternoon
concerts at Longwood is by
payment of the admission
fee to the gardens. Ad
mission to evening concerts
is $1 per person.
Longwood Gardens is
located on Route 1, northeast
of Kennett Square. It is open
daily, the grounds from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. (6 p.m. in the
summer) and the con
servatories from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m.