—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Jan. 1, 1977
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‘Adventurei in Columbia’
topic of travelogue
LITITZ, Pa. - The third in
a series of travelogues
sponsored by the Lititz
Rotary Club “Travel and
Adventure” series will be
presented Saturday evening,
Jan. 15 at 3 and 8 p.m. in the
Warwick High School
auditorium.
“Adventure in Columbia”
by Remain Wilhelmsen is
one of six in a series of
presentations that cover
various countries. In the
Columbia production the
viewer will have an op
portunity to visit Columbia
through the show.
Andean ranges, tiny
villages, and dense tropical
forests are featured in
Wilhelmsen’s presentation.
Phone bills
increase, on farms
HARRISBURG, Pa. - The
cost of electricity on Penn
sylvania farms stabilized
during 1976 but telephone
bills increased, according to
the Crop Reporting Service.
Cost per kilowatt-hour on
Pennsylvania farms, at $3.40
in 1976, was the same rate
paid in 1975. The average
monthly kilowatt-hours used
this year is up 12 per cent
from last year, raising the
average monthly bill from
$45.90 during the summer of
1975 to $51.30 this year.
The average monthly
telephone bill for local
service only to Pennsylvania
farmers increased eight per
cent from last year, while
the average total monthly
phone bill increased 11 per
cent to $16.10. As of last
summer, 96 per cent of the
Commonwealth’s farms are
estimated to have
telephones.
Only 18,000 farms in the
Commonwealth are
estimated as using liquid
petroleum (L.P.) gas, close
to a thousand fewer than last
year. The farms with L.P.
gas paid an average of 42
cents per gallon in the
summer of 1976, an increase
of five cents over 1975 prices.
U.S. farm electric bills
averaged $3.35 per kilowatt
hour in 1976, an increase of
nine per cent from last
year’s $3.07. The average
monthly kilowatt-hours used
is up 13 per cent from last
year, U.S. farm electric bills
averaged $43.70 per month
during mid-1976, an increase
Don’t buy a
Skid Steer Loader
this week.
power pro
1 EQUIPMENT"
January 19, 20, 21, 22. Get the best on sale.
Division of A& C Equipment Co, 780 East Mam Street, New Holland, Pa 717/354-4241
Romain Wilhelmsen
The coffee country has many
other interesting features,
including thatched - hut
villages, jaguars, crocodiles,
of 24 per cent over the 1975
average of $35.30.
The cost of local telephone
service to U.S. farmers
averaged $9 per month this
year, up 14 per cent from
1975. The average monthly
telephone bill, including long
distance calls, increased 18
per cent to $19.19 in 1976. The
percentage of farms with
snow-capped mountains, and
cosmopolitan cities studded
by 16tlr and 17th Century
architecture.
Wilhelmsen is a resident
of Lansing, Mich., and he
attended St. Joseph’s College
for two years, graduating
from the Pasadena
Playhouse. He began- a
professional career on the
stage and enjoyed two
successful seasons on
Broadway.
His success in
photographing the countries
he visits has been ex
ceptional. He is well-known
for his exciting adventure
and exploration films, and
has been considered as one
of the best in his field.
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telephone service reached 92
per cent in 1976, up from the
90 per cent with telephones in
1975.
The number of farms using
L.P. gas again declined in
1976, falling to 1,394,000 from
the previous year’s 1,493,000.
U.S. farmers paid an
average of 33.1 cents per
gallon for L.P. gas this year,
an increase of 2.7 cents per
gallon or nine per cent over
last year’s levels.
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WEST CHESTER, Pa. - ’ ' - ‘ -p
Dairymen, veterinarians The meeting is being
and dairy fieldmen are in- conducted by the Cheater
vited to a meeting on dairy County Extension Service,
calf housing and ventilation Speaker will be Gerald
7:30 p.m., Tuesday, January Bodman, Penn State
4at the Odnrara High School Agricultural Engineer
The Patz Slurry Manure Pump provides the ultimate
solution to the moving of slurry liquid manure from dairy,
beef, hogs or poultry installations to manure
storage facilities.
The newPatz Slurry Pump can move slurry and liquids
up to 150 feet. The manure is supplied to an underground
hopper with a gutter cleaner or scraper and is forced
into al2 inch P.V.C. pipe by means of an 8 inch by
15 inch plunger.
The Patz exclusive
roller chain drive unit
drives the plunger
at a rate of 21 strokes
per minute.
get the PATZ FACTS FIRST
Call the dealer listed below for costs and availabilities.
George Heath, District Manager 2618 Arcona Road, Mechamcsburg, PA 17 05 5 697 5466
ALEXANDRIA
MAXISENBERG
669-4027
BALLY
LONGACRE ELECTRIC
845-2261
BELLEFONTE
LUC
IS BARN EQUIPMENT
814-383-2806
BELLEVILLE
MACLAY & SON
717-935-2101
CAMP HILL
LLOYD SULTZBAUGH
737-4554
EAST EARL
ZIMMERMAN EQUIPMENT
445 6409
HAMBURG
H. DANIEL WENGER
488 6574
HONEY BROOK
IK'S FARM STORE
2739730
KIRKWOOD
LANDIS A ESBENSHADE
786-4158
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The 8 inch by 15 inch
plunger forces the
manure through a
PVC pipe to
storage facility.
LEBANON
McALISTERVILLE
MILLERSBURG
MILTON
LAf
NEWVILLE
PIPERSVILLE
MOYER FARM SERVICE
776-8675
STREET MD
THOMASVILLE
Plunger sleeve can be
removed from sleeve
chamber for servicing
without breaking
out concrete.
MARVIN HORST
272-0871
SANER FARM SYSTEMS
463-2606
LANDIS LABOR SAVERS
692-4647
IDIS FARMSTEAD AUTOMATION
437-2375
FRED B. McGILLRAY
776-7312
WALTER WEBSTER
452-8521
KENNETH LSPAHR
225-1064