150—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Jan. 8," 1977 Adams County Master Farmer John H. Baugher checks his apple crop grown by using wire trellis. The graham cracker was named after the Reverend Sylvester W. Graham who in the 18th century recommended a diet of bread made from coarse flour eaten slightly stale. I* s'/ V - » V . \ / \\\l | jots-jfp* feeing phased out.” i Labor is the reason this I operation w6nt into peach i production.'~Baugher starts, 1 , the season digging and i shipping nursery stock. Next I he plants his lining out stock anddoes nursery-work. Then he handlesharvest cherries , on steep>slopes where the machine won’t go. Peaches fill in nicely between the cherry and apple seasons. Machinery costs per acre on this farm run only $75.88. This includes irrigation; 10 tractors; 5 sorayers; a shaker, 6 trucks; and other farm equipment. “One reason we can keep per acre costs low is by taking care of - the equipment and making It last. We don’t buy anything unless we really need it,” - Baugher relates. As with any Master Farmer, he is actively in volved in numerous civic and agricultural activities. gCOAS.SE. - Fruit grower (Continued from Page 146) Baugher has held all. the 1% - offices in the Adams County slipping the bud down tft the Association tree we are slipping it up r ilv t xj and is a member of the utdtG from the bottom, lie says. HorHeultural Association “It has been used-in New « or ? lc wturai Association, York State with good sue- P® nns yl vania Farmers cess I’m eager to see if it Association, Masonic Lodge, cess, i m eager to see nit d Gettysburg Elk club. will work for us. Presently we have .about 500 trees A( f e *f ~ 'Kndrinfi .1 ... m Adaros County Extoilsion Association, Mountain Or- Most of _ the nursery _ stock chard cooperative, Apple Blossofil Queen Contest ’ 311(1 is barely adequate to take care of' the demand. Most other nurseries will not expand because of the problem of getting good help. For this reason, Baugher is going to try to cover the mail order and backyard markets In his own orchard the Master Fanner likes to grow dwarf apple trees on wire. “We probably > will be shaking apples by the time this year’s plantings come ! into production,” he predicts. “For this reason I like semi-dwarfs. _ Our standard-sized trees are i HOG PRODUCERS! Top Price for - Your Hogs at jHRS Imiß I New Holland ( Sold m sorted lots the auction way. See them weighed and sold and pick up your check. SALE EVERY MONDAY 8:00 A.M. NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, INC. „ .. . Phone 717-354-4341 Daily Market Report Phone 717-354-7288 Abe Diffenbach, Manager president of the Christ Lutheran Church of Aspers. He and his wife, Nadine, are the parents of four children. Julia, the oldest, is married and a graduate of Madison College. John, Jr., is a student,.at Delaware Valley College majoring in horticulture; Phillip works on the farm taking care, of bookkeeping; and Chris is in high school.
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