—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. April 16. 1977
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12% gallons of water per
pan, and burns up 13 gallons
of oil perhour.
“You can cook your dinner
undo* one of those pahs,' 11 -
Nolt says with a grin,
although it is a fact. He has
cooked hard-boiled eggs,
com, and T.V. dinners with
the steamer, but prefers to
bring a bag lunch when
working.
After each pan is moved,
the tobacco grower follows
behind it, raking the ground
Farm pond problems
subject of meetings
LANCASTER, Farm
pond problems -such as
algae control, Weeds,
muskrats, and too many fish
- will be discussed Tuesday
during a tour of farm ponds
sponsored by the Extension
Service.
Two meetings are
scheduled. The first begins
at 10 a.m. at the farm of
Richard Maule, south' of
Quarryville on Solanco
Road. Russell Sauder,
Manheim R 5, will host the
second meeting at 2 p.m.
Ponds will be studied at both
sites.
To lead the discussions at
both of the above meetings,
from Penn State Extension
Service has arranged for two
specialists to be on hand.
Robert Wingard will address
topics concerning pond
management, weed control
Dairy meetings slated
NEW YORK, N.Y. - The
Market Administrator has-
announced the scheduling of
informational meetings in
several locations to discuss
the Partial Recommended
Decision signed April 5,1977,
by the Administrator of the
Agricultural Marketing
Service, United States
Department of Agriculture.
These meetings, to begin
at 10:00 a.m. each day, are
open to all interested per
sons, and are scheduled as
follows:
Syracuse, N.Y., Tuesday
April 19-Sheraton Inn, 7th
North Street and Electronics
Parkway, Exit 37, New York
State Thruway,
Scranton, Pa., Wednesday,
April 20-Sheraton Inn,
The Cedar Crest Future Farmer of America’s
three stars are; {front to back) Dawn Shirk,
Lebanon R 5, star greenhand; Scott Balsbaugh,
Lebanon Rl, star agribusinessman; and Robert
Copenhaver, Lebanon R 4, chapter star farmer
in order to level it and to
make it fine-grained for the
seedlings. He cannot plant
his seedlings for at least a
day, because the ground
must cool down.
When he is able to plant the
bedsTwith either germinated
or dry seeds, the tobacco
fanner covers it with cotton
hulls, excelsior, or tobacco
ribs, and then puts a layer of
muslin over top to keep the
warmth in and protect the
plants.
Steaming takes about a
month out of the Spring
and fish balance. Henry
Wooding will concentrate on
pond construction and bank
maintenance.
County Agent Max Smith
adds:
“We are anxious to help
you with your pond
management and returns; in
order to have a worthwhile
pond, it requires some at
tention. We hope you will
accept this chance to leant of
our recommendations. Both
of these ponds are stocked
with fish and we hope to
examine several specimens.
Smith also reminds far
mers that before treating
your pond with any
materials for algae or weed
control, you must get a
Permit from the Penn
sylvania Fish Commission.
Meadow Avenue, Exit 52 and
Ml.
Mew York, N. Y., Friday,
April 22-Office of the Market
Administrator, 205 East 42
Street, 10th Floor Hearing
Room.
The Partial Recom
mended Decision covers all
the issues of the hearing held
in New York City and
Syracuse, New York,
February 17-26, except the
classification of shrinkage.
The issued considered are:
transportation allowances;
milk transfers between
Federal Order No. 2 and
State Order markets; and
charges on overdue accounts
by the handler to the Market
Administrator.
fanning schedule of Paid
Nolt, who operates a 96 acre
dairy farm and farms
another 50 acres on his un
cle’s farm. He now has 42
head of cows, 45 steers and
30 heifers.
Fortunately for him, he
has a helpful family made up
of three children Ronald, 19;
Carol Jean, 16; and Les, 13.
And, of course, there is his
wife, Arlene.
“The family does a lot of
the work, and I try to get
home for the milking,”'
explains Nolt. “And, usually,
when the steaming is done,
the ground is ready to plow,
so it works out pretty good.”
Nolt is one of a slowly
decreasing fraternity of
steamers left in the area.
Many of the old rigs have
worn out with time and
corrosion by the limestone
water in the flues of the
boiler. Also, more and more
tobacco growers are turning
to sterlizing with chemicals.
So , there may come a time
when this age-old process is
no longer used. But, until
then, Paul Nolt and other
steamers like him will carry
on the tradition of the past.
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