—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 12,1977 106 By DIETER KRIEG Much of life on the farm is gone now, and a lot more will fade away in weeks to come. The country is a quiet place during this time of year, in comparison to just a month ago. You can still hear the sounds of equipment rumbling over the fields, and animals bawling at feeding time, but that’s about all. Gone are the endlessly chirping insects which thrived during Sum mer’s prickly heat and were as plentiful as the blades of grass they’ jumped back and forth from. Gone is the soothing concert of frogs and the pleasant scent of alfalfa drying in the field. Lightning bugs have quit their nightly aerial shows as the last golden maple leaves float gracefully • • KELLER BROS. TRACTOR CO. YOUR COMPLETE TRACTOR & EQUIP. DEALER Ford Farm Tractors & Equip Ford Industrial Tractors & Equip Ford Garden Tractors & Equip Ford Rider Mowers Ford Tillers __ Ford Walk Behind Mowers Kubota Tractors & Equip Good Selection from Large Inventory Sales - Parts - Service I KELLER BROS. TRACTOR CO.; • Buffalo Springs Call (717) 949-6501 • • 10 Miles North of Lititz • to the ground. Now the lawn - which was like a green carpet all Summer - is covered with a carpet of a different sort. Just as the trees are now naked, many fields are already bare. Gone is the beauty of the growing season. Birds which haven't already left are swarming across open fields by the thousands in practice for a southward migration. It’s a time of year for which the farmer can feel both sad and happy. Watching so much life disappear and Save on building, remodeling and maintenance with quality Reynolds Aluminum I'djjffcJ ~~ir ft If Ecjuipnu nt Priced to compete with steel, Reynolds corrosion resistant alloy, developed especially for farm use, helps you save on better farm buildings. You save on construction because you use large sheets that cover more and reduce overlaps. And since there’s no red rust...ever...you save on paint maintenance down the road. Hog farrowing and feeding REYNOLDS ALUMINUM McGuier wins sheep shearing HARRISBURG - Jay McGuier, an 18-year-old from Prosperity R 2, Washington County, won the Pennsylvania Junior Sheep Shearing Contest Sunday night at the 21st Annual Keystone International Livestock Exposition. Second and third places in the contest went to Clark Kevin, Clarks Mills Rl, Mercer County, and Susan Brownless of Claysville R 3, Washington County. Jay McGuier had placed second in the 1976 Pennsylvania Junior Sheep Sheep Shearing Contest. Contestants are judged on tuning, absence of second bringing a jacket back into use is no fun. But knowing that three seasons work is nearing completion and that a time of comparative rest is at hand, a farmer can feel satisfied. There will still be plenty of things to do anyway. Life on the farm would be sad, indeed, however, if we wouldn’t have the assurance of a new dawning of life next Spring. Thank God for that. General utility building cuts in the fleece, condition of the fleece, absence of cuts on the sheep, their methods in handling the shep and the final appearance of 'shorn sheep. Each contestant must shear two sheep in the event. Most of the contestants, eight boys and two girls, had participated in sheep shearing schools in the state. Pennsylvania Junior Sheep Shearing Contest entrants must be between 15 and 20 years of age. As the winner of, the contest, McGuier will receive $35 and will represent Pennsylvania in me National Junior Sheep CT Beef confinement feeding 3 —lllussl3Eit_ 1_ Jj Go with unpainted Reynolds Aluminum on the roof where its heat reflectivity helps keep stock cooler in summer and warmer in winter. Then make sidewalls sparkle with any of four, farm-right Reynolds Aluminum Colorweld® finish colors: stable red, meadow gold, valley green, birch white. DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS OF SYSTEMS EPHRATA, R. 4, (Farmersville) PA. 17522 PHONE 717-354-4271 Shearing Contest. The contest is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Livestock Association and the Penn sylvania Sheep and Wool Growers Association. Farm machinery storage and repair Ipppp® ff MEMO HAY, STRAW and EAR CORN SALE EVERY MONDAY AT 11A.M. EVERY WEDNESDAY 12:00 NOON NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, INC. Phone 717-354-4341 Lloyd H Kreider Auct building Poultr *
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