VOL 23 No. 35 In this issue Farm calendar 10 Editorials 10 Homestead Notes 42 Farm Women calendar 44 Joyce Bupp • 44 Doris Thomas 45 Jr. Cooking Edition 46 Home on the Range 47 Ida’s Notebook 49 Kendy’sKollumn 52 Cherry orchard 57 New hatchery 59 Classifieds 61 Berks County DH3A 90 Grange princess 93 PPF president 95 Poultry future 98 Chester DHIA 104 Cumberland DHIA 109 Holstein girl 110 lightning 113 Game preserve 118 W arm Summer weather has ripened some of the small grain fields in southeastern Pennsylvania, but frequent heavy rains are holding up combining. and Southeastern Pennsylvania Areas - Also Maryland, New Jersey and Delaware Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 1,1978 Storms damage crops By JOANNE SPAHR U'ilTZ - Monday and Tuesday evening’s heavy downpours caused scattered damage to crops in Lan caster Fanning’s coverage area, with the most damage sustained in Lancaster County. Although damage was not Credit is tightening By bIETER KRIEG LANCASTER Money hasn’t been as readily available this year as in previous years, and ac cording to many commercial bankers that’s a fact which isn’t likely to change in the next six months. Money is tight and'interest rates are climbing. Replacement cow prices high By JOANNE SPAHR been up and down over the , UTITZ - One cattle years,” reports Merle dealer, who has spent a Breneman, Mount Joy R 3, lifetime in the business, “but this definitely the big reports that the prices which I gest span I’ve ever seen.” replacement cattle am " .. . presently bringing are the Jbgbt now, according to a highest he's ever seen. , consensus of cattle dealers “The prices for and auctioneers, good grade replacement animals hai T e springers are bringing Barley harvest varied in area By JOANNE SPAHR LITITZ - Combines were out in barley fields this week beginning that grain's harvest. And, while it is a little early to get a complete picture of this year's crop, several millers, farmers, and custom combiners were able to give Lancaster Germans start Adams County egg farm By DIETER KRIEG HEIDLERSBURG - Ground was broken here this week for a poultry operation which has captured the attention and imagination of many Pennsylvania egg producers. The reason for the profound interest is two fold; The egg farm will house 1 million laying hens Watershed group urges involvement ByKENDACEBORRY MANHEIM About three years ago, a group of far mers and other residents living near Manheim gathered together and formed the Chickies Creek Watershed Association. Urged to band together by the Department of En vironmental Resources, the people involved joined severe in most cases, there were reports that small grain stands were blown down, tobacco plants drowned, and some corn affected. However the worst problem probably came from erosion/ “This was not a general storm,” noted M.M. Smith, While money is still on hand for those who want to borrow, bankers are looking at loan applications closer than ever before. That’s being done for several reasons. Aside from protecting themselves from possible bad debts, bankers also want to make sure that they’ll have enough money Fanning an overview of what is happening at the present time. According to reports, the quality, weight, and bushel per acre of the crop is widely varied depending upon the area in which the grain is grown. In the Momt Joy section of Lancaster County, and also have its own facilities for raising replacement birds. What really has everyone talking, however, is the fact that this huge venture in the egg business in Adams County, Pennsylvania, is foreign owned. At a time when Congress, farm organizations and together to assist in re solving the matter of the problem involving the floodplain of the Chickies Creek. “While our main thrust at the moment is still involved with the study of Chickies Creek and its flooding problem, we’re also involved in many other things,” Wayne Shenberbcr Lancaster County Extension director, “some areas had no problems at all. But, I do think a lot of topsoil left the fields.” This was the case in the Mount Joy area. Robert Brandt, Manheim R 2, was forced to redig a channel when two feet of soil from a available for their present customers’ operating needs. In addition, bankers are giving stronger con sideration to their own cash flow. They want to be assured of debt payments coming in so that the in coming money can be “re cycled” for other loans. Borrowing power is anywhere from $7OO to $1200; commercial dry cows $7OO to $BOO and up; and top bred heifers from $BOO to $l2OO with a few Selling at $l5OO. And,' at the Pennsylvania Holstein Association’s state bred heifer sale on March 31, 68 head averaged $l6Ol. A year ago, reports Farm millers report that little of the grain has been com bined. They also express the concern that the past week’s rains will create more problems for their already latecrop. “The weeds are growing up, and the wet fields will make it tough to get in with numerous individuals are debating and discussing ownership of American farmland by foreigners, the Adams County egg ranch is attracting considerable attention. Talk and rumors about the operation have been circulating for months. Early this week it became official that two very sue- president, related. “We’re interested m conservation, the proper use of our resources, and the im provement of living con ditions for the people that live in the area, too.” At the present time, though, the association is concerned with the study of Chickies Creek that is being done throughout the $6.00 Per Year nearby woods idled in bis creek bed. He reports that it took three hours of work to dig the channel, a chore he had never been forced to do before this particular in cident. Brandt also stated that he (Torn to Page 18) definitely not what it once was. Not only is money in short supply, interest rates are climbing. Depending on the type of loan and lending institution being considered, interest rates can exceed 10 percent. While money is becoming scarce, debts are mounting. (TurntoPage39) Journal,those cattle would have gone for less than $lOOO apiece. There’s no doubt about it, the cost of replacement cattle is high. “Everything’s $2OO to s3oohigher than a year ago,” reports Breneman. (Turn to Page 37) combines,” notes Larry Garber with Wenger’s Mill, Elizabethtown. Garber reported on Thursday that most of that area’s Barsoy barley was still standing. Heistand Brothers, Elizabethtown, also reported that as of Thursday they had (TurntoPage26) cessful poultrymen from West Germany were indeed expanding their interests in rural Adams County. The site of the 625-acre, 1 million chicken farm is just outside of the village of Heidlersburg, about ID miles northeast of Gettysburg. The land was reportedly pur- (Turn to Page 34) Manheim area. The study is under the direction of the Lancaster Conservation District, the Lancaster County Commissioners, and the Manheim Borough. “The study is justified, the flooding in Manheim is pretty bad,” Shenberger stated. “Plus there is a problem with their own (Turn to Page 32)
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