taring, Satarday, August 26,197*
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Business growing strong
By JERRY WEBB
University of Delaware
NEWARK, Del. - Far
ming has gen; through a
long and difficult transition
from a time when it was a
means of survival to a period
when it was a rather
pleasant and sought after
way of life, toward a time
when it will be a business
and little more.
There is ample evidence to
show that the family farm is
not an endangered species
and that it will be around for
a long, long time. There is
also equally impressive
evidence to indicate that
farm numbers are
decreasing, farm sizes are
increasing, and the sums of
money involved in typical
farming operations are
staggering. The evidence
also shows that those family
farms that are prospering
are not typical of the way of
life so many of us remem
ber. Even though they’re
operated as family units,
most of them have a very
business-like approach to
things.
So the family farm will
probably be around for a
long time, but it will become
more business oriented, less
of a way of life, and more of
a means of earning a living.
Fanners and their families
will recognize fewer dif
ferences between them
selves and their city cousins
and they will find them
selves participating in and
enjoying most of the same
activities.
THE QUICK UNLOADER
MARTIN
SEMI-SOLID OR LIQUID SPREADER
Martin V. Model is the quick unloader for that sloppy manure problem
- makes effective use of time - no need for slopping your lane or road
way. The best spreader for free-stall operations... semi-solid manure
storage... even handles stored parlor waste... plus many other uses.
Topdress pasture, hay crops, etc. - no problem. Ask you Martin dealer
today for his capacity/pnce ratio - a sure winner over many brands.
Martin V. Model (pat. pend.) - the quick way to solve that tough
manure problem with fast, fast unloading. Models available from 208
cubic feet to 440 cubic feet (level full).
THE FOLLOWING FEATURES ARE STANDARD EQUIPMENT ON MARTIN'S VISOO
gal.. V2lOO gal., V 2250 gal., V 3300 gal. TANK SPREADERS.
• Heavy duty internal chopper type
auger
• Includes Hydraulic cylinder and all
hoses
• Includes PTO shaft, jack and ladder.
• Spreaders built and designed tohandle
manure from free stall barn without
adding any liquid
• Rear fan built to handle spread of 45
to 60feet liquid or thick manure
CALL 717-933-4151
Martin Mfg. for liquid
manure equipment - full line of
free stalls, head locks, gates
and other farm equipment.
As fanners find them
selves in the main stream of
American business, they
face new challenges. One of
those which is looming large
for many mid-Atlantic
farmers is what the business
community calls mobility.
The typical businessman
goes where his job is. The
profit-oriented industrialist
moves bis firm where
conditions better suit his
purpose. That’s mobility -
but the former traditionally
clings to the land where he
was bom. For many farmers
in this area clinging is
costly, worrisome, and
maybe even foolish.
Just because a farmer’s
father milked cows on the
outskirts of Wilmington,
Delaware doesn’t mean that
fanner and that farmer’s
son must do the same. Land
that is worth millions for
other purposes might better
be devoted to those purposes
while that dairyman moves
south or west, or perhaps
even north to an area better
suited to his agricultural
enterprise.
Some farmers have done
this. They’ve actually traded
farms, moving from the
urbanized east to the gentle
countryside of the Com Belt,
or to the sunny south, where
the winters are milder and
dairy profits are potentially
higher. Some farmers who
were boxed in by urban
sprawl have been forced to
such drastic measures or be
literally closed down by their
complaining neighbors.
• Manure tank can be filled with barn
cleaner Scrape off Ramp Front
End Loader or Purflp
• Large 12' opening from tank to dis
charge fan
• Special V-Shape design facilitates
smoother flow of manure removal
• Braking System Optional, 4-wheel
_ Hydraulic Brakes controlled from
~ tractor.
Others have seen it coming
and have gotten out when the
opportunity presented itself.
But most farmers have no
desire to leave the im
mediate vicinity where they
have always farmed and
where their family has
always lived. In fact, most
formers count as one of their
goals the opportunity for all
of their children to either
enter into the farm business
or to at least find work where
they will be close to the home
place.
That ideal is rapidly
vanishing. Farmers who are
struggling on the Delmarva
peninsula to rent vast
acreages are losing
economic advantages
~because of their physical
location. Why not pull up
stakes and go south or west
where vast chunks of land
Farm
•Urban
• Commercial
THRIVE CENTER
ENVIRONMENTAL
BUILDINGS
•Gestation
•Farrowing
• Nursery/Finishing
For Information Write or Phone
MERVIN MILLER
Lltitz,PA
Phone (717) 62^5204
are still available at much
more reasonable prices?
The Internal Revenue
Service has made it rather
easy for farmers to trade
farms. The laws seem to be
fairly liberal in the kinds of
trades and the tax penalty
can be little or nothing.
Trading does require some
effort on the part of the
fanner, and it requires a
FDOTZ
Manure Handlers
The old strongarm method of Manure Handling
gives way to new muscle from PATZ namely
the Slurry Manure Pump and compressed-air
Liquid Manure Mover These modern methods
of manure movement provide simplicity,
rugged construction, operational ease,
dependability, plus convenience
Slurry Manure Pump
Slurry or free flowing manure is pumped from a 180
gallon hopper under ground through 12 m PVC pipe to
the manure holding area (If bedding is used only fine
cut is recommended) Stroke is adjustable and driven by
tough roller chain drive/reduction unit Plunger sleeve,
and one-way valves all can be removed for servicing
Liquid Manure Mover
Big 1700 [USJ gallon below-ground pressure vessel
collects slurry that is moved simply and easily by as little
as 10-12 lbs of air pressure through 12m PVC pipe to
manure storage area Simplicity in design, turning
swmg-away hatch cover, one-way valve at bottom and
flapper valve at the discharge end are the only
moving parts
get the pnrz facts first
MARYLAND DEALERS
SASIW. lyip, KENNEDYVILLE. MD
WALTER J.HARMSEN PINDER SERVICE CO.
301-822-3085 301-348-5263
HAGERSTOWN. MD LINEBORO. MD
TRI-STATE WERTZ GARAGE, INC.
FARM AUTOMATION 301-374-2672
301-790-3698
on the farm
willingness to leave friends, crops farm somewhere else,
relatives, and perhaps a Or> he might want to get into
lifetime of community in- the egg business, or produce
volvement to start over in a fruits and vegetables,
strange land. But a small Here’s another possibility,
million dollar farm on the ■. What about the fanner with
outskirts of an eastern city a place and outdated
can be traded for impressive buildings who wants to
holdings in some other state, -continue in the dairy
An aging dairyman with a business? Perhaps- he dbe
fairly small farm might be better off to find a suitable
able to trade for a large (Turn to Page 121)
imple,
asy and
dnveniently
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DISTRICT MANAGER
s GEORGE HEATH '
2618 Arcona Road
Mechanicsburg, Pa.
717-697-5466 17055
CONTACT
YOUR LOCAL
DEALER ~
ALEXANDRIA
MAXISENBERG
717-669-4027
BALLY
LONGACRE
ELECTRIC
215-845-2261
BELLEFONTE
LUCAS BARN
EQUIPMENT
814-383-2806
BELLEVILLE
MACLAY & SON
717-935-2101
CAMP HILL
LLOYD SULTZBAUGH
717-737-4554
CHAMBERSBURG
VALLEY FARM
AUTOMATION
717-264-3814
HAMBURG
SHARTLESVILLE
FARM SERVICE
215-488-1025
KIRKWOOD
LANDIS &
ESBENSHADE
717-786-4158
LEBANON
MARVIN J. HORST
DAIRY EQUIPMENT
717-272-0871
McALISTERVILLE
SANER FARM
SYSTEMS
717-463-2606
MILLERSBURG
LANDIS
LABOR SAVERS
717-692-4647
MILTON
LANDIS FARMSTEAD
AUTOMATION
717-437-2375
PIPERSVILLE
MOYER
FARM SERVICE
717-766-8675
TERRE HILL
TERRE HILL
SILO CO. INC.
215-445-6736
WILLIAMSBURG
LONGENECKERS, INC.
814-793-3731
NEW WINDSOR. MD
TRI-COUNTY
FARM AUTOMATION
301-775-7365
STREET. MD
WALTER WEBSTER
301-452-8521
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