Work started on dairy center
UPPERCO, Md. - A
ground-breaking ceremony
for the new Hickory Hill
Farm, Inc. Dairy Center
took place recently in Up
perco, Maryland.
Figuring in the formalities
were the family of Raymond
Armacost, Jr., comprised of
his wife and their three~sons
together with their wives
and two infant grandsons.-
The Armacosts have fanned
RIGID OR SWINGING
Pull 3 bolts to convert from rigid to swinging im
peller paddles on the Jamesway Volumatic® II silage
distributor-unloader. The big-capacity 26" dia. im
peller has a convenient easy-access lift-off top.
We also install cattle feeding, ventilating, and
manure-handling systems . '
AGRI-EQUIP.
RD2, Farmersville, Ephrata, PA
717-354-4271
I. G.’s AG. SALES
Rt. 113, Box 200
Silverdale, PA
215-257-5135
ERB & HENRY EQUIP., INC. M. S. YEARSLEY & SON
22-26 Henry Avenue
New Berlinville, PA
215-367-2169
land here for eight
generations, part of the land
being a grant from the King
of England.
R. Franklin Armacost, HI,
Wayne L. Armacost and
John Carvel Armacost, the
three brothers who will
figure most actively in the
venture, turned the first
spade of earth.
The new facility will
DEPENDABLEMOTORS HARRY L. TROOP
Honey Brook, PA
'215-273-3131 '
HENRY S. LAPP J. M. HORST SERVICE CO.
RDI, Cains, Gap, PA 17527
‘ 717-442-8134
114 E. Market St.
West Chester, PA 19380
215-696-2990
consist of a 500 ft. x 140 ft. parlor, a milk storage area
steel barn to house 500 and offices. Target date for
Registered Holstein cows, a the initial use of the new
24 stall polygon milking quarters is early 1979.
Penn State
specialists win awards
UNIVERSITY PARK -
Three members of Penn
State’s co-operative Ex
tension service staff have
been named recipients of
blue ribbon awards
presented by the American
Society of Agricultural
Engineers for educational
aids entered in national
competition.
The 1978 awards were
announced during the
society’s recent annual
meeting held at Utah State
University. Tlje winning
entries are being used in
Penn State’s educational
programming.
N. Henry Wooding, Ex
tension agricultural
engineer, and William H.
Folwell, Extension visuals
specialist, jointly won an
, award for a slide set, “Land
Application of Livestock
Manure for Environmental
Protection.”
A circular, “Fire Safety”,
submitted by Dennis J.
Murphy, Extension safety
specialist, also received blue
ribbon recognition.
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Rt 1 Cochranville, PA 19330
215-593-6731
Box 231, Quentin, PA
717-274-1242
J. A. SWOPE
Box 121, RDI
Myerstown, PA
717-933-4758
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 16,1978
Three young dairymen and Registered Holstein
breeders turned the first spade of earth for the
new dairy facility of Hickory Hill Farm, Inc. From
left to right are John Carvel Armacost, R. Franklin
Armacost, 111, and Wayne L. Armacost.
Horse plowing
(Continued from Page 118) side walking plow, a two way
„„ ~ _ riding plow, and oxen
and the evenness plowing was shown also
oftheboundry. during the morning.
After the congests were During the afternoon there
over, interested spectators was a demonstration of a
were given the chance to try gang p j ow six horses, a
their luck at plowing as multi-hitch of 12 head of
their granddaddies did , animals, a log jumping
and people were seen the demonstration with six
rest of the morning at- animals and wood sawing
tempting to make those done with a horse as the
an ™ a * s S® e “haw” tread power. There was also
as they tried to plow a nice, a log pulling contest,
straight even furrow. The event was part of the
Demonstrations of a one Historic Strasburg’s 11th
horse walking plow, a hill annual Harvest Fair.
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