Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, September 23, 1978, Image 29

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• No dropping boards or scrapers required.
• Double galvanized back-bottom-egg tray.
• Cages with angled fronts.
• Cage doors in front.
• Bottom partition wire is welded to precise
slope of cage bottom.
• Flat chain and trough feeding.
• Feeding speeds up to 60 feet per minute.
• Hi-Torq speed reducer with three year
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• Adjustable, positive-lock hopper feed gate.
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• Floor stand or hanger support systems
• 12 inches deep in various widths.
Delaware County
(Continued from Page 16)
Regional 4-H Horse Show.
Champions in Showmanship
and Grooming were Donna
Williams, Glenolden, in the
Senior Division and Kris
Bryan, Middletown Town
ship, in the Junior Division.
Sixty-one dairy goats were
entered in the 4-H In
vitational Dairy Goat Show
at the Fall Fair under the
direction of Dr. Nancy Riser
of Aston. These 4-H mem
bers and goats came from
various parts of Penn
sylvania and New Jersey.
The show was divided into
Showmanship, Fitting and
Breed Classes. Showman
ship Grand Champion was
Rex Bohn and Reserve
Grand Champion was Blake
Hitchner both of Salem
County, New Jersey.
The Best of Show went to
Blake Hitchner’s Toggen
burg named Amyr D.S.C.
Emma Jane of Salem
County, N. J.
Top Delaware County 4-
H’ers were: Janet Goldhahn
of Bethel Township in Senior
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incaster Farming, Saturday, Septembar 23,1978
Reserve and Reserve Grand
Champion in Recorded
Grades; Tom Erbe of Lin
wood, Junior, Champion in
Houseplant course offered
UNIVERSITY PARK -
Houseplants are currently
popular in decorating one’s
home. Used singly or in
attractive groupings, they
create an atmosphere of
warmth, beauty, and life in a
room.
If growing plants indoors
is new, a person needs to
determine where one wants
plants to grow and how much
light is available before
selecting them. Tem
perature and humidity are
important in growing some
houseplants.
Some houseplants, such as
philodendron, dracaena,
podocarpus, kentia palm,
pittosporum, and schefflera,
do stand more, adverse
conditions. However, to have
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Alpines; Tom Erbe, Lin
wood, first Merit in Junior
Fitting; Laura Erbe, Lin
wood, first Merit in first year
Fitting; and Danny Majors
of Bethel Township first
Merit in Junior Showman
ship.
healthy, attractive plants,
good horticulture must be
practiced.
Penn State has provided
Correspondence Course
entitled House Plant
Culture. Written to provide
basic information about
growing plants indoors, the
course discusses how to
provide a suitable en
vironment for a variety of
houseplants through natural
and/or artificial lighting,
heat, and humidity control,
suitable soil mixes, diseases,
and containers.
A person can get a copy of
the course by sending $3 to
Houseplants, Box 5000,
University Park, Pa. 16802.
Check should be made
payable to Penn State.
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