Farm-city tours report record attendance ByKENDACEBORRY viewing the agriculural Berks bounty all pleased with the tours, reported excellent turnouts 0n one farm and huge successes m the County there were a tours which the reported 15D0 to 2000 Farmers Associations p resen j over th e two day sponsored. Both the farmers period> all me farms involved m showing their having at least one thousand farms and the visitors ATTENTION FARMERS... FREE ESTIMATES ON RODENT CONTROL RODENTS carry diseases which can endanger the health of your flocks. Your business is raising the flocks. Ours is protecting them. . Since 1928 Pest control is too important to trust to anyone else THE SYSTEMS k PEOPLE " . -A K' ttTT , ■ AGSTAR ENVIRONMENTALLY CONTROLLED BUILDINGS ARE ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE COST PER ANIMAL SYSTEMS AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET TODAY! E/liH yn .u a 1278 Loop Rd. ' Lancaster. Pa. 17604 717-397-3721 visitors, a group that was called “fantastic”. teke a hay n ?’ « “The people touring were n * w house > “““S courteous and verv in- other things. courteous and very m At the j Musser terested,” Mrs Marsha farm> Mount Joy; the Barley, Lancaster R 2, told of omelet King was present, the visitors “The farmers on first £ were pleased all around, and omelets were out .he people seemed croW( j was so ia r g e the fascinated with modern secon( j day of the tour that fararung. the omelets were cut in The visitors at the dif- thirds to accomodate ferent stops had op- everyone . ASSTVXB the Quality - 153 9 -,'t 5T»s: -* -vl . V' jr -i * „ EQUIPMENT, INC. RD3, Sprecher Road Willow Street, PA 17584 Lancaster Co. 717-464-3321 Potatoes were given out at the Clyde K. Eshelman Farm, Lancaster, and he estimated that between the two days visitors, he handed out close to a ton of potatoes. One family toured some of the farms on bikes, riding them from Lancaster City. When asked why they rode their bikes to the farms, they related that they bad wanted to tour the farms and that bikes were the only tran sportation that they had to get there. Visitors from foreign countries were also present, with guests signing the registers from Germany, Poland, and the Phillipines, as well as all over the United States. In Berks County, a very were happy with the tour positive report of the ae- results. _ rHOGPRODUCERSn ♦ ♦ J Get Top Price for ♦ New Holland I ♦ * Sold in sorted lots the auction way. See them 7 weighed and sold and pick up your check. ♦ SALE EVERY MONDAY - MO A.M. { NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES. INC. ♦ Phone 717-354-4341 ▼ Daily Market Report - Phone 717-354-7288 ▼ Abe Oiffenbach, Manager Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 25,1978 LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT ENVIRONMENTALLY CONTROLLED BUILDINGS FOR • Farrowing • Fattening • Growing • Nursery • Gestation CALF AND VEAL CASTLE PITLESS OR SELF-CONTAINED AGSTAR BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT A. Modular 24-ft. wide farrowing finish* ing, & gestation buildings. B. Modular 12-ft. wide farrowing nursery £ gestation buildings. C. Lot or pasture fountains. D. Hog tot gates £ partitions. E. Heavy duty hog £ cattle waterers. F. Big capacity feeders. ~~ G. Ventilation equipment. H. Round feeders. I. Feed delivery systems. J. Galvanized vertical pen partitions. K. Hogtroughs. L. Porcelainized Steel slats. M. Rotary feeders. N. Porcelainized watering cups. O. Baby pig feeders. P. Farrowing stalls £ pens. Q. Pig heaters. R. Nipple waterers. S. Space-saver nursery feeders. T. Flex auger systems £ feed bins. U. Gestation stalls £ buildings. ★ We Sell. Service & Install. ★ Full Line Parts Department. f i Please send me more information. Name Address City State Phone tivities was also given. The fifth year for the tours in that - county, the group is already thinking about trying to get more farmers involved next year to make a success even better. People who came, loved it, was the way one man put it. The group, both the farmers and the visitors were all well pleased. Hie children who came to the farms seemed to especially get a thrill out of the farm animals. Everything went very well indeed, he added. And in Chester County, the same happy story was told. Large crowds were present at the different farms, with the largest group attendance of any year reported. Both the farmers and the vistors > 23
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