f Beachley receives Grassland Council award
UNIVERSITY PARK -
Kenneth G. Beachley,
Shiremanstown, president of
Beachley-Hardy Seed
Company, has been named
winner of the 1978 Penn
sylvania Grassland Coun
cil’s Special Award.
A trophy, for outstanding
service to the state’s forage
industry, was presented to
Beachley November 20 al
the Forage and Seed Con
ference held at Penn State.
In citing his ac
complishments, Dr. John E.
Baylor, Penn State Ex
tension agronomist, says
Beachley has a long and
distinguished career in
agriculture.
t PUBLIC SALE
| BLUE MOUNTAIN WOODLAND
: Located in Bethel Twp., Berks Co., Penna.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9
At 2 P.M.
i At residence of owner Mary J. Strauss,
1 Bethel, Berks Co., Penna.
4 Adjoining tracts totaling 71+ acres will be offered
separately and as a whole.
Tract A consists of 30.531 Acres
Tract B consists of 15.730 Acres
Tract C consists of 12.338 Acres
Tract D consists of 12.465 Acres
Inspection and/or Surveyors Maps can be
arranged/or obtained by contacting
JOHN 0. STRAUSS
After 5 P.M. At
(717)273-4454
(717)933-4365
Sale will start promptly at 2 P.M.
Terms 10% down
with settlement on or before Mar. 1,1979.
p Auctioneer - Dave Risser
I Attorney - Henry Steiner
SATURDAY DECEMBER 16
Starting At 10 A.M.
Location - R.D. 2 Catawissa off Route 42
South of Bloomsburg. Turn at three points
(follow auction arrows).
SELLING TOOLS, EQUIPMENT,
HOUSEHOLD, 1927 PONTIAC
FOR PAUL (BUTCH BELL) SMOCYZNSKI
Belt driven lathe/3’ swing, bench lathe w/2’ swing,
McCormick Deenng engine, Craftsman engine, IV-i”
socket set, pipe cutters, Craftsman miter box, metal
tool caddy, 3 new Firestone tractor tires, 2-920 H.D.
t r uck tires, 2-500 truck tires, floor model drill press,
Rearing press, Jacuzzi pumps, portable torch, plug
■leaner, LG. & SML. vises, chain saw parts, hand
grinders, misc. lawn mower parts, Reamers, all type
hand tools, 75-100 plastic tubmg, (%”, 1”, I%’ ), Oliver
70 tractor, 4 section harrow, 11 hole Farquhar drill, 2
field sparyers w/gasolene engines, 2 manure
spreaders, Oliver com planter, 4 wheel farm wagon,
sickle bar mower, horse drawn Osborn mower, famng
mill, combine, N.H. grinder, corn sheller, platform
scales, etc. etc. App. 1000 bushel oats & wheat, 2x6’s,
Chev. 3600 % ton pickup, potato grader, 1927 Pontiac 4
door sedan, Columbia coal & wood stove, parlor stoves,
jelly cupboard, 5 leg oak table, oak tables, oak side by
side, oak sideboard, library table, Kohler & Campbell
upright piano, wicker buggy, iron & brass combination
beds, 6 leg oak ext. table, butchering kettle, set of 6
chairs, odd chairs, latterns, scales, bottles, books,
dishes, 2 pc. high back oak bedroom suite, 7’ wardrobe,
sml. wash stand, dresses, top school master’s desk,
apple peeler, crocks, jugs, lard press, hanging lamp
bracket, butter churn, plus ??’???’
Terms - Cash
Auctioneer;
John Autotore 784-3506
During the past 25 years,
he has served several terms
on the board of the Penn
sylvania Grassland Council
and as president. He also
served as president of the
Pennsylvania Seedsmen’s
Association and Atlantic
Seedsmen’s Seed Trade
Association’s Farm Seed
Division.
Beachley served on the
board of the Penn State
College of Agriculture Ad
visory Council and PennAg
Industries Association.
Currently he is vice
president of the Penn
sylvania Foundation Seed
Cooperative.
A 1933 Penn State
Seller:
FIRST EASTERN BANK
Guardian
For Paul (Butch) Smoczynski
graduate m agronomy, he
first was engaged in seed
certification work for the
Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture, then for the
U.S. Department of
Agriculture.
Following three years as
an officer m the U.S. Navy,
he worked four years in
Germany, primarily m seed
procurement for the oc
cupied area of Western
Germany.
In 1950, with William B.
Hardy, they formed the
Beachley-Hardy Seed
Company, and he has served
as president the past 28
years.
Active in community
affairs, the award winner is
a member of the West Shore
Rotary Club and Robert
Bums Lodge. Beachley also
is an elder of the Paxton
Presbyterian Church of
Harrisburg.
Club 200 winners named
SMOKETOWN - Such
items as the acidity of sod,
pesticides, sod tests, and
fertilizer programs as they
relate to crop yields were all
covered at the recent
gathering for farmers
sponsored by the Chemgro
Fertilizer Company at the
Good ’n Plenty Restaurant,
here.
Jim Bowersox,
representing the Chemgro
Company, and Jack
Vitamin, from Ciba-Geigy,
each showed slides m their
presentations explaining
their various products and
services. They told of dif
ferent materials and
methods used in getting the
maximum yield from crops
in today’s farming
programs, touching on the
latest services and new
products offered.
The 250 farmers present
heard about the advantages
of adding fertilizer in the
Fall months They were told
PUBLIC AUCTION
OF REAL ESTATE
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9,1978
AT 2:00 P.M.
Located in Rapho Township, Lancaster
County, 5 miles west of Manheim on Hosier
Road. Or take the Mt. Joy Road Exit off Route
283 to Strickler Road, and go 5 miles north to
intersection of Strickler and Hosier Roads.
Real Estate consists of TNz story frame and cement
block home situated on approximately 2 acres more or
less with road frontage 200 x 280 feet. Home has 5
bedrooms, 2 full baths, living room, dining room,
modern kitchen, oil hot water heat, slate roof, full
basement, good well, new pump. Property in excellent
condition.
Open House - Saturday, December 2,1978, between 1
-4 P.M.
For information contact the auctioneers at 392-1547
or 687-6857. Terms: 10% down - balance in 3060 days.
Sale by;
MARLIN J. FAHNESTOCK
SANDRA F. FAHNESTOCK
R.D. #2, Manheim, Pa.
Attorney: David Young
Auctioneers:
Alvin L. Miller Elvin E. Siegrist
1958 Horseshoe Road R.D. # 1
Lancaster, Pa. 392-1547 Ronks, Pa. 687-6857
jy, seco* .om Jremanstown, recei jnn
sylvania Grassland Council's Special Award from John C. Itle, of Loretto,
president of the council. With the two are Mrs. Beachley.
at Chemgro banquet
that it can provide an early
start on the Spring farming,
and result in less soil
compaction. Furthermore, it
was stressed that Fall is
usually an economical time
to purchase fertilizer.
The highlight of the
evening’s program occurred
when Tom Geeseman, an
employee of Chemgro,
bounded to the front of the
room, portraying a “Welsh
Mountain goat dairy and
guinea farmer”. Barefooted
and overalled, with a cigar
in his mouth; he played the
part of a farmer first ap
proached about using fer
tilizer and crop im
provement programs. Jim
Bowersox, acting the part of
the salesman told him of all
the advantages while the
“dirt farmer” gave his own
opinion of modern farming
methods
During the meeting, the
winners of the 1978 Club 200
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 2,1978—135
Contest, sponsored by
Chemgro, were introduced.
In 1978, the Club 200
member with the highest
yield winner was Earl
Huber, Conestoga. His yield
of 214.6 bushels of com per
acre won him and his wife a
trip to Bermuda.
The top ten placings in the
contest each are to be
treated to dinners for two by
Chemgro.
Winners included: John Z.
Nolt, Lititz, 204.7 bushels;
Glenn Brubaker, Lancaster,
195 bushels; Elmer Sen
semg, Lancaster, 195
bushels; Joseph Garman,
Lititz, 194.7 bushels; Ken-
Sheep numbers down
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The
number of sheep and lambs
on feed in seven selected
States on November 1, 1978
totaled 1.19 million head,
down 1 per cent from the 1.20
million head on feed a year
ago. There were 1.06 million
head placed on feed during
September October this
year, which compares with
PUBLIC SALE
OF NEW TOOLS
At the Green Dragon Market 3 miles North of
Ephrata, PA.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9
12:00 Noon
Truckload of new tools, for farms, garden, lawn,
shop, carpenter and masonary.
Shovels, forks, rakes, hoes, brooms, digging irons,
handles, axes, nails, sledges, wedges, hammers, large
selections of wrenches, vice grips, saws, maules, rules,
levels, brace & bits, drill & drill bits, files, tapes,
wrecking bars, C clamps, torque wrenches, flashlights
& batterys, screw drivers, tool boxes, bench vice, drill
press, wheel barrows, hand carts, gloves, trowels,
floats, and many more items.
Popular brand names; Ames, True Temper, Atlas,
Plumb, Stanley, Diston, Jackson, Eskay, Diamond, Ir
vin and others.
All sold with 1 year warranty agamst factory defect.
Come and buy useful Christmas gifts.
Terms by
A.K. KING
Kreider & Oilier, Aucts
* /
neth Witmer, Lititz, 193.8
bushels; Mervin Sauder,
Lititz, 191.4 bushels; Jesse
Balmer, Lititz, 191.1
bushels; Christ Habecker
and Ron Carper, Lancaster,
190.4 bushels; and Titus
Hoover, Lititz, 189.8 bushels.
Chemgro announced that
the 1979 Club 200 winner with
the highest yield will win a
vacation for two m the
Bahamas and the top ten
yield holders will again be
awarded dinners for two.
Farmers can find out more
information about the club
by contacting Chemgro. The
club will close entries on
January 31,1979.
1.03 million placed during
the same period last year.
Of the total number on
feed November 1, 1978, 14
per cent weighed less than 70
pounds, 19 per cent weighed
70-79 pounds, 28 per cent
weighed 80-89 pounds, 25 per
cent weighed 90-99 pounds,
and 14 per cent were 100
pounds and over in weight.