24—Lancaster farming, Saturday, March 3,1979
Part-time farmer seminar slated
LANCASTER A special seminar for part-time far
mers is scheduled to take place here at the Farm and
Home Center on Saturday, March 17, beginning at 9 a.m.
Anyone involved or interested in part-time farming is
invited to attend.
According to Lancaster County Extension Director Max
M. Smith, the program may also be of interest to rural,
non-farm residents owning just a few head of livestock,
poultry, or a few acres of land.
The registration deadline is March 13. Those interested
in attending should contact the Lancaster County
Cooperative Extension Service, Farm and Home Center,
1383 Arcadia Drive, Lancaster, Pa. 17601. Phone 717-394 r
6851.
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ADDRESS
Please Indicate the two workshops that you wish to attend:
□ #1) Crops & Soils
o #2) Dairy & Goats
Please return to: Agricultural Extension Service, 1383 Arcadia Road, Roea 1,
Lancaster, PA 17601. Pre-registration can also be made by calling 394-6851.
1978 farm census
forms still available
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Farm or ranch operators
who have not been counted
yet in the 1978 Census of
Agriculture still .have an
opportunity to be included,
according to the Bureau of
the Census, U.S. Department
of Commerce.
Uncounted operators are
urged to write for a farm
census report form to:
Bureau of the Census, 1201
East 10th Street, Jef
fersonville, Ind. 47132. The
census has been underway
since January 1,1979.
Bureau officials remind
fanners and ranchers that
the census will include
producers of many com
modities not often thought of
as agricultural. Among
these are rabbits, goats,
honey and honey bees, fish in
captivity, worms, and ducks,
pheasants, quail, and
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Phone 717-367-2667
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PRE-REGISTRATION
Part-Time Farmers Seminar
pigeons or squab.
Greenhouse and such nur
sery products as sod,
mushrooms, greenhouse
vegetables, cut flowers, and
bulbs are also on the list as
farm and ranch products.
Any commercial producer of
these commodities should
fill out a census report form.
Bureau officials also remind
farm operators that the
quicker report forms are
returned to the Bureau the
less it will cost in follow-up
work to complete collection
of census data.
The topics which will be discussed at various workshops
include crops and soils;dairy cattle and goats; livestock;
poultry and rabbits. After a welcoming message from
County Agent Smith, the first workshop will begin and last
until 10 a.m. the second workshop commences shortly
thereafter. At 11 a.m. there will be a general session on
tax planning, pest control, record keeping, and testing
services. The progam ends at noon.
Visitors to the Part-Time Farmers’ Seminar will have
the opportunity to participate in two 45-nunute workshops.
Each workshop will be offered twice. Smith asks that each
interested person indicate the two workshops of their
choice on the preregistration form. The completed form,
which is reproduced below, should then be mailed to the
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-In the crops and soils workshop, emphasis will be on
- small acreage production of gram and forage .crops. In the
dairy and goat session, coordinators will stress basic
management of the family cow or small goat herd. Areas
covered will include feeding, housing, health and general
management. -
Livestock enthusiasts will hear about basic
management of beef cattle, swine and sheep. Feeding,
housing, health, and hgeneral economics will be
discussed.
In the poultry and rabbits classes, emphasis will be
placed on management of the small poultry flock. Topics
include laws,' lighting, ventilation, diseases, feeding, and
egg handling. /
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