Equipment expo drew visitors from near and far By DIETER KRIEG HARRISBURG - The 1979 First Annual Pennsylvania Farm Equipment Exposition attracted visitors from as far away as Maine, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Connecticut, Illinois, Georgia, West Virginia, California, and even four persons from Norway. Those are some of the findings of a study conducted at the Exposition by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. SHORT NOTICE PUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE FARM REAL ESTATE Lebanon County, Lebanon, PA SATURDAY, APRIL 21 10:00 A.M. Located along Rt. 343 between Fredericksburg & Lebanon. Take Rt. 343 South off old 22 from Fredericksburg or 7th Street North out of Lebanon. A 94 acre, very fertile dairy farm with Surge milking parlor and prep stalls, 25’ x SO’ holding area. 80 freestalls with 70’ taper board feeder, 50' hay feeding area and plenty of storage for feed. 24’ x 80’ Weaver Star silo; 20’ x 80’ Weaver Star silo; 20’ x 60’ Weaver Star silo with bottom unloader and a 14’ x 55’ tile Weaver Star silo, like new. Also, a large 60’ x 100’ bank ed backed barn with first floor for heifer or calf rais ing. Other out buildings consists of a 20’ x 30’ com barn; 25’ x 30’ two car garage and work area, spring house and small chicken pen. Two streams and large farm pond. Farm is located with road frontage on two sides. Dug well with excellent water supply. TJouse consists of a large kitchen, living room and side room on the first floor. Three bedrooms and a bath on the second floor. One of the bedrooms has air condi tioning. Some wall to wall carpet throughout the house. Closed-in porch with attached summerhouse, remodel ed into game or family room. Attic and cemented base ment. Oil hot water heat. “Don’t miss this good opportunity to buy a good located, fertile farm.” TERMS: 10% down day of the sale. Balance within 30 days. Immediate possession of the land day of the sale. Inspection of property: By appointment Call Dale Jones 717-865-3172 or Ruben Houser 717-274-1240. ATTORNEY: Samuel Weiss, Sr. AUCTIONEER: Ruben Houser 777 Hill Street Lebanon, PA 17042 JAMES H. BURNS ESTATE FARM SALE AT BATH, N.Y. FRIDAY, MARCH 30,1979 AT 11:00 A.M. (PLEASE COME ON TIME - NO SMALL ITEMS!!) Mr. Burns operated many farms in this area and, therefore, had many duplicate equipment items on them. We will sell ail without reserve to settle the estate. , 9 TRACTORS: (7 w.f.e. AC Diesels: 190XT -180 - 5040 -160 w/loader-and three 185’s - also older WC and Nuffield). LARGE LINE NH MACHINERY; Two 880 2-row choppers, flail chopper, s.h. blower, five 479 haybines, 3 balers (320 & 276, both w/58 throwers and 850 large round), 2 bale movers, 2 elevators, two 256 rakes, 354 grinder-mixer, 3 spreaders mcl. 676 tandem. AC 4-row 600 “No-till’’ planter, 12’ trans. disc, 3 plows, pull-type combine. Nl 2-row picker, JD drill, 17 wagons (5 gravity, 2 s.u., 10 kicker), cultipackers, drags, etc., and more!! 1976 Cadillac Sedan DeVtlle. 1973 CMC pickup. JAMES H. BURNS ESTATE - BARBARA B. MULLER & JAMES HEBBE BURNS, . Co-Administrators For info or full list sent you, contact RUMSEY SALES, Bath, N.Y. (607) 776-3478. Farm Show Director Wellington Smith, who made the survey available 'to Lancaster Farming, noted that the gathered in formation and ideas are to be used by the PDA as well as exhibitors to guide them along with future exposition activities. Some general results of the survey follow: Eighty-five per cent of those surveyed were from Pennsylvania, the other 15 per cent came from out-of- Terms by DALE JONES state, with Maryland, New Jersey, and New York heading the list. Forty-eight per cent indicated they live less than 100 miles from Harrisburg. Why did people come to the Exposition? According to the PDA survey, nearly three-fourths (72 per cent) of those replying said they came to obtain information about buying farm equipment or related products. School projects, tiie horse pull, and “just looking” were among the other reasons. Apredominant number (84 per cent) of the visitors indicated they were from rural areas, which is just York dairy princess committee YORK - The York County Dairy Princess committee met last week to reorganize for Spring promotional activities and the June crowning of a new first lady of the dairy industry. Kathy Lehman, York Rll, and June Boyer, Biesecker Road, will co-chair the county committee. Georgia Amspacher, York R 7, was appointed secretary-treasu rer. The pageant is scheduled for Saturday, June 30, at the 4-H Center near Bair. Committee appointments to date include: George Rohrbaugh, New Freedom Rl, and E. Wayne Beshore, New Cumberland Rl, financial co-chairmen; Kathy Lehman, pageant; Joey Welsh, East Berlin Rl, publicity; refreshmgpts, Mr. what exhibitors wanted. But only 52 per cent of those surveyed claimed fanning as their actual occupation. Seventy-fow per cent said they were engaged in some type of farming. Of the farmers who responded to the question naire, 51 per cent said they farmed full-time, while 49 per cent noted they were engaged in part-time far ming. Thirty-three per cent indicated they were dairy farmers, 19 per cent were in beef operations, 16 per cent raised grain, five per cent claimed to be orchardists, three per cent held poultry, another three per cent kept reorgtmisses and Mrs. Loren Better, Dover, and Mr. and Mrs. Lany Amsapcher, York R 7; Marge Rutter, York, gifts; Emilie Welsh, East Berlin Rl, decorations; Darlene Godfrey, Glen Rock R 2, and Shirley Hess, Dallastown Rl, door prizes. York County Dairy Princess Patty Greek, Delta R 2, will be visiting several i area elementary schools during upcoming weeks. Also planned is a Dairy Month display at the York Mall, scheduled for June 18 through 23. The featured attraction for the mall display will be a milk promoting miniature golf course. ' All county 4-H dairy clubs are being invited to take part in the June mall promotion evert. Uncaster Farming, Saturday, March 24,1979-39 swine, and the remainder (21 per cent) were engaged in other phases of farming. Thirty per cent of the fanners who came said they fanned between 100 and 200 acres. The next largest group, at 29 per cent, were those with 200 to 500 acres. Next was the group with 50 or fewer acres. They ac counted for 20 per cent of the fanners surveyed. Of those indicating they were members of farm organizations, the Penn sylvania Farmers’ Association was in disputably the most popular with 89 per cent of the vote. Thirty-one per cent claimed to be Grangers. All tolled, 64 per cent of the farmers said they belonged to at least one farm organization. In answer to a question about on-farm energy conservation, 61 per cent indicated they had initiated Eastern (Continued from Page 34) borrowed on a day. Now that figure is reduced to $3 million borrowed, with a high of $5 million. “This is a significant change in six months time,” he com mented. Wagner also said that Eastern considers the cheese plant to be the better alternative for handling surplus milk, compared to butter and powder plants. The latter depend on government purchases, he reasoned, while cheese plants are tied directly to store sales. “We have the market,” the District 8 director boasted. Noting that there is a powder box and butter chum at the Waverly dairy plant, Wagner said these procesing facilities would not be disturbed during remodeling “just in case they’re needed in the future.” In the final analysis. Eastern’s directors and local executives are convinced that the turn for the better has been made. Outgoing District 8 President William Gerhart of Gilbertsville, Montgomery County, commented triumphantly: “I was a former critic of Eastern, but they’re under 1979 FEEDER CATTLE & CALF SALES SOUTH BRANCH STOCKYARDS. INC., MOOREFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA Phone: (304) 538-6055 (304) 538-2579 538-6600 257-1054 FIRST SALE FRIDAY, APRIL 6 7:30 P.M. 1250 HEAD... NUMBER ESTIMATED SECOND SALE FRIDAY, APRIL 20 7:30 P.M. 1500 HEAD... NUMBER ESTIMATED TWO YEAR OLDS, YEARLINGS AND CALVES All Long Haired W. Va. Cattle Sales Sponsored By The South Branch Stockyards, & The West Va. Department of Agriculture conservation practices in the home or on the farm in the last three years. Insulation, weather stripping, storm doors and windows were mentioned most frequently. Wood and coal heating, lower thermostats, Diesel farm equipment, turning lights off, horses for labor and smaller cars received portions of the balloting. Belatedly, 16 persons said they practiced better soil conservation. The PDA report sum marizes as follows: “Although attendance at the First Annual Exposition was light, the vast majority were farmers and country dwellers. Three out of four were engaged in full or part time farming and expressed interest in seeing or buying farm machinery and equipment for use in a wide variety of farm sizes and types. good management up there now, and I hope they keep it.” Jim Spear, the former Eastern president, said: “Eastern has had a very good reputation for sup porting farmers, and we’re also very progressive. That may have been part of our problem in previous years - we were too progressive, we grew too fast for conditions. Eastern is now looking much brighter and Fm confident it will continue to do so.” Li other activities at the evening meeting, Eastern’s fieldman, Tony DiFava reminded dairymen from Lancaster County that they must have their herds tested for tuberculosis by June ??, State law requires it. Failure to comply could mean loss of a milk market. Also, the public health inspectors will be coming around. Another note of caution was directed towards the use of antibiotics. Federal regulations on this regard have become much stricter in recent weeks. Slight traces of antibiotic residues in cattle carcasses could develop into serious con sequences for farmers who violate the set sandards.
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