—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 2,1979 50 ByKENDACEBORRY STRASBURG - Being named president of the Lancaster County FFA is just another step to the fulfillment of Don Brubaker’s dreams and goals. The 17-year-old junior at Lampeter Strasburg High School has been a member of the Garden Spot FFA since ninth grade. And he stated that it was a bard decision to make to decide to enter FFA, but once he made up his mind that fanning was the only occupation that T'ould really make him > *-> ■>**■ '-y*-** «v< * Standing at the hog finishing pen that he and his father built, Don Brubaker, president of the Lancaster Countv FFA, surveys his young pigs. Don Brubaker’s future is in happy, he threw himself wholeheartedly into the project, and has been busy ever since. Living with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Brubaker, and four brothers and sisters on a 65 acre hog and chicken operation, he noted that it is “quality and not quanity, that counts, on a farm.” Don told that his responsibilities on the place range from “anything and everything that needs to be done at the moment” in cluding doing the brimming and maintaining of the I 1 4# Lancaster Co. FFA presiden family’s tourists cabins, watching over and cleaning the chicken houses, and caring for the hogs that are completely his own project. Constantly reaching to improve and enlarge his hog operation, he has built his own farrowing house, which includes two farrowing crates and a weaning pen. He also constructed a finishing pen for 70 feeder pigs. Future plans include a feedlot for his sows, and modifying part of the barn so that it is environmentally it S A ' pnrz BARN CLEANER :omatic Cham Tightner controlled for the feeder pigs. He also owns his own feed grinder and noted that he has a service man from the company that he contracts his hogs to, come out every two weeks to check all of the animals. He has been active in his FFA chapter, holding the offices of assistant vice president, vice president, and student advisor. He served as a county FFA delegate for three years before winning over three (Turn to Page 51) Adjust stand Raise or lower after installed j • Pay whan Installed or within 6 months after shipment. Also sold on Pats Lease Plan, 2 years to pay MARVIN J. HORST DAIRY EQUIPMENT 1950 So. sth Ave. (Iona) Lebanon, PA.17042 PH; 717-272-0871 farming HENRY K. FISHER. INC. SAND BLASTING & SPRAY PAINTING * AERIAL LADDER EQUIPMENT * SPECIALIZE IN FARM BUILDINGS. (Farm buildings ask for Amos Fisher) ’ 667 Hartman Station Rd. , Lancaster, PA 17601 ► 717-393-6530 LIGHTNING 15 J STRIKING! / Are Your Buildings Safe? X / Now Available / Let Us Estimate The Cost Of Protecting Your Buildings. No Obligation... DAVID S ELECTRIC HAROLD C. FOSTER SERVICE Box 96A 400 N. Race St Star Route Richland, PA 17087 Huntingdon, PA 16652 717-866-7588 (Call 814-643-0248 717-272-8580 Collect) (Call Collect) kV 10% DOWN Model 467 “High" Flite It’s 4-mches high (18” flite) and ideal for hog ap plications Also has a wear shoe welder to each flite Flites Available 12" to 20” Long to fit any width manure gutter Model 001-0040 chain only $B.OO per running ft of chain needed Convert any make chain cleaner % V lei 447 “Original" 2 x 2” Patz >ar shoes are welded to the bot ;ach flite to add extra life to gut 'lite to Patz chain I “tr Vt \ >
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