i) Fire destroys 61 hogs QUARRYVILLE - “It could have been a lot worse,” said Judy Bayhs, R 1 Quarryville. She explained that she and her husband, Richard, usually keep 60 head of calves in their barn that burned to the ground early Tuesday morning. The fire, which Judy discovered a little before 3 a.m., destroyed 61 head of hogs, ranging in size from babies to finished slaughter hogs. OPEN Come and get aquainted with your local Agway Team & Register for free Door Prizes. Many special sale offered that day. Refreshments TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1980 10:00 A.m. - 3:00 P.M. Collegeville Agway Collegeville, PA (agwayj 215-489-9378 ALLIS-CHALMERS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1980 FROM 10 AM TO 3PM HOFFMAN BUILDING. SOLANCO FAIR GROUNDS /t s o«f 6aerf GRUMELLI'S FARM SERVICE NOT ENOUGH HANDS?* QUARRYVILLE, PA 17566 “I heard a noise like something falling, and when I rolled oyer in bed, I saw the glow in the window. By the tune I realized what was happening, the barn was totally in flames,” she recalled. “Even though we lost the hogs and the buildings, we have so much to be thankful for. The wind was blowing the heat away from the house and our veal barns. I’m thankful because I had AGWAY HOUSE items A FACT-FILLED DAY ON THE LATEST IN AGRIBUSINESS Join your friends and neighbors while you enjoy an eye-catching audio-visual presentation. Featuring valuable tips on how to get more performance out of your equipment dollar You’ll see what’s new in equipment from Allis-Chalmers . more horsepower tractors, Gleaner combines, Air Champ planters and more. Then join us for food, refreshments and information-trading conversation three sleeping children upstairs.” According to Quarryville fire chief Jim Herr, their company arrived at the scene in about eight minutes. By the time they sped from the fire house, down the winding Route 372, to the farm located midway to the Buck, the barn was fully involved. The Quarryville volun teers were assisted in controlling the fire by companies from Rawlms ville, Bart and Refton. Herr said the blaze was not considered suspicious, although the state police fire marshall, Dennis Gehrhart, could not determine the cause. When Baylis saw the fire, it appeared to be on the second floor, reported the fire chief. There were no heat lamps in the bam, and a kerosene heater had run out of fuel the Saturday before the fire. Herr noted there was a water heater run by propane gas m the bam, but he did not say this was a possible cause. He also ruled out the fire being caused by a tractor because the diesel tractor that was in the bam had not been used for months, and the gasoline tractor was kept outside. The fire claimed the old bank bam, the tobacco shed and several other smaller sheds along with a tractor, hay wagon, and corn planter. The damage estimate totaled $85,000, $75,000 for the buildings and $lO,OOO for the contents. Judy Bayhs said that LUNCH AT 12 NOON PHONE 717-786-7318 In an early morning blaze, 61 hogs were lost on ti Quarryvilie. neighbors and friends stopped by on Tuesday to start the clean-up ordeal. But, the clearing away of the charred structure was delayed one day until the insurance people could see the damage. “By 8 o’clock this mor ning, people were calling us up and asking if we were ready to get started,"’ she said. By Wednesday af ternoon, .the crew of neighbors had pitched in to gather the charred building remains on a heap. “We haven’t been in farming all of our lives, and we are so grateful for all of our friends who have helped us pull through this tragedy, Bayhs said. “It would have been too much for one person to try to clean up we would have probably just given up.” SM Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 16,1980—A23 Tobacco vote coming up LANCASTER Tobacco farmers will once again have the chance to vote for or against a referendum which calls for production quotos, according to Ray Brubaker, County Executive Director for the Agricultural Stabilization and Con servation Service. All tobacco producers are eligible to vote on February 25, he stated. Ballots will be sent to those farmers who are ASCS cooperators, along with their allotment of farm acreage. If a tobacco farmer who is not on record at the local ASCS office would like to vote, he or she should stop in at the office to “register”. The question that will be decided is: “Are you m favor of marketing quotas for cigar-filler, type 41, tobacco CITATION HOT HIGH PRESSURE WASHER SEC THE WASHER & BOBCAT ON DISPLAY! Put Bobcat to work for you. for the three marketing years beginning October 1, 1980?” SM ' Lancaster to run estate sessions LANCASTER Estate.' planning, wills and taxes will be the topic for discussion Thursday, February 21, 7:30 p.m. at the Farm and Home Center. Wayne Kelly, Professor of Farm Management, Penn State University, will be the speaker for the evening. The meeting has been planned in an effort to up date public understanding of the laws dealing with estates. A review of laws governing estates for farm families will be included.
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