DAY LIC TION SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24 10 A.M. ANTIQUES—COLLECTIBLES ilected over 30 year period. Contents moved iction house for convenience of selling. IS & ANDY FRESH AIR TAXI CAB, WORKING JER. ANTIQUES. FURNITURE, GLASSWARE: WWI- Coin operated Cylinder type Regina Juke box, can restored-some wood damage; Hand Painted table )mes; Leaded glass hanging domes; Lg. gold wall or out of theatre; Lg. Round Mirror back China set w/Lion’s heads & claw feet; Wicker Tables, :y Wicker Chau:, Indian statues, Lg. lot picture les; reverse paintings; Dolls; Collection of tin ;ome Hubley’s; Kerosene lamps, some hand 1; glassware & china of all types; many items numerous to mention. Call for brochure. SCHULTZ AUCTION Rte~. 209 (Exit 34 off 1-81) ZERBE Newtown, Pa. 17981 Francis (Pete) Schultz Auctioneer - Phone (717)695-3222 Sat., small itenls - Sun., Furniture & small items. Terms: Cash or certified check or travelers - No out of state checks accepted. Personal checks only if by auctioneer. In case of hazardous driving sale will be held ihe following weekend. 2nd Annual Large Machinery Sale CENTRAL PA EQUIPMENT DEALERS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5 9:30 A.M. Sharp Located in Centre Co., PA ‘Amite off 1-80, exit 23, across from Roadway Truck Stop. New JD 4440, cab, air, powersluft trans.. New JD 4040 cab, air, PS, Used JD 4430 cab & air, 1H1466 cab, air, 700 hrs., JD 4520, JD 4230 cab, air, JD 4020 diesel, power shift. 7 JD 4020 diesel, (1 with roll guard cab), IH 244, 3 JD A, IH 3414 with loader & backhoe, JD 820 with loader and backhoe, David Brown 990, JD 520, Farmall H, AC WD 45, JD 2020, ,JD 630, JD B, JD 720 diesel, IH 340 with loader, Ford 7600 with cab, 1000 hrs., IH 186 hydro, cab, air. COMBINES JD 7700, JD 6600 side hill, 3 JD 45, some with com heads, 2 JD 6600, JD 4400, JD 40. FORAGE EQUIPMENT & SPREADERS New JD 660 spreader, New JD 40 spreader, JD 346 baler with thrower, 224 T baler with thrower, NH 479 haybine, JD 216 forage box with running gear, NI 827 stalk chopper, JD 800 windrower, 2 NH 717 forage harvesters, JD stack wagon, side winder flail mower, Lamco forage box and running gear, 3 NI com pickers, 1 & 2 row, Hesston windrower, 2 NI spreaders, JD 16A flail chopper, JD 483 windrower, Hesston stackhand, NI 270 cutditioner, JD 15A flail chopper, JD hay conditioner, fluffer rake, JD 300 busker with com head, JD 40 spreader. New 12' Schultz chisel plow. New 1400 JD spring tooth harrow, New JD 1710 mulch tiller, New Kewanne 8’ blade, JD 1240 com planter, IH 56 4 row planter, JD 1440 no-till, JD 1240 4 row, JD 494 A with dry and liquid fertilizer attachment, JD 1240 plateless, JD 7000 4 row with no-till coulters, JD 494 planter, 2 row mounted planter, Oliver 5 bottom plow with hyd. reset, Oliver 4 bottom plow, JD 3 bottom trailer plow, JD 12’ roller harrow, 2 JD 7 bottom plows, 10’ harrow, JD 950 cultimulcher, 12', 12' roller harrow, disc harrow, lime spreader, 12’ spring tooth harrow, JD 110 disc harrow, JD 170 skid steer, JD 46A manure loader, Bradco 3 pt. hitch backhoe. LAWN & GARDEN JD 140 with mower, JD 400 with mowr, JD 300 with mower, IH cub cadet with mower, JDIIO, Simplicity, 7 snowmobiles. Some of the above items subject to prior sale, and some to be added. Equipment must be settled with cash or check day of sale. Items purchased must be moved by March 8. 18 acres wfthgood parking. Buyers must register for numbers to bid. For Information Call 814-364-9109,717-726-3115 Lunch Will be Served CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA EQUIPMENT DEALERS Square Deal Garage Hanna International Dunkle & Grieb, Inc. Arthur Hippie & Son Equipment Paul Dotterer Farm Equipment Rice Farm Equipment Brooks Ford Thomas Dunlap Auctioneer Leon (Jim) Smith , 10 A.M. 30 TRACTORS PLANTERS, PLOWS & MISCELLANEOUS Big numbers, small growers BY DICK WANNER Staff Correspondent LANCASTER There’s a lot of interest in organic gardening, these days, and if you needed proof of that, you had only to be at the Lan caster Farm and Home Center last Saturday along with 200 other people who came to hear M.C. Goldman, executive editor of ORGANIC GARDENING Magazine. If you needed more proof than the size of the audience, you’d have gotten it when Goldman told his listeners that his monthly magazine, published in Emmaus, near Allentown, goes out to a million-and-a-half sub scribers. However, this reporter has been attending farm gatherings in these parts, off and on for nearly a decade, and there were not a lot of familiar farm faces in the crowd. Although organic methods seem to work very well in small plots, there is little support for the organic movement in commercial agriculture, and the audience last week seemed to bear out that fact. Not that organic gar dening isn’t important. “There are 35 million attend organic meeting Americans with home gardens,” Goldman told his listeners. “Not all of them are organic, of course, but the value of the food they produce has soared to $l4 billion annually. Homegrown food is better for you. It takes less energy to produce and it certainly takes less energy to get it onto your table.” In response to questions from the audience, Goldman outlined the basic principles of organic gardening. He said composted gar den and kitchen wastes could replace purchased fertilizers in home gardens. Weed and insect pests can be con trolled by biological agents - predators, parasites and specific disease organisms - instead of chemicals. v Or weeds can be pulled out and bugs can be squashed. One of Goldman’s in terested listeners was associate Lancaster County Ag Agent Arnold Lueck. After the meeting, Lueck said he thinks organic methods are good for the small-scale production of crops of all kinds. “The big advantage this technique has for home gardeners is the attention it focuses on the soil itself. Once a garden’s soil needs are satisfied, and the soil is fertile, good things begin to happen. “But for the average and large farming operations, organic methods cannot provide enough soil nutrients to support high, economical yields. There simply aren’t enough sources of organic matter to supply the needs of the millions of crop acres required to produce our Sale held at farm, 2610 Calvary Rd. Bel Air, Md. Five miles South of Churchville, Md. on Route 136. 70 THOROUGHBREDS 70 HERD SIRES: Selling Siama’s Turn Out of Royal Plume by turn to by Princequillo. Also Souboj out of Treasure Bay by Duel by King Bruce n. ► • 4 Mares In Foal To Siama’s Turn • 6-8 Mares Not Bred This Year • 2 Mares In Foal To Souboj • Approx. 16 4-5 Yr. Old Horses Sired By Siama’s Turn Many Are Excellent Hunter and Jumper Prospects • 8 3 Yr, Old Horses Sired by Siama’s Turn All Broke and Galloping • Approx. 15 2 Yr. Old Fillies, Colts, and Geldings Sired By Siama’s Turn • And Also Weanlings • Brood Mares Selling Have Sires Such As (Reference Only) “Tax Cut, Speedy Departure, Blue Lantern, Mystic H, Clem, Kentucky Jug, Dark Invader, Good Old Doc, Only Once, Royal Orbit.” TERMS OF SALE: Cash Preferably - Checks Accepted Only If Accompanied By Bank Recommendation Letter. All Accounts To Be Settled Day Of Sale Unless Previous Arrangements Are Made. SALE ORDERED BY; MRS. CLAYTON (CHICK) LIDDELL 2610 Calvary Rd., Bel Air, Md. 21014 PH. 301-734-4181 AUCTIONEER'S NOTE: This is an exceptionally well mannered, good dispositioned group of horses, worthy to go into anyone's stable. Don’t miss this sale. SALES MANAGER AND AUCTIONEERS F. Lee Moore: 301-287-8937 Kent Ferrell Jr.: 301-734-7105 Aberdeen Sales Co., Aberdeen, Md. Lancaster Fannins, Saturday, February 16,1950—A39 livestock feed and human food.” Lueck said farmers and ranchers use fertilizers to boost crop production to more profitable levels. Nor does Lueck believe in the feasibility of biological controls for weed and insect pests. “Insects, plant diseases and weeds are major threats to commercial agriculture,” he said. “Biological methods can just not adequately control all of these pests. Consumers demand pest free fruits and vegetables. And that’s what fanners have to produce. They can’t HARRISBURG Spring may be weeks away but already officials in the Department of En vironmental Resources are concerned with the in creasing number of wildfires across the Commonwealth. Eugene F. McNamara, Chief of DER’s Division of Forest Fire Protection, said that while wildfires are normally a spring-time problem, 25 fires involving 120 acres have been reported m the first five days of February. “If firest conmtmue to increase this month at this rate we may break the record of February, 1976,' when there were 173 fires affecting 916 acres.” McNamara said there has been one fire-related death in Columbia County caused when a sixty-one year old BREEDER’S DISPERSAL FOUNTAIN SPRING FARM C.M. LIDDELL, OWNER SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23 10:30 A.M. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS LUNCH AVAILABLE Spring time is forest fire time “Current conditions for fire are ideal,” McNamara said. “Vegetation is dry, the ground is frozen and high winds can spread even a _ small fire quite rapidly. The situation is especially critical in the valleys and areas of the state which have no snow cover.” People who dump hot ashes from coal stoves and fireplaces outdoors have created another problem. “This problem will probably continue until people use common sense and realize that ashes - hot or cold - should be deposited in a fire-proof container equipped with a tight lid,” McNamara said. do that job without chemicals.” Lueck did say there’s a trend now to reduce the use of pesticides in agriculture. “There was a period in the Sixties when chemicals were probably used too freely, and they were building up in the environment. Fruit and vegetable growers for some time have been using an approach called integrated pest management. “It is a combination of organic and chemical methods and it’s an ap proach I think we’ll be seeing more of the years ahead,” he said. man suffered a heart attack while attempting to put out a brush fire as it spread out of control.
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