B6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 8,1980
Manure management meeting, tours set
LANCASTER A manure
management meeting for
dairymen will be held from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday,
March 17 at the Lancaster
Farm and Home Center, to
discuss manure handling
systems and how to manage
manure for maximum
benefits.
As a follow up to this
meeting, tours and
demonstrations have been
scheduled to give dairymen
an opportunity to observe
systems and equipment in
operation. Tour dates are
Wednesday and Thursday,
March 19 and 20.
On March-17, gravity flow
systems will be discussed by
Richard Guest, Cornell
Agricultural Engineer. He
will update farmers on the
production of methane gas
from manure. David Mat
thews, Agway Agronomist,
will report on his work
measuring crop response to
various kinds of manures,
and to manures stored in a
variety of different ways and
applied in different ways and
at different times of the
year.
Soil conservationists will
discuss earthen bank
storages, proper sizing of
storage facilities and proper
application techniques.
Guidelines for planning
manure systems, and safety
considerations will also be
included. Different systems
being used in the county will
be shown, including systems
that require no electricity.
Four farms m southern
Lancaster County will be
toured on Tednesday,
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March 19, and a variety ot
loaders, pumps, agitators,
spreaders and injectors will
be demonstrated. The tour
schedule begins at 9:30 a.m.
at the Earl Neff farm, one ,
mile north of Quarryville on
Stone Road.
The Dale Herr farm, 4
miles southeast of Quar
ryville, and one half mile
northwest of Route 472, will
be visited at 10:30 a.m.
At 12:30 p.m., the tour will
arrive at the Robert L.
Kauffman farm, located on
Prowls Hollow Road, off of
Route 272 about 5 miles south
of the Buck.
A flushing and irrigation
system will be featured at 2
p.m. at the Red Knob Farm
owned by Henry Young and
Sons, and located 2 miles
south of Wakefield off Route
272.
Five farms m northern
Lancaster County will be
toured on March 20. The first
visit will be 9 a.m. to Glenn
C. Hershey, 2 miles east of
Intercourse and 3/4 mile
north of Route 340 on the
New Holland Road.
John Groff’s farm on Pro
spect Road, 2 miles south of
the Landisville-Salunga exit
of Route 233 will be visited at
10:30 a.m.
About one-half mile
southwest of Groff’s, on
Pinkerton Road, is the farm
of Moses Good, where the
tour stops at 11.30 a m
The Robert H. Kauffman
farm on Bossier Road, 2
miles south of the Rheems
exit of Route 283, will be
visited at 1 p.m. At 2 p.m the
final stop will be the Noah
Kreider farm on Indian
Village Road, about 2 miles
east of Manheim.