C26—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 15,1980
Musser Forry told the interested group how he uses chicken manure in his
feeding rations
A closer look at Forry Farm
(Continued from Page C 24)
mixes 50 percent chicken
litter and 50 percent shelled
com with his com silage. He
feeds the chicken manure
mixture at the rate of 6 to 8
pounds per day per head
along with all the silage they
can eat.
Forry claims to get a two
pound gam per steer per day
on this ration. He had a
sample of the mix bandy for
4-H Horse Production Club
LANCASTER - The
reorganizational meeting of
the Lancaster County 4-H
Horse and Pony Production
Club will be held at Rose
Fellenbaum’s on March 18,
anyone who wanted to try it,
he said.
Forry said he buys his
cattle when they weigh 600 to
750 pounds, but he would
prefer to buy them smaller.
He said he feels they have
their most efficient gams
when fed silage from 500 to
1000 pounds, without putting
on a finish.
1980 at 7:30 p.m.
If you have any questions
about the production club,
please contact Rose
Fellenbaum at (717) 569-3068
or Jean Spahn at (717) 687-
8858.
The steers on the Forry Farm are fed-out on
slatted floors, with the manure pit underneath.
Sewing and fitting to be taught
NORRISTOWN - The
number one problem faced
by home sewers today is
pattern alterations.
It is a fortunate few that
can make a garment ac
cording to pattern
specifications and end up
with anything resembling a
flattering fit.
A four-hour demonstration
on how ,o solve fitting
problems in dresses and
slacks will be held in the
Wyncote and Lansdale areas
on March 24 and 25
respectively This program,
sponsored by the Mon
tgomery County Extension
Service, will be conducted by
Irene James, a trained in
structor of the Sew/Fit
Method.
James will show how to
use waxed paper, a tracing
wheel and a regular pattern
to make any pattern
alteration in less than 60
seconds. Any figure type can
be fit quickly and easily with
this method.
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