j Luttringers’ find I LANCASTER I Americans visiting New I Zealand and Australia come I to the pleasant realization I that Americans are very, $ very welcome and that | American policies are I sympathetically supported. i| H. K. Luttnnger, who £ traveled in February and £ March as a leader of an agricultural leaders People | to-People Goodwill Mission, ■ said the welcome his 21- ‘f member group from south / central Pennsylvania DRAINAGE PROBLEMS? COCALICO EQUIPMENT HAS THE TWO MACHINES TO HANDLE YOUR DRAINAGE PROBLEMS. * Both Machines Equipped with Laser Beam Grade Control Drainage Pays High Returns COMPARE investment a-SKSL Even with the conservative fig- Land Dramage 2146% u res shown here, it s obvious that SmLa U nd mgs 3 1i% land drainage should top farmers’ lists of investment priorities. V COCALICO EQUIPMENT CO. DRAINAGE & EXCAVATING RD #3, DENVER, PA 17517 received was genuine. He added, “What our group saw impressed them that 12,000 miles away is a country very capable of a high degree of agricultural technology. The people know exactly what they’re doing and they’re doing it very well.” Lut tnnger, 1559 Mission Road, is vice-president for worldwide marketing and communications for Sperry New Holland. Australia is almost as big as the United States, and the ★ We Stock Heavy Grade Tubing which Exceeds SCS Specifications. In sizes 4", 6", 8". 10" and 12". ★ Also Pipe And Fittings For Tile Outlet Terraces. People To People Tour ' fami! " 8 ’ SJtll^<l^ 1, ■ M,rol ' 29 ' goodwill Pennsylvania delegation visited a very small portion of the country around Sydney in southeastern Australia. They visited primarily the North Island of New Zealand, one of the two islands which comprises that nation. The area they visited in Australia used mostly dryland farming, which means it is non-irngated. Thousands of acres are planted to wheat, Luttnnger said, and it is all grown with normal rainfall, which is about 25 inches a year maximum, but may amount to only 15 inches. The biggest agricultural enterprise there is sheep, and the Penn sylvania group saw sheep grazing by the thousands on the flatland. This family had 1850 head of sheep, which is less than one animal per acre, the average for sheep farming there. “It is just pasture,” Luttrmger said. The man handles the whole farm himself with the help of sheep dogs. They sell spring lambs and mutton and breed their own replacement animals. Because of the temperate climate, the breeding is spread out year round. An operation such as this one, Luttrmger said, was totally new to the Pennsylvanians. He explamed that a basic problem with the land is the small depth of topsoil. It leaches easily, losing its fertility. Fertilizing is ex tremely important, and he said superphosphates are He added, “Many of our (Turn to Page C3O) Luttringer said that “stations”, as their farms are called, average from 2000 to 4000 acres and are operated as family units. A single family can handle that acreage, he expiring, because of the good weather and the flat land. “They don’t have winter.” Often, it is possible to grow two crops annually. Soybeans are being grown there as a new crop, and there are fields of sunflowers from which seed or oil is harvested. Luttringer said, “Many people were sur prised that they didn’t use larger equipment, but they don’t have the tractor power we have.” Nevertheless, big equipment does help with the harvest. New Zealand and Australia grassland practices are from New Zealand and England, and they are very advanced in their technology.” The Pennsylvanians had the opportunity to stay overmght with some of the Australian farmers they visited. One couple they stayed with had been crowded out of the Melbourne area because of growing suburbanization, and moved 600 miles nor theast of that city to run sheep. The couple reported paying $2OO an acre for land 18 months ago, with the land now worth $6OO per acre Luttnnger pointed out that this is land suitable only for grazing. PH: 215-267-3808 Mr. and Mrs. H.K. Luttringer show a sample of the few momentos they purchased on their goodwill mission to New Zealand and Australia. The agricultural mission learned about farming practices in those countries. Luttringer sports his "Joe hat”, a straw hat designed by Prime Minister Joe Fraser to protect farmers from the sun.
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