Germany (Continued from PaeeC2B) impact the little plots have on their bves. Agriculture, too, m the Federal ’Republic (West Germany) has undergone changes similar to these we are seeing in the United States. As here, a great many German farmers have left the land to work in the cities. 350 SOUP-er-SOLIP Manure Spreader /r H)" "$ '^£ss&*** UC- Ail bodies made of copper bearing steel, welded into one unit - ward off rust and corrosion from weather and manure acids. Sides are Curved in To Prevent Sloppy Manure From Running Out One Spreader To Haul and Spread Most Types of Manure A unique spreader with a tilting design that lets you haul and spread your soupy manure fast, and haul and spread your solid manure with the same unit. With over 30 years of experience, Knight gives you strength and durability in this quality unit, it’s based on the design of the very popular 350 Knight Manure Spreader. 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Despite the small size of the farms, there is a great deal of modern mechanization. Particularly the specialized operations like poultry, cattle or hogs, are more like mechanized industrial plants than the farms of old. The German Agriculture •' 3So :^’'sb, b - V“ i ' ~ 'WS. - 1 Heavy auger style beater with alloy steel “ripper” teeth makes easy work of spreading frozen and solid pen manure. / i*“‘ T I i - 2r-.\ T 1-s»1 IK smWp \j* Jmsfa utm You, can , depend on a Knight Ministry lists the nation’s main crops as flour and feed grains, potatoes, sugar beets, vegetables, fruit, and wine. Horses are popular. In a city as squeezed for space as West Berlin is, there still is room for a couple of horse farms. And there are about 200,000 horses within the city limits. The German consumer has the advantage of relatively" cheap products >V' >* Since 1945 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 24,1M0—C29 thanks to the government subsidies. The American dairyman may realize the impact of such subsidies even more than the German consumer, for it is the American who is competing against the subsidized product. As a member of the European Economic Community, Germany cooperates in EEC trade regulations. Since the EEC generally sets international ag policy the mam field left to national ag policy is rural social welfare This alone accounts for half of the Federal German expenditure in national agricultural policy, the government says. Germans see three kinds of farmers: those who want to consolidate their holdings to stay m farming, those who want to get out of farming, and those who feel they can’t get out of farming since they have no alternative em ployment. Most of the German government programs are for the first group. They help with investment promotion through cheap loans, ad vancement aids and promotion of farmer cooperatives. The second group receives social support for switching. 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No ordinary rabbits, these. Each was the size of a small dog and must have weighed 20 pounds. Lest the rabbits’ size be thought exaggeration, it should be noted they were plainly visible 100 yards away from a speeding tram at many points m both Germany and Denmark. The critters take their toll on production, the same as deer do here in Penn sylvania. And so, a visitor is left with the impression that things are pretty much the same all over even though there are differences. The Germans, including our host on the Friendship Force exchange Sebastian Kilian, were fine, un derstanding, informative, and tolerant people. Germany remains a nation where most Pennsylvanians could feel at home. The landscape is the same, the climate is similar, the people are warm and open. But the cucumbers—now, they’re something else. READ LANCASTER FARMING FOR COMPLEVE AND UP-TO-DATE MARKET REPORTS Hauling cattle water, fire fighting, nursing field sprayers, starter fertilizers, liquid feeds. • w
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