Lancaster Conservation District schedules farm tours
* LANCASTER - The
Lancaster County Con
servation District will
sponsor a bus tour of farms
and industries on June 10,
1980 which will show a
variety of conservation
practices.
The tour will start at 8:30
a.m. from the Farm and
Home Center parking lot,
1383 Arcadia Road.
The first stop will be at the
new Willow Valley Shopping
Center where the storm
water management system
will be pointed out. Also,
those desiring to join the tour
at this pomt will be picked up
at 8.45 a.m. at the gravel
parking lot on the west side
of Route 222 just north of the
entrance to the Willow
Valley Restaurant
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The second stop will be the
Stemman Farm, which won
the 1979 Regional Maurice K.
Goddard Forestry Award.
Foresters will discuss forest
management practices and
marketing and harvesting of
timber.
Next stop will be
Philadelphia Electric’s
Muddy Run Pump Storage
Hydro-Electric Plant. Here,
the group will tour the power
plant to see how the pump
storage electric generating
system operates. Also, a
special presentation on the
potential shad fishery of the
Susquehanna River and the
steps Philadelphia Electric
will take m the future at the
Conowmgo Dam will be
shown.
After a chicken barbecue
THE SYSTEMS PEOPLE
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A Modular 24 ft wide farrowing
finishing & gestation buildings
B Modular 12 ft wide farrowing
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nursery t gestation buildings
C Lot or pasture fountains
0 Hog lot gates t partitions
E Heavy duty hog t cattle waterers
F Big capacity feeders
G Ventilation equipment
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lunch at Muddy Run, the
tour will visit Bob Kauff
man’s farm, along Prowl’s
Hollow Road. Kauffman was
selected as the 1980 Con
servation Cooperator.
Featured at the Kauffman
CLEAR SPRING - The
Junior Colomal Charolais
Association has scheduled
the Second Annual Field Day
and Junior Heifer Show, for
June 21, 1980, at Myers
Charolais Farm, Clear
Spring, Maryland.
Events of the field day will
mclude a “Fun Sale” at 11
a.m. Items such as Penn
sylvania maple syrup,
Round feeders
Feed delivery systems
Galvanized vertical pen partitions
Hoe trouehs
Porcelamized Steel slats
Rotary feeders
Porcelamized watenne cups
Baby pie feeders
Farrowing stalls & pens
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Q Pig heaters
R Nipple waterers
S Space saver nursery feeders
T Flex auger systems t feed bins
U Gestation stalls £ buildings
V Soft Grip Flooring
W Flat Deck Nursery
X Concrete £ Fiberglass Slats
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farm will be the manure
management system which
separates sohds from liquids
by means of a “picket
fence”.
A number of other farms
will be viewed by the tour
cakes, cookies, homemade
and handmade goods and
items for show animals will
be auctioned.
The Colonial Invitational
Heifer Sale will follow at
12:30. Manager for the sale
is Buzz Garey.
A Junior and Senior Fit
ting and Showmanship
contest will take place at
2:30. Classes will be divided
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that have installed pipe
outlet terraces, waterways,
and contour stops.
The cost for the tour ana
lunch will be $5. Reser
vations can be made by
calling the Lancaster County
into two divisions: Junior
class, ages 9-14 and Senior
class, ages 15-21. Awards
will be given for each
division winner and the over
all winner.
Next on the agenda will be
the Junior Heifer Show, open
to Juniors ages 9-21.
A barbecue will be held at
the end of the day.
For further information
AC-225-S
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Reg. 139.95
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Conservation District Office
at 717/299-5361 or visiting the
office in Room 6 at the Farm
and Home Center.
Reservations must
received by June 3,1980.
concerning the field day
contact Sue Mitschele, R 1
Box 169, Morris, Pa. 16938.
Or call 717-353-7201, for
entrys and rules.
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