Al6—Lancaster Famine, Saturday, July 12,1980 BY DICK ANGLESTEIN CLAY TOWNSHIP - It looked like Kansas in Lancaster County on Thursday. Whenever you get five combines, several gram trucks and carts, plus a couple of tractors pulling balers and wagons all in one area at the same time, it resembles more of a Mid west or Western harvesting operation than East Coast agriculture. But that was the scene on the Melvin Nolt farm near Schoeneck Thursday af ternoon. That sized harvesting crew made short work of 18 acres of wheat, including baling of the straw. Neighbors and friends brought a rainbow of equipment colors and names to help Nolt and lessen his harvesting task while rebuilding following the severe storm damage of a couple weeks ago. New tobacco shed rises on the Nolt farm. Work will begin soon on a barn to replace structure razed by fire. GffloafloaQll <S@m[p®oQV7 “Friend of Farmer* since 1896." A strong mutual Company who is dedicated to providing the broadest coverage at the lowest rates to Pennsylvania farmers Let us show you what we can do for you See our agent in your area BRYCE AND ASSOCIATES, R.D. #3, Honeybrook, Pa 1. WILBUR MARTIN 215 Manor Ave., Millersville, Pa. LUKE M. MARTIN 367 Valley View Drive, New Holland, Pa JOHN C. GENTH R.D. #l, Sunbury. Pa. Little bit Tom Zartman started the cutting with his Gleaner L. Soon, Earl Martin added his big green Deere 6620 hillside. Next were added a couple of Masseys of Allen Horst and Walt Augsburger. John Zimmerman was in the cab of his New Idea. John Hoover brought a gram truck and Raymond Burkholder was helping with the baling. As the harvesters criss crossed the three wheat fields, others were putting the finishing touches on a new tobacco shed to replace one damaged m the storm. Work will also begm shortly on the construction of a new bam. The Nolt bam, along with 37 steers, were lost in a fire caused by the storm. Yes,- it sure looked something like Kansas in Lancaster County. Even the weather was hot, sultry and near 90 degrees. Dust and Id Guard of Kansas in Lancaster Co. chaff swirled about just like on the Plains. Except in Kansas, it’s difficult to see anything on the horizon but more and more wheat. And the county wheat looked much better than that of the drylands farther west. It was heavy and lodged only m the heavy nitrogen areas. The windrows of straw were equally heavy. It didn’t take long to make a bale. If the wheat yield is anything like Nolt’s barley harvest, he’ll be well satisfied. In a neighboring field with soybeans just now peeking through he harvested 100 bushels of barley to the acre his best ever. Summary available from rabbit conference UNIVERSITY PARK - Rabbits cannot add but they sure do multiply, from an estimated 50,000 young produced annually in Pennsylvania in 1970 to about one-half miljion produced, purchased, sold, processed or used as meat or lab animals in 1980. The agricultural ex tension service m Penn sylvania is- now responding to about 6000 owners of rabbits in Pennsylvania each year for information requests. Three thousand of these are youngsters, many of whom are enrolled in 4-H and FFA rabbit projects. This industry in Penn USED COMBINE John Deere 55 Diesel w/Cab, 12’ Platform $7,500.00 USED TRACTORS JD4020, Power Shift MF 165 Gas w/Sauder Loader IHC Super C, fast hitch w/2 bottom plow USED PLANTER SPECIALS John Deere 494 Oliver 4 row Plate USED HARVESTER SPECIALS NH 880 2-row narrow row head NH7l7w/l row head NH 717 Fox 1000 RPM PTO w/2-row corn hd & Pk up attach USED BALER SPECIALS JD 24T w/#3O thrower NK 275 w/thrower JD24T w/#2 ejector JD 24T w/#2 thrower AC 444 John Deere 14T John Deere 14T w/ejector USED GRAIN DRILLS Co-op 15x7 Fert Grain Drill w/grass seed attach $750 00 Ontario 15x7 650 00 USED MOWER CONDITIONERS HAYBINES New Holland 479, as is $2,150 00 I Evergreen Tractor Co. Inc. 30 EVERGREEN RD., LEBANON, PA 17042 1 PHONE (717) 272-4041 If you look closely, you can count four combines in this wheat field on the Melvin Nolt farm, Clay Township. In all, five neighbors harvested his wheat, while others drove trucks, pulled carts and baled the straw. sylvaiua is now about a five million dollar industry and growing. Anyone may purchase a summary of papers presented at the 1979 Con ference on Rabbits, held at Penn State, according to Herbert C. Jordan. The Summary mcludes papers on: chemistry of feed and rabbit manure as a fertilizer; managing for net income; new housing systems with controlled ventilation; how to start a commercial rabbitry; genetics and breeding; strong points and limitations of the Netherland Dwarf rabbit; preventative disease control; minicomputers; $8950 00 3,950 00 1,675 00 $B5O 00 1,250 00 $3,650.00 2,195.00 1,175 00 1,495.00 $2,450 00 2,450 00 1,650 00 1,550.00 850 00 750 00 450.00 V s- ** f **«U**f*'*~ 1 *<• * '**■** t */• / * > ' fr r ' * / * f * v" t < practical nutrition; ard laws of better management. The Summary also in cludes a 500-point written evaluation and a registration list of 70 conferees. This 1979 Summary may be purchased for $3 per copy. Send a check or money order payable to The Pennsylvania State University; mad to: Ag. Conf. Coordinator, 410 J.O. Keller Building, University Park, PA 16802. 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Con ference Summaries both include advise on practical husbandry of the rabbit as well as scientific in formation. GEBHART'S SANDBLASTING & RESTORATION INC. Box 109 AA, R D 1 Abbottstown, Pa 17301 717-259-9868 • Water Blasting » Chemical Cleaning • Brick & Stone Repointing & Waterproofing m. * \ $4,650.00 1,050.00 850 00 $3,250.00 1,175.00 1,450 00 950.00 875.00 $2,200 00 1,800.00 950.00 AUTHORIZED 3-=B’^.\4r PARTS and SERVICE $ •*> 5 1,050 00 1150 00
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