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Trellising the trees
provides easy picking
without ladders, according
to Cindy. And so many more
trees can be planted to the
acre.
The Hamptons produce
some 2,000 gallons of wine a
year, ujtiuUzing their own
crusher-stemmer and fer
menting tanks, which were
once used for milk. They
chill ferment to preserve
clarity of the wine and slow
the process.
“We also use wood kegs,”
Cindy says.
“We have quite a clientele
from the Philadelphia area
and some of them can tell
just by tbe taste if the keg
came from Kentucky,
Tennessee, Italy or Por
tugal.
“They’re really into
wine.”
From the enthusiasm the
Hamptons convey to their
satisfied customers, it’s
evident they’re enjoying
their asgncutural en
terprise. The whole,
operation originated from
the times when Tom liked to
help his grandmother make
dandelion wine.
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dams County dairymen
tour Huntingdon farms
SHADE GAP
Productive dairy herds,
progressive farming
practices and modem dairy
facilities were objects of
study when 75 Adams County
dairy farm family members
made a tour in Huntingdon
County last Tuesday.
Co-sponsored by the
County Holstein Association
and the Extension Service,
the tour started in Shade
Valley near Shade Gap and
ended in the Spruce Creek
Valley not far from State
College.
£n the Gerald McMath
herd near Shade Gap, the
dairymen saw three Holstein
cows which were classified
“Excellent” for type. A
grandson of one of these
cows has been sold to
Russia.
Sous ap-
Neighboring farmer
Joseph McMatil maintains
his herd of 54 Holstein cows
in a new free stall barn
complete with milking
parlor and a liquid manure
pit. Manure from the pit is
injected into the soil as a
step to preserve nutrients.
Bardale Farms in Ger
many Valley near
Shirleysburg operated by the
James McMath family
maintains 100 milking
Holsteins in a free stall bam
designed by Dairy Specialist
Steve Spencer. The cows are
milked m a Califomia-style
flat parlor which by Mc-
And in the bargain,
another small parcel of
Lancaster County farmland
is staying in agriculture.
“We’re a true little farm
winery, growing all of our
own grapes and apples,”
Cindy explains.
“We’re just like a milk
jugging operation, but it’s a
different product we’re
turning out.”
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Math’s estimate, cost $2OOO
to equip.
Wayne Harpster of
Evergreen Farm at Penn
sylvania Furnace has been
a leader in the development
of no-till com and alfalfa
production practices. He
gets good yields from over
1200 acres in com and
alfalfa, and without plowing.
Harpster’s 350 Holsteins
are fed according to forage
tests and feed programming
results from Penn State.
He maintains detailed
records on each cow, raises
all his replacements and has
a veterinam make regular
herd health check-ups.
The partnership of John
and Michael Bebrer at
Spruce Creek maintains a
138 cow Holstein herd in a
free stall bam with milking
parlor. They store feed in
bunker silos and feed a total
mixed ration according to
forage test results. A gated
free-stall heifer bam has
Farm recognition
LANCASTER A new
national program designed
to recognize outstanding
American farmers has been
announced by American
Cyanamid Company’s
Agricultural Division.
Designated as the 65 Club,
the program will identify one
outstanding farmer
customer each month as
exemplary of today’s
American fanner who now
produces enough food and
fiber for 65 people the world
over.
“The 65 Club brings to
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tremendous job being done
by all our agricultural
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been very successful and is
being expanded to ac
commodate groups of
smaller calves.
A special attraction on the
tour was a visit to the 26-
room Iron Master’s Home
built in 1834. Built by iron
master Lyons, the manor
house remained in that
family for three generations.
It is currently the home of
Mrs. R. L. Harpster, mother
of Wayne.
Presidents Eisenhower
and Carter have visited the
Harpster families to fish in
nearby Spruce Creek.
Dinner was served to the
touring dairy farmers in the
Presbyterian Church in
Spruce Creek. Hie return
trip was made by way of
route 45 passing the Rode
Springs Agricultural
Research Station of Penn
State, to Boalsburg, then to
Lewistown, Harrisburg and
Gettysburg.
program set
upon so few producers for
the food and fiber necessities
of life,” says J. J. Gar
barino. President of
Cyanamid’s Agricultural
Division.
Members of the 65 Club
will represent all major
agricultural producing areas
of the country. Members will
be chosen on the basis of
their outstanding records of
achievement as agricultural
producers, their leadership
in agricultural and com
munity affairs, and their
successful practice of sound
farm management prin
ciples, including safe, proper
and judicious use of crop
protection chemicals.
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