Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, October 18, 1980, Image 47

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“Whenever I wasn’t sure
what I was doing, all I had to
do was pick up the phone or
run down the road and I’d
get the help and answers I
needed.”
Now, Bill has come a long
way from the airline pilot
trying to navigate his first
tractor to a full-fledged
farmer who switches on his
four-wheel-drive John Deere
8630.
Helping him handle the
enormous task of farming so
many acres are four hands -
those of son, Lee, and
neighbor, Kenny Eicker.
“I make up in equipment
what I lack in ertra people,”
Leonard remarked. “But,
the hardest thing I find about
farming so many acres is the
bookwork.”
“This year,” said
Leonard, “I planted about
500 acres of com, 150 acres of
sobyeans, 100 acres of
wheat, and harvested 100
acres of hay.”
Leonard, who contracts
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Leonard’s Angus herd grazes the spacious pastures on the Eisenhower farms.
for the sale of his grains,
says he is concerned about
the effects this past Sum
mer’s drought will have on
his crop yield.
“I’m hoping to get 15 to 20
bushels of corn to the acre
this year, compared to my
normal 90 to 100 bushels per
acre. As for my beans, I’m
hoping to get 10 bushels to
the acre - in a normal year, I
usually get anywhere from
35 to 40 bushels.”
When does Leonard get
time to do his farm chores?
He explains he normally
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mcaster Farming, Saturday, October 18,1980—87
Leonard, like other Adams County farmers, has
felt the sting of this past Summer’s drought.
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