A2£—Lancaster Famine, Saturday, Dacembar 20,1980
900 attend Penn-Jersey Harvestore meetings
LANCASTER Some 900
area farmers and members
of their families attended the
annual meetings held by
Penn-Jersey Harvestore
Systems, Inc., of New
Holland, on Wednesday and
Thursday at the Host Farm.
The meeting program
included various Harvestore
product discussions, a talk
on soybean and nulo forage
and a holiday dinner.
Among speakers on
Thursday afternoon was
dairy farmer Darnel S
Stoltzfus, R 3 Mount Joy, who
discussed his experience
with a Slurrystore system
The Stoltrfus’ operation.
Here’s explanation
of market
report terms
UTITZ Here is a brief explanation of the revised
market news terminology used in Lancaster Farming’s
market news reports.
MARKET - A term with several meanings, a A
geographic location where a commodity is traded, b. The
price, or price level, at which a commodity is traded c
(verb) To sell.
MARKET ACTIVITY - The pace at which sales are
being made. Active - Available supplies (Offerings) are
readilty clearing the market. Moderate - Available
supplies (Offerings) are clearing the market at a
reasonable rate. Slow - Available supplies (Offerings) are
not readily clearing the market. Inactive - Sales are in
termittent with few buyers or sellers.
PRICE TREND - Refers to the direction that prices are
moving m relation to trading in the previous reporting
period (s). Higher - When the majority of sales are at
prices measurable higher then the previous trading
session. Firm - Prices are tending higher, but not
measurably so. Steady - Prices are unchanged from
previous trading session. Weak - Prices are tending lower,
but not measurably so. Lower - When prices for most sales
are measurably lower than the previous trading session.
SUPPLY/OFFERINGS - The quantity of a particular
item available for current trading. Heavy - When the
volume of supplies is above average for the market being
reported. Moderate - When the volume of supplies is
average for the market being reported Light - When the
volume of supplies is below average for the market being
reported.
DEMAND - The desire to possess a commodity coupled
with the willingness and ability to pay. Very Good - Of
ferings or supplies are rapidly absorbed. Good - Firm
confidence on the part of buyers that general market
conditions are good. Trading is more active than normal.
Moderate - Average buyer interest and trading. Light -
Demand is below average. Very Light ■ Few buyers are
interested in trading.
MOSTLY -The majority of sale or volume.
UNDERTONE - Situation or sense of direction in an
unsettled market situation.
which totals 200 cows and
young stock, mcludes 111
acres and another 60 rented
acres.
Stoltzfus said that his
500,000-gallon capacity
Slurrystore permits nun to
handle his liquid manure
essentially only twice a year
“lt makes my manure
handling much more
flexible,” he said
“Before, I had to haul it a
couple tunes a week in all
kinds of weather.”
Now, one application is
made just after the corn is
chopped. It is immediately
disced and chiseled into the
ground Then, rye is planted
The second application
comes in spring just after
making ryelage.
Some manure is also
applied to the wheat stubble
before sowing alfalfa.
Stoltzfus said the system is
a great tune-saver, per
mitting manure application
to be limited to about 60
hours a year It is a great
convemence, too, according
to Stoltzfus, and eliminates
any nuisance problems.
“But the bottom line is
how much money it has
saved me,” Stoltzfus em
phasized.
“In last year’s soil test, the
ri i ;iyr
* ‘ ** ** *
SEASONAL SIMILARITY: This photo depicts a
striking similarity between two different structures -
- the Forest Hills Mennonite church along Quarry
Road, Leola, Lancaster County, in the foreground
and the barn in the background. Both have spires
reaching skyward -- one a steeple and the other a
silo. The high-pitched roof angles are repeated in
[ 1 JU I
i -.-i :; * s '
Fiberdome Storage Bin Fiberdome Forage Funnel Fiberdome Feed Cart Fiberdome Calfhutch
MADE TO LAST WITH FIBERGLASS from FIBERDOME
Fiberglass is practically dent- Economical to Use • Simple to The only all-fiberglass teed cart Insulation value provides warmth
proof Stands up to long periods Install • Easy to Operate • • Buff exterior white gell-coat in winter while remaining cool in
of hard use • Contents stay Eliminates Dirty Chutes • interior •14 bushel capacity summer • Hutches may be
fresh because fiberglass ab- Directs Flow of Feed • Saves (4 93 Hectoliter) • Immune to nested (or compact storage •
sorbs little or no heat • Because Wear on Silo Chutes • Adapts to silage acids does not rust • Hutches are easily moved by
there is very little condensation Any Make Silo Easy to load unload and sanitize use of firmly imbedded l-bolts •
on the inside moisture cannot • Tricycle gear with one swivel- Studies show respiratory prob
alter the contents of material mg caster • Length 68V2 lems disease and call mortality
being stored • Fiberglass is rust Width 31 Hopper depth are reduced when hutches are
resistant Acids and salts cant vw 23V? Tire DiameterB • properly used
hurt it £
~\ Tiberdome
I P O Box 11 Lake Mills, Wl 53551
AGWAYINC.
Curryville PA
814-793 2167
ALLEGHENY STAR SILO,
INC.
Jackson Center, PA
412 662 4191
nri iDicyc CA OM GUTSHALL S SILO
“ST MMIR WORK
«. ,p » r!! Womelsdorl PA
7“79 P BB 717 933 4616
second year with the
Slurrystore, I found that I
was hign u? everything.
“The only thing I added
was a little bit of starter
fertilizer for the corn. And I
harvested 150-bushel com
“I had savings of $6O to $7O
an acre over the rented land
on which we don’t use the
liquid manure.”
Stoltzfus also had good
success with his alfalfa crop
this past year Using the
liquid manure, he had at
least four cuttings and had
five on some
The Slurrystore system
saves a lot of nutrients,
Stoltzfus commented upon
For more information contact your nearest dealer
THOMAS DUNLAP
Rt 220, Jersey Shore PA
717-398 1391
FARM BUREAU
Mifflinburg PA
717 966 1047
ending his presentation
Soybeans and milo forage
was discussed by John E
Shirley, associate professor
of agriculture at Western
Kentucky University.
Continually rising feed
costs and the escalating
costs of land are requiring
farmers to take a look at new
ways of making better
utilization of their land, he
said.
Soybeans and milo forage
offer a new alternative, he
explamed
It won’t be a replacement
for alfalfa, he explained, but
could be valuable in certain
situations, such as double
,1
rl •
»t ) y
/ i-
*, 1
both. Even the white-framed windows resemble
each other. But at this season of the year, the
similarity ranges well beyond physical appearance.
Both stand as rural symbols of the traditional
seasonal message: Peace on earth; Good Will to all
men.
...madti&Ca&t
J.D.C. SALES INC.
Biglemlle, PA
717 334 1987
MONT-BUCKS FARM
BURE s A oudeno° PASsN ' SOLLENBERGER SILO
215 723 4355 Chambersburg PA
717-264-9588
NO,? ™ E sonto S w 7 rf?A S/i0 TERRE HILL SILO CO., INC.
717 649 5151 Terre Hlll PA
215 445 6736
cropping, to utilize wet lands
or as a short-season crop.
It has been used when
alfalfa is being renovated, he
said. Plantings between the
old and new stands reduce
problems
The meeting program also
included a Harvestore
owners panel. Members on
Wednesday were Michael
Appold, Montgomery
County; Mac Baver,
Lenhartsville, and Barclay
Hoopes, Landenburg. On
Thursday, panel members
were Elam Butt, Ephrata;
Dale Umble, Christiana; and
Lewis Werner,
Fredericksburg
f /■
r
PHILLIPS FEED
SERVICE INC.
Germansville. PA
215-767-3819
Bath, PA
215-837-6061