B3B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 17,1981 Bradford-Sullivan energy group meets BY JANE BRESEE Staff Correspondent WYSOX - The Bradford- Sullivan County Energy Group has officially organized with a beginning membership of 43 landholders accounting for over 11,000 acres. Reportedly this is the largest energy group in the state to organize for the purpose of using their combined acreage to negotiate for better oil and gas leases than those currently being offered by leasing companies. Paul Mazza of State College, lawyer for the Legal Service of the Pennsylvania Farmers Association, was present at the organizational meeting held recently at the Wysox Presbyterian Church to explain the fine points of the oil and gas lease. He mvited the 100 landholders present to carefully consider what particulars they want on their own individual leases. He will begin acting immediately as a negotiator between the group and leasing Should you feed com GETTYSBURG - It looks like we will be producing a record com crop this year. This coupled with the large wheat crop finds local storage space to be very limited. This will result in lower corn prices, according to John Sch wartz, Adams County Extension agent. “Selling at harvest doesn’t look very attractive because of the very low offering prices. Yet holding may not be a very good alternative for many. The high cost of money adds heavily to storage costs,” Schwartz explains. “It is obvious that more hog producers will be looking at feeding hogs as an alternative to marketing corn. Hogs show the greatest potential to use large volumes of cheap corn in a short period of tune. “Hog feeding profits are slim so top notch feeding management is going to be essential for maximum profitability to the swine producer this fall and winter.” companies and will keep each member informed of progress. Mazza told the crowd that signing up large tracts ot con tiguous acres for the group is ideal, but not always possible. Any landowner, regardless of location, is invited to join the group because no one knows for sure yet where oil and gas may die found. Landholders who are already leased will find the group beneficial, he stated, because they will be ready with a good leasing plan when it is'time to renew their contract. A strong energy group may be very important in the future, Mazza stated. The major energy consumers in this country are farmers, Mazza continued. And they hold a major source of energy under their lands if natural gas is found in great amounts as predicted. Acting as a group, farmers should be able to to demand their future costs for energy Be lower than the price it is Schwartz recommends: Push a pencil first and figure what the value of corn would be marketed through hogs. If feeder pigs are being pur chased, feed a diet containing the normal concentration of vitamins since newly arrived pigs often eat very little feed the first week. Adding 10 to 20 percent oats or barley to the diets for the first week of newly purchased feeder pigs may aid in reducing diarrhea. Antibiotics as well as copper sulfate (1 pound per ton) may be added to the diets for improved gains. After one week the pigs should be placed on normal grower diet. Corn should be adequately supplemented with a high quality protein source, such as soybean meal, as well as minerals and vitamins. Keep protein levels up around 16 percent (0.70 percent lysine) for growing pigs and 14 percent (0.60 percent lysine) for finishing pigs. sold for to other states. Gary Green, Warren Center, spokesman for the group and chairman ot the energy group steering committee, stated organization was the result of being alerted by the PFA early in the year against signing oil and gas leases without legal advice. Later, the Bradford-Sullivan County Fanners Association passed a resolution to support the group concept and appointed a steermg committee to organize it. Green commended Com mitteeman Donald J. Brown of Rome for his supreme efforts in bringing more than 7,000 acres to the group, mostly from Orwell township. During an interview a few days following the meeting, Green said the 11,000 acres already m the group could be called “only a good beginning.” He said there are still many landowners who do not understand the value of such a through hogs? While cost of feeding these protein levels may seem high when pur chasing supplement, dropping the levels will result m poorer feed conversion, slower gams and in some cases stall out in the finishing phase. With high interest rates and reasonably price soybean meal it is not very economical to drop the protein level below 13 percent. Properly adjust feeders. A poorly adjusted six hole feeder that wastes as little as 3 percent feed will waste a ton of feed per year. Watch environmental tem peratures. Growing pigs save 0.1 pound of feed per pound of gam for each 10°F, increase in tem perature from 35° to 70° Fahrenheit. A similar trend exists m finishing hogs. Remember that above 65-70° Fahrenheit, finishing and growing pigs begin to sharply decrease feed intake, while gain Outlook on apples proves favorable ANNAPOLIS, Md. - There’s good eating news...and realistic price news...on the apple front this year as the state’s harvest of (he ever-popular../tree fruit mpves along in high gear. / George Roche, marketing specialist with the Maryland Department of Agriculture, says, “Consumers can expect prices to be stronger than last year, but you’ll be getting the best color m years and excellent quality in 1981 crop apples.” The reason for stronger prices to consumers is simple, apple production nationally is down 8% this year from last year, but Maryland’s production is off 17% and Pennsylvania’s is. down 21%. The Virginia and Delaware crops are about the same as last year’s, Roche points out. ■ For 1981, the Maryland crop is MAILBOX MARKET For Sale- 3 Rabbit hut ches, 9 pens in each Made of wood & wire $75 Berks Co. 215-582-4152 For Sale- 5 inch 11 foot ■am auger, used 2 years, 60 215-562-4161 lerks or Sale- 3 Limousin beet iws, bred, nice Will sell leap, don't want to sent butcher, 717-243-8328 imberland Co ir Sate- 25 leader pigs, ave wt Also red blue, black creme chow chow puppies, shots & wormed, 71 7-354-5360 Lane Co For Sale- Pony cart on rubber "and G t. stove. Both m good cond. Chester Co 2 lb-286- 9591 group effort and are holding back to "wait and see”. Green stated certain learning brokerage firms have been calling county presidents of PFA and negatively blasting the idea of group negotiating and the ef ficiency of Paul Mazza to manage it. “It seems to me,” Green stated, "that if our energy group is causing such a furor among the leasing companies, we must be domg something right. An in dividual by himself doesn’t have the power to demand anything from the oil companies. "Grouping ourselves together to ask what we want instead of signing without question with the oil companies decide to give us is undoubtedly one of the best moves farmers have made to protect their rights and their land.” For more information on the group, contact any committee member or call ' Gary Green, 717/744-2786. and etticiency are lowered. Manage to prevent disease problems. Ventilation should be adjusted to control humidity m swine buildings during cold weather and temperature in warm weather. Inadequate adjustment of ventilation may result m pneumonia, especially during times of variable temperatures. Pigs that have had pneumonia require about a week longer to be ready for market and consume 50 more pounds of feed. Thus in creasing production costs by $5.50 per pig. Consider hedging when hogs exceed „ $52 CWT- on futures markets. With 40 pound feeder pigs at $l.OO per pound, soybean meal $225 per Ton, labor at $4.00 per hour and $5 head profit, corn would be worth $2.92 when market price isSS2CWT. estimated to be coming in at 75 million pounds, down from 90 million in 1980. Roche says when it comes to varieties of apples, it appears that Maryland’s crop of red delicious faired much better than the Pennsylvania crop. Rome Beauty, a favorite baking variety, .is in reduced supply both from Maryland and Virginia orchards. Chief culprit in the reduced supply of Eastern Apples is the weather had late frosts nipping many apple trees at blossom time this past spring and a later sum mery dry period in some of these states. Also putting pressure on the supply of apples for consumers in this region is strong demand from juice processors and export customers. In recent years, the Umted States has been enjoying and overseas markets for the fruit. MAILBOX MARKET (-or Sale- Suffolk Rams for breeding Only a few left Lane Co. 717-653-5016. For Sale- Nl fio corn picker, good working cond , $B5O Juniata Co Call after 7.30 pm 717- 436-8874 For Sale- Farmall A tractor Hydraulics, 12V, wide front end, belly mounted 42” woods and belly snow plow, Quakertown area 215- 249-9760. For Sale- Feeders, several available $2OO-350 Also, Araucana pullets, $1 00 each. Northampton Co 215-588-5791 For Sale- No 323 Nl corn picker with trash beater, like new cond., $3lOO 717-742-4046' Nor thumberland Co MAILBOX MARKET For Sale- % ton pickup truck, 1974 Int crew cab, current mspec., runs $425. 717-285-5066 or 872-4567 For Sale- Brownie single bagger, exact weight scale tor 5-10-20 lb. bags, Flames 15 roll brusher, Lehigh Co 215-767-5497 after 4 p.m Wanted- Dumping station with electric motor. For Sale- Sauder D 2 manure loader, Lane. Co. 215- 445-5928 5-8 a.m & p.m. For Sale- 1 bred Holstein heifer bred 3-15-81 Weight approx. 1200 lbs Call after 6:00 P.M. York Co 717-456-7196. For Sale- JD thirteen hoe grain drill, N 1 323 one row corn picker, NH 36' elevator, very good cond., 717-933-2927 York Co MAILBOX MARKET t-or Sale- Farmall H tractor w/mower, NH Super 67 Baler, IH 3 ptfi Pitmanless #lOO mower,' 717-345:4882. For Sale- New Idea No 315 corn shelter unit. Landrace boars. Wanted- Lagoon stir ail. Lane. Co. 717-665-5513. For Sale- 8 yr. old grade Belgian mare, Stephen R. Click, 209 Cedar Dr., Leola, Pa. 17540. Lane Co For Sale- 4 pair of dual wheel truck chains, tit 9 00-24, 10.00-20; or 11.- 22.5 brand new. 717-939- 5583 Daupmn Co. For Sale- Hampshire ram and ewe lambs $9O up 717-859-1094 Lane. Co, For Sale- Ini. ground driven corn-binder, good corid. Call after 6 p.m Lackawanna Co. 717-222- 4214. For Sale- JD #5 flail at tachment, fits most JD balers, $300; semi trailer 32’ flat sides w/root, $5OO. 717-529-6640 or 529-2157. _. For Sale- 24' Smoked elevator with motor, roll away corn' drag, Young proven’Angus bull, .1000 lb, 717-626-5169. ,V. Wanted- Combination wood or coal and gas or electric stove. Send into to Box 1486 RDI Spring Grove, Pa 17362. Wanted- AKC Reg Rott weiler, female pup. York Co 717-225-6050. For Sale- 20 acres of corn $63 a ton - you pick. Between Mt.. Joy and Manheim, Lane Co. 717- 653-4775 For Sale- Pheasants, nngneck, several kinds of ornamental Few Penna wild turkeys Franklin Co. 717-349-7436 "after 7 30 p m Wanted- Flay elevator, approx 24 ft. also dump truck tor hreWood, stake body preferred. 717-755- 1130 York after 7 p.m. * Wanted-, Small woode« building to house a dozen' chickens and/or outside rabbit hutches 215-383- 5280 For Sale- 6 horse trailer, Ritchey built, 3’-0" snow blower, 3’-6" angle blade. 717-545-9971 atter 5 p m„ Dauphin Co Wanted- Older work horse, lb-16 hands, must be gentle', Clay Fmgar, Stuyvesant Falls, New York, 12174 For Sale- New ear corn, hay can deliver 800 .lbs Angus heiter. Brown Swiss bull calt. 215-346- 7410 atter 8 p.m For Sale- Goat-Nubian doe in milk, spotted, line bred to GCH Cadillac Vangeas Bucks Co. 215-257-3879 evenings For Sale- Building Lot in Ski Village, all types ot rec. available near Zion Grove, Schuylkill Co/TK make otter, 0565 For Sale-- Beagle, good broke, female, 7 yrs. old. $B5. Also good pony cart, best otter. Ken Witmer, R 1 Box 352 Willow St„ Pa. 17584 For Sale- Purebred registered proven Nubian buck- 17 months, top bloodlines - excellent conformation & disposition, 717-673- 5644 Wanted to trade. Reg Tenn. Walking, 7 year old -mare, bred and in foal to Grand Champion Stallion. 615-722-3544. Wanted- Cattle truck, preferably 20-22 ft. Single axel or tandem, Lane Co 717-665-3865 For Sale- Late model Bnllion transport harrow 16’ with told up wing in good condition $1195. 717-367-1319 or 717- 653-8867 For Sale- S-76 Pibneejt Seed Wheat, certified la year $5.25 bushel. 71 T*' 626-7665 Lane. Co. For Sale- Cauliflower, red delicious apples - $3 50 ‘/2 bu., butternut squash, 4- $l. First farm in n Rothsville Road oft 272, beside tphrata K-mart
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