B3o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 10,1982 UNIVEKSITY PAKK - Cheslei P McMinn, Clinton county Ex tension dn ectoi will i elu e Api il 2U with M yeai s ot serv ice A native ot Hiockway, McMinn leceived a bacheloi ot science degiee tioin Penn State in 19J9, majonng in agncultuial education. He has dune giaduale woik at Penn Slate and West Virginia Umveisity. He taught vocational agi icuitui e tui three yeai s, then set ved as an otticei m the U.S. Auny An Eoice from 1942-45. McMinn was named to the Extension statt in 194 b as an assistant county agent, dividing his tune between Clauon and Venango counties. Two yeais latei he was assigned full tune in Venango County and was promoted to Clinton County agent in 1955. When McMinn was assigned to Clinton County, tobacco acreage was decreasing due to the lack ot a suitable market. He assisted glowers m converting land to vegetable pioduction, primaiily toi canning and treeing pui poses Hit. work with tauneib ein oiled in the Dany Held linpioveineiit Association led to diamatic m cieases in milk production. He stiessed inabtilib conti ol and unpi oved feeding piogiams. Appi oxunalely SB peiceni ol the total nuinbei ol cowb in the county Patz Cutter-and-Claw Gathering Chain Ginas You Chain-Saw action and full-flow feeding. Cuts loose frozen and hard-packed silage. Steel claws move loosened silage to blower. Choose Patz ring-drive or surface drive silo unloaders to meet varied needs. PatZ* Performance Strong as Steel DISTRICT MANAGER GEORGE HEATH 472 Woodcrest Dr , Mechamcsburg. PA 17055 717 737-0002 Contact your nearest Patz dealer ALEXANDRIA MAX ISENBERG 814-689-4027 BALLY LONGACRE ELECTRIC 215-845-2261 BEDFORD BENCE FARM EQUIPMENT 814-623-8601 BELLEVILLE MACLAY t SON 717-935-2101 CAMP HILL LLOYD SULT2BAUGH 717-737-4554 :hamber; IBUR6 CUMBERLAND FARM A DAIRY INC. 717-203-1965 Clinton Co. Extension director to retire aie em oiled in the milk testing piogi am. The leliiing Kxtensiun agent pioinoled eniolhueni in the State Altalta Hi owing Pi ogi am ab a tool in mueabuig ciop yields Dunng the last four years, 11 Clinton County fanners were enrolled in the contest and at least one entry placed in the lop live each yeai. The i esultb ol these demoli sh aliens generated inleiebt in olhei gioweib to nnpiove quality, yield, and income horn altalta pi oduc lion. HAMBURG SHARTLESVILLE FARM SERVICE 215-488-1025 LEBANON MARVJN J. HORST DAIRY EQUIPMENI 717-272-0871 MILLERSBURG LANDIS LABOR SAVERS 717-692-4647 MILTON LANDIS FARMSTEAD lINFBnRftu ,. AUTOMATION LINEBORO, MD 717-437-2375 PIPERSVILLE MOYER FARM SERVICE ROOP FERTILIZER 215-766-8675 A CHEMICAL QUARRYVILLh 301-775-7678 UNICORN FARM STREET. MD SERVICE PISEQUIPMENT. JAMES E. LANDIS INC. 717-786-4158 301-452-8521 Chester P. McMinn TERRE HILL TERRE HILL SILO CO. INC 215-445-6736 MARYLAND DEALERS HAGERSTOWN. MD TRI-STATE FARM AUTOMATION 301-790-3698 kennedyvillf PINDER SERVICE CO. 301-348-5263 WERTZ GARAGE, INC. 301-374-2672 NEW WINDSOR. MP Me Mum i oiidui led educational pi uj.,l aiu-j lu keep lanneis ill* lonned ot com piaelleob It la I will meiuaso yicdds, impiovc- sluiagc, uUlUdlion, diid iiidikeimg. This Wdb cai i led out Uuougli meetings, turn s, and pdiliupalioii in Hit* Feiuiby 1\ anid Coi n Club. Willi llKi edblllp, livestock nunibeib in Clinlon County, soybean piuduuion ib becoming a pidelledl dlteilldlUe tOl (.0111. MeMum dbblbled in establishing boybeaii lebl plolb to assess iiidluniy and yields toi the dil leieiil elunales lound in the county. He also pi ov ides m toiillation on tile use ot liei bitides, leitiluei, and cultuial pi at lit es toi soybeans. Ah tdllllS llleiedSe 111 Size dllU land values continue to use, lai meis lidvo tound a need loi moie inloriiiatioii on estate taxes, m suianee, and invesinienls. I’he Extension agent developed d pi ogi dill to pi ovule ehldte plan ning llltoi llldlloll b> OlgdlllZlllg meetings diid thiough mdividUdl dhhihldilee wtleie peihoiidl quehlioiih edii be diheiihhed. He also oiganized a heileh ol public meetings oil a conlioveisial piopeily lax ihhUe. I'opleh cen leied on me teasing i llizens knowledge ot the opeidlion ot the piopeily lax, piovidnig a helling ioi discussing lax ihhueh, and IH TILLAGE HEADQUARTERS lh • Ideal for minimum tillage and soil conservation • Available in 4 to 8-furrow sizes with 16 or 18-m spacing, plus extra big 5/6 furrow 20-inch model • Beams individually trip or ride over obstructions, then automatically return to plowing position No stopping • High 33-m vertical clearance handles heavy trash without plugging Rocks or heavy trash won’t often stop this one. MO SWOPE & BASHORE, INC. Finance plana available. R.D. 1. MYERSTOWN. PA Located 1 MileS. of hit. 78 & 6 MtlesN.of Myerstown wl On Rl. 645 in Frystown PHONE: 717-933-4138 Area Codes 717-215 CALL TOLL FREE 1-800-692-7467 a IB! JSSSuSS ■ fmWMBR Tomorrow will be Blaster and we’ll probably celebrate it by hunting baskets of candy and decorated eggs. After breakfast we’ll go to church and hope for a nice sunny day to enjoy the out* doors. Maybe several of our children will be home for a big, ham meal and the traditional fancy coconut cake made in the shape of a Easter rabbit. It should be a relatively quiet day. In order to remind myself of how we and our sue children spent our Easter season fifteen years ago, when they were two years to seventeen years old and all at home, I got my diary out of the table drawer. It wasn’t necessarily the hap piest of times. There were so many ot us with so many interests that at tunes things got quite hectic, it seemed that someone always had a soie thioat or a tevei that necessitated a visit to the doctor. As my husband had an infected finger at the time, the older boys were doing some of the milking elabuialing on alternatives to Hie pioputy tax The meetings vveic open to all uileiested citizens and loi al gov ei tiinenl otlk idls in iiibb, Me Minn icceived a Distinguished bei v ice Awai d li 0111 the Agileulluiai Agents loi Ills sei v lee to agi leullui e tit is lo Uk. luuuti liviiL Cuulid>, ol Point JVldiiu'i They are the parents of three daughters. Moldboard Plows ★ CALL FOR A DEMONSTRATION! ★ Ida’s Notebook Ida Risser International * 475 Disk Harrow • Non-folding models 11V:' to 16'3", folding models with automatic wing latches 17'5" to 21' • Rugged torsion-type mam frame with 3 x 5-in tubular gang bars Weights up to 4,837 pounds • Self-aligning, regreaseable, triple-sealed bearings • Hydraulic power angling and depth gauging, laterally adjustable standards and plowing. One of them upset the tractqr and locked the engine but was not hurt-we were lucky. At that time all the manure was loaded by hand and they were lucky to get five loads spread in a day. But now, over a decade later, we load it with a scoop from the slotted-dam holding area and put 20 or 30 load on the fields in a day. I had all the milking equipment to wash by hand and the boys were digging a hole with shovels for a 500-gallon underground gasoline tank. With all that they still found time to go trout fishing, sell nigh* crawlers and do baby sitting. The twelve-year-old boy baked angel food cake and a jelly roll for us as he enjoyed doing that. Our 30-month-old girl was learning to read and kept pestering us to listen to the 50 new words she had just learned. The middle girl was taking flute lessons and leading her 4-H calf, while the oldest had a very busy schedule. She tutored students all over the comity m math and languages and also worked part time at a drive-in restaurant during her senior year in high school. Some food prices that I noted in my diary were: 10 loaves of bread for $1.85, 20 lb. of shad at .09 cents per lb., and 8 dozen eggs for $2.00.1 knew where to buy cheap food as it took a lot to grow the children to their present stature of over 6 feet. And so amid the working, playing and bickering, they grew up and .now are able to live independently.
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