Ever sincethe first cave dweller staked out a claim to a piece of bunting territory mad has fought off invaders with'designs on his property. wars have been—and jntinue to be—waged over territorial rights. Individuals sue in court and nations shoot at one another over sometimes tiny, but strategic, plots of earth. And the ongoing battles show no signs of diminishing. As rural and urban areas have melded into common neigh borhoods in recent decades, minor ATTENTION PORK PRODUCERS Today, More Th|in Ever, You Need DeLaval 0 THE 810-CIRC™ SYSTEM FEATURES: « REGULAR, AUTOMATED MANURE REMOVAL . Increasing the efficiency of your facility. ODOR REDUCTION - Providing the optimum environment for hogs and herdsmen. SOLIDS REDUCTION - Simplifying manure handling and spreading. NITROGEN STABILIZATION - Conserving the nutrient value of the manure. THE HEART OF THE SYSTEM IS THE CENTRI-RATOR UNIT The latest word in manure treatment. 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We once badly mangled the combine gathering mechanisms after "harvesting” a long-dead Christmas tree that had been disposed of several rows back in a cornfield. • , In the same field, broad patches of once-lush alfalfa lie barren, smothered by deep piles of dead leaves and grass clippings dumped there by neighboring property 1 owners with spotlessly raked lawns. One field regularly holds a garden, uninvited, purposely planted there to keep it from taking up room in the gardener's adjoining back yard. As if farmers didn’t have enough of such expensive and irritating property headaches, now along comes the October issue of Yankee magazine with an article that has inflamed one farmer friend who mailed me a copy and asked what 1 thought of the idea. ' The particular article in question poses a light-hearted look at the' dilemma of modem mankind’s steel and iron creations turning inevitably to useless rust. Among various suggestions for the |^xJ3355233 y'& Bio-Circ™ System by >x lb „ 4 Uncaster Farming, Saturday, November 6,1982-821 recycling of such rotting items is one that details a use for rusty, old, clunker cars and trucks. This suggestion, complete with illustration, is dabbed "corn cruising.” "Ravaged old cars and trucks are perfect for com cruising, too churning in circle.s through autumn stands for uncut field com, savoring the wildly exaggerated The great give-away DOKNSIFE Someday Hill French Alpines of Oomsife will give away a registered doe kid to a lucky youth between the ages of 8 and 19. The kid will be awarded at the Heart of Penn Dairy Goat Breeders’ Co-op Spring Workshop in May of 1983. The contest offers a chance for a youngster to own a qiiality dairy goat for a 4-H or FFA project animal. To enter, a contestant must write a composition of approximately 500- words stating why he or she sensation of speed resulting from the lack of visibility and the flailing rush of brown cornstalks throwing themselves prostrate before the front bumper,” says the article. Makes you wonder .how" the perpetrator, of such an idea would like a Steiger and massive chisel to cruise over his typewriter in high gear wide open? would like to own the doe ling and how they would care for it. Include name, address, birthdate and parents written permission if this would be the family’s first goat. After the finalists have been chosen, judges will visit each one’s home to examine the facilities and interview the youth and family. The winner will be notified by mid-March and if unable to atend the workshop will be responsible for crate and shipping if necessary. In addition to the obligation to provide a proper healthful en vironment for the prize animal, the winner must agree to breed the doeling at the proper age and size to a registered French Alpine Buck approved by donors the Molaros of Someday Hill. The winner also must return the first doe kid at weaning to the Molaros, which will be awarded in a future contest. The prize animal must be shown in at least one official American Dairy Goat Association sanctioned show in 1983, preferably the Bloomsburg Pair or a show ap proved by the Molaros. Deadline for entries is March 1, 1983. Send entries and inquiries to: The Great Goat Giveaway, c/o Someday Hill French Alpines, Rd. 1 Box 25, Dornsife, Pa. 17823. For additional information call 717-758- 8359. SCALES LIVESTOCK SCALES For Hog Operations TRUCK & PLATFORM SCALES ALSO AVAILABLE DARBER SCALE COMPANY P.O. Box 8 Smoketown, PA 17576 Phone: 717-393-1708 ALL SCALES STATE APPROVED. goat is onl
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