Ist Poultry Progress Day attracts BY DEBBIE KOONTZ LANCASTER The first day long Lancaster County Poultry Progress program attracted almost 200 people to the Farm and Home Center, Thursday, to represent this county’s $167 million industry. From poultry financing to pest control, from ventilation equip ment to the dreaded -Marek’s disease, the agenda included such highlights and more as Secretary of Agriculture Penrose Hallowell and State Senator Noah Wenger delivered the latest in agricultural legislation from Harrisburg. Presenting an update on the “Right to Farm Act,” Wenger told Poultry Specialist Forest Muir, from Penn State Extension, donned this gear to help Extension agent Jay Irwin demonstrate proper clothing for applying pesticides. Take note of the boots and gloves as well as the suit and goggles. FARM COMPUTER SEMINAR Topics to be discussed; • What can a computer do for me on my farm? • How do I decide which computer to buy? • How much will it cost? • How do I learn how to operate it? Plus demonstrations and operation of farm programs Seminar will be a “hands-on" seminar, with the partici pants operating the computers. Wives are encouraged to attend. Apple computers will be used in seminar. Cost Per Person... $50.00; or $75.00... For Husband & Wife, Lunch included. Call now for reservations. Maximum number of persons per session is 20. THE OFFICE WORKS, Computer Learning Center 29 E. King Street \s\C£ the audience that the bill was in tended to “give assurance to farmers that they would not be forced out of business before they had a chance to pay their loan or to make it in farming.” The bill states that ordinances cannot be passed after its adoption which put restrictions on a far mer’s operation practices. “But people then questioned, what about constitutionality? Can you really keep people from bringing >suits against farmers?” Wenger elaborated. “To my knowledge no one has really brought any suits against farmers,” he said. “When it comes to the matter of public health, we MARCH 29,1983 (Open) CALL FOR RESERVATIONS fIBCiPpIC 717-397-7721 Complete Apple Seles, Service end Support Specializing in Agricultural Computers have to be careful that farmers don’t use this as an excuse to run a sloppy operation.” He cited one example of a person who contacted him about a farmer spreading hog 013010*0 so close and in such concentration by his home, that it was coming through in his basement. Lancaster, PA 17603 Noah W. Wenger State Senator Carl Brown General Manager, Farm Credit Assn. In financing, Carl Brown, general manager of Farm Credit Association, assured the audience of their desire to work with the poultry industry. In retrospect, Brown noted several examples of management moves made in the past that are now “haunting” poultry producers. Chief among these is that “poultry houses were-being built with the idea that this would be a cure-all for' all financial problems. 1 haven’t seen one that Forest Muir, left, and Robert Graves, engineer, right, demonstrated ventilation equipment, helping the audience draw their own conclusions as to which systems are most efficient. BUILT TO LAST The New Silage Wagon has a hydrostatic drive and a monoshcll body of high gauge steel. For use with silage, green or dry hay. Available in 3 sizes, 37, 51 and 74 bushels with 3 unloading op tions, one or two side and top unloading. For litterature or information on your nearest dealer, write or call. Saturday', MarohliTllsSS^-iSIS has done that yet. i think some loans were made that way.” Poultry pests and their control was discussed by Clarence Collison from Penn State Extension. Citing three beetles which cause ex tensive structural damage to poultry houses, Collison said, “As with all operations, the best control is sanitation.” Of the three beetles, (the Lesser Mealworm, the Hide Beetle, and the Larder Beetle), the lesser (Turn to Page A3B) 200 V
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