A2ft—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 28,1983
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The busload of members toured
four farms each with a different
concentration. Included were the
beef operation of Darwin and
Bernard Nissley; the dairy farm of
Samuel and Della Conley; the
poultry operation of Glenn and
Mary Snyder, and the swine farm
of Mark and Hazel Nestleroth,
featured in the May issue of L.F.
Right from the start of the tour,
the members were made aware of
the price of machinery, cattle and
land, as the Nissley brothers led
the tour around their farm an
swering such questions as “How
much would this tractor cost to
replace today?” and "Could you
afford to invest in this same
building today?”
The Nissley farm has been in the
family for five generations. The
farm consists of 165 acres, with 160
The fact that these two young brothers together operate a
successful 250-Angus cattle farm provided a novelty for the
tour members. From left is Bernard Nissley and brother
Darwin, and County Extension agent Jay Irwin.
The spacious farm of Samuel and Della Conley, above and
below, provided a visit to a dairy farm complete with pipe line,
40 Holstein cows and - something new to many of the visitors
Farm tour
being tillable. A recent expansion
effort provided facilities for a
capacity of 250 head of Angus and
Angus-cross cattle.
The brothers also produce 12
acres of processing tomatoes, five
acres of canteloupes, and three
acres tobacco.
Darwin suprised the group when
he announced that, despite their
already full schedule, they take the
time to wash the machinery.
"Because you find things that are
wrong with it, saving expensive
repairs later.”
From the Nissley homestead, the
tour journeyed to the Landisville
farm of Samuel Conley.
Conley and his wife own 99 acres,
of which 85 is tillable. The dairy
barn, built in 1968, houses 40
Holstein cows.
At this stop the members were
introduced to the registration
system, DHIA papers, milk
stresses business a
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Commerce listened to Glenn Snyder, left, explain his operation
haulers and inspectors, and rolling
herd averages.
The Snyder poultry farm
provided perhaps the most' eye
opening experience for the 40
novice farm visitors. It was at this
stop they were able to see 40,000
caged layers under one roof.
Snyder and his son farm 93 acres
and also raise hogs. The hogs are
purchased from a breeder every
three weeks and fat hogs are
marketed to Hatfield on a weekly
basis.
The final stop painted a pork
picture as members witnessed an
operation with the potential for
handling 1500 pigs.
This hog farm, operated by Mark
Nestleroth and John Chapman,
consists of 146 acres.
Following the tour, Hazel
Nestleroth treated the visitors to a
pork luncheon at the Penryn Fire
Hall, perhaps in an effort to instill
in the minds of the visitors that.
More than 40 businessman, advertising representatives and bankers participated
in the Businessman’s Farm Tour sponsored by the county Chamber of Commerce.
Young feeder pigs gather around Mark Nestleroth in this
newly remodeled barn. This facility originally had been a
poultry house.
despite each farm s particular staple for each one of them
concentration, the end product is a namely food.
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