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7:00 am
10:17 am
4:10 pm
7 Series, 16 Models, Air or
Liquid Cooled, Gas or
Diesel, Skid-Steer and
Articulated
Carlisle, PA
PETERMAN
FARM EQUIPMENT
717-249-5338
Chambers burg, PA
CLU6STON
IMPLEMENT INC.
717-263-4103
Brand New
Cheek These WHO Customer Options
For each customer, when he takes deliver/
of any model Bobcat during July 'n August.
1983. Bucket or fork must be the specified
attachment for model Bobcat purchased
Retail value from $238 (300 Model) to
$1,566 (900 Model). Dealers and salesmen .
can use the Clark/Melroe Free Bucket or
Fork offer as a solid customer sales in
centive. a _
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Drums , PA
HIGHWAY EQUIPMENT
& SUPPLY CO.
717-788-1127
Honey Grove. PA
NORMAN D. CLARK
& SON INC.
717-734-3682
„ . . Myerstown,PA , ..
Martinsburg, PA eiunnt e DACIMK IMP Tunkhannock, PA
BURCHFIELD’S INC. S , BARTRON FARM SUPPLY
814-793-2194 717-933-4138 717-836-3740
8:35 am
11:02 am
4:35 pm
The all new hydrostatic 400 Series
OPTION 1
FREE BUCKET
OR FORK
Mill Hall. PA
DUNKLE & GRIEB BENDER IMPUNC.
717-726-3115 814-443-4611
Palm, PA
WENTZ
FARM SUPPLIES INC.
215-679-7164
9:27 am
2:42 pm
6:19 pm
Alim a day’s work
From Clark Equipment Credit Corporation
And Participating Dealers
Somerset, Pa.
Slatington, PA
SCAT ENTERPRISES INC.
215-767-1711
OPTION 2
10.75% APR
FINANCING
Quarryville, PA
GRUMELU’S
FARM SERV.
717-786-7318
Rising Sun, Md.
AG-IHDUSTRIAI
301-658-5568
Harrisburg, PA
HIGHWAY EQUIPMENT
& SUPPLY CO.
717-564-3031
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 17,1983—019
The
Dairy
. - Business
Newton Bair
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LEARNING FROM THE SWISS
FARMERS
I’m proud of my Swiss ancestry.
Not that there were any real
history makers among them that I
know of. They were just plain
folks, Mennonite farmers who in
the early 1700’s were invited by
William Penn to come to Penn
sylvania and help to settle and
populate the wilderness of Penn's
Woods.
I often wondered what it must
have been like to uproot your
family from the homeland and
move to a wild, and unsettled land
across the sea. After visiting a land
as beautiful as Switzerland, I am
convinced that those emigrants
didn’t leave because of the
mountains, or the land or the
lovely forests. They were under
persecution because of their
Religious beliefs and only sought
refuge in a foreign land so that
they could be free to worship and to
avoid military service. I’m sure
that they were haunted by the
memories of the beautiful land
they would never see again.
Swiss farming is unique. There
are fairly large valley farms,
cultivated much the same way we
do here. Small grains like wheat,
barley and oats are common. They
air for high yields by controlling
diseases and weeds and fertilize
heavily with manure and chemical
fertilizers. But the striking dif
ference between our farms and the
Swiss becomes evident when we
visit the Alpine regions of Swit
zerland.
Our rural tour of Switzerland
included a visit to a summer
mountain pasture farm, high in the
Alps above the Simme valley. It is
owned by the Buehler familv. who
also own land in the valley, where
they breed Simmental cattle. The
high Alpine pastures are grazed
from May to October. The herd is
moved on foot up to the highland
pastures in spring, with all of the
time honored tradition of cowbells,
fancy costumes, flowers and
yodling!
We were welcomed with a
demonstration of the beautiful
tones of the Alphom, played by a
talented Swiss lass who also sang
several traditional mountain songs
accompanied by her husband who
played the accordian and Ycelled
up a storm. All this while we en
joyed a Swiss mountain feast,
served right in the cow stable!
Yes, the stable is the largest
room in the building. It was quite
handy to the kitchen, where the
meal was prepared over an open
fire. Crude tables and benches
were covered with bright
tablecloths, and we sat with out
backs to the wooden mangers. The
only decorations on the wall were
some cowbells and the leather
surcingles for milking. A single
vacuum line for the milker was
installed along one wall.
The building was made of hand
hewn logs, built by Mr. Buehlers
ancestors about 1780 and had never
seen any paint or preservative.
Apparently the cool mountain air
preserves the wood, because it was
as sound as the day it was built.
No one even noticed the neat
manure pile just outside the stable
door at least not before we were
done eating. It was a natural part
of the scenery, acceptable to all of
us whue we enjoyed the generous
hospitality of the sincere Swiss
mountain folk.
PLENTY OF CHEESE
Oh yes, we had soup made with a
vegetable puree and flavored with
FEAST IN STABLE