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Berks County tour
(Continued from PagA2B)
“This is one of the systems we
recommend,” stated Roy Shryock,
conservation technician with the
Soil Conservation Service. Shryock
referred to the holding pond for the
animal wastes. “The concrete
ramp is included so he can either
haul it out or pump it,” he added.
The farm of Lynn Stoudt, Rl,
Bemville, was also visited to view
his brassica plantings. One of the
original cooperators in the
brassica demonstration trials,
Stoudt was pleased with the results
he got from his turnips, rape, and
swede plantings.
Some problems with residual
herbicides and insects were ex
perience with the crop being
planted on June 23. Stoudt utilized
the crop for greenchop for his
dairy herd and also used it for
grazing. Some of the brassicas
were ensiled in ag bags with good
results, although no yield
measurements are available yet.
Harry Schaeffer, extension
service, reported that fertilizer
must be used for a good crop and
added that on the three dairy
farms using brassicas, “either
consistent milk production or
increases resulted.”
Stoudt reported his expenses to
be $53.00 per acre for fertilizer and
$B.OO per acre for seed. No her
bicides or insecticides were used.
The mushroom house and
production facilities of G & G
Mushrooms, Womelsdorf, were
intern^
Concrete waterers and highway dividers are seen at
Concrete Safety System.
also visited by the farmers. Nancy
Young, tour guide, explained some
of the mushroom processes.
There are five “breaks” or crops
of mushrooms to a planting, she
explained. They must- be picked
every day when they reach the
right stage. Mushrooms should be
picked while the tops are still
closed and whiteness is a sign of
freshness.
Young also explained the
numbers seen laying on the many
baskets of mushrooms. “If pickers
pick more than three baskets an
hour,” she explained, “they get
more money.”
This plant grows approximatley
85,000 to 90,000 pounds a week, over
three million a year, according to
Young. Sixteen houses are used
and strict procedures and care
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must be taken to grow a quality
product. For the farmer’s interest,
Young added that the electric bill
in the summer time when the air
conditioners are going to keep the
mushrooms growing, are usually
around $18,000.00 a month.
The final stop on the tour was the
Concrete Safety Systems plant in
Bethel. Cattlequards, feed bunks,
stock tanks, and waterers were
viewed with explanations from the
guide on their application. Water
tanks for spring fed systems and
freeze-proof waterers were studied
for their use in conservation
practices.
Views of the fall foliage com
pleted the trip on the way back to
the Berks County Ag Center.
Under consideration for 1985 is the
possibility of an air tour to view
additional conservation practices.
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