BY JOYCE BUPP Staff Correspondent YORK - A second chapter in the -..cu over $2500 when York insurance executive Art Glatfelter paid $2 per pound for "Ratt", the champion heavyweight. Processed and frozen packages of the beef will be auctioned off to benefit York youth ag programs during the February 28 Ag-Business seminar. THE VKON SYSTEM. MUEUWORK FORM Sometimes it seems we spend half our lives fighting the system But there’s one system that’s always on your side—the Vicon Haying System With a Vicon KM Mower/ Conditioner, one of our heavy-duty hay rakes or ted ders, and a new Vicon Square Baler, you can make hay faster, better and more economically. The KM 321, for instance, is the fastest mower/conditioner in the world. It’s 30 percent faster than conventional mower/ conditioners. A new drive unit lets you operate non-stop. Take square comers without drive line vibration or danger of failure. And even if you have a heavy, dew won't won’t leave you worrying about leaf loss. The Vicon line of tedder/rakes are just VICON FARM MACHINERY. INC. RO Box 6313. a hr. I A 33333 304/435 16(H) Insurance exec donates another prize steer tales of youth fund-raisers in stigated by York insurance executive Art Glatfelter is in the works. Two years ago, the York country-boy-made-good wrote Farm Show history when he paid $l2 per pound for the now-famed steer and then turned the beef back to York 4-H and FFA members for fund-raising. Glatfelter returned to the Farm Show steer auction in January, and purchased “Ratt,” the champion heavyweight winner, for $2 per pound. Exhibitor of the strapping, 1340-pound Chiamna-Angus cross was York 4-H’er Joe Druck. Glatfelter in turn donated “Ratt” to the Agri-Business committee of the York Chamber of Commerce. In conjunction with the York Extension office, co-sponsor of the February 28 Agri-Business seminar at the York Fairgrounds Banquet Hall, the committee has arranged for the steer to be processed and quick-frozen at Godfrey Brothers, York RB. Packages of the beef, each 150- pounds of top-quality steaks, roasts and hamburger, will go before the seminar participants at 11:30 a.m., with York auctioneer Blaine Rentzel fielding the bids. On hand for the auction will be exhibitor Druck, whose bank account is over $2500 fatter since as efficient in their own right. They’re versatile, ideal for short crops and eco nomical, too. They rake or tedd quickly and cleanly. Available in two working widths to fit any farm With easy tine replacement. And best of all, Vicon tedder/rakes are gentle on your crop. Last but not least, you’ll find that Vicon SP Square Balers give you the convenient range of bale sizes and weights to meet your haying needs. All have a combina tion auger/feeder fork which moves the crop evenly into the full width of the bale chamber. So you get consistent bales of even density, time after time. The Vicon is also available - with a hydrau lie bale throwe For more in formation on Vicon Haying Systems, or thi name of your closest Vicon dealer, just call or write. We think you’ll see that when you can’t beat the system, there’s only one thing left for a grower to do. Join it. Jain the (jltean) revolution Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 23,1985-A35 he parted with his project beef. “This was my best show year, 1 ever,” acknowledges the 16-year- m old sophomore and varsity * wrestler at Dallastown Area High School. The Phil and Carol Druck family, also raises purebred Simmentals at their York R 2 farm, and Joe hopes to continue that interest with his own small herd someday. His 4-H Simmental beef breeding project heifer earned him additional top ribbons this year at Farm Show, taking the junior championship and best breed and owned in the junior breed show, and the reserve championship in open class competition. “Ratt” wasn’t always the sleek, USDA creates kits to make beekeeping equipment super-tall, well-muscled steer that I caught the judge’s eye in the Farm Show arena, according to his young exhibitor. “He was named for his looks last summer,” admits the seven-year 4-H beef show veteran. “Actually, he looked pretty ‘ratty’ back then.” “Ratt”, incidentally, is a half brother to the noted “J.D.,” who earned over $38,000 in funds for exhibitor Annette Walter and York agriculture youth after his record sale price and follow up fund raising efforts in 1983. Both steers were acquired by their 4-h exhibitors through the annual club calf sale, held in November, by the Donald Walters family of Airville. Beekeeping is an interesting hobby which can be a profitable enterprise especially well suited to small farm operations. The initial cost of hives and equipment can be a drawback, however. The Cooperative Extension Plan Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture h’s plans for hives and equipment which can help keep expenses down. According to University of Delaware agricultural engineer Dr. Jim Scarborough, one plan (No. 6324) is for a simple low cost hive that can be easily built by anyone familiar with basic woodworking techniques. A single hive can be cut from one 1 x 12-mch and one 1 x 8-mch board, each 10 feet long. The plan shows one brood hive, a super, a base and a cap. For a taller brood hive, Plan 6327 offers two options - a five-frame-deep unit, or a unit with a double row of three frames each. Although comb honey is marketable, many people prefer honey which has been separated from the wax. A honey uncapping tank and super dumping board can be constructed following directions given in Plan 6325. Details are given for cutting the 30-gallon dumping tank from a sheet of 20- gauge galvanized sheet metal. “If you want to speed up the separation process, you can uncap the combs and spin the honey from them, using a handcrank-operated honey extractor,” Scarborough says. Plan 6330 shows the detail for a stand and comb holder that holds four combs at a time. The honey passes through an expanded metal screen into a commercially available pail which is large enough to contain the unit. “This unit requires some welding and other metal work,” the specialist says, “but any small metalworking shop can do the work for you at a reasonable cost, if you don’t want to tackle it yourself. If you want to collect the beeswax, Plan 6265 shows you how to build a solar beeswax ex tractor.” Blueprints of these plans are available for 50 cents each, or $2 for the set of five, by writing: Extension Agricultural Engineer- Plan Service, 058 Townsend Hall, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19717-1303. Make checks payable to University of Delaware.
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