fhm Philosophy Newton Bair A Old Land - New Crops Well, we finally sold the old homestead in York County. It will always hold a lot of memories, for it was my birthplace. Our children were reared there, enduring all the joys and hazards of growing up on the farm. They raised their 4-H animals, grumbled about the daily chores, and endured the sneers (and the envy) of their non-farm Cub Ca.cie.tl Super Garden Tractors All new for 1987, Cub Cadet super garden tractors ride on larger 78.5” frames and bigger tires to handle your really tough jobs from mowing large properties to professional maintenance. Take your pick of an 18 or 20 H.P. air-cooled engine, or the professional 15 H.P. liquid cooled diesel engine. Whichever you choose, with standard features like power steering and hydrostatic drive, you get farm-tractor power in a garden tractor that’s comfortable and easy to operate. Each one is backed by a two year residential and a 1 year commercial warranty. 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The big barn originally had a large stable where cattle were fattened on the spent grain from the Model shown with optional 50” deck •• A downpayment of 10% of the total purchase price after sales tax is requir ed Cub Cadet Acceptance Company re volving charge account is available to qualified customers Intercourse, PA Closed Manorial Day Distillery. An early photo, taken about 1865 shows several haysheds, and the Still house standing prominently across the road from the farm house. A Civil War anecdote recalls the antics of a small party of Jeb Stewarts’ rebels who discovered the whiskey stored in the cellar. There were large crocks of applebutter there too, and the scouts plastered the walls with it, after they got plastered with whiskey, themselves. The farmhouse is built of hand hewn logs, long since sheathed in weatherboard, and more recently in vinyl siding. The old dinner bell, salvaged from it’s crumbling belfry on the houseroof, is now on it’s way to a more peaceful assignment than calling hungry farm hands in for dinner. The folding doors at the end of the living room once opened into an area big enough to accommodate 50 or more people for Sunday service. The sturdy but sagging floors, supported by hand-hewn logs, no longer allow the doors to fold. But the cross-paneled doors between rooms still swing, and Bay Program Can Underwrite Agronomy Services LANCASTER Farmers with Chesapeake Bay contracts have the opportunity to be partially reimbursed for services provided by a professional agronomist or Crop Improvement Associations. The Lancaster County Con servation District, the agency administering the Bay Cost-Share Program believes that nutrient management is very important to cleaning up the Bay. A Nutrient Management Plan helps a farmer make sure he is applying the right amount of nutrients for the crops he is growing. An agronomist or Crop Improvement Association is able to evaluate soil tests, see what nutrients are in the manure, and advise the farmer of any extra nutrients he should add to satisfy crop requirements. If there is too much manure for the farm there is POULTRY, SWINE AND nAiBVFRBnnir. Chore-Time Has The Only Flex-Auger For High Model 125 Model 75 Model 55 Cap. Lbs. Cap. Lbs. 50/Min. 15/Min. • 5 systems to meet any need you have • 10-year warranty on coreless auger Cap. Lbs 220/Min. AGRI' HD 4, East Farmersville Rd., Ephrata, PA 17522 attest to the security that was treasured by their owners. There is a “cave” outside the back door, a relic of the necessity to store fruits and vegetables underground. It was the only refrigerator that the early oc cupants had. It was used as a “butterhouse,” because it was always cool enough in summer and not too cold in winter, for homemade butter to handle nicely. The “summer kitchen,” with its walk-in fireplace where two iron butcher kettles hung, is still intact. Only the trace of a foundation remains of the brick and stone outdoor oven that was demolished many years ago. We were tenant fanners then, and Mama baked bread for the whole crew. The old smokehouse is gone too, a casualty to progress. I can still smell the pungent odors that came from the smoke pit, long after the last hams and sausages were cured there. The woodshed too is gone, sacrificed to make room for the septic tank that the new bathroom would require. Nobody mourned the loss of the old two-holer with the crescent carved in the door. Moisture Corn Model 90 Cap. Lbs. 100/Min. COMPLETE SYSTEMS & EQUIPMENT SALES FOR CATTLE, HOGS & POULTRY Hours; Mon.-Fri.: 7:30 AM-S:OOPM the possibility that a neighbor could use the excess to alleviate any nutrient deficit. The nutrient management plan that the agronomist designs will become part of the District cooperator’s Chesapeake Bay Plan. The Bay plan needs to ad dress both the erosion and nutrient concerns of a farm. Since soil which is eroded into the streams carries nutrients with it, erosion control is as important as nutrient control on some farms. Cost-share monies are available for the construction of erosion control devices as well as manure storage. Any farmer wanting to sign up for a Chesapeake Bay Plan, or any agronomist wishing to be put on an approved list should contact the District at 717-299-5361 for more details. Model HMC Cap. Lbs. 50/Min. EQUIPMENT, .NC (717) 354-6520 The dairy business would not tolerate the presence of hogs in the barnyard, so the original hogpen that was so handy to the milkhouse, was an early casualty. Gone too is the whitewashed board fence along the lane to the bam, the one that Uncle Joe crashed his 1918 Studebaker into one dark night. Monolithic concrete steps still dot the pasture behind the house, marking the location of half a dozen extinct hen houses. No picket fence protects the garden anymore either, hence the cries of consternation from the chief gardener when the heifers got out. No, the Farmer is not much smarter than those critters when they get the urge to roam. For two hundred and fifty years the land along Limekiln road was prime farmland, nurtured and loved by many owners and tenants. But the next crop will not be com or alfalfa. It hiss already been surveyed for streets, sewers and water lines, in preparation for the next crop a new generation that will consume the abundance produced on other farms.
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