FfcRIUOICALS OiyfsipN WKWW« x qni ' hiii— IL. 35 NO. 25 Rick Noll, of Manheim, works this field at Colebrook and Landlsville roads in preparation for spring planting. Noll apparently got the fieldwork Warm and Wet Weather Patterns Affect Farm Activity, Push Insects VERNON ACHENBACH, JR. Lancaster Farming Staff EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.) —■ Wet and warm weather for the next couple of days will probably keep most farmers out of the fields, even though that would be the ideal place to be getting work done, according to officials. The warmer than average temperatures all winter and spring have pushed insect activity from one to two weeks earlier than normal, according to entomologists at Penn Slate University. Dealer Collects Antique Tractors VAL VANTASSEL Berks Co. Correspondent LYNNPORT (Lehigh Co.) Antique collectors are known for their passion for items from the past Kermit Kistler is no excep tion. While others fancy well preserved quilts and depression Joan Staudt, left, her daughter Cheryl, Ronald Klstler, and Beatrice and Kermlt Klstler enjoyed the open house they held for members of the Antique Engine, Tractor and Toy Club. 50( Per Copy glass, Kistler and his family have developed a fondness for antiques with a more rugged beauty. The Lehigh Co. John Deere equipment dealer collects antique tractors and engines. On Sunday, the family opened their collection to fellow enthusiasts from the Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 5,1990 Antique Engine, Tractor and Toy Club. More than 300 people spent a rainy afternoon admiring the wide-ranging collection. Kistler was surprised and pleased by the turnout. “The rainy weather may have been a good thing. Many of these people wouldn’t have been able to come if the weather had been good,” said Kistler. Kistler’s collection includes more than 50 antique tractors and more than 60 hit-and-miss engines. Most of the collection is (Turn to Pag* A2B) 1,700 Poultry Fans Jam Convention Center EVERETT NEWSW ANGER Managing Editor HERSHEY (Dauphin Co.) More than 1,700 poultry fans jammed into the convention center here Thursday night for the annual fund rasing banquet of the Pen nsylvania Poultry Federation. started In time. Wet and warm weather may delay such activity for a couple Of days thiS Week. Photo by Everett Newswanger Also, many across the southern tier, gearing up for a first alfalfa cutting, will have to wait. And pesticide spraying will also have to be delayed until the threat of rain disappears. According to Victor Cruz, meterologist with the National Weather Service in Harris burg, precipitation for the year, up until Thursday, had been below average by 1.74 inches. Gift Of Milk In New Atlantic Program EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing Editor SOUTHAMPTON (Bucks Co.) —A new agreement between Atlantic Dairy Cooperative and the service agency known as the Men nonite Central Committee (MCC), allows dairy farmers to designate a portion of their milk (in pounds) as a gift to world hunger needs. The value of the donated milk will be deposited in an account at the dairy cooperative. MCC will then purch ase milk from the cooperative in line with the credit in this account to produce powdered milk. The Chairman Paul Sauder, Penn Dutch Farms, said the support of the Federation by the industry at the $lOO-plate dinner was gratify ing in light of the present problems of consumer misinformation. Stale Secretary of Agriculture Boyd Wolff said the $lB5 million Five Sections (Turn to Pago A 29) powdered milk will be fortified with vitamin A and shipped to under-developed countries where food shortages have caused great need. Costs of shipping the milk powder will also be covered by the credit in Atlantic’s special account. . “This is a dream come true,” said John Hostetler, MCC material resources coordinator. “We have been working on and off since the early 1980’s to establish such a program. We want to thank Atlan tic board members J. Wade Groff, (Turn to Pago ASS) poultry industry was very impor tant to the Pennsylvania’s eco nomy and chided other states for the “undeserved” bad rap given to the poultry industry. The statement was an obvious reference to New York’s restrictive ban on eggs $15.00 Per Year (Turn to Page A 27)
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