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banquet, the people involved in
farm-city week work exchange
program provide recaps of their
day in another’s shoes.
Also during the banquet, the
shawl made at the mall show is to
be auctioned off to raise money for
next year’s farm-city week activi
ties. Door prizes are to be awarded.
Other counties which provided
Farm-City Week program sche
dules to Lancaster Farming for
publication include Lancaster,
Berks, Franklin and Chester.
All four of those counties are
planning open-house farm tours.
Berks county also has a banquet
scheduled.
Lancaster County Tours
In Lancaster County, nine of
farms are slated for Saturday, Nov.
17, and Sunday, Nov.lB. Details of
the locations of the farms will be in
the next issue of Lancaster
Farming.
The tours are basically open
invitations to visit some of Lancas
ter County’s different agricultural
operations.
DDL Farm is owned by the
Landis family. The 70-acre horse
farm has been one of the more
popular sites during Farm-City
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Week. On Saturday opaly, $1 pony
rides are to be offered by the
Saddle Clinches 4-H club, all pro
ceeds are to go to the “Misty of
Chincoteaque” Foundation. The
farm has facilities to house 27
horses. There are seven Begiums,
three Perchons and 17 boarding
horses.
Landis Bros. John Deere farm
machinery is located along Route
72. New farm machinery will be on
display. The equipment company
has been in business since 1920
and offers an opportunity to
browse and check price tags which
will be on the machines during the
two days.
Dairy Farm of Mr. and Mrs.
John Landis is located at 1801 Col
ebrook Road, near the intersection
of State Road. The 270-head milk
ing herd operation also maintains
about 200 head of replacement
cattle. Those who wish to see cows
milked can visit between 1 p.m.
and 5 p.m. on both days.
Sporting Valley Turf Farms
Inc., is a new addition to the type of
agricultural operation in business
today. The farm maintains 400
acres of turf grass and is a culti
vated sod production wholesale
grower. The farm is at the intersec
tion of Colebrook and Junction
roads.
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Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Rohrer
and son operate a 70-acre farm
with 20 acres of orchard and 100
head of Angus and Angus-cross
bred beef cattle. Rorhrer’s Farm
Mart & Fruit Orchard is a century
farm (been in the same family for at
least 100 years) and produces rasp
berries, apricots, cherries, plums,
nectarines, apples, pears and
peaches. Located along Junction
Road, near Colebrook Road.
Penn State University Experi
mental Farm is managed by John
Yocum. The place is PSU’s south
eastern research location and work
is done on field crops, plant breed
ing, pest control soil fertility, and
soil management. The farm is
located along Auction Road, near
Shenck Road.
Balmer Bros. Hog Operation
is a 1,200 hog finishing house. The
operation finishes about 3,600
head of hogs a year. The operation
is located along Breneman Road,
near Rt. 283.
Fairveiw Farms is owned by
Mr. and Mrs. John Wogelmuth and
sons. This Mt Joy area poultry
farm is home to 100,000 Leghorn
laying hens and is located along
Orchard Road, near Schwanger
Road.
Bill and Peggy Longenecker.
also of Ml Joy. is a commercial
breeding facility of some 300 Ply
pay and Suffolk sheep. In addition.
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Berks County has been a winner
of the statewide Farm-City Week
program contest However, offi
cials said they prefer not to create
as heavy a schedule as Lebanon
County.
“We don’t do a lot of things dur
ing Farm-City Week,” said Clyde
Myers, extension agent for Berks
County. “We like to spread our
activities throughout the year.”
The two events Berks County
does in November for Farm-City
are holding a banquet and listing a
number of farms that are open to
the public for a specific time.
This year the Berks County
Seventh Annual Farm-City Ban
quet is being held at the Riveredge
Restaurant on Nov. 8. The restaur
ant is located along Rt 183, south
of Reading Airport
Myers said he expects about 400
people to attend the evening festiv
ity. On the menu is a choice of
sniffed pheasant breast or filet
mignon wrapped in bacon. The
price of the meal is $l4 per person.
Those interested in purchasing
tickets should contact Myers
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The evening begins at 6 p.m.
with a social hour. Two highlights
of the program are presentations
by the people who have been
involved in the county’s work
exchange program between city
people and farm people and the
presentation of awards.
There will also be a quilt raffle
to raise money for the Farm-City
program. The quilt was made by
the Pomona Grange.
Berks County farm tours are set
for Nov. 11 and Nov. 12 from 1
p.m. to 5 p.m. include 11 partici
pating operations. This is the 17th
year the farm tours have been
offered. They are sponsored by the
Berks County Farmers
Association,
or farms.
The farms and businesses
involved are:
• Wilbur and Arlene Hershey,
Bethel.
• Keeney and Ziggler Apiaries,
Bethel.
• Way-Har Farms, Bemville.
• Calvaresi Winery, Bemville.
• Boonecroft Farms, Ole.
• Skyline Acres Inc.,
Shartelsville
• Temple Greenhouse, Temple
• Willow Creek Animal Hospi-
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