Richard Mains Honored As Master Farmer *, 9 ”Al9 Beth Pitzer Cumberland Co. Correspondent NEWVBLLE (Cumberland Co.) Richard Mains of Newville recently was named Master Far mer by Cooperative Extension. Three to four hundred nomina tions are received for this award each year. Only six are winners. Nominations come from Pennsyl vania, Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey. Richard attributes his SMOKER, LANDIS & COMPANY Certified Public Accountants • Individual. Partnership & Corporate Taxes • Accounting • Tax Planning • Auditing • Management Consulting • Personal Financial Services • Computer & Consulting Services • Payroll Preparation • Retirement Plans 49 East Main Street, Leola 656-7544 or 392-1333 37 Market Square, Manheim 665-5979 or 393-1929 ROLLING 0N...1N THE BO'a MEETS THE CHALLENGE success as a dairy farmer to family teamwork, being resourceful on the farm, and the new techniques he’s tried in the past twenty years. “Mains Acres” includes 700 plus acres of land in 6 farms. The efficient farm has been in the fam ily for 140 years! Richard started as a partner with his dad in 1956 From 1956 until 1972 he was ii this partnership with his dad ana brother Francis. When the father died, the two brothers divided MD, ML & WL PULVIMULCHERS 7’4” THRU 30’ property and each went their own way. The Mains family has the policy of selling the farm to inter ested family members before ever going outside to a public auction. Today his wife, son, and 2 part time people all help to run the farm. He credits his wife, Shelva, for doing a good job with the records and helping to milk. His son Richard Jr. runs the dairy herd and is the farm specialist with arti ficial breeding. They’ve had better KEN CLUGSTON (717) 665-6775 CRAFT-BILT CONSTRUCTION INC. 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He uses as much of his own feed as he can to be self-sufficient. Soybean, com and alfalfa are all grown on the farm, processed through the wagon with scales, and fed to the 140 Holsteins cows. He diversifies slightly from the dairy farm by planting extra acreage in com and contracting it to parties in Lancaster County. Wheat is also grown as a cash crop and also used as straw. Occasion ally 20-30 yearling heifers are bought when extra silage is avail able. The yearlings are fed, bred, and sold at 6-9 months. In the fifties Richard spent 11/2 years at Penn State in a two year program which he thinks has real ly paid off. From that experience he decided to use a milking parlor rather than a stall bam and to purchase a diesel farm tractor He’s been happy with both deci sions. Another technique he strongly believes in is no-till. Half of the property is no-till. It’s saved on labor and has helped to con serve soil on the slopes. In his “free” time, he’s very active with farmer groups. 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Two of his values which he’d like to share arc to promote his own products and to educate animal rights groups that farm ani mals aren’t mistreated. Ag Security Areas are another topic very important to him. He’s helped to form them in West Pennsboro and in Penn townships. His goal is to help to plan them for each township in his districts. Richard has also been an active church board member for the past 13 years. He’s a member of the Session for his Presbyterian Church. When asked what he would like to see in the future, he responded that he’s turned down offers to sell farmland near Route 81. He hopes to be able to continue to do so. Rather than have the land deve loped, he’d like to offer his son and son-in-law the chance to farm the 700 plus acres. A father giving his sons the chance his father gave him.
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