PFR3 ODICALS D3VJVJON PENNSYLVANIA STA 11 UN I VERS fI Y . W:■()'/ PAH El- LIBRARY UNIVERSITY PARK PA 1680P-HK»2 * l^&ae^Farmjnq VOL 36 NO. 35 Little Hill Farm: Changes Address , Changes Success VERNON ACHENBACH JR. Lancaster Farming Staff MT. ZION (Lebanon Co.) “Two years ago I wouldn’t have thought about 20,000 pounds (of milk), now we’re at 21,000 pounds,” said Jim Hill, talking over coffee, while sit tling at a table on the back porch of his home in Mt. Zion. He was discussing the increase in milk production his 60-head mixed herd had given him since moving to Lebanon County from the old family farm in New Jersey two years ago. The increase can be attributed to a number of things, he said, but it probably falls under the heading of two better management and nutrition. He explained that on the old (Turn to Pag* A 26) Water Quality Project Looks At Nutrient Use ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Fanning Staff MORGANTOWN (Berks Co.) —Farmers battle a constant dilem ma they’re concerned about water quality from excessive nutri ent applications and, at the same time, worry about getting a good yield from their crops, which need nutrients. Nutrient management helps pro vide the balance. But what have been the results of fertilizer appli cations to fields and how exactly do they affect surface and groundwater? That’s what a special 10-year project, called the Conestoga Headwaters Rural Clean Water Project (RCWP), funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has been trying to figure out. By taking surface water samples on a watershed measuring approxi mately 1.6 square miles (about 1,000 acres) in the area between (Turn lo Page A 32) Larry Orwick, McComb, Ohio, won supreme champion honors with his Suffolk ewe. Arlisa Snavely, Pennsylvania's Lamb and Wool Queen, presented the trophy. Four Sections Jim and Billie Hill, and daughter and son Terry and Rick stand with Lodestar Ovation Banner, and Excellent 90, just classified In April. Her last record on a lactation started at 6 years was 23,237 pounds of milk, 860 pounds of fat and 713 Fayette County holds its Farm-Ci|y Day event in June to concur with Dairy Month. The county doesn’t hold the typi cal fall events, but agricultural leaders find that holding the open farm attracts about 1,500 people and is a better tool for educating them about the reality of farming. See story on page A 28. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 13, 1991 Winners Named At Keystone Show GAIL STROCK Mifflin Co. Correspondent STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) The 43rd Annual Key stone Stud Ram and Ewe Show and Sale was held July S and 6 at the Ag Arena at Penn State. Spon sored by the PA Sheep and Wool Growers Association, the show featured over 675 actual entries, (Turn to Pag* A 22) INDEX Sec. A... Market Reports & General News. Sec. B... Women’s News, Public Sales & Mailbox Market. Sec. C.. Business News & Classified 4-36. Sec. D... Classified 1-3. See Story Index Page A 3. 600 Per Copy pounds of protein. The Hills haveiound a home in Lebanon County, having moved away from the congestion and land price escalating development madness which surrounded the family farm in New Jersey. Retiring York County Agent Tony Dobrosky received a thick “memory book” of letters at a party held in his honor. The retiring agent was also gifted with a Pfalzgraff pottery pitcher from the county commissioners and a pewter meat platter from the Pennsylvania Livestock Association. Retirement Party Honors York County’s Dobrosky JOYCE BUPP York Co. Correspondent YORK (York Co.) Some thing of an era ended on July 1, when Anthony G. ‘Tony” Dobro sky retired from the York County Agriculture Extension Service. After 33 years with the York office, the 61-year-old county ex taps ion director was honored at a festive retirement dinner July 6 19.00 Per Year at Wisehaven Hall. More than 300 farmers, former 4-Hers, agri business and extension associates showered Dobrosky with certifi cates of appreciation, gifts and good-natured farewell jabs during the “Le Roast of Dobrosky.” Among the special awards pre sented Dobrosky on his retirement was a framed certificate of rccog (Turn to Page Al 9)
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