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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
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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
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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,
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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.
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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
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