01619," 1299 PERIODICALS DIVISION PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY 14209 PAT TEE LIBRARY UNIVERSITY PARK PA 16802-1802 VOL 37 NO. 50 Practicality, Functionality Are Esthetics At Mason-Dixon VERNON ACHENBACH JR. Lancaster Fanning Staff GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.) A fancy exterior on a piece of farm equipment holds little esthetic appeal for Bert Way bright, a stockholder and employ ee at Mason-Dixon Farms, Gettysburg. He said that a piece of machin ery that would look good on a calendar cover doesn’t mean anything what matters most is how well it works. Therein lies beauty, according to the 34-year-old father of four. Waybright has a love of the functional arts. Perhaps the strongest pieces of Although Mike and Betsy HarrokJ have lived In Lancaster County for only four years, lypjke is no newcomer to the poul try Industry. As an 8-year-tfd, he began hatching chicks in the basement of his home. His career has Included chicks sales and business administration. Since his move to Lan caster, HarrokJ is a sales representative in nine states tor Intervet. At the annual Lancaster County Poultry banquet, held October 27, HarrokJ will be installed as president of the county Poultry Association. Harrold To Head Local Poultry Association LOU ANN GOOD Lancaster Fanning Staff LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) —Joseph Michael Harrold will be installed as president of the Lan caster County Poultry Association Standard Time Returns Sunday This week daylight saving lime, in effect throughout the summer months, returns to Eastern Standard Time. This hap pens at 2 a.m. on Sunday morning October 24. If you want the extra hour to sleep, turn your clocks back one hour before you go to bed Saturday night Four Sections evidence of this admiration of functionality is an atypical farm machine that can harvest 30 tons of com silage in 15 minutes. It’s Waybright’s conception, and because of his position, contacts and motivation, it is also his reality. “I like the way things function, the way they work, and the practi cality. I really don’t consider the way things (farm machinery, equipment and tools) look.” So while the rest of the world might raise their eyebrows in shock to see a 60-foot-long, half track, tractor-trailer rig, outfitted with a six-row header, racing (Turn to Page A 26) during the organization’s annual banquet on Tuesday night, Octo ber 27. Mike, as he prefers to be called, is a newcomer to the Lancaster area, but he is no newcomer to the poultry industry. “Once a poultry man, always a poultry man,” is the way his wife, Betsy, describes Mike. “At age eight, I had my first poultry job hatching eggs in an incubator,” said Mike, who grew up in Georgia. Because Mike’s dad, who was a university biology professor, had wanted to be a farmer, he dabbled in a peach farm and in poultry. At first, he hatched eggs in the basement The family had two little chicken houses with 500 (Turn to Pag* A 24) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 24, 1992 With the container support stands in place, the driver disengages the hydraulic links for the tracked carrier and prepares to pull out from the forage container. Wayne Beshore In York Holstein Hall JOYCE BUPP York Co. Correspondent GLEN ROCK (York Co.) E. Wayne Beshore is the newest addition to the York County Hols tein Hall of Fame. The long-term Holstein breeder and dairy industry activist was honored with Hall of Fame recog nition during the club’s annual meeting and dinner, held October 15 at St. Paul’s (Hamctown) Lutheran Church. After service in World War II and a brief period of off-farm employment, Wayne Beshore joined his father Elmer in partner ship. The first herd test, in 1949, was on ten cows, producing an average of 7,160 pounds of milk and 252 pounds of fat Produce “huckster” routes served by the Beshores in the Har risburg area in those early years Lucky Zip, an American quarter horse, has been donated by Kenny Mills, Fruitland, Md. to Penn State for their horse breeding program. In the photo with the stallion are, from left, Ward Studebaker, horse herd manager; Tom Merritt, professor emeritus; and Stan Curtis, head, Dairy and Animal Science Department. gave way on a more intense focus by Wayne on improved dairy breeding and management. By the time a new bam was built in 1963, herd average on 39 head was at 12,400 milk and 503 fat. In 1981, Beshore was named a Stallion Donated To Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) Kenny Mills, an American Quarter Horse breeder from Fruit land, Maryland, has donated six ycar-old stallion Lucky Zip for use in Penn State’s Department of Dairy and Animal Science horse breeding program. Lucky Zip will be entered in the American Quar ter Horse Association Incentive Fund Program and will be avail able to outside mares during the 60* Par Copy Pennsylvania Master Fanner for his outstanding management and farm accomplishments, including a herd average of 20,095 milk and 704 fat on 43 head. Seventeen cows had passed the (Turn to Page A 33) 1993 breeding season at an intro ductory fee of $5OO. According to Professor Emeri tus Tom Merritt, Lucky Zip is an excellent stallion prospect. Sired by Zip To Impress, Lucky Zip’s grandsire. Impressive, has led the national stallion list on several occasions. His dam. Tuff Luck Missy, is considered a top brood mare. Lucky Zip’s pedigree is (Turn to Page A 32) $19.00 Par Year
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