MERCER (Mercer Co.) A
three-day tour of North Carolina
farms is being offered through
Penn Stale extension offices in
Mercer, Erie and Meadville for
Dec. 8, 9 and 10.
Open to all, the tour has been
designed for dairymen who are
considering expanding or remod
eling, involving the next genera
tion into the business, and for those
wanting to explore new technolo
gies in housing, feeding, waste
management or banking.
The deadline for reserving a seat
on the bus-and-motel trip is Nov.
30. Reservations are accepted on a
first-come basis and last year some
people were turned away because
reservations were all taken before
the deadline, according to a pam
phlet circulated by the extension
offices.
The bus transportation cost is
$55 each and payment must
accompany reservations. Addi
tional costs are for motel accomo
dations and food.
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Mercer Extension Offers Tour
On Dec. 8. the tour is to leave
Edinboro Inn, in Edinboro at 6
a.m., travel to Meadville. then
depart there at 6:30 a.m., travel to
Mercer County Extension office
and depart for North Carolina at 7
a.m.
On the schedule, about 3 p.m.,
the first farm visited is to be a
200-cow loose housing operation
owned by Joe, Don and Pam Dick
enson. They milk three-times-per
day, have a herd average 0f26,000
pounds of milk and feed grass hay
lage, ammoniated con silage and
one milking total mixed ration.
They pasture heifers.
A 5:30 p.m., an order-from-the
menu dinner is set for Wester
Steer, Galax. Speaker is to be Dr.
Bob James, a researcher with the
UPI Department of Dairy Science.
He is to talk about dairy heifer and
calf management
A 8 p.m., the busses stop for the
night at Holiday Inn, Jonesviile,
N.C. Cost of a double is $47, and
$42 for a single.
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On Dec. 9, the busses leave the
Holiday Inn at 8 a.m. for Meyers
Dairy, a new 500-cow freestall
operation. The two frees tails are
drive-through and also have orat
ress stalls, a double-12, rapid exit
parlor with parlor ID and compu
ters. It also has an elevated bed calf
bam.
At 11 a.m., the tour goes to GK
Davis with a 400-cow, matresS'ed
freestall building with a slotted
floor. The cows average 21,000
pounds of milk. A highlight is the
dry cow ration which includes the
use of ionic salts.
Lunch for Wednesday is $6.
On the schedule for 1 p.m. is a
tour of the Kevin and Kelly Lutz
farm. Treasure Chest Jerseys. A
100-cow operation averaging
13,000 pounds of milk on two
times milking. They will discuss
ionic salts in dry cow ration and
sales within the Jersey breed.
At 3:45 p.m., the tour is to go to
the Piedmont Research Station,
owned by the N.C. Department of
Agriculture.
Then at 6:30 p.m., the tour stops
for the evening at Park Lane
Motel, in Greensboro. Rates are
$52 per room, double or single
occupancy.
At 8 a.m. Thursday, the tour
leaves for Reedy Fork Farms, a
six-generation family farm which
switched from a tobacco farm to
dairy in 1950 and now has a 200
head Holstein and Jersey herd.
Three other stops are on tap for
the day before leaving back to
northwestern Pennsylvania at 3:30
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YORK (York Co.) —The Farm
and Natural Lands Trust will host
a series of regional meetings on
land preservation economics, tax
benefits, protection programs, and
alternatives during December.
The meetings are scheduled for
the following: Monday, Dec. 7 at
Lower Windsor Township build
ing; Wednesday, Dec. 9 at Spring
Grove Borough building; Thurs
day, Dec. 10 at Dover Township
building; Monday, Dec. 14 at East
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Included are the 225-head frees
tall Covington Dairy; a 150-cow
Shasta Dairy that features a 21,200
pounds of milk rolling herd aver
age and has used intensive grazing
since 1987; and also the Bowman
Dairy, a double-8 herringbone
inside return parlor and computeri
zation, which is in the process of
transferring ownership from gen
eration to generation.
For more information, contact
either of extension offices in Mer
cer, Erie or Crawford counties.
Manchester Township building;
and Tuesday, Dec. 15 at South
eastern Middle School. All meet
ings will begin at 7:30 p.m. There
is no registration fee.
The public is invited to attend
the meetings, which should be of
special interest to landowners,
accountants, and estate planners.
For further information, call the
Farm and Natural Lands Trust at
(717) 757-7012.