Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, January 30, 1993, Image 94
CIO-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 30, 1993 Top Lancaster DHIA KELVIN ZOOK 293 BENUEL B STOLTZFDS HONEY TOOTSI JAY E LANDIS LDJONI RHELDA & LYNN ROYER ROLLIE HARRY H RANCK JR AUDREY JOHN E COLENAN JR BEGONI BRIDGE VIEW DAIRY 34 KARL W HERR BONNIE 144 117 KENNETH L BALHER RUDY LLOYD B SENSENIG GOLDIE ELHER B BEILER 56 WARREN E BURKHOLDER BRIDGE KELVIN L BEILER TOOTSI QUARRY EDGE EARN BOUTIQ ELF ABNER S ESH BRENDA ROBERT L SHELLY BLOSSO LONG ACRES EARN 15 TRITOWN FARM PAIGE RH CARL E & NANCY G BRANDT 68 CLIFFORDSJOYCE BLANK JESSIC GINNY VERNON R UHBLE + SON LISETT GERALD MARTIN BONNY AMMON 2 MARTIN 299 TIMOTHY KURTZ 39 CARL L MARTIN FAIROS HARRY L TROOP BEHITA JULIET CLAIR H OBERHOLTZER OPAL LENEWOOD FARM TOPIU GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.) Youth, 14 or 15 years old, who plan to be employed by a farmer to drive tractor and/or operate farm machinery must complete a safety course. To successfully complete the courses, youth must attend seven consecutive Monday night meet ings from 7 p.m.-9 p.m., demons trate the ability to safely drive a tractor, and pass a written exam. The first meeting will be held on Monday, February 1, from 7 p.m.-9 p.m. at the Adams County Extension Office, located two miles west of Gettysburg on Rt. 30 across from Doersom airport. A $5 registration fee covers a per sonal copy of the instruction man ual. A minimum enrollment of 10 is required. Any 13-year-old or older youth are welcome to attend the course. Topics for the course and meet ing places are as follows: Febru ary 1 - Safety Is No Accident, Extension Office; February 8 - Maintenance and Safety Checks \nd Instruments and Controls, Biglerville High School Ag. (Continuad from Pag* C 9) 302 305 305 GR-H GR-H 305 8-6 305 6-9 5-10 305 5-1 292 GR-H 305 305 305 RH GR-H GR-H 4-10 3-1 8-4 305 GR-H 4-10 305 305 6-5 305 GR-H 305 305 305 5-0 11-3 305 305 GR-H 305 305 6-0 GR-H 305 305 3-7 5-7 305 305 6-6 GR-H 305 10-11 3-7 3-11 305 305 7-7 Youth Room; February 22 - Starting and Stopping Tractors And Tractor Safety on the Farm, Gettysburg High School Ag. Room; March 1 - Tractor Hitches, PTC, and Hydraulics AND Tractor Safety jn the Road, Fairfield High School Ag. Room; March 8 - Why GEORGETOWN, Del. Newly released informaton com piled by Delmarva Poultry Indus try, Inc. (DPI), the non-profit trade association working fror the con tinued progress of the Delmara Peninsula’s poultry industry, shows the chicken industry con tinues to grow, providing more employment and increased eco nomic contributions to the area. Broiler production last year tot aled 548,500,000 birds, up nearly 2.2 percent from 1991, while the number of pounds produced rose more than 4 percent to reach 2.64 billion pounds. Each bird weighed an average of 4.8 pounds, heavier 809 24,159 809 772 25,755 27,376 806 24,007 806 26,055 805 27,136 805 26,240 805 25,758 804 781 779 24,795 23,329 24,996 3.2 3.3 3.1 25,996 25,991 3.0 27,111 26,831 800 25,374 2.7 3.5 800 792 30,095 22,708 800 26,072 799 26,011 3.1 799 25,793 797 3.0 26,670 2.9 795 27,847 795 788 26,296 25,397 23,717 793 25,847 23,348 792 27,127 791 26,347 2.9 3.2 788 770 26,911 24,428 788 21,969 787 Must Figures Cows By Protein For December* 912 963 850 1080 945 996 986 1009 1013 914 837 4.1 3.9 3.3 1009 3.9 965 908 1130 770 996 2.6 4.4 980 1099 1028 4.0 901 870 3.1 865 761 3.3 3.0 953 917 909 904 921 862 3.4 3.5 922 872 Complete Safety Course 'arm Machinery Accidents Occur \ND Farm Machinery Accident Situations, Littlestown High School; March 15 - Safety Stan iards For Agricultural Tractors md Implements AND Farmstead Safety, Bermudian Springs High School Ag. Room; March 22 - 'arm Machinery Field Nile by Show Importance Of Industry than the national average. Unlike many industries on the Delmarva Peninsula, the poultry industry increased employment in 1992. Close to 22,000 persons were directly employed „in the industry,' while thousands of others had jobs because of the poultry industry’s presence. These 22,000 people earned more than $367 million. The poultry industry creates a built-in market for grain and soy bean farmers on Delmarva. Most of the com, soybeans, and sorg hum raised by local farmers is used by the poultry industry. The DPI 1992 figures show that 22.1 EZRA Z HORST 111 MARVIN J ZOOK REBECC HAROLD S NUSSER 19 OAKRIDGE EARN 40 C DALE BOLLINGER COOKIE FLOWER PILLAR-PRIDE EARN 65 E WELK SHADE HOLSIEINS LEANNE DANDA EARNS 308 SPRING LAWN FARM 140 72 CURTIS E AKERS TABBY AARON B LANTZ SHAN PANSY JOHN K PETERS + SOM BINGO DANIEL E KING 178 LAPP VALLEY FARM BETH GLENN F SHENK ANDREA GALEN 0 MARTIN LYNN KAT LIN 584 PEQOEA MEADOWS FARM 178GLD BOCHLAN ACRES HABLE HAHLON E KING FERN DAVID K STOLTZFUS VERA JOHN J SPEICHER 152 HEAVER HOMSTEAD FARM 38 BROOKSHIRE FARMS SILVER KEH + LISA HIKER BEV BURNELL H HOLT 136 NOAH N MARTIN 17 GORDON E HERR 199 NELSON H WENGER TEDYBE MARVIN Z HEAVER 14 New Oxford High School Ag. Dept, and machinery dealer cooperating. Also, April 3 will be the tractor driving skills test for each participant to demonstrate their ability to safely drive a tractor. The training course is offered million bushels of soybeans, 62.3 million bushels of com, and 1.33 million bushels of sorghum, with a farm value *of $303 million were used for poultry feed. Processed and*ready for market, the 548.5 million broiler chickens were valued at $1.25 billion, an increase of 8.25 percent from the previous year. ‘These figures clearly illustrate GR-H 5-1 GR-H GR-H 3-2 9-1 6-10 9-3 6-8 4-2 7-5 4-0 GR-H 3-6 GR-H 3-6 GR-H 6-2 GR-H 7-1 5-4 GR-H GR-H GR-H 7-2 GR-H GR-H 5-4 MU™ K '% 23,751 305 305 2.9 26,891 305 25,087 305 2.9 26>531 305 305 26,174 24,265 3.0 3.2 305 3.0 26,410 305 24,534 3.2 305 21,653 2.9 3.0 26,810 25,963 305 25,013 305 305 25,257 24,244 3.1 3.2 305 25,096 3.0 25,727 305 22,986 305 22,515 3.5 305 23,838 25,003 305 23,069 23,584 305 3.0 25,672 305 2.9 26,489 305 22,480 305 24,060 305 2.9 26,793 24,321 305 3.5 21,823 305 2.9 26,703 305 24,655 23,018 305 3.1 24,888 305 jointly by High School Vo-Ag Departments and the Adams County 4-H Program/Penn State Cooperative Extension. Addition al information may be obtained from your high school ag teacher or from county 4-H agent Jared K. Tyson at (717) 334-6271 or (717) 624-4525. the significant impact of the poul try industry on the Delmarva eco nomy,” said DPI President Larry K. Winslow. “Our industry con tinues to expand and all indica tions arc this trend will continue. Delmarva is tho birthplace of the commercial broiler industry and remains a major producing area, accounting for close to 10 percent of America’s broiler chickens.” 787 3.7 884 786 3.4 926 786 3.8 964 786 3.2 858 784 775 3.6 931 3.6 876 3.3 860 4.3 1055 4.0 867 3.6 968 4.1 1072 781 780 4.1 1018 4.0 1011 3.8 930 781 3.6 899 3.3 860 4.1 934 779 4.2 948 777 4.6 1089 776 2.9 716 775 4.9 1132 3.9 930 775 3.2 834 775 3.4 903 775 3.9 866 4.0 951 772 3.9 1044 772 4.1 997 771 4.0 870 3.3 894 4.0 979 770 4.5 1027 770 3.4 852 770