A2B-Lanc«sttr Fanning, Saturday, February MW3 Barn Raising Elevates Spirit Of Unity (Condnuad from Pag* A 1) dent than on Wednesday evening as he was saying “thankyoiTs to the last of the 123 men and women who turned out that day to volun teer help rebuilding a heifer bam that burned to the ground Oh Christmas .Day. In addition to losing his heifer bam, Hershey also lost a lot of hay, straw and com, a forage harvester, a blower, a chisel plow and some smaller equipment. Forget the cost of rebuilding a burned to the foundation old bank bam. Everyone knows it isn’i cheap. It’s also common knowledge that on-farm milk prices are barely substantial, let alone enough to allow a family dairy farmer to easi ly affdfd to rebuild a heifer bam. But on Wednesday that’s not why people turned out with tools in hand. The apparent reason is Her shey the friend and supporter and the character of the Lebanon farm ing community. In a valley where both mountain ridges can be touched by the eye on a clear day, the closeness of the fanning community is apparent to many on even the cloudiest day. Kenneth Winebark, county extension agent, said, “I found there to be a real strong bond between the farmers in the county here. There were fanners from all over the county (Wednesday) to help out” A layman may observe that bam raisings are curiosities of cultural custom. Others may be inclined to offer that trust concern and aide are behaviors exhibited in others in almost direct proportion to amount THE NEW HI-LO BROILER FEEDER from of bust, concern and aide given. Hershey, deflecting any sense that he had anything to do with receiving acts of kindness, said Hershey Bare, right, owner of a Lebanon dairy farm foundation on Christmas Day. Behind them stands the stands and smiles with his neighbors Paul Arnold, top step, result of a day’s work a new heifer barn that 125 area and Alfred, who is carrying his circular saw. They are stand- people, from all walks of life, volunteered to turn out to help ing on the steps to the old bank barn which burned to the put up. iress your specific needs and solve your most : problems, Cumberland engineers have taken this ity to completely rethink and rework the entire function of poultry pan feeders. . .based entirely uggestions and requests. Pan Feeder is, m every sense of the word, your the future. . Totally new two-piece drop tube allows tor simple, easy removal of Individual pans from the line without disassembling the tube and auger ( telescoping drop tube automatically compensates for uneven floors and allows the feed line itself to be set lower to the floor The veal between /the pan sections completely prevents sifting of feed around the connection while providing quick easy separation for cleaning ■feed level determines feed depths directly off the bottom of the pan that the reason the turnout at his farm was strong because, ‘These are wonderful, wonderful people. Great people,” he said. Hershey also quickly diverted attention away from himself by talking about a fellow Lebanon County farmer whose main milk THE SECRET IS OUT! ing bam was destroyed Monday morning by a fire which officials have determined to be suspicious. It is Tom Shuey Sr.’s dairy farm in Ono. 'There's been another bam burned,” Hershey said, his smile disapearing and his forehead S teeper center cone more efficiently delivers feed to where the birds can more easily reach it wrinking. “I hope, we can all go back and give that guy a lift, just as everyone turned out to give me a lift” Shuey milks about 80 cows, and not only lost the whole main milk bam, “but pretty much all the (Turn to Pago A3B) Your Needs. . . Your Solutions. . . Your Feeder! (Since the Cumberland Hi-Lo Pan Feeder is made entirety of hury dnty, aptelilfy fbnnnlated plastic resins it Is absolutely corrosion proof, and very easy to clean The entire unit rotates. . .and has play in 360° greatly reducing injury and bruising The plastic grill Incorporates a unique triangular profile in each spoke that prevents trapping and makes cleaning easier Ked level Nttln|i allow you to adjust feed levels to your preference L/nlque, two ita|e adjustable pan.
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