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BRANDT’S CHUCK PLACE FORSHET’S, FINDER SERVICE CO.
FARM SUPPLY SURGE INC. PO Box 7
601 E. High St. Balaa * Sarvlea no Forahay St Kannadyvilla, MO
Elizabathtown. PA ■ Rd. 1 Box 176 Martlnaburg, PA 301-348-8283
717-387-1221 Lacayvllla, PA 814-793-3701
717-380-1884
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Rd 2, Box 749 215 Oak Bottom Rd.
Annvlllo, PA Quarryvllla, PA
717-887-2898 717-788-1838
LONGACRE BHARTLEBVILLE
ELECTRICAL FARM SERVICE
SERVICE, INC. Rf t Box 1392
Bally, PA Hamburg, PA
218-948-2881 918-499-1028
SURGE,
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MARYLAND
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Hagaratown, MD
301-790-1228
301-447-MHJC
(Emmltburg)
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Farmers, Homeowners Can
Learn About Composting
ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.) crs, we hope to display ones suit-
Whether you Uve on a 500-acre able for smaller farms,” said Obcr
farm or a small lot in town, you heim. “Displays will show how
can compost organic wastes, manure composts when mixed
Learn about materials and tech- with different kinds of animal
niques for composting at Penn bedding.”
State’s 1993 Ag Progress Days. A demonstration of composting
August 17-19. green bean byproducts will pro
“ Farmers often get complaints vide information for farmers who
from suburban neighbors about can purchase wastes from food
manure handling and disposal,” processing plnats. Homeowners
said Robert Oberheim, Ag Prog- also can learn about composting
ress Days coordinator in Penn kitchen scraps from this demon-
State’s College of Agricultural stration.
Sciences. “Composting manure Related displays and demon
can be the answer to odor and pol- strations will be at the same loca
lution problems.” tion, including a basin constructed
Farmers interested in compost- for collecting sediment from inn
ing manure and other agricultural off and a portable recycling ma
wastes can visit the on-farm com- chine that chops triple-rinsed plas
posting display above West tic pesticide containers into one-
Twelfth Street, past the horse area, fourth-inch squares. The
Wagons leaving every half hour Pennsylvania Soil Conservation
from the Special Events Building Society will show a variety of
will shuttle visitors to the display, mulches for farmland and homes.
Featured will be concrete man- The Landscape, Lawn and Gar
ure bunkers, compost turners and dent Tent also will feature com
a manure composting pad. “The posting displays and demonstra
composting pad will demonstrate tions.
what is approved by the Pennsyl
vania Soil Conservation Society
and the Pennsylvanai Department
of Environmental Resources,”
said Oberheim.
The compost turners will han
dle a variety of materials, such as
food processing 1 waste, animal
manure. leaves and grass clip
pings. Experts will be on hand to
explain compost mixture and pro
cedures.
“In addition to showing large,
commercial-sized compost tum-
Northeastern
Exceeds $2OO Million In Assets
LEWISBURG (Union Co.)
Robert T. Reich, president and
chief executive officer of North
eastern Farm Credit, ACA, an
nounced that his institution reach
ed a milestone ending the second
quarter with $201,074,180 in- as
sets. Reich stated that Northeas
tern Farm Credit (one of four
Farm Credit ACA’s in Pennsylva
nia) continues growth in agricul
tural and rural community lending
and financial services to its cus
tomers.
Northeastern Farm Credit, a
private cooperative credit cor
poration serves more than 3,900
customers in 21 counties of north
eastern Pennsylvania through a
network of eight branch offices.
At local service club and busi-
Excellence in
Biological Agriculture
xg* We offer complete Soil & Livestock
Management Programs using products
formulated to produce healthful food'
supplies at reasonable cost without toxic
chemicals.
Agßestore, Inc.
LowMwrg,
Friday, August 20
Noah Yoder, Johnaon Mllla Road
717-524-79 U
Uvl and Nathan BtnfchoMar,
102* Morooraburg Road 717-321-25(7
Wadnaaday, Auguat 21 Stephan Q. Untz, MS iana Road
No phonafeaH Agßaalora afflea
Ennla Heovar, (71 Qrtal MIN Road
7174M-641S
Nalaan ft Don Waavor, Waavar Homaataad
Farm, 245 While Oak Road
7174M-43N ,
Hmwibuif
Tuaaday, August 24
Lebanon
Now Holland
Thursday, August 20
Now Holland
Thuraday, Sapt. 30
Writs or eaO far our fits iMraduotory vtdso.
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04 East trsmar Avwmw, Wavarty, loom 50077
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LancaaMr Farming, Saturday, Auguat 14,1993-613
Penn State’s Ag Progress Days
features more than SOO acres of
educational and commercial ex
hibits, tours and machinery de
monstrations. It is held at the
1,500-acre Russell E. Larson
Agricultural Research Center at
Rockspring, nine miles southwest
of State College on Route 4S,
August 17-19. Hours are 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday,
with extended hours of 9 a.m. to 8
p.m. on Wednesday. Admission
and parking are free.
Farm Credit
ness meetings, Reich said that
Northeastern Farm Credit contri
butes nearly $2OO million to
Northeastern Pennsylvania’s eco
nomy. “Funds are derived through
Wall Street investors and injected
into our local economy through
loan products and services.” said
Reich. “Most of the funds loaned
to local farmers and rural housing
customers are spent in the local
area. Unlike loan funds that go
elsewhere in the state or out of the
state, most of our customers deal
with local businesses.
“We deal with farmers who are
excellent business managers,”
said Reich. “They understand that
farming is not only a chosen way
of life but also farming is a busi
ness.”
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