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Grass Is In At Plum Bottom Farm
most economical way to farm. And met at Plum Bottom to show what
the new 150 freestall bam with the people at Penn State did m
open columns for ventilation and a terms of formulating feeds, stor
drivc through center to accommo- age, and design. Liquid nianure
date forage feed wagons was built handling was relatively new. The
as a show structure for what Penn whole operation was built around
State was able to do for fanners. ’ the newest research that at the tune
Trench silos and a liquid manure showed the best way to handle
system were also a part of the new cows was with zero grazing. Farm
farm operation. inputs were cheap and machinery
At the time, Rodgers was presi- costs less expensive,
dentofthePennStaleAgAdvisory The current herd of registered
Council, and in 1969, the council (Turn to Pago AST)
(Continued from P«B* A 1)
Michigan State, the strings of my
heart played the right note, and I
had a desire to keep the soil where
it belonged. 1 had a desire to utilize
the moisture as it ought to be used.
And I had a desire to help the envi
ronment and the streams. Forages
and grasslands on my land made
sense.”
At the lime, farm input costs
were low, and the research of the
day showed zero grazing to be the
jom Evan R., poses in a pasture scene. Evan R. Is the 1993 Pennsylvania
Farm Show grand champion.
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