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Modern
Aspect
(Continued from Pago A 1)
.additional animals, Also, the reno
vated facility could be used to
house dry cows, heifers, and
calves.
Another tour is planned for the
same day and time at Farmer Boy
Ag in Myerstown. Tours of the
facility will begin after buses
transport visitors from the Animal
Housing Expo at approximately
3:45 p.m. Included is a cookout at
the Lebanon Fairgrounds at 7 p.m.
Cost for the tour and cookout is
$l5 and reservations are required.
For reservations, contact Dan
McFarland, York County
Cooperative Extension, 112 Pleas
ant Acres Rd., York, PA
17402-9041, (717) 757-9657.
The tour is only one aspect of
the Housing Expo, which includes
a wide array of information for
producers.
The event, conducted by Penn
State Cooperative Extension and
local agribusinesses, will help pro
ducers leant more about building
and remodeling farm structures
Visitors to this year’s Animal Housing Expo, scheduled July 12-13 at the Lebanon
Fairgrounds, can take a tour of this extensively renovated and modernized dairy farm
In Lancaster County. Photo by Vernon Achenbach
9:00 a.m. to Visit exhibits and
3:00 p.m, see demonstrations,
10:00 a.m. Building Design for Rodent
& Bird Control
Dr. Howard Person,
Michigan State University
10:45 a.m. Milking System Management
Dr. Doug Reinemann,
University of Wisconsin
11:30 a.m. Functional Cattle Treatment
Facilities
Dr. Lynn Sammons,
Valley Creek Animal Hospital
12:45 p.m. Door Prize - Gas Grill
(Must be present to win)
1:15 p.m. Tools for Financial Planning
Dr, David Kohl,
Virginia Tech
2:00 p.m. Fly Control in Confinement
Housing
Dr. Charles Pitts,
Penn State University
FARM
Reservations required.
Cost is $15.00
(includes tour and cook-out)
3:45 p.m. Tour Hershey Brothers Dairy
(new freestall-parlor unit)
Tour Farmer Boy Ag
1:00 p.m. Cookout -at Fair Grounds
Dairy Housing One
Of Tour At Expo
and about proper care and handling
of livestock, poultry, and dairy
cattle.
On July 12, Dr. David Kohl,
professor of agriculture finance,
small business management and
entrepreneurship at the Virginia
Dr. Lynn Sammons, a vet
erinarian from Reading, will
talk about functional cattle
treatment facilities.
Polytechnic Institute and 'State
University, will discuss tools for
financial .planning. Kohl is a
national leader in establishing
financial guidelines and in standar
dizing financial reports and anal
yses for agricultural producers.
Gary Snider, farm business con
sultant for Farm Credit of West
New York, will address the same
topic on July 13.
Dr. Douglas Reinemann, assis
tant professor of ag engineering at
the University of Wisconsin,
Madison, will discuss milking sys
tem management. He will also
demonstrate methods of cleaning
and checking milking systems.
Dr. Howard Person, assistant
professor of ag engineering at
Michigan State University, will
talk about designing buildings for
rodent and bird control.
Dr. Charles Pitts, professor of
entomology at Penn State, will dis
cuss fly control in confinement
housing. Dr. Lynn Sammons, a
veterinarian from Reading, will
talk about functional cattle treat-
9:00 a.m. to Visit exhibits and
3:00 p.m. see demonstrations.
10:00 a.m. Fly Control in Confinement
Housing
Dr. Charles Pitts,
Penn State University
10:45 a.m. Tools for Financial Planning
Mr. Gary Snider
Farm Credit of W. New York
11:30 a.m. Building Design for Rodent
& Bird Control
Dr. Howard Person,
Michigan State University
12:45 p.m. Door Prize - Gas Grill
(Must be present to win)
1:15 p.m,
Milking System Management
Dr. Doug Reinemann,
University of Wisconsin
2:00 p.m.
Functional Cattle Treatment
Facilities
Dr. Lynn Sammons,
Valley Creek Animal Hospital
DIRICTIONS
From the Lancaster-Lebanon exit of the
PennsylvaniaTumpike, take Route 72 north
toward Lebanon for about 7 miles and turn
right onto Rocherty Road. Proceed about
half a mile to the fairgrounds. From
Lebanon, take Route 72 south. About 1
mile south of the light at Cedar Square
Plaza, turn left onto Rocherty Road.
Proceed about half a mile to the Lebanon
County Fairgrounds.
422
322
PA Turnpike
ment facilities.
The event, which opens at 9 a.m.
each day, will also feature a door
prize drawing for a gas grill. Exhi
bits and demonstrations continue
all day both days until 3 p.m.
Vernon Achenbach contributed
to this report.
1994 Animal Housing Expo
Exhibitors
July 12 & 13, 1994
Lebanon Fairgrounds
Lebanon, PA
Keystone Concrete Products
477 E. Farmersville Road
New Holland, PA 17557
717-355-2361
Eli S. Stoltzfus
Lester Building Systems
1111 Second Avenue South
Lester Prarie, MN 55354
612-395-2531
Nelson
Dale, left and Steve Hershey stand by a tree planted by
their great grandfather In front of the family farm house the
two share. Photo by Vamon Achanbach
Northeast Agri Systems Inc.
139 A West Airport Road
Lititz, PA 17543
717-569-2702
David Newman
Agri-Business Insurance Agcy
P.O. Box 2726
York. PA 17405
717-741-0911
Anthony Dobrosky
Cedar Crest Equipment &
Automatic Farm Systems
608 East Evergreen Road
Lebanon, PA 17042
717-270-6600
Mel Winner
Paul B. Zimmerman, Inc.
295 Woodcomer Road
Lititz, PA 17543
717-738-7365
Richard Buch
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