‘Entertainment Farming ’ (ContlniMd from Pag* A2O) soybeans. This time of year is particularly hectic for the farm because the pumpkins and other cool season crops are harvested for the store and for the festival. In season, Yerkes sells the pumpkins for 30 cents a pound either at the store or at the pick-your-own location. One of tables identifies prices at the pumpkin-picking site. Tune-up for winter with these cool weather specials! Daywntf on th» products that nal Super Saver and 'i comes in 225,000 Vto>4 I' BTU Inside or Out ■jjfps? side Meant, LP or *1 Natural Gas with ■L less Steel Cabinet New duct features Modular control panel and user-adjustable heat quick-disconnect wiring harness Hefleetor to aiit make Held service a snap! oeiiecior to suit individual needs. Convenient access to Service Saver Control Unit 'SM 225,000 BTU electronic ignition None Such Farm was started by the Yerkes family in 1926. At the beginning of the Great Depression, it was a dairy. But dairy processors folded and Yerkes father and grandfather turned to produce and cattle farming in the mid-19305. HWED-HAND* S Shenandoah Heating Products g Shenandoah ■i SPECIAL 10% OFF SPACE HEATERS $ 355 00 • Brooders • Incinerators • Space Heaters • Parts • Accessories Ethel McCulloch, office manager of the farm, left explains how a pumpkin grows on a vine to children from St. Paul’s Growing Together Nursery School. The farm name. None Such, ori ginated because at the time of its founding, there were “no such” farms as large in the central part of the county, according to Yerkcs. For a time. None Such grew only sweet com (up to 250 acres) and raised steers. But in subse quent years the farm diversified, and now grows a considerable number of produce and livestock crops. The farm market was started in 1978. This year’s mid-July “mon soons,” said Yerkes, proved espe cially difficult to deal with because the overly wet conditions chal lenged com picking and disease prevention on vine crops. “Those were the wettest conditions we’ve had for a long time,” hesaid. “We just had an awful time this year harvesting com.” Also, while many pumpkin growers encountered problems with fungal diseases such as anlhracnose and problems with blight and powderey mildew, cul- Upgrade to (MMMJ CAS BROODERS One 40,000 BTU radiant brooder does the work of two 30,000 BTU brooders tivation practices and critical applications of fungicides helped ensure a good vine crop for None Such Farm. “You must rotate vine crops,” said Yerkes. “It’s very critical that they be rotated. You just absolute ly cannot put vine crop on vine crop. It’s deadly as far as soilbome problems.” He said that the farm uses an array of chemical treatments to ensure that, from bloom on, the pumpkin crop doesn’t brown and wither. Also, proper fertilization is the key to good pumpkin production. “Once they start to bloom, the pumpkin vines are sprayed every week, once a week,” he said. Until first frost, there was no browning down of the vines. The pumpkins were orange everywhere and late rains pushed a second bloom. There were still many pumpkins in the green stage ready to harvest Yerkes believes he is fortunate to have proper soil drainage. That was specially challenging, since Hired Hand Repair Parts Call for Information on our apecial retrofit Inlet package. Northeast Agri Systems; Inc. ( FEOERALSBURQ, KID. Flyway Business Park store hours Mon -w 7soto 4 30 M 1 39 A West Airport Road Hr , i-«oo-735-»3«l Lititz, PA 17543 Day RepalrSen/lce _ wo-jg*. Ph: (717)569-2702 • —BB Mpnd.y-Frid.y 1-800-673-2580 ™ BSS*I Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 29. 1994-A2l s lBs°° THERMOSTAT 5 19 95 NEMA 4X sealed plastic housing L WEATHER SPECIALS Curtains Inlets & And Static Pressure Accessories Controls (he farm recorded 1S inches of rain in five weeks at one time. Ycriccs said that one time, more than three inches per week fell, twice as much as ideal, with one four-inch rainfall coming in a 24-hour period. “Vine crops can’t take water around their toes. They don’t like the wet conditions. They do better under dry conditions if you have to have an excessive condi tion, it would be better dry than wet” Yerkes has 10 acres in pumpkin production, including many variet ies (Howden the face variety; sugar; spooky; Big Macs; and others). Demand is up for the face, or carving pumpkins, but down for the cooking or neck pumpkins. ‘ ‘Frankly, making pumpkin pies at home is a lost art in this area,’’ he said. But other vine crops, including cantaloupe, do well. In season, Yerkes sells the pumpkins for 30 cents a pound (Turn to Page A 22) Model SGB-Z