(Continued from Pago A 10) Bartonsville, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Westmoreland County Dairy- MAP, Donohoe Center, Lebanon County Vegetable Grow ers* meeting, Schaeffers town Fire Hall. Preventative Health Care for the Equine Athlete. Holiday Inn, Bethlehem, and Thurs., March 12, Willow Brook Equestrian Center, Catasauqua. Crops Clinic, Student/Community Activity Center, Penn State Schuylkill Campus. 9 am.-3 pm. Transition Planning. Lancaster Farm and Home Center, 9:30 am.-3 pm., also March 18. Del. DHIA annual meeting and annual Delware Princess Con- test, Felton Fireball, Felton, Del., 6 p.m. Fayette/Grecn/Washington Coun ties Dairy-MAP. Hugo’s Sheep Management Series. York County 4-H Center, 7:30 pjn.-9:30 pjn.. also March 19 and 26. Basics of Managing a Dairy Farm Business, Lancaster Farm and Home Center, also March 19. pi Annlick H /fh Farm Supply, Inc. fl f 210 Milford Street • Port Royal, PA 17082 "I \\\ 1 (800) 933-4131 or (717) 527-4131 Offering A Complete Line of Animal Feeds Custom Blending of Dairy & Hog Feeds Programs Designed to Fit Your Specific Needs • Agricultural • Commercial • Residential We do box culverts and wing walls to match your specifications • Retaining Walls • Bunker Silos • Manure Storage, Etc. TIPI* At lit Junl vUli Gear Up For Transplant Produc tion. Kutztown Produce Auc tion, 7 p.m. Pasture Improvement/Cropland, Penn State Cooperative Exten sion, Lebanon County, 7:30 pm.-9 pan. Northumberland County Conser . vation District Awards Ban quet, Shikellamy High School Cumberland Valley Cooperative dinner meeting. Lighthouse Restaurant, Chambersburg, 6:30 p.m. Wayne County Agronomy Day, Marshall Machinery, Inc., Beach Lake, 10 am.-3 p.m. Fulton County Crops Day, McConnellsburg American Legion Post 561,9 a.m.-3 p.m. Reproduction Meeting, Jim Rider Farm, Galesburg, 11 a.m. Beaver/Butler/Lawrence County Dairy-MAP, Brown’s Country Kitchen, Portersville. Garden Spot (Lampeter Strasburg) FFA Banquet, Lampeter Fire Meeting, Berlin Fireball, Ber lin, 7 p.m. Susquehanna County Dairy Day, Elk Lake High School, Dimock. Dairy Discussion, Extension iCEIWOKKPOBVOU- INC. 430 Concrete Ave., Leo 717-656-201 Office, Ebensburg, 11 a.m.-2 pan. Manheim Young Fanner Annual Awards meeting. Country Table Restaurant, Mount Joy, 6:4S p.m. Grassland FFA Parent/Member Banquet, Yoder’s Banquet Hall, New Holland, 6:30 pan. Western Pa. Beekeeping Seminar, Penn State Beaver Campus, Monaca, 7 p.m.-9 pan., thru March 14. Aimstrong/Indiana County Dairy- MAP, Sandy Kaye’s Restaur- Convention, Maryland State Fairgrounds, Timonium. Garden Wise, York County 4-H Center. 8 a.m.-3:30 pan. Pasture Night for Part-Timers, Calvert Grange Hall. 10 a.m.-3 pan. Home Gardener’s School, SUN Area Career and Technology Center. 9 a,m.-3:45 pan. Ag Alternatives, Honesdale High Pesticide License Test Date. Leba non Valley Ag Center. 8:30 a.m. Penn Slate Tri-County Weed Man agement School, Keystone Agway Building, Shippens burg, 9 ajn.-3:30 p.m. Weed School, Shippensburg, 9 College, Meadville. cny Vktnr Immce kim ''We're Here To Serve' 1 FARMERS Tired of Paying High Insurance Rates On Trucks You Seldom Use? We Offer Competitive Prices On Trucks From Pickups to Tractor Trailers We Offer All Types Of Farm and Agribusiness Insurance Please Call For Quotations or Information. Carol - Roger Slusher - Cindy 2488 Maple Ave., Quarryville, PA 17566 (717) 786-1711 (800) 882-1415 TRIMMER on WHEELS! The rolls •TR] precr Why Do It Vm ( jT HARD *4JLA WAY) Beef Management Short Course, Midwest and Northeast Dairy York County 4-H Center, also Conference. Holiday Inn, AP™ 28 - Westlake, Ohio, thru March 19. (Continued from Pago A 10) how can a dairyman afford to raise top quality pasture grasses and replacement heifers that would legumes, that farmer will not have a sale value of perhaps become a profitable grass $l,OOO, burn her out in two to three dairyman. years, and sell her at the price quoted above? At the same time, this push to maximum production contributes to an oversupply of milk and con sequently keeps down the builk price of milk. I am not a dairyman, but in my perspective, it would make more sense to reduce the cost of produc tion and prolong the useful life of the cow. One means of doing this is by pasture dairying. Many are pro ving that it does work when it is done properly, by technology now readily available. The sad fact is that too many dairy farmers still consider a pas ture as that wet meadow down in front of the bam that produces poor quality grasses. Unless one is willing to give up com ground to convert to the new (often imported) high producing. So, WHY HASSLE (Revolutionary DR TRIMMER/MOWER'! or small-wheels mowers? jSavings now in effect j Please caU TOLL FREE [Name _ or mail coupon at right [Address for FREE DETAILS of i city stats zip | . nB . |To COUNTRY HOME PRODUCTS* ; me Revolutionary DR* j Dept 3639 T, Meigs Road, PO Box 25 1 TRIMMER/MOWER"! | Vergennes, Vermont 05491 J Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 7, 1998-A29 Yes, they (grass dairyman) won’t be able to brag of the high DHIA herd average, but they can brag of their better herd health, higher reproductive rate, and the fact that they need fewer replace ment heifers. After all, what counts most in any business in not bragging or pride, bu the bottom line in cash flow. This is obtainable, and best of all we’ 11 be helping one another out (fewer unwanted dairy cattle sent for slaughter and driving down beef cattle prices). As an added bonus, you will bum less diesel fuel, wear out less equipment and save labor while your cows are mote contented. Sec your county agent today for more information on pasture dairying. Harold R. Stoudt Hamburg, Pa. Gas Stoves and Fireplaces 1060 Division Highway 322 East, Ephrata, PA 17522 1 Block East of m. 222 (717) 733-4973 800-642-0310 www.bowminiitove com Mon Toot Wtd 10 to 6, Thurs Fn 10 to I. Sit to to 4 | Bese ßl6 • Simple belt drive • Low maintenance (no gears or castings) • Few moving parts • Easy height adjustment Special Price; 6'9" - $4,340. B' -$5,244. For Over 75 Years Farm Equipment Division TODd||fSrM Hagerstown MD BQU'PHENT". (301)791-0422 WANTED; TIMBER Free estimate of your wood lot Payment in full before cutting. References available. Perry County and surrounding counties. 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