Pioneer DES MOINES, lowa pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. has initiated a campaign to help pass a comprehensive trade agenda in Congress. The goal is to secure passage of a series of measures in Congress that can expand U.S. agricultural exports within the global marketplace and increase demand - and prices - for U.S. agricultural products. The program urges Congress to vote in favor of three specific items to open export markets for U.S. growers: fast track trade negotiating authority, full fund ing for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and reform of the unilateral sanc tions policy to keep agricultural export opportunities open. Pioneer offers a special sec tion on its web site, www.pio Old Barn Finds (Continued from Pag* A 34) roustabout was placed underneath the heavy beams and a crane with cables and a crank was used to lift the beams enough to dislodge them. So far the reconstruction phase has gone pretty smoothly, too, thanks to the craftsmanship of Stoltzfus and his crew. Stoltzfus said he found that upon disas sembling and reassembling the bam, some weaknesses surfaced in the structure that weren’t really a problem as long as the bam was sitting in one place. “With this job I sort of discovered for myself that a bam can be in pretty bad shape, and you can fix it up. But as far as moving it, disassembling it and re- I Farmer Boy Ag Systems 1 Inc. This unit features.. r mvcntitatJon systems " F' M H ■ A Division of <HD M Shenandoah L. J VAL Ventilation liP Brooders w *" ~ 1 Please Contact Shane Weller For New Poultry Contracts and Existing Building Renovations Full Line of Parts in Stock For Your Poultry, Hog and Cattle Needs. 24 Hour Service 11/28/98 ampaign ifl vs m neer.com, which provides back ground information on legisla tive issues. In addition, it offers a draft letter and tips on writing members of Congress, as well as websites access to the House of Representatives so users can send e-mail to their Representatives. The material can be accessed directly at http://www.pioneer. com/pioneer_info/statements/in dex.htm. Users can also visit the Pioneer home page, click “What’s New” and find the mate rial under “Tell Congress What You Think About Trade!” Pioneer is urging its U.S. employees, sales force and cus tomers to write, call or e-mail their representatives in Washington to ask them to pass these market expansions mea sures. assembling it, it’s like five times worse. To take it completely apart and reassemble it, it was about bad enough,” he said. “We did a fair amount of replacement work where we did some mortise and tenon work. There were a couple of spots where we had to replace a beam. As far as being structurally sound, maybe we could have found a better bam.” The crew’s experience in the bam building business enabled them to compensate when they ran into a problem. For example, some of the posts - and beams downstairs were unsound. In order to get the materials they needed, the crew_tore another bam apart at Blue Ball, in Lancaster County, Thanks to the Galen Hess Family of Dillsburg, PA Farmer Boy Ag Systems • Inc. 410 East Lincoln Avenue, Myerstown, PA 17067 717-866-7565 • 1-800-845-3374 Dottie Freeman, manager of the farm museum, says the bam will serve as a resour ce for the community once it is finished. Pennsylvania, and had it trucked down to the job site at the Farm Museum. The original fitting pieces mostly fit back together, explained Stoltzfus. Instead of a stone foundation, the bam is being rebuilt on a poured concrete foundation that will eventually be faced with stone. Dottic Freeman explained that this was done for safety rea sons, because such a large number of people will be using the bam. The posts rest on poured concrete footers. The framing is almost fin ished at this point, and new rough cut hemlock siding and a new cverlast-pattem tin roof will be in stalled by W.W. Builders. Each day the crew works on the bam, they must travel from Chris- WATERING SYSTEMS tiana to Westminster, a trip that takes between 2-2 '/j hours one way. They try to come down se veral times a week. Freeman hopes the bam will be completed and ready to use by next spring. In the meantime, the Carroll County Farm Museum is sponsor ing several fundraising activities to help off set the cost of the proj ect “Carroll County has really come together in a cotnraderie, donating time and talent for this project,” she explained. “This is the people’s museum. In the long run, tax dollars are paying for the Museum, and we are the care takers. It is a resource that is here for the community.” Stoltzfus shared another lesson for choosing Farmer Boy Ag Systems to construct their New 48’x500’ Broiler Facility that might be learned from the bam. That is the way that, when it was first constructed in the 19th century, building the bam was a community event, bringing people together for a common purpose, and reinforcing their sense of community. He said that is some thing he thinks is missing today. The original builders were more of an interdependent group, and relied on each other more, and that was a good thing. Now, he sug gested, neighbors are discon nected from one another, and the community suffers as a result. “The original labor was probably mostly volunteer for the original building,” he said, “and that’s what makes a community strong.” n Hours: Mon-Fri 7 to 5:30 Sat 7:30 to Noon WE SHIP UPS
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