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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
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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-
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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,
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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-
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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.”
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