Page 22—Foraging Around, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 17, 1999 Forage Crop Pocket Guide Provides Handy Reference NORCROSS, Ga. Busy fanners may find answers to everyday ques and others involved in forage crop tions in a new “Forage Crop Pocket production and grazing management Guide.” The 52-page, 3\6'/i -inch re- ‘Salad’ Approach (Continued from Page 17) “I think that when these farmers turn the power of decision over to their sons is real critical as far as the success of the farm,” said Hawley. “There’s a generation thing all the way through, but somehow we’ve got to get more young people involved and we’re get ting less and less involved all the while.” •When Hawley travels to his direc tor’s meetings, he follows this rule of thumb that was passed on to him by a former DFA director. “Don’t call home, they’re going to have to deal with it anyway,” said Hawley. One of the biggest challenges Haw ley still faces is the perception held by many that he isn’t a real farmer or that he isn’t farming at all, even though he was recently honored with a state for age quality award. “When you quit buying seed from a com seed salesman, he thinks you’re not a very good farmer; when you quit buying a lot of fertilizer from the fertil izer salesman, he thinks you’re not a very good farmer; you quit buying feed from the feed salesman, he thinks you’re not a very good farmer; you quit calling the vet because your cows are healthier, and he thinks you’re not a very good farmer. You’ve got your BINKLEpHURST W m BEOS. INC.- 7 133 Rothsville Station Rd. P.O. Box 0395, Lititz, PA 17543*0395 (717) 626-4705 1-800-414-4705 Fax (717) 626-0996 www.binkleyhurst.com cows out harvesting the forage and spreading the manure, so you’re not buying nearly as many parts, and your equipment dealer thinks you’re not a very good farmer because you’re not in there. Pretty soon there’s a whole bunch of people who wonder if you’re even farming.” Any farmer who is skeptical or curi ous about the way Hawley is farming today is welcome to come to a pasture walk on his farm on August 27 from 10 a.m. to noon. “This year our extension agent is marking growth on our pasture. We are beginning to be noticed a lot more and that’s rewarding. We certainly don’t fit in to the main stream with die higher DHIA records and the breed associa tion meetings and the club sales and that sort of thing. All the farmers arc more than welcome to come out to the pasture walk," Hawley said. Hesston Disc Mower Conditioners Model 1340 Take a 12-foot swipe through your toughest crop Cut square corners Cut on either side of the tractor Maneuver around obstacles. You can do it all while making quality hay with the Hesston® 1340 Disc Mower Conditioner Quick moves for quick hay making. While the center pivot design of the 1340 gives you unmatched maneuverability 16 high speed swingaway knives keep you moving igh damp hay and tough throui STOLTZFUS FARM SERVICE, INC. Rts 10 & 41, Cochranville, Pa 215-593-2407 ZIMMERMAN’S FARM SERVICE School Road, Rl. 1, Bethel, Pa. 717-933-4114 HERNLEY’S FARM EQUIPMENT. INC. 2095 S. Market St., Elizabethtown, Pa. 717-367-8867 D. W. OGG Frederick, MD - 301-473-4250 Westminster, MD - 410-848-4585 ference contains numerous lists and tables of information with facts on for age grasses and legumes. The pocket guide was written by the authors of the popular book, “South ern Forages,” which was introduced in 1991. Authors of the book Dr. Don Ball of Auburn University, Dr. Carl Hoveland of University of Georgia, and Dr. Garry Lacefield, University of Kentucky also developed the new pocket guide. The new booklet con tains some information from the book, but also has additional lists and data. 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