84-Lancasler Farming, Saturday, July 24, 1999 Sattazahn Family (Continued from > Page B 2) even when it is dry.” A crop saving characteristic many years, and especially needed during this year’s drought. Ray’s first tractor was a 1937 Allis Chalmers. Today he is delighted that his son Clarence and wife Marlene have had the tractor restored and enter it in local tractor shows. The transition from horses and mules to tractors was a welcomed one. “When it was hot, we no longer needed to take out the horses,” said Ray, who has a picture of him using Belgian horses and mules. In 1956, Ray remembers pur chasing his first combine. Although his wife Elsie died 24 years ago, Ray refers to her often. “Look around here," Ray said of the 140-acte farm, now owned by son Dennis and his family. “My wife deserves the credit for every thing you see. If it wasn’t for her, I wouldn’t have gotten this. She husked fieldcom by hand and was right up there with the best of them.” Because he is in good health at 90 years, people often ask him abut his diet. He said that he ate a dozen eggs on Easter. “But I can’t cat cheese,” he said. “Know why?” I don’t like it," he explained. But don’t wony, this dairy far mer said of consuming his own NOTICE: FARM OWNERS Goodville Mutual Is One of the Top 5 Farm Insurance Companies in Pennsylvania WANT TO KNOW WHY? i V Liz Martin Martin Insurance Agency 459 C N. George St. Millersville, PA 17551 (717) 872-7756 Toll Free 1-877-791-5235 www martminsurance com Affordable insurance for farm, home, vehicle, and small business product, “What I don’t eat in cheese, I make up in ice cream.’’ He also claims to be a heavy drinker. “Of water,” he clarifies. He uses honey, not sugar. “I drink some liquor but don’t overdo it,” he said. While most people rely on clocks for telling time, Ray said, “I can tell the time by where the sun is positioned at the locust tree.” In addition to his son Dennis, his other children include his oldest son Ray Jr. and wife Betty, retired fanners; son Clarence and Mar lene, who farm two adjoining farms; Mary, who is retired and lives in Virgina, and son Robert and Jane, who farm in Womelsdorf. Marlene and Clarence live in a house built in 18S4. The German bank bam is made of stones with vent holes. The former Amish resi dence had no electricity, when they moved in so they milked with a tractor generator until electricity was installed. The couple started out with 24 cows tied in a stauncbion bam, using a dumping station and bulk tank. In 1973, the couple was the first in the township to install a carousel milking parlor on wheels. They also erected adjoining bams and three silos. 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