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Waterford Community Fair,
thru Sept. 8
West Alexander Fair, thru Sept.
8
BeUwood^AnusFannahow^
thru Sept. 8.
Ciaysburg Farm Show, thru
Sept. 8.
Jamestown Community Fair,
thru Sept. 8
Clarion County Pasture and
Grazing Group meeting, Ken
Weaver Farm, 7:30 p.m.,
(814)782-0033.
Vegetable Grower Twilight
Meeting, Schramm’s Farm
and Orchard, Jeanette, 6:30
DizOTieCounHnPairrtnSirSept.
First Annual Farm and Family
Showcase, Kentland Farm,
thru Sept. 6.
Pa. Milk Marketing Board
Public Hearing, Ag Building,
Harrisburg, 2:30 p.m.
Field Loss and Barnyard Evalu
ation Workshop, Dauphin
County Ag Center, 9:30 a.m.-
3:30 p.m., thru Sept. 6.
Lower Susquehanna Basin,
Planing For Our Future
Water Needs, Hampton Inn,
Manheim, 8 a.m.-noon.
American Dairy Association
District Meeting, State of New
& { 0 Witman Auctioneers. Inc.
Paul S. Hiestand Trust
ABSOLUTE PUBLIC
AUCTION
“Selling To The Highest Bidder”
VALUABLE 42 ACRES
Conoy Twp., Lancaster Co.
& FARM RELATED ITEMS
MON., OCT. 8, 2001 • 6 P.M.
Located at: 650 Stackstown Road, Marietta, PA.
Dir.: From E-town, go 743 South approx. 4 miles,
turn right on Donegal Springs Road. Go to T -
turn right to auction site. From Lancaster: Go 30
west to Columbia exit (Rt. 441), North on 441
approx. 7 miles, turn right on Engle Road, con
tinue to Stackstown Road, turn left to auction site.
42 ACRES zoned agriculture consisting of 5
buildings, 2 baseball fields & 1 tennis court. 2-1/2
story 2- unit tenant farmhouse with living area.
Approx. 2950 sq. ft. with 1-car garage.
Building #2; Office/showroom. Approx. 4800 sq.
ft., 8 offices, showroom, central air.
Building #3: Metal warehouse containing 7600
sq ft. for shipping & receiving. Overhead doors.
Small office.
Building #4: 1 story block building, 3,000 sq. ft.
shop & storage area.
Building #5: 2-1/2 story frame bam. Used as
storage. 9200 sq. ft. Off-street parking for approx.
65 vehicles. Approx. 1300’ of road frontage on
Stackstown Road.
OPEN HOUSE DATES: Sat.. Sept 8, 15, 22.
29, 12 to 2pm.
TERMS: 10% down day of sale; balance in 45
days.
Attys Hartman & Underhill.
For complete listing, contact auction firm for
brochure #B.
Auction for:
PAUL S. HIESTAND TRUST
Burnell L. Hiestand, Trustee
S AUCTION CONDUCTED BY:
WITMAN AUCTIONEERS INC.
Auctioneers, Appraisers and Liquidators
JAY M. WITMAN, AU001127-L
LUKE R. WITMAN
657 Fruitville Pike, Manheim, PA 17545
(717) 665-5735 • FAX (717) 664-2737
www.witmanauctioneers.com
Jersey Soil and Conservation
Upper Marlboro, thru Sept. 9,
(301)578-2598.
Midwest Pork Conference, Indi
ana State Fair Events Center,
Indianapolis, Ind., thru Sept.
Nittany Antiques Machinery As
sociation Fall Show, Centre
Hall, thru Sept. 9.
Forage Management Workshop,
Everettjgl^^
naniascusCommunity Fair.
Damascus, Md., (301) 253-
3198.
Thurmont and Emmitsburg
Community Fair, Catoctin
High School, Thurmont, Md.,
thru Sept. 9, (301) 271-2104.
York Fair, thru Sept. 16.
Hay Creek Fall Festival, Mor
gantown, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., thru
Sept. 9.
Lamb Pool, Troy Sales Bam, 9
am., sale 3 p.m., (570) 998-
RbSTSsnvannSstmDymrtfr
west Pennsylvania Spinners
and Weavers, Two MUe Run
Country Park, Franklin, (814)
694-2422.
Goat Nutrition Field Day, Cor
nell University, Ithaca, (607)
254-6024.
HIGH FIELD ANGUS
September 21
Full Listing
On Page B-46
Note: New area code
845-286-4184 - home
845-266-4201 - barn
845-456-7209
Fanning Along Major
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traveled has also steadily in
creased, with a peak of more
than 240 billion miles traveled in
July 2000.
To deal with this increase in
the number of vehicles on the
road, Beam has taken several
precautions. Since he raises
small grains, he uses tractor -
trailers to move the harvested
crop from the field to its final
destination. A wood shavings
delivery service on the side has
helped the Beam family pur
chase better trucks which are
also used in the production side
of the operation.
He also takes into considera
tion which fields he can plant
higher volume crops in.
“We won’t plant wheat in
some places because you can’t
get in to get the straw off of
there,” he said. “I’ve turned
some land that was offered to
me to rent down because of the
traffic situation.”
They also run escort vehicles
equipped with yellow flashing
lights whenever possible.
“When we run on real narrow
highways, we’ll give the escorts
Kcnnett Square Mushroom Fcs
tival, (610) 927-2505.
World Fertilizer Conference,
Hyatt Regency, Chicago, thru
Sept. 11.
Butler County Holstein Picnic,
Marburger Dairy Farm,
Evans City, 1 p.m.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 1,2001-A4l
a red flag to stop traffic when we
need to.”
He also makes sure his equip
ment is in top shape, is clearly
marked with slow-moving vehi
cle signs, and that his insurance
policies are always up to date.
“We’re constantly updating
our liability policy just in case
something happens,” he said.
“Each piece of equipment is
listed separately on the policy.”
Even with taking every pre
caution, Beam still has had his
share of conflicts with traffic,
mostly because of impatient
drivers.
“With most accidents, there
are impatient people behind us.
They try to pass and run into the
machinery or into the ditch,” he
said.
Most recently, a teen-ager ran
a stop sign and hit his corn
planter.
“It demolished the vehicle,”
said Beam, “but the planter
wasn’t damaged.”
In the past, Beam has also re
ceived traffic citations for trav
eling too slowly or disrupting
the flow of traffic.
“A policeman once told me
that if I get more than three cars
behind me, I have to pull over
and let them pass. I try to be rea
sonable and pull over when I
can, but if I pulled over when
ever three cars got behind me,
I’d never get anywhere.”
Beam is not the only farmer in
the state to have been pulled
over by a policeman. Charles
Kalinowski, Tunkhannock, Wy
oming County, also had an eye
opening experience early this
summer as he traveled along a
well-traveled highway with a
tractor and sprayer.
“I had to travel a two-mile
stretch. When the policeman
saw me, I had 10 cars behind
me, but they had just caught up
to me.”
Up until then, Kalinowski
didn’t realize that you could
receive a ticket for traveling too
slowly.
“There’s a law out there,” he
said. “Having that slow-moving
vehicle sign on the back of my
equipment warns people that
I’m going slowly, but it doesn’t
give me the right to hold up traf
fic.”
Kalinowski appealed the
ticket and the citation was later
repealed.
But the challenge remains.
Farmers work more and more
ground that is located farther
and farther away from their
the survival of our co-op.
A merger at this time would
not benefit the members of
Maryland and Virginia. Work
ing joint ventures would be ac
ceptable. In my opinion, selling
off assets and dissolving the co
op is better than a merger with
Land O’Lakes, considering their
treatment to members after
AUCTIONEERS!
Effective NOW you can contact
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fax; 717-626-1210 or email:
to place your Public Sales advertising
■ in Lancaster Farming
Highways
homesteads, making travel on
roadways a necessity.
Trooper Linette Quinn, public
information coordinator for the
Pennsylvania State Police,
agrees that farming along the
highway presents many chal
“Traveling on the roadway
can be frustrating for farmers.
We ask them to be extra careful
for their own safety whenever
they’re traveling between farms.
We also ask them to give the
courtesy of getting off the road
and letting people pass,” she
said.
Quinn noted that Section
3364 of the vehicle code specifi
cally says that a driver of a vehi
cle “who is traveling at less than
the maximum posted speed and
at such a slow speed as to
impede the normal and reason
able movement of traffic, the
driver shall, at first opportunity,
when and where it is reasonable
and safe to do so, and after
giving appropriate signal, drive
completely off the roadway and
on to the berm or shoulder of the
highway.”
Besides urging farmers to
follow the vehicle code as closely
as possible, she also offers these
tips to make driving on the high
way safer.
“Make sure you can be easily
seen,” she said. “Make sure all
your lighting equipment is
working and that you have the
triangles on the back. You
should also make sure you have
some mirrors. If there are a
number of cars behind you, pull
off the road as far as you can
when it’s safe to do so.”
But the challenge of moving
slow-moving vehicles on the
highway remains.
‘We’re at a time in our society
where everyone is mainstream.
They’re not looking for someone
to slow them down,” said
Trooper Quinn. “People are
always on the go, and when
they’re ready to get there, they
want to get there.”
For BUI Beam, traffic and en
croaching development may
take its toll.
“I hope there’s enough here
for me to farm out my lifetime,
but if my boys want to farm, I’m
not really sure what we’ll do. We
have no intentions to sell,
though. We’ll stick it out,” said
Beam.
If Beam could give one mes
sage to other drivers it would be
this: “Have some patience!”
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mergers. By dissolving our co
op, at least each member would
control their equity assets and
their own destiny!
Let’s not bury the cow before
she is dead.
im Forum ❖
Maryland and
Virginia Producer
Cynthia K. Goetz
Mercersburg
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