Penn State Grape Research Center In Erie County Marks 50 Years
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Jl PUBLIC AUCTION tec
Thursday January 23,2003 9:«oa.m. JTt
Upgraded Horse Drawn Farm Machinery - Seven Head of Mules - Holstein Heifers
Hay - Ear Corn - Corn Silage - Milking Equipment - Household Antiques -Two 1800 Chests
Auction held for Benuel H. - Sylvia King
352 Gridley Rd. Lancaster, Pa., 2 mile west of Rt. 30 and Rt. 896 junction go south on Rt. 896 app
500 ft, turn right onto Rockvale Rd. Follow to Gridley Rd. right. From Strasburg go north on 896
to Rockvale Rd.
Milking and Manure Handling Equipment
Four Delaval milker units with Harmony daws, original
Sputnik, 700 gal Mueller milk tank, Iveco 3 cyl 30 hp
diesel new 4 years, Alfa Laval Agn VP77 vacuum pump
new 2 years, shp cooling compressor new one year,
large generator, hyd pump, Miller manure pump, ELS
900 gal tandem axle liquid spreader, New Idea 206 con
ventional manure spreader. Smoker 900 gal liquid
spreader.
Barn - Shop Tools - Cattle Feeders
Platform scales, 72 hole stocked bolt bin. Miller
portable welder, torch set with tanks, table saw, steel
band saw. Craftsman band saw, chain hoist, hi pressure
washer, hyd press, 2 Lywood hay feeders, scraper on
forecart, 2-12 volt fencers, hyd cattle lift, Handi matic
silage feeder, 7 feed carts, 5 circulating barn fans, lot ol
V pulleys, 700 gal fuel tank, 100 gal pressure tank,
Tillage - Planting Equipment
White Horse 2 bottom plow ex condition, one shank
sub soiler spring leset, John Deere K B A 24 discs disc
harrow, 2 clod busters 4 and 3 ft nine ft field harrow, 3
single roll cultipackers 4-8 and 9 It, eight ft Bnlhon
seeder with wheels, Lely ground drive seeder. John
Deere 1240 com planter with 12 volt htt, 230 gallon
boom sprayer, back pack sprayer. Wiard 106 walking
plow, potato plow.
Harvesting Equipment
New Holland 892 Harvester with feeder conveyor table,
hi moisture hopper with screens, excellent condition,
A649T industrial diesel, ex cond with Rockford
clutch, sells separate from harvester. New Holland 456
mower tiger jaws knives hyd control. New Holland 256
take, Pequea tedder, Kuhn giound drive rake. Case
International 8520 baler with apphcatoi. 4 flat bed wag
ons, gravity bin wagon. New Holland 36 ft elevator
with hyd motor. New Idea crimper with Smucker rolls
fully hyd coutiol, with A C engine, one horse corn
binder engine drive, l&J 2 iow cultivator. Little Giant
January 2, 2003 9:30 am
Upgraded Horse Drawn Farm Machinery
Four Belgian Draft Horses
Round Bale Equipment - Milking Equipment
\ W 8530 Case Int. baler - excellent condition W jr
A Hay - Corn silage t *
Auction held for: Elizabeth K. Miller
Located at 805 Stively Rd., Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pa Four mile south of Stiasburg fiom Rt 896
at square of Strasbuig go south on Decatur St. Straight onto May Post Office Rd App. 3 mile go west
on Saw Mill Rd. to Weaver Rd. right Go straight at stop sign to Sandstone Rd left to Stively Rd left
Four Draft Horses - Harness - Hitches
Pair 8-9 yr old nice condition, well mated well
broke, lot of snap; pair of smooth mouth horses
well broke with size, 7 set of front gears, bridles.
collars, driving lines, single, triple, double trees, 7-
8 horse hitches
Milking Equipment
Original Sputnik - 4 Bio milker units, 65 lb pails,
extra pail, like new, 700 gal Sunset milk tank, 2
large cooling compressors, Bou-malic vacuum
pump, Kubota diesel 30 hp good condition, S.S
twin tubs
Forage and Hay Equipment
Claas Rollant 42 fanner round baler in excellent
condition, with 4 cyl Wisconsin engine with H.D
clutch reduction, complete hyd contiol. round
bale movei 4 bale capacity with Honda engine
complete hyd control, Faimco bale earner. Round
bale wrapper complete hyd contiol in excellent
condition. New Holland 436 mowei, with
Kawasaki engine. New Holland 236 lake, Kuhn
lake with 6 5 Honda engine. Case Int 8330 balei
with 30 hp Wisconsin engine 4 cyl , Hat bed
wagon. New Holland 10 li elevator hyd motor.
Hesslon silage Haivestci with lecdci table with
Li>tci Peltei Diesel 100 plus H P with Funk H D
clutch, unit m excellent condition, 34 bales ol
Weatheigard bale wiap
Harvesting - Tillage Equipment
Single bottom trailei plow, 2 bottom trailer plow
president, birth control pills were
introduced, and the first hydro
gen bomb was detonated.
Many Pennsylvanians might
have missed the small headlines
that announced Penn State’s pur
PUBLIC AUCTION
com drag, 6 ft Stoltzfus bilt rotary mower with
Kawasaki engine with starter, 2 row Smucker stalk
shredder with A C engine
A C wide tront gas tractor on steel with pulley
and 3 pt adapter
Seven Head of Mules; Harness; Hitches
Big mules all well broke - sound
Pair of Black Molhe Mules top lead. Pair of Brown
Horse Mules lot of snap. Pair of Bay smooth mouth
Mules, single top off side Worker
9 set of front gears, collars, bridles, 20 extra collars, 4
sets of pulley hitches, steel hitches, single trees to 8
horse hitch, barrel of harness oil, harness parts
Holstein Heifers - Feed
Heifers Breeding Age
All A I sired held sold private RH A 23,000 M 3 6
fat, app 30 ton of alfalfa, 20 ton of ear corn, app 150 ton
of corn silage in 14x60 upright
Antiques & Household Goods 10:30
2 iron kettles, iron doors, seafaring wooden chest, wood
chest, both IBoo’s, wooden wardrobe, 3 old pie plates,
butcher block, brown & grained plank bottom chairs, 2
cedar chests, old high head board bed, old hutch, leal
desk, rag carpets, few old dishes and books, sink, large
circular saw blade, kitchen space heater, more items not
listed, hardwood flooring
Sale order - small farm related items, feed, farm
machinery, milking equip , heifeis, mules
Bring proper I D to obtain buyer number
Auct note: This is an opportunity to purchase taim
machinery and livestock m good condition Benuel kept
his machinery in shed and well maintained
Faimer coming is already in operation
Petersheim Auctioneers:
Steve - Orpha Rose - Dave
AU001349L 610-857-5200
24 discs K.B A. disc harrow, 12 It field harrow. 9
ft cultipackei. New Idea 323 corn picker, 32 ft
Little Giant elevator. Black Rock field sprayer, 6
ft. Brady stalk chopper, 3 fore carts
Manure Handling Equipment
1100 gal. D.S. tandem axle liquid spreadei new 2
years, Diy Hill 8 ft manure pump, 2 sections 45
and 55 ft fill pipe, ELS 600 gal liquid spreader.
9 0 Honda Hyd unit, 10 ft stationaiy manure
pump New Idea 206 manure spreader
Feed - Barn Supplies
50 ft ot corn silage m 14x60 upright, app 33 ton
ot allaita hay, 90 ft of baleage m bag, Lincoln
portable wcldei Gandy applicators, 273 gal fuel
tank, metal feed bin Feed and silage caits, 24 It
poitable feed rake, round hay teedeis, 2 platloim
scales one digital
Case 930 Comfort King diesel tractor on steel
30 pieces of 5 inch aluminum irrigation pipe
Household Goods
Not many small items come early loi machmeiy
Auct note this is an oppoi (unity to put chase lann
machmeiy in exceptional!) good condition Bung
piopei I D to obtain buyci’s numhcM^^^^^
Auct
Petersheim Auction Service
Steve, Orpha Rose, Dave
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chase of land and facilities for $1
from local grape growers for the
Erie County Agricultural Experi
mental Station, 15 miles east of
Erie along the shore of Lake Erie.
But it was an important develop-
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merit for the state’s grape indus
try all the same. Over the years,
grape and other fruit research at
the station has resulted in many
significant findings and im
proved growing practices.
The 43-acre facility, under the
direction of manager John
Griggs, will hold a modest cere
mony and field day Aug. 3 to
mark its anniversary. Now called
the Lake Erie Regional Grape
Research and Extension Center,
it conducts research on grapes
under conditions similar to those
on farms where the research re
sults might be applied.
The field laboratory is part of
the research division of Penn
State’s College of Agricultural
Sciences. In addition to providing
site-specific conditions for re
search, the facility increases op
portunities for growers, consum
ers and students to observe
experiments and to consult with
scientists. Extension specialists
apply experimental findings to
local conditions and, in turn,
make suggestions to scientists
about new research needs.
Penn State research involve
ment in Erie County dates back
to 1918, when a field laboratory
was established at Girard to
study onions and potatoes. In
1937, the Erie County Horticul
tural Society established a field
laboratory in North East to con
tinue fruit research on private
lands in the county.
Nine years later, an organiza
tion of fruit growers known as
the Erie County Agricultural Re
search Corporation purchased 20
acres of land, and on July 28,
1948, the Erie County Field Re
search Laboratory was opened.
The lab, which provided an area
for conducting fruit research, was
purchased by Penn State four
years later.
Because of its proximity to
Lake Erie, Erie County enjoys
climatic and geographical fea
tures favorable to fruit produc
tion. Although livestock and
other crops also are produced
there, the fruit industry is per
haps the region’s most prominent
agricultural asset. Erie County is
the primary producer of grapes
in Pennsylvania. Local grape
crops are sold as fresh fruit in
season and are processed as
juices, jellies, jams and wines.
Some of the research high
lights of the Lake Erie Regional
Grape Research and Extension
Center include:
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ANNUAL FARM SHOW ISSUE
The new and expanded Farm Show opens to the public on
Saturday, Jan. 11. And one of our largest, and best issues, is
soon to hit mailboxes. The Jan. 11 issue will be Lancaster
Farming’s own Farm Show Issue, which highlights the newly
expanded, largest indoor agricultural event in the country.
Included that issue: Farm Show family highlights, Keystone
Degree recipient biographies, events schedule, and maps. It’s
a brand-new Farm Show this year. We hope to see you there!
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 7, 2002-A4l
• A long-term study showing
that when organic matter in the
soil is properly maintained, Con
cord grapevines need little or no
fertilizer.
• The Single Curtain Cordon
training system for Concord
grapes.
• Bench-grafting studies with
numerous rootstocks and several
vinifera cultivars tnat ha\e in
creased the percentage ol graft
ing success from less than 20 per
cent to more than 70 percent.
The field laboratory was instru
mental in introducing the Penn
Concord strain.
• Entomological studies on
grapes that have focused on the
biology and importance of the
grape berry moth, grape leafhop
per, grape cane girdler, rose chaf
er, Japanese beetle, redbanded
leafroller, grape erineum mite
and European red mite. Chemi
cal controls were developed and
incorporated into an effective
spray program for control of
these pests.
• In-depth studies into the bi
ology and life cycle patterns of
the eastern grape berry moth that
yielded controls of this primary
grape pest.
• Studies are under way that
focus on the resistance of the
grape berry moth to the insecti
cide Carbaryl.
• Disease management stud
ies.
• Trials on the effects of com
post applications to vineyard
floors.
• Surveys to monitor the grap
evine decline occurring in some
areas of Pennsylvania and New
York.
• Development of an expert
system for grape culture (called
VITIS) that can be accessed by a
grower or extension agent via
personal computer to obtain in
formation on standard cultural
practices or to assist in solving a
special problem.
• Studies on the grape cane
gallmaker to determine its biolo
gy and impact on Concord
grapes. A statewide survey of
grape root borer distribution and
seasonality is being conducted be
cause this insect may pose a sub
stantial threat to developing viti
cultural areas in southeastern
Pennsylvania.
• Experiments to control the
eastern grape leafhopper and
grape berry moth are in progress
on Concord grapes.