THE POST, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1940
PAGE THREE
Sterling Farm Proves Merit
Of Grass Ensilage Feeding
Soil Conservation Most Important Reason
For Feeding Grass A. |.
Hostess To Ladies
Mrs. Oscar Dymond was hostess
to the members of the Glenview P.
M. Ladies’ Aid at her home in Shav-
ertown on Friday evening. Reports
were made by the various chairmen.
i The next meeting will be a Christ-
mas party at the home of Miss Vera
Lamoreaux. Refreshments were
Sordoni Believes
Largest all-grass feeding farm in Pennsylvania is A. J.!served to Mrs. Eva Monroe, Miss
Sordoni’s Sterling Farm at Harvey’s Lake. Experiments con-
ducted this year with grass silage for dairy feeding have sroved,
its value as an unexcelled milk-producer.
soil conservation.
Grass saves the top soil, while corn and!
other crops used for dairy feeding allow the top soil to wash |
| Charlotte Mintzer, Mrs. Verna Lam-
oreaux, Mrs. Lewis Stritzinger, Mrs.
| Earl Layaou, Annjane and Esther
f lue i
Of equal value is fhe
away during heavy rains. Observations of A. J. Sordoni con- | through the Winter season. By the
cerning the experiment are here put forth in a letter to James | way, Jim; we have seeded 35 norcs
Hutchison of Luzerne County
Agricultural extension Associ-
ation who was instrumental in
encouraging Mr. Sordoni to
take up grass feeding. Further
proof of its success was evi-
denced this week when the
Sordoni herd of Guernseys
stood highest in milk produc-
tion in three counties. This
was accomplished on a grass
silage diet.
November 23, 1940
Mr. James Hutchison
Post Office Building
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Dear Jim:
This is a report on our Grass
Silage ' program which we began
talking about in 1938. As you know,
the matter was discussed pro and
con many times without reaching a
decision; first we decided that we
would turn to Grass Silage, then,
we decided that we would not. After
talking to you we contacted every
one that we could find who knew
anything about it. Some said it
was wonderful, some said, ‘not so
good,” and others said they would
not feed it to an alley goat.
However, since you said it was
worth a trial, we decided to change
our program from 100 acres of corn
to Alfalfa, seeded with oats as a
nurse crop, the green oats to be
used as grass ensilage to fill the silos
with the first year, 1939. But in the
Spring of 1939 I made an inspection
of the fields in which we were go-
ing to sow Alfalfa and oats, and got
the “shivers” when I thought of the
stones that we might gather with
the green oats. I feared we would
break our ensilage cutter knives
faster than we could afford to re-
place them, so told the boys that
we would put the Grass Silage mat-
ter off until some time later, hop-
ing that we could buy a machine
that would cut and load the grass
without grass touching the ground
after it was cut.
This, of course, did not stop us
from thinking about the matter and
hoping that soon we could go
through with the Grass Silage pro-
gram, as you know by the number
of times we contacted you regarding
it. We put it off until 1940, and
believe me, Jim, it was to our, sor-
fow, because the washing and ero-
sion was just as bad in 1939 as it
ever was, at which time I said to
the boys, “Stones, or no stones, we
are going to fill our silos with grass
in 1940.”
I felt that this was the thing to
do, especially after attending that |
meeting with you at the New Jer-
sey Experiment Station, where they
showed us how easy it was to make
Grass Silage, the money it saved,
and the top soil it saved by the land
being covered with sod instead of
being bare, as it is most of the time
when raising corn. I was pleased
to hear them say that the cows
liked it as well as corn silage and
that the milk production was just
as good. I remember your saying,
when you looked at some of their
grass silage, that it would be al-
most as good as pasture for the
COWS.
‘my farm. By the way, Jim, Wash’s
Starts Experiment
sowing to each acre, Alfalfa—15
lasses. So we tried putting the first | 1052 timothy, 5 Ibs, med. red clover
forkful through without molasses, | Ibs., and Ladino clover—3 lbs.,
then turning the molasses on. : and every acre of it is in fine shape
We also shut the molasses off be- for the Winter. Will we make Grass
fore the last forkful went through | Silage next year, and how!
and this worked well. That is where | Now, this may seem like a lot of
the manual valve comes in very detail to you but the reason that
handy. IT have gone into the matter so fully
We also had some trouble getting lis because a number of my neigh-
molasses from the barrels to the| boring farmers have said they were
15-gallon container on the ensilage |anxious to learn how Grass Silage
cutter. At first we tried drawing would be, and if it turned out all
it from the 3% inch opening at end right for us, they, too, would start
of barrel into a pail, but this did | making it. So, since the farmers
not permit it to flow fast enough, |are interested, I felt the best way
so we rolled the barrels up on skids, | to convey the information to them
under which we placed a second-| Would be by giving it to you, as I
hand bathtub, and used the 2 inch |knew that you would do the rest.
opening at side of barrels, which| Iam so enthused about Grass Sil-
gave the required flow of molasses. |2g¢ that I could go on and on, but
The tub answered our purpose well, I think I have given you the high
and as it held more than a barrel, |y
there was no danger of it overflow-
ing.
found was being done by the mo-
ZEBEZE
Wash Getzman Helps |
The second day we made Grass.
Silage, I was at the cutter, watch- |
ing the men clean out the pipe, !
which takes one-half hour every
time it becomes blocked. The man
who handles the end of the blow-!
er pipe came out of the silo and|
said to me, “If the boys would stop
the cutter when I call to them, it
would only take a few minutes to
clean the pipe.” This man happens
to be Wash Getzman, and he is a
real crank on efficiency. He told
me that we would have to do some-
thing about this as every time the
pipe blocked, we lost a half-hour.
So I had the electrician make a sig-.
nal system so Wash could ring to
the man at the cutter when he
wanted them to stop. When I saw
him the next. day, he said, “Now
you have done something.” Believe
me, Jim, that signal system paid
for itself the first day. All that is
needed is a hot-shot battery, a bell,
a push button, and enough duplex
wire to reach from the cutter to the
end of the distributor pipe.
As I write about Wash, I want to
tell you more about him. He is 82
years young, and I'm not fooling
when I say young. He works every
day, and we consider him as good
a man as we have on the farm. The
most interesting thing about him
to me is that over 50 years ago he
helped log off the virgin timber in
this section. He was foreman for the
Albert Lewis Company when they
built the railroad from Luzerne to
Harvey’s Lake, Pa. Later he helped |
clear the land which is now part of i
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favorite dessert is pumpkin pie! He
works from choice not from necess- | 3
ity. He has a splendid son, and he
also has enough of the world’s goods
to keep him from ever being in
want, but he is just an ambitious
man who loves work.
Molasses Applied
Now, to get back to the Grass Sil- | §
age. We applied from 80 lbs. to
100 lbs. molasses to the ton of grass. !
We started June 9th, and worked
every day, except when it rained, |
until we finished, June 20th. That |}
is the nice part of making Grass
Silage, it can rain ever so hard in|
the morning and as soon as it clears,
Warm Colorful Glove Sets, rang-
ing in prices, 15¢, 25¢c. 39¢ and
69c.
GIFT HANDKERCHIEFS
Lace-edged, Appliqued, Appenzell, Bordered, Monograms, and
Madiera. All the heart could wish in lovely gifts.
CHRISTMAS CANDY
ON DAD'S SKY TRAIL ALREADY
The young man with a model plane is Richard Merrill, recently-
born son of famed aviator Dick Merrill, pictured in St. Francis Hospital,
Miami Beach, Fla. The proud mother is the former Toby Wing, movie
star and kin of the English dramatist, Sir Arthur Wing Pinero. The
Merrill’s first baby died about a year ago.
lights of our experience, and I hope
it will help to make more farmers
Grass Silage minded, as it is the
sure way to save the top soil.
Thank you very kindly, Jim, for
the fine cooperation in the past re-
garding Grass Silage, as well as
everything else about my farms.
Sincerely yours, ...
ANDREW J. SORDONI
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This is the n
4 and priced so moderately.
BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY
TO TOYLAND TODAY !
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Dainty Panties make appreciated
Bedroom Slippers, soft leather
soles with leather heels. Many
colors, 59c.
gifts.
Wide selections—25¢ and
50c. :
ew Dallas 3c,
10c to $1.00 store . . . a grand
place to do your Christmas
gift shopping . . . it's so easy
and pleasant to select from
fresh new stocks in this larger,
more convenient store. You'll
be surprised, too, at the many
new lines you'll find here . . .
HERE COMES THAT MAN AGAIN...
Township Grade Pupils
Will Present Operetta
“The Kidnapping of Santa Claus”,
an operetta, will be presented by
the students of the first six grades
of Dallas Township school in the
school auditorium December 19 at 8
o'clock in the evening.
Miss Lena VanTuyl, general chair-
man of the performance, is being
assisted by the following: Misses
Evelyn Everard, Emily Goldsmith,
Ruth Carbaugh, Martha
Mary Jackson, Iona Evans, Arline
Davis, Dorothy. Williams, Mrs. Ruth
Hazel Wyrsch.
Rotary Club Admits
Three New Members
Zehner,
Motion pictures showing the com-
plicated processes involved in the
production of Ford automobiles were
shown by a Ford Motor company
representative at the dinner meet-
ing of Dallas Rotary Club last night
at Irem Temple Country Club when
three new men were admitted to
membership.
Dallas Rotary now has an enroll-
ment of twenty-four. Those admit-
ted last night were: Paul Warriner,
mining engineer, DeMunds; M. J.
“Dyke” Brown, contract trucker,
Dallas, and Harold Catlin, aeronaut-
ical engineer, Goss Manor.
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Electric Clock is a gift the whole
family will enjoy. Very low price,
$2.25.
Never have we carried so fine a line of
beautiful dolls as this year. We are featur-
ing the nationally famous Horsman Dolls.
Intruders Leave
Tenants Cold
Iron Bar Saves
Bar At Hayden's
Tenants of the Sullivan Building
on Main Street were inconvenienced
during the cold snap on Wednes-
day morning by frozen water pipes
and absence of heat after unknown
persons attempted to force an en-
trance to Hayden's Cafe sometime
after midnight Tuesday.
Thwarted in their attempt to
force a heavy iron bar that locked
doors to the cafe, the intruders
turned their attention to the cellar
of the building where they ripped
out electrical wiring on the heating
system allowing the fires to go out
with resultant frozen water pipes.
Dallas Sunday School
Will Conduct Social
Sunday School of Dallas Metho-
dist Church will conduct a secial
in the church basement at 7:30 this
evening. Each class will have charge
of a booth where it will display and
sell its wares. A program will be
presented by the Sunday School
Class members. Mr. Louis LeGrand,
superintendent, is in charge.
You can buy them on a convenient lay-away plan. The little
fellows illustrated above are Heart Breakers.
50c and $1.00.
Priced at 25¢c,
What could be more useful
than a lamp for Christmas.
PIN-UP LAMPS
$1.00
TABLE LAMPS
$1.59
Maple Lamps and a beauti-
ful selection of lamp shades
to make old lamps look like
new.
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Waa ie FREE
Bath Perfume Sets delight fem-
inine hearts. Prices range 10c,
25¢ and 50c.
{filling can be started again. Some |
Upon my return from the New! |
: i told the b that might say that you cannot make |
ggrsey mesting, | to 2 05s Grass Silage and hay at the same;
$ . i
we were Grass Silage bound, and! Same a
instructed them to have everything time: but we were through filling, J
we would need ready by June 1, your silos when it was. time to make |
1940. This consisted of having the ‘hay. Another nice thing about it is |
silos reinforced by putting on the | that the first cutting of clover and,
extra hoops necessary to care for Alfalfa, which makes excellent sil- |
the increased pressure, which is 28S never makes No. 1 hay. so
about 25% more with Grass Silage Regarding silos leaking, our silos
than with corn silage, windrower
attachments for our mowing ma-
chines, tractor and horse-drawn
(they both worked
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and what is more he’s got a Big 36-Page Picture Book, “Santa Claus at
TO INVITE YOU TO HIS TOY SHOP!
F R E E = accompanied by mother or dad. It’s full of pictures and clever rhymes!
You'll love it. Quantities limited . . . come early!
Wonderful Wind-up Trains
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didn’t leak ‘any more with grass
than they did when filled with |
corn. There is a stronger odor from |
splendidly), the grass and molasses than from |
green crop hay loaders, which 1, corn, but we concentrated all the | FAVORITES
i the dry hay |juice that leaked out to a drain >
Pa Dn bo handle | Which we connected to the sewer | Our hard Christmas candies are fa-
line. This took care of the odor|3 mous for flavor and freshness. All
green grass because of the extra { are especially low priced. Clear toys,
EEIEILLE
Modeled after the famous New York train, “Com-
Big beautiful heavy duty truck load- € } !
modore Vanderbilt,” streamlined whizzers. Five
ed with a steam shovel that operates
: about the barn. We also washed the | § y . ; i kk. .Sh 1
weight. ; § h . . by itself. Here’s two pieces of cars, 10 sections shining track. , oot real
J We used 1% ton dump trucks oe 2 a Soom Whe® the | has ized Done 55 clusters Jed equipment two boys can "3 (isensleen . sparks from engine. zeal
A : : ides. [Juices Ww. a ou ame | » : 2 with at the same time. wind-up motors.
with bodies that have drop sides rancid. When we had the silo al | ing fresh weekly.
This type, with sides dropped, makes
the body about 2 feet 6 inches wid-
er, hauling from 1% to 2 tons grass.
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Lincoln Logs Darts Bingo
most filled, we covered the grass!
with cheap roofing paper, and then
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the grass. Loading can be done | 20d weeds from hedge rows, on top. ¥
without using an extra man, but p|of the paper. When we opened the | y pT
don't think it pays, especially on first silo, we found about the same | 4 ee {
short hauls. ‘With a man loading, amount of waste you would have in i i 3 [| RHEE)
you get about twice as much on |? silo filled with corn. | ° i 0G
each truck. We changed our en- The cows like it very much. We 4 a
silage cutter from’ % inch to cut|>r® feeding the same amount of i : Co re {
14 inch cut the second day, as we Grass Silage as we did corn silage ' American made. Many new and nov- 4 |
found the grass didn’t pack good last year. The milk production is| el numb ers. Christmas wreaths, {
when cut ¥% inch long. | just about the same, or if anything, | ¥ lights, tinsel and cellophane orna-
Also, we installed a 15-gallon tank |a little higher. | Wo ments, ; : : Bingo for fun for every-
and hose on the cutter to run mo- Excellent Milk Color | Authentic Lincoln logs — Darts is a swell game body. Plenty of cards and
lasses to the bottom of the blower | It will be a splendid thing to hold § Bald los Cabins or an en- everybody ig .16-inch pinches foe 8 hig party.
casing, which seems to be the best |the same color in the milk the year I il Tr 2 5° ar ee Board, 50° ay 50¢ 2 25¢ 10°
place to apply the molasses to the around, due to the carotin being | § 50s. Sailer sets Teo darts to sot. wo Bi
¥ grass. This outfit has a valve on. preserved in the grass. The influ- | § ; mad a a a ia sans
{ it which is automatically controlled jence on color being practically the | CSS RSA RR RA A RR RS BRB AR RE SS TE RR RE RR RRR RR 43
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same with Grass Silage as with pas
ture. What a satisfaction it will be |
to see all of our fields covered with |
a good heavy sod during the Winter
and Spring months, instead of look-
ing at ditches washed through them, |}
and thousands of tons of top soil!
carried down the Susquehanna River N *
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ecause O ying unprotected 3
/ by the feed rolls of the cutter. Thus
) applying molasses as soon as the
grass starts through the cutter and,
of course, stopping the flow of mo-
lasses when the grass stops. This
line also has a valve which is man-
ually controlled. Some trouble was
experienced with the blower pipe
yi becoming blocked when starting the
grass through the cutter, which we
Drum
Big and colorful with 50¢
plenty of rhythm.
DALLAS 3c. 10¢ & $1.00
E. WILLIAMS, Manager :
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