4-H’er Enjoys Trip to Ireland
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are mostly Holstein, with some
Shorthorn cross. An average milk
production figure, according to
Kendace, is about 1000 gallons
per year. That’s 1000 imperial
gallons, which is equal to 1200
U.S. gallons or about 9600 pounds
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Not bad, considering that the
Irish aren’t quite as scientific as
the average American dairyman.
Kendace toured other farms in
the area, and said she saw a lot of
sheep, mostly Suffolk-Cheviot
cross. “They like ‘em big but
close to the ground,” she ex
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“You should see the way they
feed the steers,” Kendace said.
“They just throw silage on the
ground and they told me the
steers gain anywhere from two
and-a-half to three pounds a day.
They’re mostly Friesian-
Hereford cross. I was amazed
they could do so well. I never got
gains like that when I was
growing steers for 4-H projects "
Irish women are rarely found
doing field work. Traditionally,
they stay around the house,
cooking, cleaning, caring for
children, sewing. Kendace found
this tradition a bit restrictive
She did get out into the field one
day, helped put up some hay and
even got to drive the tractor.
“I kept after them to let me go
along out,” Kendace said, “and
finally there was a day when one
of the men couldn’t go. They were
amazed when they discovered
that I really could drive a trac
tor.”
Kendace discovered that most
of the hay in Ireland is stored in
the field under plastic tarps
weighted down with manure or
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trench silo. The hay is simply cut
from pasture lands, loaded loose
onto wagons and piled up at
convenient spots.
Commenting on hay har
vesting, Kendace said, “We stood
on top of the piles and tramped
around to get the air pockets out.
We kept spraying it with
molasses and water so it would
pack and keep better.”
One day was spent at a
livestock show which was strictly
a show for farmers. Prizes were
awarded to winners in dairy,
beef, hog and horse categories.
Penmanship and sewing prizes
were also awarded
“You wouldn’t believe how
everybody dresses up to go
everywhere,” Kendace said. “If
you live in Ireland, you wear a
suit or a good dress just to go to
the livestock show. Same way for
movies and just plain visits ”
One movie Kendace saw was
less memorable than the ride to
the theater. She said there were
eight dressed-up people and two
milk cans crammed into one VW
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Elwood R. Jacobs, 73,
Dies After Illness
Elwood R. Jacobs, 73, of Leola
RDI, died at the Lancaster
General Hospital at 4 a.m. Sept
3. He had been ill for the past nine
months.
He was a provision broker and
packing house representative in
Philadelphia. Since moving to
Lancaster, he was manager of
Hamilton Oil Co., until 1969.
From 1969 to 1971 he worked for
the Lancaster Farming Paper,
Lititz
A member of the Highland
Presbyterian Church, Lancaster,
he was formerly a member of the
Drexel Hill Baptist Church. He
was also a member of Excelsior
Lodge 491, Free and Accepted
Masons, Philadelphia, 32nd
degree
Jacobs was a veteran of World
War I
Born in Philadelphia, he was
the son of the late Peter A. and
Mary Michaels Jacobs.
He is survived by his widow,
Edna Horton Jacobs, two
grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs
John Patterson, Drexel Hill
bug “A bit tight,” she com
mented ’
Northern Ireland, of course, is
the scene of the well-publicized
fighting between the IRA and the
British Army. Kendace said she
didn’t see any of the conflicts,
although there were some in
cidents as close as six miles from
the McKenna farm A group she
was with was delayed once by the
British Army, but it was only for
a short while.
Prior to her arrival at the
McKenna farm, Kendace took a
grand tour of the country. She
kissed the Blarney Stone, visited
Limerick, went to a medieval
banquet where she ate with a
dagger, and stopped over in
Dublin, where her group was
hosted by the Irish Meat Market
Board. She crossed the Shannon
River on a ferry. She saw the
mine where green Connemara
marble is taken from the ground
In Ireland, Kendace met a
great many interesting people.
Big Tom was one of them. “Big
Tom is Ireland’s biggest country
and western singer,” Kendace
said. “They’re trying to get him
to America, but he won’t go
because he doesn’t want to fly.”
Kendace returned from Ireland
last Saturday, spent a couple of
days at the family farm, then
went to Kutztown State College,
where she’s a junior majoring in
library science.
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