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Vol. 19 No. 30
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Dairy Month Profile .. >
Jiigging, Ayrshires -
His Key to Success
Two things set Milton
Brubaker’s dairy operation a
little bit apart from the
ordinary. First, he’s a
jugger, and has been for 14
, years. Second, he has
.eschewed the übiquitous
blddc and white cow for the
Ayrshire. , (
Last week, in our first
dairy month issue, we
contrasted a large dairy
operation with a small one.
r'Thisweek we thought we’d
talk to somebody who’s
doing something a bit out of
th£ ordinary, and Brubaker -
whcf’s known as Milt to
counfless .people throughout
ahd county - is
ahbutas outof the ordinary -
as you can get. Besides
retailing bis own Ayrshire
, milk,~Brubaker employs a .
full-time firm managertov
hamQeall the finrm chorea,
Including milking.
'Brubaker’s .Spruce Villa
' at' 660-Bnmnemlle
farm
has > beat
family' since
owned befbrc that by'the
Huber family, who acquired'
the land from William Penn
himself. . -
FARM
TRENDS
Come to the Fair Meeting
if you have any. feelings pro or con on the subject of
a Lancaster County Fair, you’ll want to attend the
meeting at 8:00 on Monday evening, June 24 at the
Lancaster Farm and Home Center. County agent Max
Smith is calling the meeting, he says, because he’s
been asked by many in the agricultural community to
explore the possibilities. Smith himself has adopted a
position of neutrality on the subject.
Farm leaders from all over the county have been
Spruce Villa milk has been
marketed to consumers in
and around lititz for almost
70 years. “My dad -started
selling milk in 1905,”
In Chester County . . .
Farm Tax Relief
Meets Scheduled
The Chester County
Cooperative Exten
sion ' Service has an
nounced that, 'several
-meetings will he held
throughout the county this
. month to inform landowners
about Pennsylvania Act SIS -
and the July 1 deadline for
applying for tax relief on
~ fahn&ndand ■ other - open 1
' space. Act 515 is a measure
which provides for lower, tax
rates -fan,landowners who
agree to keep their land in
open,,space lor a specified"
number of years.
constitutionality of
Aef*slshadbeen challenged
in the courts some tone ago.
Hip challenge became a
moot, issue in the > 1973
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Diane M.Crider '
primary election though,
with the passage of a con
stitutional amendment
permitting preferential tax
"treatment. This was the so
called Clean and Green
‘amendment- Another
preferential tax bOI, HB
1056, is now being considered
by the Pennsylvania Senate.
- ' %« , County
meetings v 'will be held to
present facts that will help
landowners decide whether
or not they should take ad
vantage of Act 515. Lan
dpwners will learn how to
.apply for tax relief, and
they’ll also be able to pick up
application forms at the
meetings.
Meetings are scheduled at
8:00 p.m. on the following
dates and at these places:.
Tuesday, June 11, Owen J.
Roberts High School
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by Diek
Wanner
In This Issue
FARM CALENDAR 10
Markets 2-4
.Sale Register 36
Farmers Almanac 6
Classified Ads 38
Editorials 10
Homestead Notes 24
Home on the Range 27
Thoughts in Passing 20
4-HNews . 23
Organic living 14
Farm .Women Calendar 26
Growing Degrees 18
Buck Tractor Pull 15
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, June 8,1974
Brubaker said, “about the
time dairies started using
glass bottles. Before that,
milkmen went from door to
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Christine Erb '
Milt Brubaker is the smiling
proprietor ofSpruce v VWa' Dairy,
Lititz. Spruce Villa is a jugging
operation through' which Brubaker
Dairy Princess Contestants
Six young ladies 'nil! be
vying for the title of Lan
caster County Deary Prin
cess on Saturday night, June
29, during the annual Dairy
Princess Pageant at the
Lancaster Farm and Home
Center. There’ll be a
reception at 6:30 p.m.,
followed by dinner at 7:00.
Ralene Harbold, 1973
Princess, will review her
year as official spokesman
for the county’s biggest
agricultural enterprise. Miss
Harbold will end her reign by
crowning her successor.
Two of the three judges for
the contest were named this
Brenda EsUeman
markets all tfte'production from his
milkinjg herd of. 50 Registered Ayr
shires. - ' ' :
week. They are former
Lancaster County Dairy
Princess Carol Hess, now
Mrs. Larry Weaver, and
Lewis Ayres, Akron,
chairman of the vo-ag
department at Epbrata Area
High School. Master of
ceremonies for the evening’s
festivities will be David
Yoder, general manager of
Atlantic Breeders.
Tickets for the affair are
available from members of
the pageant committee,
according to Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Gregory, committee
chairmen. Other committee
members are * William
Linda Kauffman
$2.00 Per Year
Deisley, Mrs. Robei
Kauffman, Robert Keet
Elvin Hess, Mrs- Samu<
Myer, Robert L. Kauffmar
Jr., Milton Brubaker, Mi
and Mrs. Clair Hershey, M
and Mrs. Raymond Witmei
and Mr. and Mrs. N. Ala
Bair.
The contestants are:
Betty Jo Bitler, 16
daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Ralph Bitler, Peach Bettor
RD2. Betty Jo is a mem be
of the Lancaster County 4-1
Golden Guernsey Club, the 4
H County Council and the 4-1
Dairy Judging Team. She i
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Sandy Kreider