—Lancaster Farm!
14
York Co. student turns
hobby into family business
By MELISSA PIPER
HELLAM - As a
youngster, Jody Patterson
always dreamed of having a
horse. After much coaxing
and gentle reminding his
parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth L. Patterson,
helped to make his wishes
come true and over the
Cleaning tack is just one of the many jobs in
cluded in raising horses. Here Jody takes a cloth to
one of his western saddles.
TUG OF WAR
First it was oxen and horse
pulls, animals putting then
weight against wagons or
sledges loaded with rock.
Then it was full size farm
tractors, active horsepower
against the static drag of,
again, loads of rock.
Today’s compact lawn and
garden tractors tug heavily
loaded platforms for
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Saturday, March 6, 1976
years, Jody has seen his
interest in horses grow from
two family pets to several
registered quarter horses.
The Pattersons moved to a
12-acre farm near Hellam,
York RII, four years ago and
have begun raising, training
and showing registered
distance in open com
petition.
Unchanged in all these
competitive events are the
cheering onlookers.
A leader has two im
portant characteristics;
first, he is going somewhere;
second, he is able to per
suade other people to go with
him.
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quarter hones as a small
family business.
Jody, 17, along with his
sister, Jennifer, age 23, have
put a lot of time and effort
into training and showing the
horses they now own and
have won several awards at
the Pa. Livestock Exposition
and the Penn National Horse
Show. The youths show in the
western equitation classes
and also in the halter
competitions.
As a member of the
Eastern York FFA Chapter,
Jody has included the horses
in his projects along with
field com and fattening beef
animals. Although the youth
has not taken work ex
perience to come home in the
afternoons, after school he
can be found working with
the animals themselves or
helping to complete a new
stable unit. ,
“I try to work as much as I
can with the horses when I
get home,” Jody noted.
“We do get home
relatively early and it has
helped me get jobs done
around the farm.”
Jody takes care of almost
every aspect of the horse
operation including training
and maintenance and refers
to cleaning the stables as the
most “tiresome” duty
required.
The FFA member also has
a keen eye for judging horses
and was the third place in
dividual in competition at
Penn State last year. His
victory was at State FFA
Days where he has also
placed high individually in
the livestock judging
competitions. Jody has
judged horses for 4-H in York
County as another youth
activity.
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Jody was a charter
member of the "Horse ’n
Round" County Club which
formed about two years ago,
and served the group as
treasurer. He is also a
member of the American
Quarter Horse Association
and the Pa. Quarter Horse
Association.
Received Keystone Degree
Jody has spent four years
in FFA work and has been
treasurer and parliamen
tarian. Committee work has
also been on his list of ac
tivities. This past January,
Jody was one of the
recipients of the Keystone
Farming Degrees, the
highest FFA degree
awarded in the state. "It was
a goal I have been working
for ever since I joined FFA,”
the youth explained. "I was
certainly happy that I got it
before leaving the
organization."
The Eastern York student
is still finishing bis senior
year in high school, but
keeps busy not only with his
horses but with building a
new stable area.
Jody’s father, who is a
stone mason, and the youth
have begun building the bam
unit during their free time.
The new area will include
several box stalls and a
small observation area for
visitors. Jody is quite proud
of the stable unit and is
waiting anxiously for it to be
finished. “We’ve worked
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working with his Quarter horses. Jody is a senior at
Eastern York School in Wrightsville.
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Although the student becoming employed full,
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