—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Dec. 4, 1976
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News - Nutrition
From Pa.’s Dairy Princesses
By SHERRY BISHOP
Bucks County
Dairy Princess
Since I was chosen Bucks
County Dairy Princess in
June, I have attended many
county activities. Grange, 4-
H and farmer’s meetings are
just a few of them.
On September 11, the
Bucks County Farmers’
Association held its annual
Open Gate Farm Tour. This
year there were many dif
ferent attractions on our tour
including swine, beef and
horse operations, a
greenhouse, an orchard, a
raw milk store and a dairy
farm. One dairy farm was
owned by my parents, Paul
and Betty Bishop.
We have a family
operation, milking 60 cows,
with 40 heifers. On the
Saturday of the tours, we had
fair weather and over 2000
people to go with it. Many
visitors were surprised to
see how clean a dairy really
was and how we strive to
produce a good quality milk
for the consumer. There
were many questions to be
answered, but the most
asked one concerned the
gestation period of the cow.
We sponsored a name-the
calf contest for the children.
The winning name was
“Teardrop.” That day was
great! All the youngsters
had a chance to touch cows,
calves, chickens, lambs, and
pigs. Many were from the
Philadelphia area, and their
mothers were eager to try
the dairy recipes I handed
out
I believe if we take a little
time and helo the public
better understand our
situation, they will not be as
eager to complain about
prices. There were many
people who couldn’t believe
the mvestment that a farmer
has and the amount of work
involved in a dairy
operation. Our relationship
with the public must be a
two-way street. We want to
know why they complain;
they don’t understand why
the price of milk or beef
rises. If each one of us
speaks with one housewife,
or contacts our local dairy
princess to visit with in
terested groups, maybe then
we can spread an un
derstanding “as thick as
butter.”
TRY A
CLASSIFIED
Put Christmas Cactus in
NEWARK, Del. - Poin
settias, Christmas Cacti, and
Kalanchoes (pronounced
kal-an-koy) are all favorite
Christmas plants. They are
perfect for this time of year
because they all develop
their flowers when days are
short and nights are long.
To help these plants
bloom, they must be kept in a
room which is not used at
night and where the lights
are not turned on. Just
walking m and out of the
room and turning the lights
on and off will cause a delay
in flowering. If no room is
available and you’re
tiome Ec • leader named
NEWARK, Del. - Mary
Ann Finch, former state
family and child develop
ment specialist, has been
appointed the new state
leader for home economics
Extension, according to Dr.
Samuel M. Gwinn, director
of the Delaware Cooperative
Extension Service.
A native of Tennessee, Ms.
Finch holds a B.S. degree
(1964) from Tennessee
Technological University in
the field of home economics
education and an M.S.
degree (1968) from the
University of Missouri at
Columbia m child and family
development. Prior to
coming to Delaware she
worked for seven years as an
Extension child development
area specialist out of an
office in Benton Mo.
As an extension specialist
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closet for best blooming results
determined to flower these
plants by Christmas, there is
another way to give them the
kind of light they need. Just
put them m a dark closet at 5
p.m. every night and bring
them out again at 8 the next
morning.
Poinsettias are the most
exacting and difficult of
these three plants to flower.
Still, many gardeners save
last year’s poinsettia, grow it
through the summer and
succeed in getting it to
rebloom.
The plant needs a warm,
draft-free area with all the
natural daylight it can get
she has been active in
establishing family planning
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Social Service. She has
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during the day. An east or
south window is ideal. It
must be kept moist, but the
•soil must drain well and
never waterlog. Feed your
poinsettia weekly with house
plant fertilizer until the
bracts are well colored.
Christmas cacti and
kalanchoes are much easier
to grow than poinsettias.
Electric light is not as
critical and both are less
exacting house plants in
general. Both will benefit
from being placed in an
unused room with good
sunlight during the day, and
will need less water than a
poinsettia. You can
sometimes encourage t>uds
on the Christmas cactus by
running the soil a little dry
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cooler room.
Once plants start to blooi
they can be brought out ir
lighted rooms where you c
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