—Lancaster farming, Saturday, September 23,1978 York Coilll
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Patty Greek 9 17
and now has
By JOYCE BUPP
„ Staff Correspondent
DELTA - Six years ago,
the William Greek family
decided that the tune had
come to leave the Fallston,
Md. housing development
that was then home and find
a quieter, more rural
location.
That move north
ultimately involved their
children in Pennsylvania's
dairying industry and
propelled pretty, dark
haired Patricia to the throne
of the York County Dairy
Prmcess.
After relocating to rural
southern York County, at
Delta R 2, son Leonard
Greek, then 13, acquired a
registered Holstein calf and
found himself a member of
the 4-H dairy clubs.
“You know how it is with
brothers and sisters,”
recalled Patty Greek with a
grin. “If Leonard had a calf,
than I wanted one, too. And I
became interested in
dairying.”
Leonard went to work part
time after school for
neighbors Paul and Kathy
Ring of Kingway Farms.
Patty’s original 4-H project
heifer, “Kingway KV
Luscious Laurie,” came
from that herd, and was
sired by Kingway Bess Ivan
Viking.
Together, “Luscious
Laurie” and Patty have won
quite a collection of ribbons
in youth and open class
exhibiting. As a 2-year-old,
the heifer took the cham
pionship of the 1977 York
County 4-H show, and just
last week, Laurie topped the
three-and-four dry class at
the York Fair.
After presenting Patty
with a heifer calf, Laurie
finished her first lactation
with a 14,700 pound milk, 625
pound butterfat record.
Patty also owns one other
cow and two calves, and
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RD3, Ephrata, PA 17522 (Hinkletown) Ph 717-354-4631
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Closed Tues , Wed & Sat at 5 30 P.M
participates in a variety of
other 4-Hactivites.
Interest in the dairy
business continued to grow
within the Greek household.
When Patty entered ninth
grade at Red Lion Area High
School, she followed
Leonard’s footsteps and
enrolled in the agriculture
program, while also
carrying business courses.
The high school’s ag
curriculum put Patty m the
Future Farmers of America,
where she earned her
Greenhand and Chapter
Farmer degrees and served
as parliamentarian. As a
member of the chapter’s
dairy judging team, Patty
has competed at the FFA’s
Penn State judging ac
tivities, and finished as tenth
high individual last year,
with the Red Lion team
placing second in the state.
She has also carried
vegetable, horse and beef
projects through the FFA
program.
A 17-year-old senior, Patty
will try this year to earn her
Keystone Degree, an honor
bestowed upon only a select
group of outstanding FFA
members from across the
state.
After his graduation from
Red Lion, Leonard made the
decision to strike out on his
own and build a dairy herd.
Patty supported his goal
with her enthusiasm and
willingness to help and they
combined their animals to
form the foundation of a
milking herd on the family’s
Pearce-Oakes property.
First, the bam on the 20-
acre farm had to be
remodeled, with comfort
stalls and a milk house
added for the dairying
operation and an adjacent
calf pen and maternity
facility constructed for herd
additions. A silo was added
and 120 rented acres were
mcluded in the cropping
a dairy
program to feed toe small
but growing rfgu>t».m'
Holstein herd.
In July of 1977, the first
shipment of milk was picked
up at the Greek farm by a
truck from Maryland
Cooperative Milk Producers
of Baltimore and Leonard
and Patty were in business.
Currently, the Greek bam
houses 21 head of milking
animals and over two dozen
young heifers and calves.
Com, oats and alfalfa and
timothy hay comprise the
crops raised to feed the
Pearce-Oakes herd.
Patty’s favorite barn
chores involve the milking
and feeding of the cows and
calves. While she does lend a
hand in the field at times, the
barn work is still her first
choice.
“I’ll help to bale and chop,
but I don’t particularly care
for those jobs,” she ad
mitted. “Really, I prefer to
be with the animals.”
Following graduation next
June and her busy year of
representing the county’s
dairy farmers, Patty hopes
to find a job that wall com
bine her interest in the milk
production field with the
office skills she’s studying at
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she grew
operation of her own
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A transplanted suburbanite, Patty Greek has taken an exceptionally strong
interest in dairying. i>he has her own herd, is enrolled in the vocational
agriculture program at Red Lion Area High School, and participates in area
shows and fairs. She is happiest when she is working with cows. This coming
Wednesday she’ll be competing for the title of Pennsylvania Dairy Princess.
Red Lion. She is considering
taking additional courses at
a specialized business
school, but has not made any
defenite committment
toward a specific one.
MR. DAIRYMAN ...
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Depending On Your Type
Of Operation, You Can
Pay Off A THERMA'STOR In
Qne Year's Time On
Electricity Bill Savings.
&
in town -
up
The shiny crown and silky
white banner of the dairy
princess have taken friend
ly, • outgoing Patty to
speaking engagements with
Farm Women groups, the
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SATISFACTORY JOB
ON DIESEL OPERATED
BULK MILK TANKS.
Grange, Bible School
youngsters touring Avalong
Farmsdairy and cattle
barns, and to several
parades and cattle shows
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