—Lancaster Fannins, Saturday, January 6,1979 26 (Continued from Page 1) of horses and eight of them will travel with him to the Farm Show. This year he will compete in the aged mares, two year olds, yearling, and foal classes. His stud will not compete due to an accident this Fall. He likes his Belgians to have white faces, manes, and tails, to contrast with their sorrel color. The horses he shows, he has raised from foals, and he breaks them himself. He told that the horses are trained when they reach the age of two years. It takes him a couple of weeks to teach a horse to work, although if he decides to train it to be a “single line leader”, the time involved is about three months. Lapp stated that be likes Belgians because they are “a breed that is easier to -train, and are gentle animals”. About half of the farm work is dime using the Jhorses, Lapp, related. He uses them'to haul manure, do all the planting and sowing, and some of the cultivating. He said that he favors horses, and enjoys working with them. ' “I’m just a horseman,” is tiie way he put it, “Not a mechanic.” & explained that a lot of HARMONY IN THE FEEDLOT WITH A CROPSTORE SYSTEM ★ Oxygen Limited Glass Lined Steel Cropstore ★ Finest non-rusting vitreous glass finish fused into both sides of heavy steel wall plates. ★ Air-Limiting heavy duty plastic breather bags for maximum protection of feed quality and preservation of peak nutritional values. ★ Proven! Laidig Bottom Unloader ... the Unloader with “Dig” built-in! Built for long, trouble-free life. Lapp preparation has been un derway on the farm to get the eight head ready for their trek to Harrisburg. He and his son started shoeing the large horses about two weeks ago, taking their time to do the job right. The excess hair on the horses was trimmed off on New Year’s Day, a task that took the entire day. A tractor trailer is used to haul the horses to the Farm Show. There they are shampooed and brushed until they shine for their competition on Tuesday. Lapp will stay "with the horses all week at the Farm Show, caring and feeding them. The Farm Show is the only competition that " Lapp competes in now, although he used to be active in other shows. At the Farm Show, there will be halter classes, then cart classes for both singles and doubles, and then six horse hitches. Thejnan, who also judges draft horses, said he has participated in the plowing contests which are held in Scbaefferstown every Fall. He also drives his six horse hitch, complete with a covered wagon owned by the Landis Valley Museum, over to the Rough and Tumble, Kinzer, where among other things he uses his horse to COSTLESS... MORE FOR YOUR MONEY! COMPLETE FEEDLOT PLANNING TO FEEDING PROGRAMS SYSTEMS, ON THE FARM SERVICE YOU CAN’T BUY BETTER - JUST MORE EXPENSIVE PENN VALLEY CROPSTORE INC. BOX 75, RDI, SCHWENKSVILLE, PA 19473 PHONE 215-287-9650 - 215-287-7315 demonstrate the treading 'the youngsters milk a cow, techniques of threshing arid ride a horse. Then he machines. takes everyone for an old He also opens the farm to tourist and school groups, and said that from about the first of April to the end of school, he is very busy showing the animals, letting The mare, Floss, an eight year old, which Lapp One year she was the senior champion mare ai raised from a foal, won its class as a two year old her dam was the reserve champion. She and h and continued her winning streak, being tops in mate have also been named the champion h tier competition as a three, four, and five year old. horse hitch. fashioned hayride. Eyeryone feasts at a barbecue bis wife prepares. He noted that the tour is usually booked solid. Last year over 4000 children ft'VVV v Those horses have become in family activities in other way s, too. Lapp showed snapshots of past weddings in the family where the Belgians appearred com- plete with a wagon to pull the wedding party from the S> <5 church to where 1 reception was held. I But right now those J animals are -being rea] for the Farm Show d] peteition 'next week they will walk, trot,, stand to be judged on (I beauty and confirmation] ★ "Yes:” Here’s The Slurrysystem with A Plus! ★ Above ground storage for Economy and Reliability. ★ Flexibility - “Tailor-made system on your Farm ★ Better utilization, Minimizes odor and Pollution Run-off. ★ Fill from bottom-crust forms on top - so prevents fly and odor. \C lil
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