- ByKENDACEBORRY
) PEQUEA Daily goat
owners of Lancaster County
have the opportunity to band
together to learn'more and
share their experiences next
week.
Due to increased interest
in dairy goats in the area,
the first meeting of the
Lancaster County Dairy
Goat Clubwijl be held March
14 at the Farm and Home
Center, Lancaster, begin
ning at 7:30 p.m.
The purpose of the club is
to promote interest in dairy
goats in Lancaster County
and to distribute information
to goat owners. Anyone who
presently owns goats or
would like to own dairy goats
is enocuraged to attend,
according to organizational
leader Mrs. Pat Kauffman,
Pequea Rl. Suggestions for
topics and
demonstrations at coming
meetings will be sought. The
club will be used to help
create unity among goat
'owners, give a channel to
pass information between
owners, and help plot the
growth of the dairy goat
industry.
At the same time, a 4-H
dairy goat club will be
started that will be open to
all youngsters 8 to 18 years of
age. Youth and their parents
that would like to join are
urged to attend the first
meeting of the Lancaster
County Dairy Goat Club. The „
two clubs will be operated
jointly. _
“Goats'are a good pet and
an interesting animal,” Mrs.
Commercial
red meat
production
up
HARRISBURG - Red
meat production in Penn
sylvania during January
1979 totaled 91.2 million
pounds, up four per cent
from a year, earlier, ac
cording to the Pennsylvania
Crop Reporting Service.
Cattle slaughter at 77,100
head was up nine per cent
from a year earlier. Calf
slaughter at 24,900 was down
three per cent and hog
slaughter at 279,100 was
down only slightly. Sheep
and lamb slaughter at 12,100
was up 10 per cent from
January 1978.
Nationally, Commercial
red meat production in
January 1979 totaled-3.28
billion pounds, up two per
cent from January 1978. Beef
production at 2.07 billion
pounds was down slightly
Veal production at 41 million
pounds decreased 34 per cent
from a year. Pork
production totaled 1.5 billion
pounds, up nine per cent
from a year ago. Lamb and
mutton production declined
eight per cent to 23 million
pounds.
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Lancaster Co, Dairy
Kauffman stated. “If you
have a back yard, they’re
less expensive than a dog to
keep, and they’re not ex
pensive to buy, if you use
grade goats, and in the club
you wjll be able to.”
She has owned goats for
six years, the first one being
a present from her father.
Now she owns 40 goats,
mostly grades with a reg.
Toggenburg buck. She uses
the animals for milk
production, and ships the
milk to Natural-Lee, Inc.,
New Freedom. “Goat milk
is becoming more popular,”
she noted. “People may get
them as a pet and then find
that they are a good way to
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friends
We grow
get banks cleaned as well as
be»ng an endearing animal.
They’re a challenge and
their offspring are cute.”
Shetold that she would like
to see even, those people with
one goat or those just in
terested in the animal to
come and talk to other goat
owners. “There is a
possisbility that we may be
able to combine our dairy
goat 4-H roundup with one of
the local fairs,” she added.
Many plans will be discussed
at the meeting.
For more information
about the group, one can call
the Lancaster County Ex
tension Office in Lancaster
at7l7-394-6851,
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Mr
s. Pat Kauffman poses a few of her goats at her home near Pequea
She will be the organizational leader of the new Dairy Goat Club.
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