C3o—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, January 12,1980
HARRISBURG - The
Clyde W. McConaughey, Jr.
Family of Mahoning Creek
Farms, Smicksburg, In
diana County, has been
named Pennsylvania’s
Outstanding Farm Show
Family.
Governor Dick Thorn
burgh congratulated the
McConaughey Family
during Secretary of
Agriculture’s Night, Mon
day, at the Farm Slow.
“An excellent combination
of outstanding farm records,
family participation in
agricultural activities and a
superior record of par
ticipation at the Penn
sylvania Farm Show were
major factors in the selec
tion of the McConaughey’s
USD A suspends
provision of Middle
Adantic order
NEW YORK, N.Y. - A
two-month suspension of a
milk pooling requirement
under the Middle Atlantic
Milk Order has been issued,
the U.S. Department of
Agriculture announced.
P. R. Smith, assistant
secretary of agriculture for
marketing and tran
sportation services, said the
order temporarily suspends
the requirement that a
distributing plant sell at
least 40 percent of its milk
for fluid use before it is
eligible to have all its milk
pooled and priced under the
order.
The suspension will run
from December 1979 through
January 1980.
The suspension was
requested by Michaels
Dames, Inc. The unexpected
cancellation of a contract
with the Dover Air Force
Base in Delaware has
threatened producers
supplying the handler with
loss of pooling status under
the order.
The suspension will afford
the handler time to make
changes in its milk
procurement and/or Class I
sales to remedy its pooling
problems.
In addition the suspension
assures that producers who
regularly supply the market
will continue to have their
milk pooled under the order
during December and
January, allowing them to
share in the returns from the
sale of Class 1 milk.
Smith said that Maryland
McConaugheys named Farm Show family
as Pennsylvania’s Out
standing Farm Show
Family,” said Agricultural
Secretary Penrose
Hallowell.
The McConaughey Family
includes Clyde Jr., his wife
Lois and their three
daughters, Donna, 21, a
registered nurse; Denise, 19,
a student at the Indiana
University of Pennsylvania;
and Darlene, 16, a junior in
high school. Clyde’s parents,
Clyde W. McConaughey, Sr.,
and his wife Hattie are now
deceased.
The McConaugheys farm
503 acres in northern Indiana
County. They raise 35 head
of registered Jersey cattle,
200 head of registered Duroc
swine and ~ r
and Virginia Milk Producers
Association, Inc., supported
the suspension m comments
filed with the department.
No comments opposing the
action were received in
response to the department’s
notice that the action was
being considered.
The suspension order was
published in the December
31,1979 Federal Register.
Whole wheats
top white
breads
HARRISBURG - Baked
goods tend to be uneven in
quality, but this year’s Farm
Show whole wheat bread
entries were marvelous,
according to Lancaster
County home economist
Susan Doyle, baked goods
judge at the 64th Penn
sylvania Farm Show.
Entires in this category
were way up and the
products were superior,
much nicer than the white
bread entries, she noted.
This is somewhat sur
prising because whole wheat
breads are trickier to make
than white breads. They can
easily turn out heavy or dry
if the proportion of whole to
white flour is off.
Doyle said she expects to
see more whole wheat
breads next year.
There's a trend to less
refined foods, she added.
registered Southdown,
Suffolk and Border Leister
sheep, the latter owned by
Denise and Darlene.
Clyde Sr. started farming
in 1916. At 14 years of age, he
took over responsibility for
the family’s farm. Clyde Jr.
went into partnership with
bis father when he
graduated from high school.
“The McConaughey’s
have been a very close
family and have developed
an outstanding farm
operation,” said Ward
Stover, Indiana County
Extension Director. Stover
submitted the Mc-
Conaughey’s biography to
the Pennsylvania Farm
Products Show Commission
for competition.
Pennsylvania’s Out
standing Farm Show Family
has exhibited at the Farm
Show smce 1939. The family
has exhibited Jersey cattle,
Duroc, Yorkshire and
Chester White swine, 'tfieep
and clothing.
Clyde Sr. first exhibited in
1939 when his son was six
years old. He took a railroad
car of Jersey cattle to the
show, a two-day trip. In 1941
the family started exhibiting
swine. Clyde Sr. exhibited
until 1975, when ill health
prevented him from
traveling.
Exhibiting at the Farm
Show has been a family
affair for the Mc-
Conaughey’s. In addition to
the Farm Show, they have
shown both breeding and
market swine for many
years at the Keystone In
ternational Livestock Ex
position. AH three daughters
have shown at the Penn
sylvania Junior Dairy Show.
Among the family’s many
accomplishments, they have
either exhibited or bred the
Grand Champion Duroc
Bred Gilt swine 21 times
smce they started showing m
1941. They have also
exhibited the grand
champion Jersey cow and
the grand champion
Yorkshire and Chester White
bred gilt.
The McConaugheys
claimed the Duroc Premier
Exhibitor award for 11
years, 1959-63, 1969-73, 1976
at the KILE. They have also
won premier breeder and
sire awards, and shown the
champion Duroc barrow on
rail and reserve junior
champion, junior barrow on
foot in 1974.
At the State Junior Dairy
Show, the girls have taken
many grand and reserve
championship ribbons, as
well as showmanship and
master fitting honors.
The family has also
contnOuted to Pennsylvania
agriculture through the
organizations, which they
belong to.
Clyde Sr. was president of
the Pennsylvania Duroc
Association, the Penn
sylvania Jersey Cattle Club
and the Southwestern
Pennsylvania Feeder Pig
Association.
Clyde Jr. has served as
state director of both Duroc
and Chester White breed
-associations. He has been a
member of the State Youth
Committee of Pennsylvania
Jersey Cattle Club and the
Indiana County Extension
Executive Committee.
Leadership has been a key
part of the family’s life.
Clyde Jr. has served as a 4-H
leader for ten years, Lois for
five years, and daughter
Donna for two years. Clyde
was also instrumental in
organizing the Indiana
County Livestock Sale
Committee. He has been a
continuous member, through
the 17 yearly sales which
have been held.
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In 1977 they had the high
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American Fanner Degree
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All three daughters have
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In 1979 the Pennsylvania
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Denise. Denise and Darlene
have been recognized for
outstanding achievements in
their livestock projects by
the Pennsylvania Livestock
Association.
Denise was a Penn
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National 4-H Club con
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The same year she was a
winner in the commodity
marketing program. This
year Denise will attend a
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She reigned as State Jersey
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The McConaughey family
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on a plaque which will
permanently hang m the
Farm Show Building. They
also received an individual
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