Birth
goat
BY PAT KAUFFMAN
HARRISBURG What do
one letter, one man and one
legislator equal’ Goats at
the Expo.
Snugly bedded down in the
West Wing of the Farm Show
Complex, 43 head of goats
representing all five breeds,
made their debut
While the animals
themselves were con
tentedly munching hay in the
spacious blue pens, their
owners spent time talking
goats and explaining to
bystanders how they came to
be'mcluded in the Expo this
year.
According to Sally Rehng,
it all started at the monthly
meeting of the Blue
Mountain Dairy Goat
Association in January.
discussed the
Absence of goats at the State
Farm Show and what they
could do to correct it
A decision was made by
some of the club members
present that the most ef
fective method of obtaining
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debut at Expo
space for their animals was
a letter-writing campaign to
their legislators
As is typical with all good
ideas, the tune between
outset of idea and actual
practice tends to grow Thus,
it was approximately two
weeks or around the
beginning of February
before Sally’s husband, Ed,
got around to writing his
letter
To everyone’s
amazement, only three
business days passed before
the Rehrig’s received a call
from officials of the Expo
Furthermore, while the
club’s initial aim had been to
include the goats in the State
Farm Show, officials con
vinced them that the most
direct route to that objective
was to sponsor a show at this
year’s Expo, thereby getting
their foot in the door
The club then found
themselves with the
dilemma of organizing a
showing before Expo and
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between monthly meetings
of their club
After many phone calls,
officers established two
facts. First, that time would
not permit organizing a
show. And second, that
sufficient numbers of club
members were willing to
move quickly to permit them
to set up a display.
Three facets of the club’s
exhibit elicited the greatest
public response.
The first was the birth of
two kids on Thursday which
drew an audience of ap
proximately 50 on-lookers
The second was the
LaMancha goats which are
bom without external ears.
And the third was the goat
milk products available for
purchase.
Sherry Moyer, editor of
the club’s newsletter Goat
Notes, explained the
suspense around the pen
during the birth of the kids
was so great that nearly all
sales of products ceased
However, once the kids were
safely delivered and the
tension eased, a real run on
the ice cream supply oc
curred
Available to hungry Expo
goers were cottage cheese,
hard cheese, two flavors of
fudge, and three flavors of
ice cream
While the flow of visitors
was a disappointment to the
club members, sales seemed
proportionately high. And all
emphasized that customers
often made repeat pur
chases.
Asked about their
schedules during the Expo
stay, all emphatically
agreed they’d like to do it
agam
However, while those
present indicated they had
been approached during
their stay about organizing a
show for inclusion in the
Livestock Expo in the Fall, a
spokesman for Charles Itle,
Farm Show Manager, in
dicated this week that at this
time he has not been ap
proached by and has no
knowledge of any plans by
the club to be included in
that Exposition.
So while goats and their
owners may have one foot in
the door toward their ob
jective, it appears they need
to walk right in and have a
chat with Farm Show of
ficials if they hope to be
included in any future
functions
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The stars of the Blue Mountain Dairy Goat Club’s Expo display were these kids
born before a crowd of about fifty spectators.
West Snyder FFA shows colors
A large display billboard was erected by West Snyder FFA along Route 522
east of Beaver Springs. This was one part of the club's support of National FFA
Week. In addition, the club erected a display booth in the High School and
donated placemats to Jo-Lees Restaurant at Troxellville and Rayauda’s
Restaurant at Beaver Springs. Several members presented a program on Food
For America to the fourth grade students at Beaver Adams and West Beaver
Elementary School. These students will also be taken on a field trip to the farms
of Larry Frey, Beaver Springs and Larry Troxell, Middlecreek.
First gasohol license presented
KLEINFELTERSVILLE
The gasohol farm still of
Floyd Horst, Lebanon
County, is back in operation
legally.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 8,1980—A13
The first gasohol license to Production of gasohol on
be issued by the Penn- the Horst farm was halted
sylvania Liquor Control last November by the Liquor
Board was presented in Control Board pending
special ceremonies held on legislation. Subsequently,
the Horst farm near the State Legislature ap-
Klemfeltersville on Friday proved a bill to permit on
moming. farm production under state
license.
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