VOL 27 No. 32
Patty fife 'grows 'em Potter ”
BY DONNA TOMMELLEO
OTTSVILLE The dairy in
dustry, like most industries, often
measured by dollars generated,
market impact and join created.
Much credit also is given to
researchers responsible for
inroads in genetics, nutrition,
healthcare, etc.
Beneath the surface, however,
lies an invaluable quality that
contributes beyond the most
sophisticated business analysis or
laboratory. The family structure,
bonded together by generations of
toil, hardship, laughter and love is
the unsung hero of this great in
dustry.
Responsible adults, necessary to
operate this sometime troubled
world, draw from their
background for needed strength
and support. The chores and
challenges of dairy farming often
provide -the responsible
lackground. And one Bucks
County family views life on a dairy
farm as the only way to grow.
L.F.'s salute to our dairy farm families
Four Sections
"1 wouldn’t trade it in on
anybody’s lifestyle,” says Susan.
Her brother Pen agrees, “It was
a perfect childhood. We lived it to
the hilt every chance we got.”
Their sentiments were echoed by
two more siblings Jim and Emily.
On these next few pages. Pen,
Jr., 30, Jim, 28, Susan, 27 and
Emily, 23, the children of State
Agriculture Secretary Penrose
Hallowell and wife Trish, pull
together years of memories of
growing up on a dairy farm.
Recording a family’s growth on the pages of a photo album
has long been an American tradition. To the right, the four
Hallowell children, in younger days, (i to r) Penrose, Jr., Jim,
Susan and Emily line up in their Sunday best. Below, the
family adds another chapter with a third generation. The
group includes (standing I to r); Emily, 23; Jim. 28 and wife
Nancy; Trish; Pen, Jr. holding son Benjamin, 2 1 /z-years-oid;
Susan, 27; seated, Penrose, Sr., with 5-month-old grand
daughter Elizabeth (Jim and Nancy’s daughter); and 4-year
old Jesse (Pen Jr.'s son).
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 5,1982
Says Pa's first family of farming
Chores at the PennyweU Farm
required an annual family meeting
to assign after-school duUes,
recalls Pen. Jr. He would in
variably volunteer to shovel silage
just two days a week.
‘T hated doing that the most,” he
laughs.
Jim adds, “It was only a twelve
foot silo. Dad could go up there and
unload in five minutes. The two of
us would go up and it would take a
half an hour.”
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