A2B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 16,1983 History in Oley Valley (Continued from Page A 27) For the Burditch family it was a piece of a dream, a family ac complishment, and a quiet retreat to enjoy their horses, and cattle, and to entertain friends. But, because of- the pressures of managing a thriving building business, establishing an Arabian breeding operation, and over seeing a working 95 acres of prime farmland, and with the children grown and living in California, Hidden Lane Farm will be facing the auction block on Sunday, May Ist. Everything is to go. Mrs. Burditch explained that her husband felt that as long as he owns the farm, “he must work the land and raise animals on it or it would go to waste”. Although admitting to some “help” problems, Mrs. Burditch says that the farm is “not a challenge for Nate anymore”. At times com New York state hosts dairy princess pageants SYRACUSE, N.Y. - New York State will host dairy princess pageants in forty-five counties during the months of April, May and June. The annual pageant program is sponsored by the American Dairy Association and Dairy Council as part of its com prehensive milk and dairy product promotion program, funded and directed by New York State dairy farmers. Winners of the county pageants will compete in the annual state princess pageant to be held in Syracuse on August 16-17. The title of New York State Dairy Princess will be given to the winning county contestant along with a $5OO cash scholarship. Her alternate will be Dairy Coat Meeting Penn State Dairy Specialist, doing concerning testing accuracy Donald L. Ace, will be the featured for antibiotics in goats milk and speaker at the next meeting of the ■ about the supply and demand for Dutch Country Dairy Goat Club to dairy goat milk. In addition, he will be held 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April be able to respond to individual 26, at the Lancaster Farm and questions on feeding and Home Center. management. Anyone interested in Mr. Ace will be speaking about some research work he has been muting from his home near Philadelphia, to the farm twice a day to care for the livestock, Burditch has made the decision to sell and is considering perhaps a smaller place. The sale of this splendid piece of history is to be managed by Ron Rhoads Ltd. Auction Company. Refreshments will be served by the Blind Group of the “Arts for the Blind and the Sighted”. Burditch has generously arranged to buy all the food that the group will need to sell at the sale and all proceeds will be donated to the Building Fund of the group. For a glimpse of the past; a fine 18th century homestead, an unequaled collection of antiques; or a view of exceptional horses and cattle; take a drive along Rt. 662 and look for the sale signs. Who can tell? This bit of the past could hold a piece of the future for you. awarded a $250 cash scholarship. - Potential candidates must meet several basic requirements in order to compete in the pageant. Generally, applicants must be a senior in high school, no more than 24 years old, unmarried, with a dairy farm background. According to Donna Baker, ADA/DC county promotion director, the dairy princesses "play an invaluable role in New York’s dairy promotion program.” New York girls interested in obtaining further information on the pageant program should contact Ms. Baker at the ADA/DC office, 472 South Salma Street, Syracuse, New York 13202, or call (315)472-9143. the dairy goat business is invited to attend. i, . Offspring of Antoine peer out of their stalls on Hidden Lane Farm. They include HL Amanda, Ibn Antoine and Anisette. V VTf V‘ A J Now Sol Ui WIC Lv THIS WELL-BUILT MANURE TANKER SPREADS AN EXCELLENT PATTERN ON YOUR FIELDS wel '‘ buift IT,anure tanker from WIC shoots the discharge slurry up, and even pattern your f * Ws - B “" In addition, the adanced design allows you to do the job with very few moving oarts on the spreader. Gravity settles the slurry into the fan. The fan blows the slurry over the too ma!rrt^n reader ma 6 Plpe and ° Ut the back ‘ So sim P ,e y° u know the unit will be easy to So while this well-built manure tanker comes to you under a new name, you still get the same excellent spread pattern on your fields. Write for special prices now in effect and model information to US Agri-Systems, 3053 Barren Rd., Oxford. Pa. 19363. or phone 301- 398-2948. Father and son flank Alisa Burditch on Hidden Lane Farm. J*;• > V a* A. I ICagri- U SYSTEMS Manure Management Specialists'
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