El4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 4,1983
Way-Har Farms
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son, William, built 5 call hutches
for his FFA project and convinced
the Way-Har team to switch to cal!
hutches. “He does a pretty good
job, he hates when someone else
feeds them,” Wayne states, also
adding that now William does all
the calf raising. Calves are tied at
the hutches and given whole milk.
Every other day, Wayne uses the
Way-Har tank truck to pick up the
milk at the farm and take to the
store for processing. The truck is
used as a holding tank for
processing and includes two
agitators in it to simplify the
process. White milk is in the
greatest demand and first on the
agenda in processing. The milk
that is not used to fill their fluid
milk demands in the store is taken
to the Elizabethtown Creamery
where it is made into the delicious
Way-Har ice cream and delivered
fresh to the store.
Jean Luckenbill, Store Manager
since its opening in 1970 and Sandy
Hess, Store Clerk, agree that
Labor Day will see their biggest
crowds and they must be sure to
keep the grocery shelves and
produce shelves filled in addition
to the various milk and ice cream
coolers stacked with the Way-Har
delights.
"We’d be lost without her",
Wayne states when referring to
Jean. The ice cream parlor part of
the store is kept very busy during
the summer months “When the
weekends are nice they really
come for alot of the dipped ice
cream,” Sandy adds. Jean
Luckenbill has charge of inventory
as well as the various promotional
specials run throughout the year.
During June Dairy Month, milk
and ice cream specials and
discounts are emphasized during
June and advertising is done
weekly m all the area papers.
Although Wayne states, "Milk
sales are not what they used to be
two years ago,” he attributes this
to the decrease in the population.
"The schools are closing ....
parents come in with 2 kids instead
of 3 or 4”, he adds. He also adds
that they have always been
pleased with the success of their
store which is why the ice cream
parlor addition was added in 1978.
"We needed more storage”,
Wayne said. "It kept one person
busy on a Sunday just keeping the
freezers filled up”, he said in
referring to their decision to move
the ice cream to the newer part of
the store.
With 1000 + acres to farm on 5
different farms, a dairy store to
manage, and a milking operation
to oversee, duties are divided
between the Lesher families. The
father of the Way-Har team, Ar
thur, is the chief mamtanence man
and takes care of hauling the trash,
fixing fences, and building repairs.
Shirley, Wayne’s wife, does the
bookkeeping for the partnership
and takes care of the payroll.
Wayne manages the store but
does admit that he likes to do the
planting and other field work the
best. “Harold’s good at the shop
work", Wayne states and adds that
he is the reason their equipment
stays in such good shape. Busy
fixing equipment at the time of this
interview, Harold also does much
of the field work on the well-kept
Way-Har dairy.
Although William, Wayne’s son
does plan to attend Penn State in
the fall to study Ag Business, he
also takes an active part in the
operation by raising the
replacements and showing at
various fairs. Franklin Stein, the
uncle of the two brothers, lived on
the original farm as a child and
does his part in the Way-Har
promotion by guiding many school
children and their parents and
teachers over the farm and ex
plaining farm life to people on their
first visit to a dairy farm. Ap
proximately 15 additional em-
Employees at Way-Har include, from the left, Sandy Hess,
Jean Luckenbill, manager, and Lucy Hoffert.
ployees are hired for the store and remains small when compared to
farm with additional help em- similar operations but continues to
ployed during the summer months, be economical and profitable for
The Way-Har team represents these families. Being named
ingenuity and efficiency. Their “Outstanding Young Farmers” in
farm as well as their dairy store 1969 by the Jaycees, and "Master
Belleville Livestock Market, Inc.
Box 5665, Belleville, Pa. 17004
Carlisle Livestock Market, Inc.
548 Alexander Spring Rd., Car'isle, Pa, 17013
Chesley’s Sales, Inc.
11439 Wilson Road, North East. Pa. 16428
Cowanesque Valley Livestock Market
Box 212, R.D. #l, Route 49, Knoxville, Pa. 16928
Dewart Livestock Market
Box 95, Dewart, Pa. 17730
G & M Livestock Exchange
R 2, Box 236, Duncansville, Pa. 16635
Greencastte Livestock Market, Inc.
Box 86, Greencastle, Pa. 17225
Green Dragon Livestock Sales
R.D. #4, Ephrata, Pa. 17582
Keister's Middleburg Auction Sales, Inc.
Box 185, R 3, Middleburg, Pa. 17842
Lancaster Stockyards, Inc.
Box 713,1147 Lititz Pike, Lancaster. Pa. 17601
Lebanon Valley Livestock Market, Inc.
R.D. #l, Fredericksburg, Pa. 17026
Leesport Market & Auction, Inc.
Box B, Leesport, Pa. 19533
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This Message Sponsored By:
President:
LEROY WEIST
Vice President:
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Mr. Cattleman—this is the time to put your emphasis on the
RIGHT kind of MARKETING—the kind that will bring you those
extra profits and a substantial return on your investment. The
place to do this is your local livestock auction market, where you
willfind that auction prices will bring those extra profits you want.
PENNSYLVANIA
Albert Leo, Chairman Adv. Committee - Phone 717-564-1452
Harold Lesher is the family expert at equipment repair.
Fanners” in 1974, these two
brothers and their wives and
children continue to be excellent
examples of the dairymen striving
for a better life through the better
marketing for their products.
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Meadville Livestock Auction
Box 207 R.O. #3 Conneautville, Pa. 16406
Morrisons Cove Livestock Market
Box 444, Martinsburg, Pa. 16662
New Holland Sales Stables, Inc. (Mon., Wed., Thurs.)
101 W. Fulton St. Box 96. R 3. New Holland. Pa. 17557
New Wilmington Livestock Auction (Mon.)
Inc. (Feeder Pigs, Ist & 3rd Fri.)
Box 412, R 3. New Wilmington, Pa. 16142
Penns Valley Livestock Auction
P.O. Box 451, Centre Hall, Pa. 16828
Pennsylvania Livestock Auction, Inc.
Box 432, R 4. Waynesburg, Pa. 15370
Perkiomenville Sales Stables, Inc. (Wed.)
Rt. 29 & Perkiomenville Rd., Perkiomenville, Pa. 18074
Quakertown Livestock Sale (Wed.)
201 Station Road, Quakertown, Pa. 18951
Troy Sales Cooperative
Box 312, Troy, Pa. 16947
Valley Stockyard, Inc.
Box 231, Athens. Pa. 18810
Vintage Sales Stables, Inc.
Box 100. R 2, Paradise, Pa. 17562
Wyalusing Livestock Market
Wyalusing, Pa. 18853
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