84-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, October 19,1985
Ida’s
Notebook
Ida Risser
It is now 15 years since 1 started
writing this column for Lancaster
Farming newspaper. That means
that I’ve shared my life with
thousands of subscibers in some
780 articles
When I started writing, we had
four children at home and two in
college. Now these six are scat
tered from Old Town, ME, to
Seattle, WA, and they all have jobs
and their own homes. Meanwhile,
Show ring totem
(Continued from Page B 2)
show lineup and consequently lost
a placing or two as a result.
Beattie further recommends
"keep one eye on the judge, and
one eye on the animal, and keep
the animal’s head up-even if your
arm’s breaking.”
Most important, though, she
stresses the value of “being a good
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my husband and I are still
plugging away on the dairy farm.
I’ve decided to compare two
issues of Lancaster Farming-one
published in October 1970 and
another in October 1985. There is a
big difference and not only in size
The older one had 28 pages com
pared to today’s, which has 184
pages There were two pages
devoted to Livestock Market &
Auction News in the old issue and
loser," and relates one of her past
experiences.
"The last year we showed cattle,
we didn’t even get a blue ribbon at
the Bloomsburg show. My sister
still went and congratulated the
judge on his good judging."
And one final word from this
veteran- - You have to like to
work."
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seven pages in today s
In 1970 a dairy show was held
near Ephrata and the three top
cows sold for $1,700, $950 and $785,
while the Manhenn Fair grand
champion hog brought a record
$1 42 per pound There were only
two public sales in the October 1970
paper but today's October issue
has some 60 listed Even then there
was a Mailbox Market with 19
entries compared to 264 in 1985
Some things remain the same
Dons Thomas had an article en
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Good Nutrition.” And, an IFYE
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Women Societies reported their
monthly meetings and an in
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