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:n and Linda Smith Galen, 39, exibited a second
-3 chosen the Farm place heifer at the 1957 edition of
n Family of the Year, —the Farm Show, while sons Mike,
the family’s par- 16, and Tim, 14, have been involved
: show activities at the ’ for the past seven years.
iylvania Dairymen Awards - William L. Conyngham,
Shavertown won the Charles E. Cowan Memorial
md Larry W. Specht, right, the Cooperative Extension
Award at the 115th annual meeting of the Penn-
Dairymen's Association.
W-L Alfalfas,
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Farm Show complex over three
decades.
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Over the ye...--., the family has
won a second in the All-American
Dairy Show (1977) and a first and a
seventh in the 1979 All-American.
Last year, son Mike exhibited a
first-place dry cow in the 1985 FFA
State Junior Dairy Show, a second
place dry cow in the Eastern
National Junior All-American
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Grubb with executives of Kutztown Bologna and Country
Fresh Foods, Myerstown. From left, are Grubb; Jim Miranda,
president of Country Fresh Foods of New Jersey; and Jerry
Landuyt and Terry Kieffer, owners of Kutztown/Country
Fresh.
“I plant my 900 acres with W-L Alfalfa
because it gives me tonnage and quality.
We’ve been planting WL since the early 70's,
and we’ve had all their varieties as they've come
along. Right now, we’re using the WL 316
heavily I like it best because it comes back
quickly and stays fine When you’re doing as
many acres as I am, that leaf-to-stem ratio is
important. And we haven’t had to spray for bugs,
which says something about their pest
resistance.
Our customers want to see a good product, so I
need a seed that will give me a good tonnage
and high protein levels. With WL, I believe I'm
growing the best."
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Dairy Show and a lOth-place entry
in All-American competition.
The Smiths mainain a herd of 100
Holsteins on their 279-acre Ship
pensburg RD 5 farm. Galen is the
sixth generation of his family to
operate the farm, which dates
back to 1848.
Master Farmers
Six of the region’s
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agriculturalists were named
Master Farmers at the annual
Master Farmer Luncheon
Tuesday.
The awards, co-sponsored by the
Cooperative Extension Services of
Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Delaware, New Jersey and West
Virginia, were conferred on:
• Roy Alger of Palmyra, who
owns 183 acres and farms more
than 900.
• David Hileman of Tyrone, who
operates a dairy operation, using
advanced soil conservation and
cost-reduction methods.
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• Benjamin Dum, EUiotsburg,
who milks 55 registered Holsteins
and uses homegrown feed, forage
testing, and a herd-health
program.
• Carl Bender of Accident, MD, a
dairymen who uses cost
containment measures to keep his
operation profitable.
• Donnell Calhoun of Milford,
DE, who maintains 63,000 broilers,
also producing lima beans, peas,
sweet corn and soybeans.
• Eugenia DeCou, Shiloh, NJ,
who operates a roadside market
and a successful peach and apple
orchard in southern New Jersey.
Dairymen’s Association Award
A Luzerne County dairymen and
a Penn State Dairy Extension
Specialist were honored at the
115th annual meeting of the
Pennsylvania Dairymen’s
Association.
William L. Conyngham of
Shavertown received the 1985
Charles E. Cowan Memorial
Award, recognizing his “leader
ship contributing to the im
provement and promotion of the
dairy industry.”
His 90-cow dairy Holstein herd
last year averaged 16,000 pounds of
milk, 612 pounds of butterfat and
570 pounds of protein. Very active
in industry circles, he has been
secretary-treasurer of the Luzerne
County Dairy Herd Improvement
Association for more than 30 years.
He was a member of the Board of
Directors of the National Holstein
Association for eight years, and
was chairman of the finance and
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