County Spun Sheep Festival Set For Oct . 11 LOGANVILLE Country Spun food, country crafts and. a full Sheep Farm will host visitors for a palette of “sheepish” activities at dav of live country music, good their Loganville location Oct. 11. USDA Approves Disaster Loans loans, said Patrick Freeman of the Farmers Home Administration, the agency handling loan ap plications. Under the program, farmers in Lancaster and all contiguous counties are eligible, said Freeman. According to a damage assessment report, Lancaster County sustained $3.8 million in damages stemming from the Aug. 10 storms. Crops destroyed in cluded corn, tobacco, soybeans and hay. Ten farm homes and 25 buildings were also damaged. Farmers seeking loans should' apply at their county FmHA office. LANCASTER - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved low-interest Economic Emergency loans for farmers in southeastern Pennsylvania who suffered losses from high winds and hail on Aug. 10, according to a spokesman from Congressman Robert Walker’s office. Farmers whose cropland sustained losses of 30 percent or greater may borrow amounts up to $lOO,OOO at 5 percent. The loan rate for amounts higher than tips is 8 percent. However, only farmers who are unable to obtain credit elsewhere are eligible for the STEER FEEDER LOANS 1 / ■l7 If you need a loan to purchase steers, come and check out our 12 months, 9% fixed rate loan. Annual Loan anc ' ' nterest payment terms to match Percentage Rate Y° ur sales cycle. New Holland Farmers Natkmal L JL Rank EQUAL OPPORTUNITY LENDER NEW HOLLAND, SMOKETOWN INTERCOURSE, EDEN RD, LANCASTER MEMBER FDIC <?s t The * Saving • INTERCOURSE, PA n| ,T? (717) 768-8231 *laCo WE SHIP PARTS DAILY Via UPS - PPSH - BUS - AIR FREIGHT, ETC. It World champion sheep shearer Dave Green will shear Penn sylvania’s hardest working sheep. All the farm’s wool is spun into Country Spun 100 percent wool yarns. This fall the farm’s first line of classic women’s sweaters and vests will make their debut. Both yarn and sweaters will be sold in the farm retail shop along with sheepskins, shearling slippers, novelties for children and much more. Spinning, weaving, felting and machine knitting will be demon strated by local fiber artists who will offer their work for sale. A hearty lunch will be available at the farm’s country cafe and patrons will be serenaded by well known country music artists Don and Pam Geiselman. A sheepdog demonstration will MIDDLETOWN, DE (302) 378*9555 be provided in the afternoon. The To celebrate fall at their new feaival will be open from 10 a.m. to farm market and orchard h«ki» 4 p.m. Raindate is Oct. 12 from shop, the Brown’s will offer noon to 5 p.m. visitors wagon rides in the or- Admission to the Country Sheep chard, a chance to bob for apples Festival is free, but there will be a and the opportunity to take the $1 per car parking fee. kids’ pictures with pumpkin While in the area, visitors may people, want to stop by Brown’s Farm Conversations with a resident Market, Just a half mile south of clown, samplings of fresh cider Country Spun farm on the Old and treats from the bake shop will Trail. round out a day in the Penn sylvania countryside. Lebanon Manure Management Day Set For Oct, 16 Hoover Farms service will be outlined. LEBANON will be the site of the Lebanon Other events include a tour of the County Extension Hoover’s dairy and beef manure Manure Management Field Day on storage system and a demon- Oct. 16, from 11a.m. to 3 p.m. stratum of the MobUe Nutrient Participants will view a com plot Lab. where manure nutrient The field day, including lunch, is management research is tin- free. Registration is required by derway. There will be demon- Oct. 10. strations of manure spreader and Hoover Farms is located at the spreader truck calibration, and the intersection of Routes 322 and 934. county’s free manure spreading MADISON SILO CO. OF PENNSYLVANIA 1070 Stemmetz Rd , Ephrata. Pa 17522 Phone 717 733-1206 Lancaster Famine, Sateriay, Oeteber 4,1HM31
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