■2O-LaiicMtM- Farming, Saturday, luna 20,1957
ANNVILLE - Rebecca Sonnen newqmper. *■ a men ?^ r
became the latest ambassador for I**!?' ™*™h in B
the Lebanon County dairy industry J*"® “** Natlonal Honor
June 13 at the county’s annual s . . .. ~
dairy princess pageant. 10 V* e u *“ re *he
Angela Bollinger received the of Paul M. and Marilyn
alternate dairyprincess title at Soman, Richland, plans to attend
ceremonitii held at the AnnvUle college to major in com-
Elementary School. munications and public relations.
The 19ff7 dairy princess will be a The So““ns raise a hert of 80
senior at Conrad Weiser High Hollins on their 200-acre farm
School this fall where she belongs ** P® rt of presentation, the
to the Future Fanners of America port 7 y * d
and works' on the school Riding Hood «nying a
basket of dairy products to her
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Notebook
Ida Risser
Recently I attended “Craft
Days” at the Landis Valley
Museum near Lancaster. I went
with several of my children in
fact our milk tank driver said our
place looked like a lot for used
cars. Considering the fact that I
purchased a new one not so long
ago that statement didn’t make me
too happy. One was a rented car as
our daughter flew from Atlanta as
a consultant for her recent em
ployer.
But back to the craft show at the
museum. There were some 30
volunteers demonstrating their
particular interests. I’d guess we
saw only half of them as they were
scattered over the grounds.
Many brought back memories.
Broom making was in process and
I remembered that my grand
father grew broom corn and then
Red Meat
Production
HARRISBURG -
Commercial red meat
production in Penn
sylvania during April
1987 totaled 82.8 million
pounds dressed weight
basis. This is down eight
percent from last April
according to the Penn
sylvania Agricultural
Statistics Service.
Beef slaughter at 106
million pounds
hveweight was down 12
percent from April 1986.
Total head slaughtered
was 89,100, down 14
percent. The liveweight
averaged 1,189 pounds,
up 29 pounds. Veal
slaughter was down 16
percent to 3.5 million
pounds liveweight. Calf
slaughter of 19,400 head
was down 17 percent,
and the average
liveweight increased
five pounds to 179.
Hog slaughter at 30.4
million pounds
liveweight was down
three percent from last
year. Total head
slaughtered at 127,200
was down five percent
but the average
liveweight was up four
pounds to 239. Lamb and
mutton slaughter was
1.3 million pounds
hveweight, up 12 per
cent. The number
slaughtered was 13,500,
up 12 percent from last
April. The average
liveweight was -un
changed at 99 pounds.
Rebecca Sonnen Named Lebanon County Daily Princess
had it made into child-sized
brooms for his grandchildren.
The blacksmith shop reminded
me of the times that I led our two
work horses, Ben and Fred, to the
shop five miles away. No, I wasn’t
allowed to ride them. I had to lead
them to the shop.
The most interesting demon
stration to me was the flax and
wool processing. I’m always
amazed at the time consumed in
making a small amount of thread.
And, then when I considered that it
had yet to be woven into cloth.
Even the preparation of the flax
plants, before spinning could
begin, was tremendously time
consuming. When I grew flax in
my garden, I always enjoyed the
beautiful small blue flowers that it
had.
This year I didn’t notice that
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Grandmother’s house. She ex- She is a member of the Elco 4-H
plained the facts of and need for dairy club and the county’s junior
each dairy product in her basket. Holstein club.
‘Little Red Riding Hood’ noted that Upon graduation, Angela plans
Grandmother always said, “A to enter college and major in dairy
dinner without cheese is like a kiss, science. She presently lives with
without a squeeze.” her family on their 130-acre, 100-
The alternate princess is the 16- head Holstein farm,
year-old daughter of Donald and Also competing for the title were
Rosene Bollinger, Newmanstown. Marcy Barnhart, Sherry Don-
Angela will be a senior at Elco moyer, Sheila Hostetter and Laura
High School this fall. In high school
she is active in the FFA Chapter
and the National Honor Societv.
Horse And Pony
The Broken Bit Horse and Pony
4-H Club will hold a horse show
June 21 at the Lower Hopewell
Horse Center. The show is
scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.
The show will offer 31 classes,
including adult’s and children’s
equitation, pleasure and racing
classes. There will also be adult,
children and racing cham
pionships.
For more information call Helen
Farrington, 717-626-7258, or Jean
Immel, 717-626-5864.
they showed filling “chaff bags”
with straw. However, I well
remember spending my youth
sleeping on a bag stuffed with
straw. It was fine at first but after
a few months it surely flattened
out. Ah, memories!
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jnnen (right) was crow; in the 1987 Lebanon
County dairy princess in ceremonies held last weekend.
Angela Bollinger will serve as alternate dairy princess.
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Judges for the event were
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Berks County Dairy Farmers
Association; Cecilia Deck, senior
home economist in the test kit
chens at Hershey Foods; and J.
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