VOL. 32 No. 34
The Junior Division Winner of the National Holstein Youth Dairy Bowl was from
Somerset County. (I to r) Heather Welch, Dave Welch co-coach, Matt Welch, Thad Will,
Ron Kimmel alternate. Jenny Welch, Jennifer Brown alternate and Connie Welch co-
The winning team of the Senior Division of the National Holstein Youth Dairy Bowl was
from Maryland. (I to r) Donna Myers co-coach, Matt Jager, Troy Moxley, Nancy Rowel,
Julie Walbert, and Danny Wilcom alternate.
Farm Preserved In Martic Township
A Martic Township dairy farm
located just south of the Steinman
Estate will be forever farm and
fc-est Fred and Evelyn Handel,
owners of the 112 acre farm, have a
deep love for the land which in
cludes prime farmland and
wooded hillsides and springs along
the upper reaches of the Tucquan
Creek The small dairy farm has
been in the Handel family for
generations, and Fred Handel said
"We just don’t want to see houses
all oxer this farm. I promised my
dad and we’re going to do what we
can ’’
The Handels have made an
important decision to donate
most of the value of a permanent
easement on the farm .while ac
cepting partial compensation. This
will result in some cash equity for
the development rights and a
conservation contribution the
IR S recognizes as tax deduc
tible
1" or the first time, a conservation
ensement will be secured
cooperatively by Lancaster County
conservation organizations,
n lends of Agricultural Land
[reservation, the Lancaster
County Conservancy, and People
for the Preservation of Martic
township (PPrOMT) have agreed
o share m the costs of acquiring
•he conservation easement which
will protect the farmland and
woodland in perpetuity. While
“Friends,” the Conservancy, and
PPROMT will provide the com
pensation incentive, the easement
will be held by the Lancaster
County Agricultural Preserve
Board and the Lancaster County
Conservancy.
Across the road from the Handel
farm, there have been a number of
proposals for development of the
Steinman estate, the most recent
of which would have “urbanized”
the Martic countryside. Mr. and
Mrs. Handel “hope that others will
follow” in their footsteps and make
a commitment to land preser
vation. A public hearing will soon
be scheduled on the farm.
Anyone with additional interest
in Farmland Preservation may
contact the following
organizations
Friends of Agricultural Land
Preservation, P 0 Box 3480,
Lancaster, PA 17603, James A
Jolly, President, Telephone 872-
4053
County Conservancy
P 0. Box 716, Lancaster, PA 17603-
0716, Robert Vanderslice,
President, Telephone: 569-5677
People for the Preservation of
Martic Township, Marticville
Road, Pequea, PA 17565, Gerry
Gammache, Secretary,
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 27,1987
Telephone; 284-2111.
Lancaster County Agricultural
Preserve Board, 50 North Duke
Street, P.O. Box 3480, Lancaster,
PA 17603-1881, Alan R. Musselman,
Director, Telephone: 299-8355.
State FFA Officers
Lamar Gockley of Mohnton
was one of eight FFA'ers
elected to a state officer
position during FFA Activities
Week at Penn State
University. For more on
Lamar and Activities Week,
turn to page B 2
Four Sections
Don Seipt Named
National Holstein VP
BY EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
INDIANNAPOLIS, Ind. - Some
1,100 holstein enthusiasts gathered
here this week at the Convention
Center to elect new officers,
discuss the future of the breed,
compete in the Youth Bowls, see
the beautiful national sale cattle,
swap ideas, and enjoy the
hospitality of the Indiana Holstein
Association. A big order. But it
happened.
Of special interest in the East
was the election of Donald V. Seipt,
Easton as the new national vice
president. Seipt’s Keystone herd
has a current rolling herd average
National Sale Has
$140,000 Top; $8,872 Ave.
INDIANNAPOLIS, Ind. - A
pair of offerings from Penn
sylvania Holstein farms com
manded the top bids here Thur
sday at the highly toted National
Holstein Convention Sale.
At $140,000 was number one in
the catalog The first choice of
males from 7 Rotate pregnancies
due August 1987, out of Woodbine
K. Valiant Eleanor ET for
Woodbine Farms, Airville.
Knowledgeable holstein breeders
will recognize Eleanor as the
daughter of the famous 4E, 97 pt.
Northcroft Ella Elevation cow that
is the all time All American aged
cow. Eleanor has 6 excellent and 12
very good offspring to date and has
over - 200,000 pounds of milk
lifetime. A partnership from
Lancaster’s New Dairy Princess
A new dairy princess wears the coveted crown in Lancaster
County this week as Nanette Bushong, above, takes ovpr tor
Pamela Kindig, who relinquished her county title but who will
continue to serve as state dairy princess until September. For
pi «;tnry on the pageant, turn to page 814
58.50 Per Year
on 87 head of 24,597 pounds of milk,
3.8 percent and 942 pounds of fat
with a BAA of 107. All but three
cows in the herd are home bred.
In the past Keystone Farm has
bred 31 Gold Medal Dams, 47
Excellent cows, four Excellent
bulls and 134 of their cows have
lifetime production records over
100,000 pounds of milk.
Seipt fills the vacancy left when
Max K. Herzog, Sleepy Hollow
Dairy, Petaluma, Calif., was
elected president. In his speech
Herzog listed weather government
and new technology as the
unknowns m the dairy industry.
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Lansing, Michigan bought the
choice
The second high selling entry
and the first animal in the ring
brought $lOO,OOO for Pen-Col
Farms and Coldsprings Farms at
Meadville. The red bull calf is by
Enhancer out of the 2E, 91 pt.
Podonque Cavalier Ormsby Vista
cow with a top record of 36,231 m,
4.1% and 1,474 f. The Vista cow is a
known red transmitter. An Indiana
group bought the calf.
In all, 17 head came from
Pennsylvania to this Central U.S.
location. The sale average on 126
head was $8,872, with a total of
$1,117,900.
Long-Haven Stacey ET, the very
good 87 3-year old daughter of Bell
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