D4-Lancaster Farming Saturday, June 27,1987 Voughf (Continued from Page D 2) made syrup every year since he was four years old.” The Voughts tap about 1500 trees, half which are rented, using mostly buckets to catch the syrup. But according to Harvey, they have a couple hundred taps which they use with tubing. He feels they don’t get as much sap from the trees with the tubing, but that it’s less work. A wood-fired evaporator is used to boil down approximately 22,500 gallons of sap need to make 450 gallons of syrup which is then sold partly in bulk and partly retail. It takes 50 gallons of sap, Harvey reminds us, to make one gallon of syrup. Although all three generations of Voughts take part in the potato and maple syrup operations, Carl, a recent graduate of Penn State with a major in animal production, cares for the flock of Suffolk- Rambouillet cross ewes and lambs. Lambs are sold at the lamb pool at Wyalusing. The Voughts shear their own sheep in January just before they have their lambs. According to Harvey, when they are pregnant is the time they are most easily sheared. Then, in April and May Harvey and Carl travel through Sullivan, Bradford, and Lycoming counties to shear ap proximately 1,000 sheep. David recalls that when he was 16 years old he used to travel to farms surrounding their place, shearing as many as 3500 sheep in Lancaster County Farmers Deal Direct With The Areas Largest Full Line Power Transmission And Bearing Distributor Outlet. 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According to Harvey, the Voughts experience few out of the ordinary difficulties juggling all these endeavors, but he does admit sometimes he has to set priorities. To single out a favorite operation is tough for Harvey, but he men tions the maple syrup endeavor first. In the next breath he says he likes to see the potatoes grow He seems to like the challenge of the potatoes ‘Potatoes keep you thinking,” he says. Along with versatility, tenacity is certainly also characteristic of the Voughts It was in 1850, David says, that his grandfather pur chased the 100 acre Vought homestead for three dollars an acre, for a total of $3OO. “It took 30 years to pay the mortgage off," David observes. When his grandfather died, David says, the farm was split between David’s father and another relative. 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There are two levels of ROE shows, Class A, which are pre designated, and Class B For a show to qualify as a Class B event, at least 50 entries must be shown with no one exhibitor owning more than 25 percent of the entries. Also, the AICA show classifications and rules must be followed, and the show must be judged by an AlCA approved judge. At the end of the 1986-87 show season, 403 female entnes and 310 original 50 acres from a cousin. With the tenacity and versatility displayed by the Voughts for the past 137 years, one imagines there will be Voughts farming the family homestead for the next five genrations. i> imm It's a fact! High quality conditioned water can greatly improve your livestock and poultry performance. 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