VOL 32 No. 43
These 1987-88 county dairy princesses will compete for the
State title on September 19 In Harrisburg.
Front rows (L to R): Vanessa Daniel, Northampton Co.; Susan
Renee Post, Erie Co.; MaTJCHSTShearer, Juniata Co.; Junia Laugh
ery, Crawford Co.; Tricia Roseberry, Clearfield Co.; Nanette
Buahong, Lancaster Co.; Margie Fuoss, Lycoming Co.; Stephanie
Meyers, Franklin Co.; Belinda Loht, Mifflin Co.; Patricia.Dunk
leberger, Cumberland Co.; Pamela Klndlg, PA DAIRY PRINCESS;
Josephine Hess, Adams Co.; Linda Hockman, Bucks Co.; Rebec
ca Sonnen, Lebanon Co.; Cheryl Taylor, Bradford Co.; Clarinda
Leatherman, Berks Co.; Cindy Deabenderfer, Indiana Co.; Cathy
Alt, Bedford Co.; Betty Jo Douglass, Potter Co.; Stephanie Walker,
McKean Co.; Julie Metz, Huntingdon Co.; Amy Heasley, West-
Princess Coronation Set For Sept. 19
Pennsylvania Dairy Princess
and Promotion Services has
announced that it’s 31st Annual
Dairy Princess Pageant will be
held on Saturday evening, Septem
ber 19th, at the Harrisburg Mar
riott. A milk punch reception will
Vote Yes For Farmland
BY
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
When you get right down to it,
ag land preservation really is good
for everybody. It is good for all the
taxpayers because agriculture is
Pennsylvania’s number one
Workshop Aids In Nutrient Management
BY LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster “All fanners have
a problem with nutrient run-off,”
Penn State’s Professor of Soil Che
mistry Dale Baker said. “But,” he
told the Nutrient Management
Workshop held at the Lancaster
County Farm and Home Center on
Tuesday, “Farmers don’t realize
that they have a problem.”
In an effort to assist farmers in
curbing excessive soil nutrients,
Penn State Cooperative Extension
Service sponsored the one day
workshop, featuring seven of their
start at 5:30 p.m. followed by a
banquet at 6:30 p.m. and the
Pageant.
Forty-two county Dairy Prin
cesses will compete for the title of
Pennsylvania Dairy Princess now
held by Pamela Kindig of Lancas
revenue-producing industry of our
tax base. It is good for workers
because of the multitude of jobs
created by agri-business and
related manufacturing enterprises.
It is good for the naturalist because
it provides breeding and living
grounds for wildlife and birds. It is
Penn State College of Agriculture
staff.
Water quality problems are
affecting the ecological health of
the Chesapeake Bay and the coun
ty’s ground water. Studies show
that much of the damage is linked
to soil erosion and nutrient over
loading from Lancaster County
farmland. Over one-half of the
manure production happens in the
southeastern part of the state.
With slides, charts, graphs and
computers, the speakers showed
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 29, 1987
ter County. This is the largest
group of county princessps to com
pete for a number of years. The
newly selected Princess will reign
for a period of one year from Sep
tember 1987 to September 1988.
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good for hunters because farm land
provides food and shelter for small
game and deer. It is good for vaca
tioners because farm land provides
a restful backdrop for a trip any
where, even to specifically visit
the farm land.
It is good for consumers because
food grown close to home is
fresher and costs less. And of
course, it is good for farmers
because they can make a living and
raise their families around them.
So with all these things' going
for it, you would think that to keep
good agricultural land in produc
tion in Pennsylvania would come
naturally. But it just isn’t that way.
With the competition between
growing crops and building houses
and highways in many areas of the
state, especially in die southeast
part of Pennsylvania, the value of
land for development has
exceeded by two or three times the
value for farming.
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moreland Co.
Third row (L to R); Nancy Vail, Wayfte Co.; Kimberly Dietrich,
Sun-Area; Paula Younklns, Armstrong Co.; Gail Carpenettl, Sus
quehanna Co.; Elisa Wilkinson, Chester Co.; Jennifer Barnett,
Somerset Co.; Mary Frederick, Clarion-Venango Co.; Sally
McClintock, Sullivan Co.; Lori Yost, Columbia-Luzerne Co.; Jenny
Sue Bigelow, Blair Co.; Stephanie Corbin, Jefferson Co.; Susan
Slater, Montgomery Co.; Christina McDowell, Beaver-Lawrence
Co.
. Top row (L to R): Martha Hartle, Centre Co.; Suzanne Hash, York
Co.; Angela Haas, Mercer Co.; Michelle Lusk, Washlngton-Greene
Co.; Jennie Groover, Tioga Co.; Tammy Lesher, Dauphin Co.;
Robin Curtis, Warren Co.; Jeanne Kummer, Butler Co.
Karen Baker (center) with the Elizabethtown
supreme champion trophy and her family. This trophy
comes after the grand champion cow, sheep, hog and
steer are brought Into the show ring for a panel of four
experts to decide which animal represents its species.
And this year Karen’s prize hog was the Judges’
selection.
Karen’s family surround her. (L to R) Melissa (who
had the deserve grand champion hog) Marlin, Nancy
and six-year-old Amy who gives a lot of sisterly
support.
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