Teens Tell It Like It is
The Good And The Bad Of Growing Up On A Farm
BY LOU ANN GOOD place for their children. But what
LITITZ —It’s a known fact that do kids say about growing up on
parents believe the farm is a good dairy farms?
offers opportunities for recognition and develops leader
ship qualities even though “work is there all the time.”
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These kids promised to tell the
truth about the good and bad of
growing up on a dairy farm.
CLARINDA LEATHERMAN
Glarinda Leatherman wears the
Berks County Dairy Princess
crown and holds the Pennsylvania
Alternate Dairy Princess tide. She
knows what it’s like to get up early
to milk the 60 Holsteins on her
parents’ Hamburg 147-acre farm.
She’s experienced missing out on
evening activities because dairy
farming requires “early rising and
going late to bed.”
Despite the limitations the dairy
work load imposes on the Leather
mans, Clarinda remains a loyal
farm gal at heart. “It’s really
good,” she maintains. “Mom and
Dad (Daniel and Nancy Leather
man) are always here so you leant
to relate to your family really
well.” That is not the only plus for
Clarinda, she adds, “ You never run
out of anything to do. You leant to
wok hard. It’s great!”
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ture as she hands out ribbons and touts the goodness of
real dairy products during her reign as Pennsylvania Alter
nate Dairy Princess. Here, she coaches Cheyanne Alderfer
daughter of Pat and Dave Alderfer, Harleysvllle, on the qual
ities of a good cow.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 6, 1988-813
DAVID CASSEL
Although David Cassel lives miles
from Clarinda Leatherman, he
shares similar attitudes with the
Alternate Dairy Princess. Dave
said he believes kids growing up
on the farm have a better relation
ship with their parents than most
other kids because “you get to be
home and work with your family.”
And that, he believes teaches you
how to get along with others.
He also appreciates that farming
taught him responsibility. “The
work causes a lot of sacrifice
because you need to miss out on
sports and going places,” he said,
but he believes that responsibility
gives him a lot of satisfaction and
helps mold leadership qualities.
Dave is the son of Marlin and
Susan Cassel, Manheim. They
farm 300 acres and tend 55 cows,
1,000 hogs, 100 steers and a goat.
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