Chester Extension Programs
(Continued from Pago A 29)
being the voltmteer leader, it will
be one of their staff.”
Camp Carefree, the Easter Seal
camp, and some of the other coun
ty camping programs have 4-H
components, according to Dough
erty. The 4-H Livestock Petting
Zoo at Kimberton Fair helped to
explain farm production animals to
urban youngsters.
Extension Home Economist
Leanna Wheeler began working in
both Chester and Delaware coun
ties from the West Chester base
early in January. Her work primar
ily focuses on family finances.
“When you talk about family
resource management,” Dougher
ty points out, “it’s looking at each
family as a business.”
Mushroom/Horticultural Agent
Sam Steel joined Chester County
Extension’s professional staff
February 1. “Sam has extensive
experience in agriculture and hor
ticulture,” Dougherty declares.
“He’s worked in two states in
Extension.”
“We’ll be adding a Farm Man
agement Agent in the very near
future, who will be shared between
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here,” Dougherty adds. “We’re
doing some leam-at-homes now
where people update themselves at
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Sixty families completed the
“Managing in the 80’s’ series in
the past year.
Three program assistants who
are home economists work part
time in special areas; ‘Safe Slim
ming’; ‘Culinary Hearts’; sewing
workshops, answering phone calls
on a whole list of topics. Four
nutrition advisors, one bilingual,
work with limited resource fami
lies primarily in Coatesville,
Oxford, Lincoln University,
Toughkenamon, Kennett Square
and West Chester. Master volun
teers teach sewing and knitting.
Part-Time Horticultural Assis
tant Betty Styer spends six hours
weekly fielding questions.
Although she has moved from the
county, Nutritionist Martha Plass
Sheehe continues as menu consul
tant via her home computer.
“People are very interested in
nutrition. Any program that we do
related to nutrition or fitness fills a
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as Extension Home Economist,
she conducts a popular workshop
on seafood buying and prepara-
tion. The National Association of
Extension Home Economists pre
sented Dougherty with their Dis
tinguished Service award in 1986.
Bucks County Dairy Tour will
be conducted through Lackawan
na, Wyoming, and Susquehanna
counties on Saturday, March 19.
The bus will leave the Doylestown
Corporate Center parking lot,
Cross Keys, Routes 611 and 313 at
7 a.m. sharp.
The first stop will be at Lee
Courtright’s farm in Clark Sum
mit, Lackawanna. He is milking 33
cows in a stanchion bam with a
rolling herd average of 15,500 lbs.
of milk with 550 lbs. of butterfat.
Presently milking 5 Chairman
daughers and is enrolled in Sire
Power’s L.A.M.P. program. He
farms 200 acres, 60 acres in com.
Second stop will be Leroy
Sand’s Farm in Tunkhannock,
Wyoming County. He is milking
86 cows in a tie stall bam. Rolling
Herd Average 21,500 lbs. milk,
746 lbs. fat. Feed haylage, com sil
age, and coarse hay. Farms 120
acres of corn for silage and 250
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bility for'supervising the profes
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office,” says Dougherty. “We all
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acres for hay. Uses calf hutches
and then an open shed for young
stock. He is milking two Ned Boy
daughters and one is projected at
22,000 lbs. of milk as a 2-year-old.
Lunch will be at the Fireplace
Restaurant in Tunkhannock, cour
tesy of Sire Power, Inc.
After lunch, we will visit John
Castrogiavanni and Sons in Mon
trose, Susquehanna County. This
is the home of “Castlemont” Hols
teins. RHA on 144 cows is 19,510
lbs. of milk, 710 lbs. of butterfat,
with a BAA of 104.4 percent. Nine
cows are Excellent. TTiey feed com
silage, haylage, high moisture corn
and hay. The milk cows are in a tie
stall bam with the heifers and dry
cows in two recently completed
free stall bams. They farm 508
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Our last stop of the day will be
Decker Brothers in Montrose, Sus
quehanna County. They milk 194
cows with a RHA of 17,000 lbs. of
milk. All the milk cows are in tie
stalls and are milked in a parlor.
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TMR. Farm is about 700 acres and
they rent 700 acres more in rental
ground. They use almost 100 per
cent young sires in their breeding
program and haven an original
Ned Boy daughter who is spring
ing and might be fresh when we
visit. Their herd is mostly grades
with some registered ani animals.
The cost for the tour is $l2 per
person and includes the bus, lunch
and Sire Power hat. Bus will return
at approximately 6:45 p.m.
Make reservations by March 15
to Ben Landis at 215-766-8034 or
Roy Carter at 215^493-6704.
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