VOL. 33 NO. 33 “May I present Miss JulifrCreider, the 1988-89 Lancaster County Dairy Princess,” Jr. to the audi ence mopents after the Judges had announced the winner at the Farm & Home Center last Saturday evening. Lancaster Dairy Princess; Distinction Farms Named BY EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing Editor f LANCASTER With a little s help from Ginnie and Minnie, Julie ’ Greider, Columbia was named the Lancaster County Dairy Princess here last Saturday evening at the annual festivities at the Farm and \ Home Center. Ginnie and Minnie are the dolls that Julie used in her I competitive presentation to the > judges to show how milk should be i promoted and used. Ginnie is rob r ust with rosy cheeks. Minnie is | string-beanish and anemic, i Dressed as a nurse, Julie USDA Honors RCWP Participants I ) LITITZ (Lancaster) Conser- I vationists working on the Conesto ga Headwaters Rural Clean Water Project (RCWP) received the Ami nistrator’s Award Tuesday from the USDA’s Agricultural Stabili zation and Conservation Service in [Washington D.C. r The award, the highest form of : recognition given by the ASCS, l was presented to 10 Lancaster 1 Countians, three hydrologists at t the U.S. Geological Survey [ (USGS) in Harrisburg, and a water pollution biologist working at Pen nsylvania’s DER. The award resulted from inno vative pollution control and man agement measures designed and implemented through group Four Sections instructed her “children” to drink milk for good health. Minnie was chided as the “soda girl” with the bad habit that caused her to be light complected and unable to stay awake. On the other hand, because Ginnie drank a lot of milk her good complexion and vitality are obvious. “When you feel good, you look good”, Julie told her children. “When you drink milk you’ll be ‘moovin’ with energy”. The new Dairy Princess drank milk for a strong finish to her pre (Turn to Pag* *35) initiative. Receiving the award were Robert J. Anderson, senior project associate with Lancaster County Extension Service; Warren M. Archibald, district conservationist with the Soil Conservation Service (SCS); Gary A. Ballina, conserva tion technician with SCS; Mary Jo Brown, biologist with Penn. DER; A. Omcr Brubaker, field coordina tor with ASCS; Ray Brubaker, county executive director with ASCS; Douglas C. Chichester, hydrologist with USGS; David K. Fishcl, hydrologist with USGS; Robert E. Gregory, Lancaster County Conservation District administrator. Jay W. Irwin, Lan (Turn to Page A 27) Lancaster Farming, Saturday. June 25, 1988 New Slate Of FFA Officers Elected At State Convention BY LISA RISSER LITITZ (Lancaster) Future Farmers of America from all across Pennsylvania gathered at Penn State last week for several days of competition, organization al business, and fun. Before leav ing on Thursday, delegates from each of the local chapters voted m the new state’s officers. The 1988 officers are Leon Hci scy from the Manhcim Central Chapter, president; Jim Ladlce from the Bucklail Chapter, vice president; Sharon Zimmerman from the Cloisters Chapter, eastern regional vice president; Dean World Pork Expo Shatters Records The first World Pork Expo, held at the lowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, lowa June 12-14, set several records. The three day event attracted 57,902 persons, by far the largest crowd ever to attend a pork-specific event in the United States. Almost one thousand inter national visitors from 42 countries attended Pork Expo ’BB, and the three days of activities were cov ered by 119 news media represen tatives, including Time, News week and Forbes magazines. Highlights of the Expo were broadcast by satellite to hundreds of radio and television stations around the nation. Bale-A-Thon Helps Barn Fire Victim BY BETH GRAY Bedford Co. Correspondent MOUNT PLEASANT (West moreland Co.) More than a dozen friends, neighbors and other good-hearted farmers turned their machines on 60 acres of hay ground in the past week to make hay for George Overly whose dairy bam burned down June 15. The fire, reported to have been triggered by a tractor spark that ignited hay on the bam floor, destroyed the large bank bam, two silos, two tractors, a grinder mixer, manure spreader, two ele vators, 3500 bales of hay, 1000 bushels of grain and two calves. Shank from the Bermudian Chap ter, south central regional vice president; Charles Ax 111 from the Sclmsgrovc Chapter, north central regional vice president; Joseph Obenour from the H.G. Parkinson Chapter, western regional vice The great Pork BarbeQlossal™ on opening day, June 12 was a rousing success. Some 13 tons of pork barbecue was served to over 35,000 persons, and that earned a , place in the Guiness Bqok of Records for the largest jingle (Hyi serving of barbecue. Formal certi fication of the record will take sev eral weeks. For the first time, all eight of the major hog breeds were brought together at World Pork Expo for their national summer shows and sales. Breeders and visitors packed the state fairgrounds hog bam dur ing the three days of shows and sales. Some 611 hogs were sold for The cows were outside at the time of the fire. John A#igel and Don Hutter were instrumental in organizing the bale-a-thon which took place on a neighboring property tempor arily held by Farmers Home Admi nistration. Reported Don Freets, pitsident of the Westmoreland County Farmers’ Association who helped with the event, "The hay was standing there and we needed to get in and make it while it was good.” On June 18 farmers with 11 hay bines mowed the hay. On June 20 a like number of rakes, plus five These balers work to get hay crop In for barn fire victim. 50e Per Copy Heisey Ladlee $lO.OO Per Year president; Dawn Herr from the Lower Dauphin Chapter, secret ary; Dianne Dice from the North ern Lebanon Chapter, treasurer; Andrew Grccnleaf from the Centr al Cove Chapter, reporter; Araham Harpstcr from Warrior’s Mark, sentinel; and Susan Fisher from Captain Jack, chaplain. In his first speech as president, Hciscy challenged FFA’crs to increase membership of the orga nization and to spread the word on vocational agriculture so that publ ic perception of agriculture broadens. (Turn lo Page A 24) $510,135, an average of $835 per animal. A record number of exhibits, well over 800 in all, were scattered „ eseeHheten acre Expo site, some of them inside, others outside in the i, (B+ heat that prevailed all three days. The hot weather did not seem V> hinder activities, and most exhi bitors reported brisk sales of their wares and services. While producers browsed through the exhibits and enjoyed various aspects of World Pork Expo, ten of the nation’s leading food editors, including representa tives from such popular consumer (Turn to Page A 29) round balers and several bale mov ers and wagons came onto the property to complete the job. Local farm suppliers donated twine. Freets said that the farmers will help with clean-up chores after insurance adjusters have com pleted their work. The Overly herd has been moved to the neighboring farm of Andy Klejka who liquidated his herd last year. Because the Overly cows had been accustomed to loose housing, and the Klejka facility is a stanchion bam, Freets reported that farmers are helping to train the cows to their new arrangement.
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