-Dalry of Distinction Supplement to Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 6, 1988
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Dauphin County
Stoneylawn Farms, Middletown
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generations of the Howard Kopp family. Father Howard and sons Jay and
Ronald work 200 acres at home and rent another 365 acres. They milk about
100 cows In their modern barn and these cows average over 19,000 pounds
of milk. The Kopps bought the farm In 1946.
Erie County
Victor Lewis , McKean
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Distinction to their daughter Debbie, who Is the only one of their four
children that works with Victor. Victor purchased the farm in 1952 and
has expanded twice. Tidy Knoll Farm currently consists of 237 acres
and 75 milking Holstelns with a RHA of 19,460 pounds. The Lewises
raise corn, oats, alfalfa, and clover.
Ron & Sharon Chapman,
Waterford
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JOUfIL ?nd Sharon Chapman milk 48 Holstelns, they do have
a few Jerseys, which ais 4-H projects for their daughters Jennifer and
Rhonda. Their 14-year-old son, Brian, isn’t Into dairy projects. Shar-
Ron Farm has been in the family for 17 years, and the Chapmans raise
alfalfa, com, and oats on their 180 acres.
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Erie County
Ronald Woinelowicz, Union City
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and his son Mark. Linda helps with the milking on the farm’s 98 Hols*
teins. The Woinelowiczes grow corn and oats.
Randell Meabon, Wattsburg
Green Meadow Farms has been In Ronald P. Meabon’s family since
his grandfather, Arthur, purchased it 44 years ago. Arthur cleared It and
added parcels as the farming operation grew until it became the
325-acre property it is now. Meabon and his wife, Paula, also lease the
farm next door to grow their corn, oats and alfalfa and to keep their 100
milking Holsteins. The Meabons have two children: Bradley, 6, and
Nicole, 8.
Fayette County
Robert Jackson , Brownsville
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an effort to make the farm operation more efficient and more profitable.
The Double-J as it is known Is 450 acres. During that first milking In
December of 1979, ten cows passed through the parlor. They started with
all first-calf heifers nearly ten years ago and today boast an 85-head
Holstein herd with a herd average of 18,800 lbs. and 650 lbs. of butterfat.