K £ 'll ’'i • a '* *. Operating Glad-Mar Farm Is a family affair for The Holland family. Pictured (l-r), Is Dave, Ken, Lana, Dan and Linda. Lana Holland: BY BETH HUBER Maryland Correspondent POCOMOKE CITY Fulfill- Following in her parents’ and ing a life long dream is exactly two older brothers’footsteps, Lana what 17-year-old Lana Holland has quite a list of accomplish was able to do when she was tnents, many of which were gained crowned Maryland’s 1988 State.academically and through 4-H Dairy Princess. Growing up on a farm on Mary land’s lower shore in Pocomoke City, away from the famous vaca tion spot of Ocean City, and the corporate world of Washington, The Maryland Dairy Princess D.C. has enabled Lana to become a young woman of many talents. activities. Lana’s parents, Ken and Linda, operate a 1,200-acrc dairy farm with Lana’s uncle, Wayne. Milking 200 Holsteins would make one think that there is not much time for anything else, but FARM ' Ike ' 4 '£ > [ V f 1: pF * A Goal-Oriented Teen Who % \ % ir-H the family is very active in dairy related activities. On the family farm, Ken is the herdsman while his brother, Way ne, is in charge of the crops. Along with Lana’s brothers, Dan, a col lege senior, and Dave, a college junior, they are able to maintain a herd average of 17,000 pounds of milk and 610 pounds of fat. Lana helps out when needed with feed ing calves and during the summer months she is in charge of milking the herd every other night. Linda also works as a job placement counselor at Woodbridge Business Institute in Salisbury, Maryland. Four-H is a commonly heard word in the Holland household, with everyone in the family being involved in the organization at one time or another. Ken was a leader for 13 years in Worchcsler County, and Linda was a member in Carroll County while growing up, and later a leader for 10 years in Wor chcsler County. Dan and David were also members, with David being the livestock superintendent for their county fair last year. Lana has been invovled with 4-H for the past eight years in both the dairy club and LFD club, (Learn, Fun, and Do). While in 4-H Lana has partici pated in a variety of projects, which hold many interesting memories for her. One involves showing a dairy cow when she was twelve. She was to show a two year-old. Not just any two-year old, but one (hat had not been hal ter broken. Despite difficulties Linda and Lana have a very close mother-daughter rela tionship they'tire pictured here looking over clippings acquired from being named the 1988 dairy princess. showing Glad-Mar Kennedy Cin dy, a Sleepy Hollow Kennedy daughter, she was named the area champion. Later, in Lana’s 4-H career, she wrote a speech about this cow, “1255, My Lucky Num ber,” (1255 was the cow’s tag wmesfcad tMoics Crown m number). Another interesting memory ol Lana’s is owning a Jersey. Despite being a daughter of a Holsteui breeder, Lana had a desire to owns Jersey calf. This desire stemmed I ' * M Wears , * j 'Jk - \ r*.. Xm y"' (Turn to Pago B 4)
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