84-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 20, 1988
Ida’s
Notebook
Ida Risser
The older one gets the faster
time seems to pass. The days slip
by and one has to pause to decide if
it is Tuesday or Wednesday. As a
child it took forever for a birthday
to come or Christmas to arrive with
presents. But now it seems as
though Labor Day will be here
before I’m ready for it
Time has a tendency to separate
families unless one works very
hard to prevent it from happening.
As children grow up and move
away from home, they no longer
move to the next farm as I did but
rather travel out of state wherever
the jobs take them.
We had a family picnic recently
and were rather disappointed at the
turnout. Only four of the 19 first
cousins attended. Of course many
had a good reason such as the hun-
Beef:
More For Your Money
HARRISBURG (Dauphin)
While the nationwide drought has
created real problems for fanners
and driven up prices of many food
products, consumers can get
“more for your money, by buying
beef this summer,” says Bob Cole
man, executive director of the Pen
nsylvania Beef Council.
With this year’s drought, cattle
men moved many more cattle to
market early. U.S. production of
beef was up four percent in May
and another three percent in June
over 1987. At the same time, pro
duction of all red meats in May
was up eight percent over 1987 and
June production was seven percent
greater than a year earlier. “As a
result of these increased supplies,
pressure has been put on beef
prices which dropped as much as
12-13 percent,” Coleman says.
“As drought conditions gradual
ly ease, the situation for cattlemen
is getting better and prices should
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dreds and thousands of miles they
would have had to travel while
others simply do not seem inter
ested in “family.”
As limes goes by we not only
have children to keep track of but
also grandchildren. I fear that
some of them will never get to
know each other. Long ago my
mother often told me which of my
neighbors were second or third
cousins but now some second cou
sins in my family might not even
ever meet
Thank goodness there are tele
phones and so there is no good
excuse for not keeping in touch.
And, if you are like me. you write
many letters during the year. Often
I will include photos and newspap
er clippings that I think will inter
est the recipient
continue moving upward. So smart
consumers may want to buy beef
and beef products now, stocking
up for the summer. This will save
them money, and potentially help
speed the recovery for prices for
cattle at market.”
Prices for many farm commodi
ties arc forced upward in a drought
situation. With fruits, vegetables
and grain products, the direct
effect of a drought is a cutback in
supply, which drives consumer
prices up. Other farm product
prices may increase because far
mers’ costs of production increase.
But the situation for cattlemen is a
little different.
As the cost of feeding cattle
increases, cattlemen may take ani
mals to market early, thus cutting
their costs of production. At the
same time, this action at least tem
porarily increases supplies of beef
available to consumers and forces
prices down.
Cowtown, N.J.
Lana Holland
from Lana’s dairy judging experi
ence. She enjoyed judging but was
not accurate on anything but
Jerseys. This led Lana to want a
brown “deer like,” bovine. Her
father and brothers questioned
where this Jersey would be kept on
the farm so it would not get
“pushed around by the Holsteins,”
in the end, Lana convinced them to
buy a Jersey in Delaware. Bambi,
as the calf came to be called, did
well for Lana in both the fitting and
showing portion of the dairy
shows. Lana enjoyed showing a
smaller animal than the big Hol
steins she was accustomed to. To
this day there is no question as to
where Bambi stays on the farm
because she is the one who pushes
the Holsteins around despite her
size.
Lana’s public speaking career
not only included speeches about
cows but also presentations on two
other interests, music and cats. For
relaxation, Lana enjoys playing
the piano. She has taken piano les
sons for a number of years and it
shows, as she is an accomplished
musician. While in high school
Lana played for graduation, chor
us, and jazz band as well as playing
for drama presentations. Lana
takes her music study very serious
ly, and will be taking that thought
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to college with her in the fall, even
though she is undecided on what
her major will be.
Along with being an accom
plished musician, Lana is also ath
letic. While in high school, Lana
was active on the softball and
hockey teams. As the hockey team
coach, she led her team to the state
championship. Currently, Lana
works as a lifeguard at a local pool
which has kept her busy this
summer.
Being crowned Maryland’s new
dairy princess is not the only
crown Lana has worn. In 1987 she
was Miss Pocomoke.
Living on a dairy farm does lim
it the amount of travel one does for
leisure, but Lana overcame that
obstacle by becoming active in
school functions. One of the high
lights in Lana’s high school career
was going to Europe with her for
eign language club. This enabled
her to tour Paris and Madrid. As a
high school senior, Lana was cho
sen to represent her high school in
Maryland’s capital, Annapolis.
For two weeks Lana stayed with a
host family and assisted delegate
Mark Pilchard in running errands
and doing paperwork. This prog
ram enables high school seniors to
actively participate in Maryland’s
government.
At the age of 17, Lana could not
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have been able lo achieve many of
her goals without her family back
ing her. Lana, the only daughter
feels very close to her mother!
Lana said, "I can count on Mom to
pick up the pieces if I see I can ’ t get
something done or if I need help,
“It was from watching Mom 10
years ago as a dairy princess chair
man, that I decided that some day I
was going to be the Maryland dairy
princess.” Lana saw that much
work was involved and that it was
challenging, a responsibility she
gladly tackled.
When asked what she felt about
being named the states’ new prin
cess her reply was, “Honored,” and
that, “it really didn’t hit me until
the morning after the contest, I had
to pinch myself to see if it was
real.” An event Lana looks for
ward lo attending as dairy princess
is a Baltimore Orioles baseball
game, in which she will get to
throw the first ball and meet Cal
Ripken, a player and promoter of
milk for MAMMA. She will also
be attending a variety of breeding
meetings, promoting her “magic
potion” to elementary school
groups as well as attending fairs.
Lana Holland is certainly a goal
oriented teenager who will be set
ting an example for other young
females. Many of the young dairy
farmer’s daughters who see Lana
promoting her “magic potion”
throughout the coming year, just
might set a goal for themselves to
become a state dairy princess, just
as Lana Holland did a few years
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