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VOL 34 NO. 16
Two-Year-Old Holstein Brings $8,700 At State Sale
BY CAROLYN HILSDON
GILLES
Crawford Co. Correspondent
WEST MIDDLESEX (Craw
ford) Osdel-Endeavor Mark
Clara-ET captured the high at the
Pennsylvania Holstein Associa
tion’s annual convention sale with
a bid of $8,700 by Judy Wolford
and Dallas Rynd of Cochranton.
The Holstein female, bom in June,
1986, is bred to Back Star. A
Walkway Chief Mark daughter,
she is out of Rynd-Home Valiant
Cutie, who is classified EX 91 and
ranks second in the state in fat
Consignor of Clara was Imperial
C. Breeders of Saegertown.
Sold immediately after Clara
was her heifer calf. Imperial C
Royalty Cleopatra-ET, who
brought $2,900 from Charles Dean
of Franklin. Cleopatra is a Febru
ary daughter of Lekker Valiant
Royalty.
Two females tied for second
high of the sale, each drawing a bid
of $6,000. McKams Mark Sophie,
Exploring Farming At Penn Jersey Tillage Conference
BY USA RISSER
BETHLEHEM (Lehigh)—Far
mers all around the nation have
been looking for methods to
reduce input costs and conserve
the environment. They have found
it in low-input agriculture.
“Low-input farming is a concept
that agricultural systems should be
environmentally sound, biologi
cally sustainable, and economical
ly realistic,” said Steve Peters, rea
search agronomist and project
leader-for the Rodale Research
Willard Scott Recognized
At AD ADC Meeting
SYRACUSE. NY Willard
Scott was recognized as the dairy
industry’s honorary “Big Cheese”
during the 29th annual meeting of
the American Dairy Association
and Dairy Council (ADADC) held
in Syracuse, New York on Febru
ary 22nd. In return, Scott pre
sented “Service to Dairying
Awards” to three local farm fami
lies representing the states of New
York, New Jersey and Pennsylva
nia. Over 350 representatives of
the local dairy industry were on
hand for the meeting.
Scott charmed the crowd during
his keynote speech, speaking
warmly about his relationship
with the American Dairy Associa
tion. Scott said, “You’re looking
at a living, walking and for cheese
and butter!” Scott is the well
known weatherman on NBC’s
Today Show. For the past year,
Scott has been appearing in cheese
and butter ads on behalf of the
dairy industry.
As part of his presentation,
Scott recognized three farms from
the local area and presented them
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 25,1989
a Walkway Chief Mark daughter,
was sold to Thad Sturgeon and
John Cooper of Fombell and Ron
Caldwell of Beaver Falls. Sophie
is out of McKams Bell Sweetie, a
six-year-old that is classified VG
87. Sophie is milking 73 pounds
per day and her dam’s lactation as
a five-year-old, according to
DHIA records, was 29,240 pounds
in 365 days with 4.0 butterfat
Sophie was consigned bythe-Wil
liam McKams family of Kensing
ton, Ohio.
Also bringing $6,000 was Pen-
Col Mark Bonny-ET, a March ’B7
heifer consigned by Pen-Col
Farms. Purchased by Wayne and
Roger Sherwood of MeFhoppen,
Bonny also is a Walkway Chief
Mark daughter. Her dam, Pen-Col
Jason Boots-ET, is classified VG
85 and has a DHIA record of
29,665 pounds of milk in 365 days
for, her first lactation.
The sale was held on Monday
evening during the association’s
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Center. Peters and Rhonda Janke,
coordinator of cropping systems
research at Rodale, discussed low
input farming this week at the-Pcnn
Jersey Tillage Conference.
“But don’t mistake ‘no-input’
farming with ‘low-inpul’ farm
ing,” Peters warned. “Sustainable
cropping systems require different
inputs, not fewer inputs. With
careful management though, the
variable costs associated with sus
tainable cropping systems will be
less than conventional cropping
with the “Service to Dairying
Award.” The farms were selected
through a contest sponsored by
ADADC. The purpose of the con-
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These State FFA officers, along with 70 otharFFA-ars,
visited legislators and toured the Capital Wednesday as
part of the Pennsylvania Association of FFA Legislative
Leadership Conference. They are (I to r): back row, Abe
Harpster, Sharon Zimmerman, Andy Greenteaf, James M.
. Opening the PHA State sale with the second highest bid for the evening was Pen-
Col-Mark Bonny-ET. The bidding stopped at $6,000 for this daughter of Walkway Chief
Mark and Pen-Col Jason Boots-ET. Wayne and Roger Sherwood made the purchase.
Consignor was Pan-Col Farms to Millville.
systems that are dependent npon
fertilizers and pesticides.”
In order to aid fanners in deve
loping their own low-input farm
ing methods, Rodale Research
Center is exploring different sys-
Lancaster County Teachers
Survey Employment Needs
BY PAT PURCELL
QUARRYVILLE (Lancaster)
When the Solanco vocational
agriculture education program was
awarded exemplary status by the
Pennsylvania Department of Edu
cation last year a funny thing hap
pened. Instead of the vo-ag teach-,
ers, school administrators and
school board members straining
their arms to pat themselves on the
back they took a second look at
their award winning program.
State FFA Members Visit Capital
Five Sections
tems. Their main objectives arc to
replace fertilizer nitrogen with nit
rogens from legumes through crop
rotation; replace herbicides with
controls such as cover crops, ul
lage, later planting dates, and
“As we were documenting our
program after receiving the award
it sparked an interest among board
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Trammell, Sun Company, a sponsor of the breakfast and
Leon Heisey. Front row; Jim Ladely, Sue Fisher, Diane Dice,
Dean Shank, Dawn Herr, Samuel Hayes Jr.(R-8l) president
of the FFA Foundation, and Charles Ax.
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dense seeding; reduce tillage oper
ations to conserve soil; andaccom
plish the fust three objectives an
evaluate their economic
feasibility.
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members. We thought, if we
received this recognition and wc
are doing everything right, why arc
so many farms in this area being
sold out to development and why
are farmers going out of business,”
said Dr. Elizabeth Logan, school
superintendent.
Every aspect of the vo-ag prog
ram was scrutinized by PDE
observers who rated facilities,
equipment, curriculum and
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