Bio-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 22,1989
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This little girl had a hard time deciding whether she
enjoyed Elsie the cow or Elsie’s Ice cream better.
Visit Elsie
BY LOU ANN GOOD
MECHANICSBURG (Dau
phin) “Hey,” Elsie the cow
asked a little girl, “can you wiggle
your ears?”
Try as she might, she could not.
“I can wiggle my ears,” Elsie
said.
Sure enough, her ears wiggled
and wiggled and brought some
giggles from the girls and boys
watching.
Elsie the cow came the whole
way from Disney World, Florida,
to tell the boys and girls who vis
ited Kams Market, Merchanics
burg, about her family and friends.
Elsie’s family and friends are
part of the Borden company. Elsie
the cow was created in 1920 to
Readers Write
My name is Anna King. I am 9
years old. There are 10 children in
our family: Elmer, 15; Amos, 14;
Christie, 13; Emma, 11; Sallie, 10;
Anna, 9; Jacob, 7; Chester, 6;
Leah, 3; Amanda, 11 months old.
She will be one year old on May
10, 1989.
My parents are Ben and Barbara
King. My birthday is January 3,
1980. I’m in the third grade at
Morris Hill School. My teachers
name is Sylvia Stoltzfus. We have
two pet lambs named Hunny and
Bunny. We give them bottles
because their mother doesn’t have
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help sell milk and ice cream. That
makes Elsie 69 years-old. That’s
fairly old for a cow, but Elsie
dpesn’tactherage. She flutters her
bright brown eyes and winks if you
tease her.
Some people think Elsie is a
fake cow. But when they walk near
her, Elsie calls out, “Hi. How are
you today?”
Startled, the shoppers stop and
stare. Some people find it hard to
talk with a cow, but Elsie likes to
talk. She especially enjoys hearing
them tell her how much they enjoy
her ice cream and milk.
If you never have a chance to
talk with Elsie, you can eat her ice
cream. Elsie moos, “If it’s Borden,
it’s got to be good.”
any milk.
We also have 7 dogs, Rover,
Mitzy, Nellie, (her birthday is May
7), Queenie, Cindy, Sandy, and
Rosie. We had a pony named
Queenie but she got sick then she
went dead.
We were begging father to gel
another pony so on Barts sale, he
got another one. She wasn’tbehav
ing herself so dad sold her. We
have a lot of cats. Two of our cats
are named Skunky and Puff.
Skunky and Puff have three little
kittens. Tfiey are our pets. .
Bye, Anna King
. Quarryville
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Mother’s Day Is May 14. Surprise your mother. Write and
tell us why you like her. What Is special about your mother.
Send your letters to Lou Ann Good, Lancaster Farming p.o
Box 609, Ephrata, PA 17522.
My name is Ann Shoemaker. 1
am in eighth grade at Immaculate
Conception School in New
Oxford. I am 13 years old and I
don’t have any brothers or sisters.
I live on a 50 acre farm with my
parents Fabian and Sylvia Shoe
maker and with my grandma.
We have 18 cows and 12 calves.
We also have two guineas, 2 sheep,
S cats, 1 dog and I have a fat lop
earred rabbit named Pipsqueak.
I like the chores I have around
the house, especially feeding the
animals. I love to drive my dad’s
big tractors and bale hay. I also like
to take walks in the woods, ride my
bike and play the violin. I almost
forgot, I have two goldfish. Bub
bles and Giggles.
I like to do and read the Kid’s
Komer in the Lancaster Farming
paper that my dad gets.
I thought you would like to
know that I am the fourth genera
tion to live on this farm. My dad’s
mom’s parents lived here first and
so forth. Our house is over 100 or
so years old. Our bam is 112 years
old!!! WOW!
Bye for now!
Ann Shoemaker
New Oxford
Hello!
Dear Kid’s Komer. We live on a
farm. We have one cow, 28 steers,
7 horses, 100 pigs, S cats, 2 dogs, 2
big rabbits and 7 small ones and 4
sheep. We have a big pond, one
creek and a river.
I am 11 years oldrWe get the
Lancaster Farming.
Hi!
My name is Jeffrey Martin. I
live on a 112-acre farm in Port Tre
vorton, PA. We farm only about 85
acres of the 112 acres.
We have 11 cows, 16 heifers, 1
butt, 7 horses, about 125 chickens,
2 dogs and 15 cats.
The horses’ names are Fred, Pat,
Tony, Polly, Prince, Tom and Son
ja. The dogs names are Lassie and
Duke. I had a third dog, Pepper,
but he got run over by a car about a
month ago. He was very special to
me and 1 was very sad when he got
hit. But I plan to get another dog in
May.
I have no brothers or sisters to
fight with so I have to fight with
the animals. Out of those 16 heif
ers I take care of 14 of them. I also
take care of the chickens.
I like school very much, but not
the homework I get! Most of my
teachers are very nice. We do lots
of special activities in school to
make up for the homework —or at
least that’s what I think. Sometime
this month, we will clean the
Selinsgrove Bypass near Selings
grove, PA where my school is
locateid. That will be lots of fun!
Jeffrey Martin, age 12,
Port Trevorton
Hi.
My name is Sheila Schlegel. I
have two older sisters. Sherry is IS
and in 10th grade. She is in the
school band and other school
activities. Kris is 13 and is also in
the band and in other activities.
Kris is in 7th grade.
Bye, David
No address
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I am 9 years old and in 3rd
grade. I like school a lot. I go to
Brownies and play soccer and
softball.
We live on a farm. My dad has
45 Holstein cows and lots of calves
and steers. They get up in the
morning at 4:30 and they milk at
night at 4:30. We have no horses,
but I wish we did. We have 30
chickens and they give a lot of
eggs. Our dog’s name is Boomer,
and we have six cats that run all
around our farm. We help our dad
and mom do the chores. Well, I
have to go now. So good-by.
Sincerely, Sheila Marie Schlegel
No address
Hello!
My name is Barbie Allgyer. I
am 12 years old. I am in 7th grade.
I go to Meadow View School.
There are 31 pupils in our school.
We live on a farm. We milk 25
cows. We have 20 heifers and 6
calves. We have 10 cats and five
little kittens, 1 dog, 6 mules, 1
drive horse. We have a pet rabbit
and she had two little bunnies. My
brothers have one rabbit along.
And eight pigeons. We have 30
hens and get about 25 eggs a day.
We planted garden already.
I have six brothers and one sis
ter. Benuel, 13; Barbie, 12; John
ny, 11; David Jay, 9; Elam Jr. 7;
Samuel, 6; Ephraim, 3; and baby
Annie, 1 year. My parents are
Elam and Anna Allgyer. I live on
Old Leacock Road, Ronks, Pa
17572.
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