BlO*Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 6,1989 Readers Write I am Stephen Stoltzfus. My parents are Christ and Rachel Stoltzfus. I have five sisters and one brother. I go to Sunnyside School. My teacher’s name is Susie Stoltzfus. I like to work out in the fields. I can’t hardly wait until summer comes because I like to make hay. We have a new nest of kittens. They are in our feed bin. They are getting real fat and chub by. We have a hen house with about 7,000 chickens and 500 roosters. I don’t like the job of hens. Bye, Stephen Stoltzfus Spring Mills Hi! My name is Jacob Stoltzfus. My parents are Christ and Rachel Stoltzfus. I am eight years old. We have about 7,500 chickens. We live on a farm. We milk 38 cows. We have 18 mules and two driving horses. We have a dog named Johnnie. He chases our cows out in the meadow. He likes when we. play stick or ball with him. Bye, Jacob Stoltzfus Spring Mills Hello! My name is Rebecca Fisher. I’m eight years old. I’m in the third grade. My birthday is June 12. We gather eggs from 1,400 chickens. 1 have two brothers and five sis ters. They are Emmanuel, 13; Rachel, 12, Mary, 10; Rebecca, 8; Oipha, 7; twins Esther and Elsie, 4; and Marcus, 5 months. He will get a half year old on May 4. My father’s and mother’s names are John and Leah Fisher. We have 28 pupils in our school. The name of our school is West field School. I go out in the bam almost every morning. We milk 32 cows. We have 13 dry cows. We have 13 cats and seven little kit tens. Wc have one dog. Her name is Sheila. She had pups three times now. The last time she had 12 of them. We have seven mules Kate, Pet, Jule, Perl, Jack, Dick,, and Max. And we have a pony. His name is Sunny and a horse named Lady and one bull. Sometimes we have raccoons and our dog kills them. One time we were eating supper and we heard our dog bark, then there was a coon beside our bam. One late evening at 12:00, we heard our dog bark. My dad got up and saw a coon on our porch roof. Then he got his gun and tried to shoot it. He shot a few times. Then the coon slid down the side of our house and he was all bloody. Time to stop now. I like reading Kid’s Komer. My name is Christopher Ecks tine. I am two years old. I live in the country. I have a dog named Scuffy and a couple of stray cats that come around. I like the gray one the best. We don’t live on a farm, but my grandfather owns a 96-acre farm. My dad has three tractors and two threshing machines. He likes when wheat season comes around. He enjoys binding and threshing the wheat. He puts out one acre of wheat every year. My dad also has much more farm machinery. His name is Nelson Eckstine. Bye, Christopher Eckstine, Hager stown, Md. Big Bird Busy Filling Out Membership Cards For all you guys and gals who sent Big Bird a letter asking to Join the Bird’s Egg Eater Club, watch your mall. Big Bird promises to answer within the next week. You see Big Bird took a long.Jong vacation planning new ways to cook EGGcltlng ly. Now, he’s back. “I’m so busy filling out those membership cards for the boys and girls who read “Kids Korner” in Lancaster Farming,” he reports. He's been going without sleep and working around the clock to answer your letters. He couldn’t believe so many kids would write him letters. So, watch your mail. Big Bird promises: You won’t be disappointed. Goodbye Rebecca, Gordonville (M? V y / v* | J MANY KINDS OF APPLES Al My name is Becca. lam 11 years old. My birthdate is September 27. I have 4 sisters and 1 brother. There names are Lena, 14; Eshter, 12; Miriam, 8; David, S and Kathryn, 3.1 like to play with my brothers and sisters. We had a pony and one time we were ready to drive him. Then he took off and ran away and broke a door and the cart. Then we got another pony. Now we have a good one. He is four years old. He can go fast Becca Zook, age 11 Lancaster My name is Barbara King. I am in second grade. I go to Cherry Grove School. I like school. I have 4 brothers and one sister. Our fam ily is Barbara, 8; Benuel, 6; Sarah, 5; Henry, 3; Gideon, 2; and Christi, IS months. I am eight years old. I like to play with my brothers and sister. My parents are Christ and Malinda King. My birthday is January 26, 1981. My teacher is Marion Mar tin. School will be out May 17. Then I will help mother. That will be fun. We have 40 cows. And we have a lot of cats. Our cat named Mother cat has three tiny kittens. But at church the boys chased them away and now we can’t find them. On May 2, we are going on a trip. We are going on the Strasburg train and many other places. That will be so fun. Goodbye, Barbara King Hello! My name is Stevie Zook. We live on a farm. We have 62 steers, 2 horses, 7 mules, S cats (Kitty Cat Frisky, Me, Puff, Fluffy), 1 dog Patsy, 4 sheep, 3 lambs and about 200 pigs. We live near Conestoga Creek. We like to swim, fish and boat in the creek. I am 9 years old. We get the Lancaster Farming. Bye, Stevie Zook Ephrata Hi! I live on a farm. We have 60 cows, 1 horse, 4 calves, 11 cats and 2 puppies. We have 80 acres of land. I have 4 brothers and five sis ters. I am eight years old. I am the youngest of the family. My birth day is July 30. I go to Churchtown School. I am in third grade. I like school. There are 27 pupils in school. There are six in my grade. There are 18 girls and 9 boys. Each evening when I come home from school, I have to do some chores. After supper we have to milk the cows. We take turns. I help milk, too. After we milk we have to give the cows hay. I spend a lot of time playing with the puppies. They are four months old. They sleep in the bam. Janice Arlene Zimmerman IWN IN PENNSYLVANIA. Hello! My name is Elizabeth Fisher. My parents are Gideon and Sadie Fisher. I am nine years old. My birthday is April 11,1980.1 have four brothers and two sisters: John, IS; Benuel, 13; Fannie, 10; I’m 9; Arie, 7; David, 4; and Ammon, 1. Our teacher’s name is Annie King. Our teacher went to Indiana to attend two weddings. Then we had a substitute teacher for four days. Her name is Lydia Ann All gyer. I have a lot of friends at school. Their names are Sadie, Arie, Barbie, Katie, Annie, Mary, Rachel, Lizzie, Emme and Saloma. Love, Elizabeth Fisher, Quarryville Hello! My name is Marilyn. Thursday evening after school, the date is March 9, me and my brother Floyd were sledding. I was making a sled trail when the sled quickly stopped and I fell face front in die snow. My face was very cold. We have 10 people in our family. Darla, 18; Nelson, 17; Leon, 15; Leroy, 13; Floyd, 11, Marilyn, 8; Matthew, 4; Lu Ann, 1, Mother Lizzie 38, Dad Aaron, 39. My birthday is October 18.1 am in grade 2. I wrote this letter on March 11. Narvon Dear Readers, My name is Fannie Fisher. I’m 10 years old. My birthday is June 3,1978.1 have two sisters and four brothers. Their names are John, IS; Benuel, 13; Fannie, 10; Elizabeth, 9; Arie, 7; David. 4; Ammon, 1. My father’s and mother’s names are Gideon and Sadie Fisher. We have three dogs Frisky, Rex, and Rosey. Did you plant your gar den? We planted onions, potatoes, peas, com, carrots. I don’t know what all we planted. I have a gar den of my own. I’m going to plant flowers in it. We play baseball at school. It is very fun. Our school term is just about over. Our picnic is going to be May 13. Goodbye, Marilyn Marie Leid Ephrata Goodbye, Fannie Fisher
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