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IL 34 NO. 29
Hacks Promote
Dairy Industry
And Guernseys
, BY HELEN KELCHNER
Columbia Co. Correspondent
BERWICK (Columbia Co.)
Each year nearly a hundred young
children in Columbia County get
their first hands-on experience
with a dairy cow, compliments of
Albert and Miriam Hack.
As a way to acquaint children
with the source of milk and give
some of them a once-in-a-lifetime
experience of reaching out to a
cow, Albert and Miriam Hack
1 have entertained hundreds of
youngsters from Head Start and
Easter Seals over the years.
Recently the Hacks hosted 30
preschool Start children at
die Columbia County farm. Many
of the young people had never
been closer to a cow than their tele
vision set, but on the Hacks’ farm
rthey were treated to a romp
through the straw in a pen where
small Guernsey calves were
-.stabled. The calves provided a
* ‘real’ hands-on experience.
Guiding them through the long
stable, Albert explained the feed
ing process of the milking herd and
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National Cooking Contest,
Sizzles With Flavor
BY LOU ANN GOOD
HERSHEY (DAUPHIN)
The aroma of SI chicken dishes
drifted throughout the Hershey
Convention Center on Thursday. It
r was the site of the nation’s largest
chicken cooking contest sponsored
by the National Broiler Council,
TTie Pennsylvania Poultry Federa
tion and trade associations.
. Melissa Mathie, a personable
young farm wife from Michigan
won $lO,OOO for her “Summer Ita
lian Stuffed Chicken," boneless
New York, Pennsylvania Heifers
Earn Top Bids At AGA Sale
BY PAT PURCELL
ROCHESTER, NY An excellent sale concluded the American Guernsey Associa
tion’s 112lh annual meeting held in Rochester, New York this week. Two Pennsylvania
heifers and one of New York’s finest grabbed the top bids in their divisions at the sale.
i Topping the sale at $5,600 was Nedrow Farms Admirals Jen, a VG-88. Jen also ranks
J 60 in the breed for CPI. John DuPont of Newtown Square, Pa. placed the final bid. In 286
. days Jen produced 18,479 pounds of milk, 4.0 percent fat, 732 pounds of butterfat, 3.2
* percent protein, and 587 pounds of protein. Projections for 305 days, 23,062 pounds of
’ milk, 914 pounds of fat. Nedrow Farms is owned by Kevin and Barb Nedrow of Clifton
| Springs, New York.
Top selling bred heifer was a Pennsylvania consignment from Trotacres Farm in Enon
i Valley, owned by by James, Bob and Dave Trotter. Trotacre Fayette Barbie sold to Great
; Hall Dairy Inc, from Marion, Mass, for $4,100. Barbie was the ninth junior calf at the
1 1987 National Guernsey Show in Harrisburg. Sired by Fayette and due in to Jetstar. Her
| dam is an EX-90 Femell daughter with 605 F.
| Ken Forester of Ontario, Canada purchased the top selling open heifer. Lebanon Val
| ley Pender Dori-ET ran the bidding up to $4,200 before it stopped. She is the daughter of
f Pender and Lebanon Valley Star Elsie. Elsie is an EX-92 GSD. Elsie was named the 1988
1 high cow for butterfat in Pennsylvania, Robert B. Smith & Sons were the consignors.
I Top selling preice for an unborn ET was $2,750 paid for Marfred Bootsy. Consignor
|*as Fred T. Mills of Saluda, South Carolina. Ken Forester of Ontario, Canada made the
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chicken breast halves stuffed with
a combination of basil and thinly
sliced plum tomatoes, then coated
with a mixture of Parmesan cheese
and Italian breadcrumbs.
Four other state champions
shared an additional $lO,OOO in
prize money.
June Holley, Cincinnati, Ohio,
captured second prize of $4,000
for her recipe, “Chicken Santa Fe,”
a zesty combination of roasted red
peppers and jalapeno jelly with
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Lancaster Faming, Saturday, May 27,1989
, Holiday Deadlines
The office of Lancaster Farm
ing will be closed Monday, May
29, to observe Meufafial Day and
will reopen Tuesday, May 30.
Deadlines for the June 3 (special
dairy) issue are as follows:
Mail Box Market Ads 9 a.m.
Tuesday.
Public Sale Ads Noon
Tuesday.
Classified Sec. B Ads S p.m.
Wednesday.
All Other Classified Ads 9
a.m. Thursday.
General News 5 p.m.
Wednesday.
Late Breaking News Noon
Thursday. ___
Chester County Farmer
Inspires Federal Estate Tax Bill
BY LISA RISSER
MALVERN (Chester Co.)
“Save the family farm” is Bob
Lange’s battle cry. Struggling to
save his family’s farm and his
livelihood, Lange persuaded Rep.
Dick Schulze, R-Chester Co., to
propose federal legislation that
would ease estate tax payments on
farms.
“My family would have to sell
between 25 and 75 percent of the
farm in order to pay estate taxes
depending on the assessed value,”
Lange predicted. “We don’t want
to sell any ground. We want it to
stay as it is.”
Schulze very much agrees with
Lange. ‘There are people who
genuinely want to farm. It seemed
to me somehow wrong that we say
to farmers that they have to sell off
parts of their farm to pay for taxes.
We should have a device to enable
them to continue farming.”
House Bill 2336 has been intro
duced to the House of Represents-
Special Dedry Issues Next Week
By next Saturday, June 3, the annual dairy month
festivities will be underway. And Lancaster Farming’s
annual dairy issue will add to the celebration. Along
with many advertisers who have special messages for
the dairy industry, you’ll find a milk pail full of dairy
recipes that came in response to the drawing for one of
a herd of cows (the model type you sit on the shelf). And
you will find a story about a young couple who started
farming last year. They tell why they did.
Since good dairymen want to produce a quality pro
duct, farms that have been recognized for low somatic
cell counts are visited. And since BST could revolution
ize the dairy industry, several farmers will tell the prac
tical aspects they experienced in on-farm trials spon
sored by the companies who want to getthe new bio
tech product approved for commercial use.
And the champion alfalfa grower in the state will tell
how he manages the crop.
These are only a few of the features you’ll find next
week as a tribute to the dairy farmers who provide
wholesome dairy products.
Nedrow Farms Admirals Jen (VG-88) took the bidding to $5,600 at the
American Guernsey Association’s 112th annual meeting and heifer sale
held this week In Rochester, New York. John DuPont of Newtown Square,
Pa. made the purchase. Consignors were Kevin and Barb Nedrow of Clifton
Springs, New York. ... ...
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lives in an effort to help save fami
ly farms. The bill would cut the
federal estate tax by 20 percent on
any family farm owned and oper
ated for 10 years. Qualifying farms
must be located within 30 miles of
a metropolitan area.
After each subsequent five-year
period, the tax payment would
drop another 20 percent. After 30
years of owning and operating the
farm, the family would not have to
pay any tax. The moment the farm
is sold or changes hands or is not
an operating farm, the estate tax
would have to be paid.
Currently up to 55 percent of the
assessed value of an estate is taxed
when its ownership is transferred
through death or as a gift
The bill, introduced May 11, has
already attracted 11 other spon
sors. Co-sponsoring the bill with
Schulze as Lancaster Farming
went to press were Helen Bentley,
R-Maryland; Sherwood Boehlert,
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