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glass blowers or cutters and'work
for seven years to become mas
ters. Here crystal is bom in white
hot fire, created by craftsmen who
shape it into life with their breath
and then, by skillful hand cutting,
transmute this almost invisible
substance into glittering master
pieces.
A totally different factory tour
was the peat plant in Ballinonty,
one of four in Ireland. Peat is
made from turf, a natural fuel
found in abundance in the middle
of Ireland, residue of ancient for
ests. The plant produces 144,000
tons/ycar. To make one ton of peat
briquettes, it takes 2'A tons of sod
to be crushed, screened, sorted
and pressed in a scries of highly
mechanized operations. Peat is
prized as a clean-burning, avail
able fuel, used in home and com
mercial furnaces.
The group visited the capital
city, Dublin (population
1,000,000) which observed its
one-thousand-year anniversary
during 1988. They toured Trinity
College to see die Bth century
manuscripts of the gospels, the
Book of Kells; and St Patrick’s
Cathedral, built in the 13th
century.
The historic nature of the coun
try was most evident in its ancient
casdes. The group toured the mag-
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Tipperary, the palace of Irish
kings from the third to the 11th
century.
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members of the group climbed
120 spiral stairs to the top of the
castle parapet to kiss the Blarney
Stone, said to confer the gift of
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The sale average of $2,066 on
35 lots exceeded expectations of
the AGA sale organizers. While
the national convention sales aver
age between $2,000 to $3,000, the
East Coast sales generally run low
er. Guernsey breeders anticipated
excellent ijuality and were pre
pared to make those animals part
of their herd.
Heidi Knapp of Knapp Enter
prise in Wisconsin was crowned
the National Guernsey Queen and
jAngelique Eileen'McDonald of
Green Slopes Farm, Imler, Pa.,
was crowned the 1989 National
Guernsey Princess. The distinction
of Best Presentation went to
Rebecca Klingel of Indiana.
Winner in the National Out
standing Guernsey Youth compet
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TTie final evening of the trip
provided a step back in history to
enjoy the timeless atmosphere of
medieval Ireland with a tour of
Bunratty Folk Paik followed by a
feast in Bunratty Castle. Guests
ate a three-course dinner without
Runners-ups were: Michael Hurst
of Indiana; Mark Calvin of Mis
souri; Trent Jensen of Wisconsin
and Mark Fritsch of Minnesota.
The Outstanding Young Guern
sey honor went to Walter A. Kess
ler of Bay Meadow Farms in Galt,
California. Runners-up were: John
Schnebly of Maryland; David
Anderson of Minnesota; Tim and
David Haynes of Indiana and C.
Wayne Blades of Indiana.
George Fowler, Sr. of South
Carolina was selected as the 1989
Master Guernsey Breeder. Myron
Erdman of Illinois was honored
with the Distinguished Service
Award.
The Quiz Bowl Team from
Indiana won the competition and
the Pennsylvania team captured
second place.
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benefit of forks. The folk park has
reconstructed typical thatched
farmhouses and fisherman’s and
laborer’s cottages. One farmhouse
demonstration was of hand
churned buttermaking. As the
eight-day tour ended, group mem
bers were already making plans to
nesota, Phil Tennis moved into the
AGA’s presidency. Ralph Turley
of Ohio, past president, became the
first vice-president and Lee Riggs
of Indiana is the second vice
president
New directors to serve three
-year terms are E. Cline Brubaker
of Virginia and Truman Weaver of
Indiana. Brubaker owns and oper-
Dairy
Finalizes
WILLIAMSPORT (Lycoming
Co.) The American Dairy
Association and Dairy Council
(ADADC) has finalized its media
plan for the second half of 1989.
The plan focuses on milk and
cheese using a media mix of tele
vision, radio and outdoor
billboards.
FLUID MILK
The fluid milk campaign has
been repositioned in order to reach
an expanded target audience of
18-49 year olds. This new target
audience represents 48 percent of
the population, and a high percen
tage of milk drinkers. This audi
ence strategy relfects the changes
taking place in the milk consump
tion market, concentrating on the
aging “baby boom” population
segment. The commercial theme
will continue as “Milk, America's
Health Kick.”
Historically, milk has been per
ceived as a beverage for children.
ADADC’s latest television cam
paign hopes to broaden milk’s
image, communicating the mes
sage that milk is nutritionally ben
eficial for adults. The tongue in
cheek message states, “Everybody
knows that milk’s for babies. And
baby, milk’s for you.”
Television, radio and outdoor
billboards will be used to promote
milk during 1989. The television
buy will take place during prime
time and prime access program
ming using 30-second
commercials.
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Fluid milk advertising has been
developed to reach the important
MILK.
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return to the Emerald Isle or to
participate in the fourth annual
ADADC tour in the spring of
1990.
The ADADC is a dairy promo
tion agency funded by dairy farm
ers from Pennsylvania, New York
and New Jersey.
ates Blackwater Valley Farm in
Rocky Mount, VA with his wife
Mary Lee and daughter Amanda.
He has served as past president of
the Virginia GBA.
Weaver and his family were
named the Indiana State Dairy
Association Dairy Farm Family of
the Year in 1988. He and his wife
Elnora, own and operate the Yel
low Creek Farm in Goshen.
Association
Schedule
Hispanic market in New York
City, promoting milk as “La Moda
De Hoy,” (The Style of Today).
Television and radio advertising
has been developed to be placed
on the Spanish broadcast stations
throughout the New York City
area.
Pennsylvania and New York
are primary producers of the
nation’s cheese supply; particular
ly cheddar and Italian cheeses.
Cheese advertising will be placed
this fall as part of a special cheese
promotion being run through
supermarkets.
Willard Scott serves as spokes
person for ADADC’s cheese
promotion. Network television
and radio ads featuring Scott will
be placed during the month of
October. The ads will promote the
sale of real, domestic cheeses dur
ing the fall season.
Television and radio commer
cials for milk will be placed pri
marily in the New York metropo
litan area as well as major markets
in Upstate New York and North
ern Pennsylvania. A billboard
campaign will extend the broad
cast message throughout Northern
New Jersey and Pennsylvania as
well as Watertown, New York.
The cheese campaign will take
place through a national network
buy.
The American Dairy Associa
tion and Dairy Council is a dairy
promotion association funded by
dairy producers from New York,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
CHEESE -
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