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VOL 34 No. 36
Henninger
To Serve His
Community
BY LISA RISSER
BERRYSBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Lynn Henninger is a man who
believes in giving back to society
some of what it has given to him.
When the opportunity came to help
the Pennsylvania animal industry,
Henninger took it.
The Pennsylvania Senate unani
mously confirmed Henninger as a
member of the state’s newly
created Animal Health and Diag
nostic Commission. A former
president of the Pennsylvania
Turkey Council and director of the
Pennsylvania Poultry Federation,
Henninger was nominated by the
poultry organization.
“I care very much, not just for
poultry, but all agriculture includ
ing hogs and cattle,” stressed Hen
ninger, who operates poultry, hog,
and beef farms.
‘The commission’s purpose is
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F orage/Li vestock
Day Planned
For Hershey
HERSHEY (Dauphin)—Farm
ers with beef and dairy cattle,
sheep, and horses are invited to
attend the Pennsylvania Forage-
Livestock Day on Wednesday,
July 19, at the Milton Hershey
School Farms here.
The event is sponsored by the
Pennsylvania Forage and Grass
land Council in cooperation with
the Pennsylvania Sheep & Wool
Growers Association, Penn State
College of Agriculture, Soil Con
servation Service, and Ag Indus
try. It is hosted by the Milton Her
shey Schools Farm.
The day will begin at 9:00 a.m.
and include a walking tour that
attendees take on their own. Tour
highlights include the latest in
forage-management techniques,
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Dairy Of Distinction
Farms Named
WILLIAMSPORT (Lycoming
Co.) —.The Northeast Daily Farm
Beautification Program is proud to
announce Pennsylvania winners
of the 1989 Dairy of Distinction
award. Eighty farms in Pennsylva
nia have been selected as new
recipients of this honored award.
The Dairy of Distinction pro
gram has been operating in Penn
sylvania for three years. Including
this year’s winners, a total of 274
Pennsylvania dairy farms have
been recognized through this
program.
The program was established in
New York State in 1983. and has
Four Sections
When It comes to agricultural Interests, the whole Son- •
nen family gets involved. Becky, the new state FFA presi
dent, is shown with her parents, Paul and Marilyn Sonhen,
and Cricket, the new born calf is the granddaughter of Sup
er, the cow responsible for launching Becky’s dairy
success.
Meet the graceful pack
animals of Annvllle. See
B-2.
since spread to Pennsylvania and
New Jersey. The program was
developed to recognize farms
that maintain a high-quality farm
appearance.
Farms that apply are judged on
the roadside appearance of build
ings, grounds and surroundings.
The winning farms receive attrac
tive 18x24-indt signs that are
placed on the roadskfe. Winning
entries are judged annuaVy to
insure that they continue to mo#
the standards of excellence set by
the program.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 15,1989
Windswept Farms Sweeps Keystone Sale
BY MARIANNE WALKER
Centre Co. Correspondent
UNIVERSITY PARK (Center Co.) Pennsyl
vania’s purebred sheep breeders must be smiling
just a little more broadly this July. The Pennsylvania
Sheep and Wool Grovers 41st Annual Keystone
Stud Ram and Ewe Sale, held Saturday, July 8, was
a success both in the number of animals sold and the
prices the sheep brought Preceded on the 7th by an
all-breed show, the sale averaged $260.27 per head,
with a record 426 animals being auctioned.
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State FFA Team Believes
Together Everyone
Achieves More
BY LOU ANN GOOD
SHIPPENSBURG (Cumber
land Co.) Now that the officers
for the state FFA have been cho
sen, it’s evident that the top three
officers have much in common.
All three have served as dairy
princesses.
Rebecca Sonnen, Richland,
picked up the FFA president’s
gavel on July 10. Becky is best
known as the 1988 state dairy prin
cess. Tammy Sue Balthaser, cur
rent state dairy princess alternate,
is now the stale FFA vice president
and Christine Davidson, former
Cumberland County dairy prin
cess, will handle die secretarial
duties for the slate organization.
Achieving the top FFA posi
tions required grueling interviews
and a comprehensive resume of
FFA achievements. Although
dairy princess titles are not men
tioned, all three attest that their
reign definitely helped by groom
ing their public relations skills.
Not only da they share a similar
background, but they also share
similar goals.
Becky said, “I have a great team.
We got to be rt&lly close duringthc
nomination time. Together we can
achieve our goal to build FFA
membership.”
Vice president Tammy agreed.
She said, “We aren’t competing. A
The overall average was up from last year’s $lB3
and $2lB in 1987, according to the sale’s manager.
Bob Calvert The National Homed Dorset Show and
Sale, the National Polled Dorset Show and Sale, and
the National Finnsheep Sale also were held in con
junction with the Keystone.
Polled Dorsets dominated the show and sale, with
129 head averaging $383, and Windswept Farm’s
yearling ewe earning Supreme Champion Ewe hon
ors. The ewe, of Cyclone breeding, sold for $2,800,
while another Windswept consignment captured
the Polled Dorset Champion Ram title and sold for
$2,300. A third Windswept consignment won the
Early Fall Ram Lamb class and brought $2,200.
Windswept Farm is owned by George and Margaret
Downsborough of State College.
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LEBANON (Lebanon Co.) If you’re interested
in fine Holstens, you’re invited to the Lebanon
County Holstein Field Day, July 20, 7 p.m. at the
farm of Dale Hostetler and family.
Dale-Pride Holsteins is located in Annville, just
north of Bdgrove, off route 934 on Hostetler Lane.
Reservations are not necessary. There is no charge
for the late night supjkr to be served after the cow
judging.
Terry Rawn will be serving as the official judge.
Rawn is from Chambersburg and is die Sire Consul
tant for Landmark Genetics.
Prizes will be awarded for the cow judging con
test Door prizes have been donated by area busines
ses to be given away at the conclusion of the event
The Lebanon County Holstein Club invites mem
bers as well as the public. ' x
motto that I heard several years
ago always stuck with me. It trans
late the word “TEAM” into mean
ing “Together Everyone Achieves
More.”
With that in mind, the FFA lead
ership team has drawn up a plan to
enable the slate of 11 officers to
talk with every FFA chapter and
school administration in the state
during the next year.
The three college students are
readjusting their schedules to
make room for their new assign
ments. Becky, a college sopho
more, plans to take a year off from
Penn State. “Ever since I was a
high school freshman, I wanted to
be a state FFA officer,” she
explained. “Now that I am presi
dent I want to do the best job I
can.”
Tammy, who completed her
freghHMn year at Penn State Berks
Campus,' will limit her college
activities to one class.
Twenty-six contestants com
peted for state office in June at the
FFA activities week held at State
College.
Christine said, “Applicants
can’t run for a particular office
such as president or chaplain.
Instead the judging committee
chooses the position for which
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Lebanon Holstein Field Day
$12.50 Per Year