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Gay Ridge*s Lilac
Named All-American
Supreme Champion
BY PAT PURCELL
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
The two-day Eastern National
Holsteip Show, which brought
together more than ISO Holstein
breeders from Canada and eastern
United Slftjes, came to a festive
close whew the grand champion
. Gordon Hoover, left, president of the Lancaster County
Farmers’ Association, presented sir inward to Jay Irwin,
LancasUm County extension director, for his outstanding
service to me county’s agriculture In 1969.
Lancaster Farmers 9 Association
Supports Land Preservation Change
BY LOU ANN GOOD
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
Lancaster County Farmers’
Association named Jay Irwin, Lan
caster County Extension director,
as the person who performed the
most disdnquished service to the
county’s agriculture in 1989. Irwin
was honored at the association’s
A 26x80-foot concrete stave silo collapsed last Monday on the M. Elmer Eyrlch farm
In Oley. The silo, which contained approximately 55 feet of cornsllage, didn’t hurt any
one when It fell.
BY VAL VANTASSEL
Berks Co. Correspondent '
OLEY (Berks Co.) A
26x80-foot concrete stave silo
owned by the M. Elmer Eyrich
family of Oley came crashing to
Four Section*
Holstein was named the supreme
champion of the 26th Annual Pen
nsylvania All-American Show.
C Cat Wand Lilac, the 6-year-old
Holstein cow owned by Gay Ridge
Holsteins of IjamsviUe, Maryland,
captured 9m Coveted title. The
annual banquet held Tuesday night
at the Farm and Home Center,
Lancaster.
In other business, the associa
tion listened to the pros and cons of
the present land preservation act
Thomas Daniels, Lancaster
County Ag Preserve Board Direc
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Oley Area Silo Topples
the ground last Monday afternoon.
No one was hurt in the accident,
which occurred under bluebird
skies about 2:30 p.m.
The family actually had
advance notice of the silo’s
Uncaster Farming, Saturday, October 7,1989
v ft Cathland Lilac gracefully made her way into the final spotlight of the 26th Pen*
likyjyania All-American Dairy Show as she accepted the honor of supreme dairy
champion ol onofflSmost prestigious dairy shows in the country. Congratulating the
winners top Secretary of Agriculture Boyd E. Wolff (left) and PA State Dairy Princess
Anne MartoMtohell. At the halter is Bert Stewart. Owners are Mery Louis Wilcom,
Opto Burrier and Michael Rue 111 (not in plctura).
terks Co. Cattlemen Hold First Banquet
ISIiSPQRT (Berks. Co.)
the County Cnttlemm’s
Association wft he hokHng ta
fyst annual membership meeting
and banquet on Biday, October
20, accenting to Sheila Miller,
president Along with a prime rib
dinner, the banquet meeting’s
menu will include election of four
directors and the selection of the
first Berks Beef Industry Rep
resentative. Featured speaker will
be Olenn Eberly, president of the
State DHIA Joins LF
In Communication Venture
BY
EVERETT NEWSW ANGER
Managing Editor
STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.)
In a move to bolster communica
imminent collapse. But not by
much.
“We had put another load in the
silo earlier in the day. About 1:15
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50* Per Copy
Pennsylvania Cattlemen’s Associ
ation and director of the Pennsyl
vania Meat Animal Evaluation
Center at State College.
“The banquet will begin at 7
p.m. and will be held at R. John’s
Olde Haus, Womelsdorf,” said
Miller. “We selected R. John’s as
our first banquet site because of
the restaurant’s reputation for
great beef entrees. We plan to
move this event around the county
in future years.”
don with members and at the same
time show its present and future
services to non-members (both
dairymen and non-dairymen
alike), the Pennsylvania Dairy
Herd Improvement Association
board of directors voted unanim
ously here Monday evening to
develop a joint venture with Lan
caster Farming. This working rela
tionship is planned to include the
eventual publication of DHlA’s
quarterly newsletter and such other
items as a weekly summary of
average input costs from across the
state, somatic cell count averages
and other farm management infor
mation that can be extracted from
DHIA’s vast computer informa
tion bank that’s generated through
local farmer reports.
In addition, as individual coun
ties join the state in the present
reorganizational restructuring, all
members will become part of a
group subscription plan that will
be of considerable benefit to the
state organization as well as indivi
dual members. Of course, the
many DHIA members in counties
who now have group or individual
subscriptions will see no interrup
tion in their service.
Richard Barth, general manager
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$12.50 Per Year
Miller noted that die banquet
cost is $l6 per person. For reser
vations, contact Gcri Gammel at
215-S«9-4«56 by Thursday,
October 12.
Sunday Is
Family Day
At KILE
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
The Keystone International
Livestock Exposition has sche
duled Sunday, October 8, 1989 as
a special day for the family. The
day begins at 8:00 a.m. with a sun
rise church service for the entire
family. Representative Samuel
Hayes, Jr. will be the speaker.
You are encouraged to bring
your family and enjoy the many
attractions of the Livestock
Exposition. Dr. Happy LaClaire
and “Blaze”, his balloon-blowing
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County Poultry
Banquet
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
The Lancaster County Annual
Poultry Association banquet will
be held at the Willow Valley Con
vention Center Palm Court on
Tuesday, October 24, at 6:30 p.m.
Fifty members from the Red
Rose Barbershop Chorus will
entertain the audience after elec
tion of the association’s officers. A
Winross truck from Lancaster
County Poultry Association will
be given as a door prize.
Tickets for the banquet are $ 15.
Contact Milton Landis (717)
442-8750, Richard Landis (717)
665-7405 or Kenneth Martin (215)
445-5736.