AlO-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, January 13,1990 OPINION Family Food If you attended the 74th Pennsylvania Farm Show this week, you already know we saw some new innovations that helped show the state’s leading industry to the world. Maybe the most notable addition on the show schedule was the selection of five supreme champions. Last year, the champions in the dairy breeds were brought together to select the supreme champion of the show. This year all the other livestock catagories had the same opportunity. Beef cattle, sheep, swine and horses all crowned the best entry from all the breeds. This gave the show participants the opportunity to focus more clearly on each livestock category. Entries were up for this show too. Fifty two hundred animals were entered in the competition, a significant increase over the 4,338 animal entries last year. Record premiums totalling $190,000 also offered exhibitors addi tional incentives to show their agricultural products and livestock. That’s a 10 percent increase over last year. Of course, many traditional events happened too. It snowed. Exhibi tors of farm equipment and supplies again bought all the space avail able and showcased a who’s who in agribusiness. No question about it, if you attended the farm show in Harrisburg this week, you know Pennsylvania Agriculture provides good food for our families. KsH Farm Calendar Saturday, January 13 Forage Conference, Caroline County 4-H Park, Williston, Md., 9:30 a.m. York County Fruit Growers annual banquet, Howard Johnson, York, 6:30 p.m. Franklin County Holstein Club annual meeting, Lemasters Community Center, Lemasters, 7:00 p.m. Huntingdon County Holstein Club meeting, Shade Gap Auxiliary Building, Shade Gap, 7:00 p.m. Monday, January 15 Northeast winter dairy manage ment schools. Holiday Inn, Oneonta, N.Y.; runs through January 16. Tuesday, January 16 Penn State income tax meeting, Leiby’s Ice Cream House, Tamaqua, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Horticultural business manage ment short course, Lancaster Farm & Home Center, Lancas ter, 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Susquehanna Valley dairy day, Buggytown USA Restaurant, Mifflinburg, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Soil course, Montgomery County 4-H Center, Creamery, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.; runs eight Tuesdays. New Jersey Vegetable Growers Association meeting and trade show, Trump Castle Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, N.J.; runs through January 18. New York Holstein Convention, Syracuse, N.Y.; runs through January 17. Horse production enterprises meeting, UNILEC Building, Dußois; continues January 30, Lancaster Farming Established 1955 Published Every Saturday Ephrata Review Building 1 E. Main St. Ephrata. PA 17522 by pr Lancaster Farming, Inc. A Sltlnrmn Entm.pekt Robert G. Campbell General Manager Everett R. Newiwanger Managing Editor OfyrtfM IMS by Lanuahr FanaHy February 13 and 27, and March 13; register by January 9 by calling Gregory K. Bums at 814/776-5331. Wednesday, January 17 Penn State income tax meeting, Family Heritage Restaurant, Franconia, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 P.m. Penn-Jersey Dairy Expo, Days Inn Conference Center, Allentown, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Lancaster County home horticul ture seminar—roses top to bot ( tom, Lancaster Farm & Home Center, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Northeast winter dairy manage ment school, Sheraton- Burlington Hotel. South Bur- lington, Vt; through January 18. Westmoreland County dairy nutri tion school, Hoss’s, Belle Ver non; continues January 24 and 31. Lime, Fertilizer & Pesticide Con ference, Sheraton Penn State, State College; through January 19. State Association of County Fairs meeting, Lancaster Sheraton, Lancaster; runs through Janu ary 19. Thursday, January 18 Penn State income tax meeting, Lancaster Farm & Home Cen- ter, Lancaster, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 pm. Perry, Juniata, Mifflin counties dairy day, Ickesburg Fire Hall, Ickesburg, 9:45 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Adams County Extension Associ ation meeting, Bigierville Fire Hall, Bigierville, 6:30 p.m. Lancaster/Chester County Swine NOW IS THE TIME By Jay Irwin 'Lancaster County Agriculture Agei To Be Aware Of Child Labor Laws If you have boys or girls between the ages of 14 and 16 that plan to operate a farm tractor or machinery on a farm, other than your own farm, be sure they have the proper certificate. Under the child labor regulations, the law requires that those boys or girls between 14 and 16 years of age, be certified and carry a certifica tion card before they are permitted to operate hazardous equipment Some equipment listed under the law as hazardous are: a tractor with over 20 PTO horsepower, com picker, hay baler, feed grin der, fork lift and many more. Again, on your own farm your children can operate any equip ment that you feel is safe for them. The Certification process in most cases is through the Voca tional Agricultural Department in the schools or through the 4-H Tractor Clubs. Contact either for more information. To Attend Winter Meetings This is the time of year that a lot of educational meetings are held, and they’re held during this sea son of year for a good reason ~ you have more time to attend meetings. During the spring, the summer and into the fall, there’s just too much field work that must be done. Take the time to become acquainted with the meetings of interest to you and your operation. Some meetings are designed to reach certain production groups such as Dairy Days, Livestock Day, Crops and Soils Day and Poultry Day, but others are pro grammed to reach all agri business people like the Financial Management, Estate Planning and Farm Transfer Arrangement meetings. Producers Association banquet. Blue Ball Fire Hall, Blue Ball, 6:30 p.m. Lancaster County Montgomery County Coopera tive Extension annual banquet, Montgomery County 4-H Cen ter, Creamery, 6:30 p.m. Fruit Growers meeting, Lancaster Farm & Home Center, Lancas ter, 7:30 p.m. Pesticide update training and com, soybean yield check informa tion, Kennard-Dale High School, Fawn Grove, 8:00 p.m. Friday, January 19 Penn State income tax meeting, c r ] o c ° O j .