VOL. 35 NO. 11 Denise Sustrik Crowned PA Fair Queen Washington County did It again! For tha second year In a row, Washington County’s fair queen representative won the state queen title when sheeompeted with other county queens from across the stale. Denise Sustrik (center) was crowned by KeHy Thompson (right), last year’s quean. First runner Lome Sue RobMnson (left) represented Big Knob Grange Fair. The Pennsylvania Stale Association of County Fairs held the 78th annual convention In conjunction with the Pennsylvania Stale Showmen’s Association. More details on the three day convention, held In Lancaster, will appear In next week’s issue of Lancaster Faming, Photo by Lou Ann Good. Dairy Industry Playing ‘Catchup’ ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Fanning Staff QUARRYVILLE (Lancaster Co.) “The dairy industry is playing ‘catchup’ with the rest of the economy, so the increased prices of milk are necessary, con sidering how behind the times dairy farmers have been,” said James S. Fraher, economist with the Atlantic Dairy Cooperative (ADC) at a meeting of locals in Quarryville Thursday. The business meeting was attended by more than 140 dairy farmers in the Quarryville, Stns burg, and Paradise areas who Andrews Joins Lancaster Farming Andy Andrews Four Sections belong to ADC. District Q holds a membership of 183 from the two locals. Officers for 1990 and delegates to represent district Q of the ADC were elected. They are Dale Her shey, president, Strasburg- Paradise local and Kenneth Beiler, vice president. Charles Neff is secretary-treasurer for Strasburg- Paradise. Dave DeLong is presi dent, Quarryville local, and P. Robert Wenger is vice president. Secretary-treasurer for Quarryvil le local is Donald Herr. (Turn to Pago A 24) EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.) Andy Andrews has joined the staff of Lancaster Fanning. Born in Lancaster County, Andy worked as a summer job hand for a steer farm north of New Holland. “I grew to appreciate the long, hard hours put into a farm of that sort,” Andy said. ‘‘l was happy to help in the bailing and silage oper ations. I also ‘pitched in,’ as it were, helping to clean the stables and spread manure. “The man who operated the farm also worked full-time for a local industry. So he got up early and put in an awfully long week.” Andy said that the farm experience (Turn to Pag* A3B) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 20,1990 Mlk* Mssslek smiles and holds his third and last Farm Show grand champion mai-lcot stsar steady. Maaslck has reason to smile, as Mr. and Mrs. BIN Campbell (right), of Hose's Btaak and Sea House, paid fi 1,100 lor the top animal. Hass agrtSMbyw tscrksry Boyd WoM and Mrs. Hobart Casey aland in front of the anknat In support of the ads See story Page A-30 Consumers Think Hamburgers Are Not Meat EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing Editor HARRISBURG. (Dauphin Co.) — “People don't really associate their food with the farm,” said Ms. Amy Barr, executive director, The Good Housekeeping Institute. Tm always amazed when people say they don’t eat meat, but they eat hamburgers. The consumer often has no comprehen sion that her food comes from the 50* Per Copy Questions About BST Raised At Expo EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a two-part series of a report on Bovine Somatotropin (BST) as discussed by several experts at a recent Penn-Jersey Dairy Exposition. Out of the many issues facing the dairy industry as it enters the 19905, perhaps no other is more signific ant than the proposed use of biotechnology to increase milk yields. In presenting this series, we are attempting to keep readers as up to date as possible on deve lopments with Ms issue, as with others. Former President Carter To Speak At State Holstein Banquet STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) It’s been nearly 10 years since former President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalyn made their first trip to Wayne Harpster’s Huntingdon CwSHp dairy farm. Their reason fmaaaw" ing was to do some leisurely trout fishing in Spruce Creek, a well stocked stream which runs through the center of the Harpster family’s 2,500 acres. Wayne vividly recalls that day in 1979 when the Presidential helicopter landed on one of his farm. She’only knows we are supoeedly abusing askanb. “And the environmental move ment is here so stay,” Bair dec lared. “You better not package your product in something that will harm my children’s future. We’ve all heard of acid rain and the ozone layer. Now a recent story in the Wall Street Journal told how cattle manure creates methane that is robbing our earth of oxygen. $12.50 Per Year VERNON ACHENBACH, JR. Lancaster Farming Staff ALLENTOWN (Lehigh Co.) — More questions, legal and ethical, were raised this week over the proposed use of the milk increasing drug, Bovine Somatot ropin (BST). During the third annual Penn- Jersey Dairy Exposition, about 200 dairy farmers, from Pennsyl vania and New Jersey, devoted almost an entire day with four guest speakers to discuss the vari (Turn to Pag* A 27) cornfields near the creek, ‘The first thing President Carter talked about was the type of weeds grow ing in my fields. This really im prerecd me! I also remember Jim- that the dairy busi ■4Ms had been doing rather well lately and I quickly replied, ‘Yeah, I hope it stays this way!’” President Carter and Wayne Harpster’s meeting that first day was purely accidental. Wayne had no idea the President was coming to fish in Spruce Creek. In order to (Turn to Pag* A 26) People ue tonified by what they frhiir ia happMtaf on oar farms.” at the Pennsylvania Beef Council’s annual meeting last Wednesday evening, Ban said the present homemaker uses her purchase activity to make herself heard politically. “America is expressing her value system one purchase at a time. She is not going to buy your product if it doesn’t do (Turn to Pag* A 36)
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