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VOL. 35 No. 28
Spring Fair Sees Record Participation
EVA MARTIN
Maryland Correspondent
WEST FRIENDSHIP, MD
The lawns of the Howard County
Fair provided an excellent place to
hold this year’s Wills Spring 4-H
-FFA Fair. Families brought their
lawn chairs, blankets and picnics
to watch an exciting show.
The Wills Fair, one of two reg
ional spring livestock shows for
Maryland 4-H-FFA members, is
named in honor of the late Richard
N. Will, who for more than fifty
years provided leadership that
Family Picnic, Activities
Highlight Summer Get-Together
VERNON ACHENBACH, JR.
Lancaster Fanning Staff
NINE POINTS (Lancaster Co.)
An ominous feeling of being
alone, isolated and different is
becoming more characteristic of
members of farm families in deve
loping rural areas, according to
John and Barbara Brubaker.
But they have a cure for it
participation in a spring Lancaster
Holstein Association farm family
picnic.
Special Dairy Issue Next Week
that came in response to the drawing for model cows.
In addition, for the first time, the DHIA member newsletter
will be part of this issue. And the goals and highlights of the
Pennsylvania Holstein Association will also be featured.
On-farm interviews include a visit to the tallest silo east of
the Mississippi River and a farm family who works with a
small herd, but keeps production high enough to make a
good profit.
These are only a few of the special features, along with
our regular markets and columns, you’ll find next week as a
tribute to the dairy farmers and agri-businesses who help
provide wholesome dairy products.
Anita Meek, Pennsylvania poultry queen, left, was given a
fPecial appreciation award by PEMA. Presort ingtheawafd
Bob Trput, PEMA president.
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enabled hundreds of youth and
adults to participate in agricultural
related activities.
This year proved to be the
largest in Wills Fair history, with
16 Ayrshires, 19 Brown Swiss, 40
Guernseys, 108 Holsteins, 23
Jerseys, and 1 Milking Shorthorn
entered.
One hundred twenty-seven 4-H
and FFA youth from 6 counties
paraded their animals before
judges Cam Davis and Bonnie
Remsberg.
OCS Dairy Phils Candy exhi
bited by Crystal Smith was
The young couple, parents of
two boys and two girls, run a
70-head registered Holstein dairy
farm that is tucked back among
some farm hills, at the end of a long
lane, just northeast of Nine Points.
They have 136 acres of privacy
they want to share.
The couple is serving as host of
the 1990 Lancaster Holstein Asso
ciation Field Day (family picnic)
and any Holstein breeder, of regis
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June is dairy month. And next Satur
day, Lancaster Farming will again publish
an annual dairy issue. Many advertisers
will have special messages for you and
you’ll find a whole herd of dairy recipies
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 26,1990
selected SUPREME CHAMPION
of the show.
Judges Remsberg and Davis
selected O. Clay Smith Champion
of all Color Breeds in Fitting and
Showing.
Bonnie worked with the youth
showing colored breeds for two
hours carefully selecting the
champion showman of each
breed. Equally as hard for Cam
Davis was the selection of a
champion showman for the Hols
tein breed.
Both judges spent time with
each individual youth, giving sug
gestions and helpful hints to be
better show persons.
Holstein Racings
Ruing and Showing - Junior - Age; Pint Race
- Judin Derr, Second Race - Enc Geary; Thud
Race - Barbara Scheming.
Ruing and Showing • Junior - Age 9-11 • I.
Him Race - Holly Burall; Second Race - Kelly
Myeia; Thud Race - Rebecca Patrick.
Ruing and Showing - Junior - Age 9-11 II:
Rnt Race - Jam! Savage; Second Race - Kristin
Myen; Thud Place - Buster Richards.
Ruing and Showing - Junior • Age 12-13; Fust
Race - Kelli Savage; Second Race - Jeffrey
Fritz; Third Race - Merit lager.
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Rye May Absorb Excess Nitrogen
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
HALIFAX (Dauphin
Co.) During the “winter win
dow,” farmers should think about
planting rye as one method to
absorb nitrogen on their farmland.
Rye will grow when temperatures
are cooler, is a a good cover crop,
and can be used as a forage crop,
according to the Rodale Institute
and Penn State University.
Leon Weber, on-farm specialist
with Rodale, is working with Les
E. Lanyon, associate professor of
soil fertility at Penn State. The
researchers are trying to determine
the effects that rye, as a winter
crop, has on reducing the amount
of nitrogen in the soil. The
researchers also want to see how
rye affects subsequent com crops.
“Dairy farmers have been
growing rye because of the ‘winter
window,’” said Weber. “Rather
than letting their soil bare and not
getting anything off of it, it’s one
way to be more efficient in terms
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Banquet Brings Egg Producers Together
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming StafT
LANCASTER (Lancaster
Co.) The Pennsylvania Egg
Marketing Association (PEMA)
held a dinner meeting last week in
light of the ongoing controversy
drawn by the recent spread of sal
monella enteritidis (SE) in local
egg flocks.
About 60 egg producers and
marketers attended the event.
Guest speakers included Boyd
Wolff, state secretary of agricul
ture, and J.C. “Mac” McLaurin,
general manager of Northeast
Four Sections
Wills Spring 4-H/FFA Fair supreme champion Is OCS
Dairy Phils Candy, exhibited by Crystal Smith, center. On
left is Cam Davis, Holstein judge, along with Bonnie
Remsberg, Judge of color breeds.
Leon Weber takes samples three observations of the
same treatment in a randomized pattern —of the rye grown
In the manure-treated and non-manure areas. Tests will
determine how much of the nitrogen from the manure was
taken up by the plants.
United Egg Producers (NEUEP).
Wolff has met recently with
state health officials from Pennsyl
vania and New York to develop
support for legislation to increase
testing for SE in eggs and to help
promote mote understanding of
how to regulate the widespread
problems of SE in the layer
industry.
Wolff emphasized the growing
importance of recognizing the pre
sence of SE in the environment and
working to rid it from layer flocks.
Wolff made a plea for the
PEMA, NEUEP, as well as egg
$15.00 Per Year
producers to support a uniform SE
testing program. Legislation may
soon be passed to include mandat
ory egg refrigeration because the
FDA still considers the egg to be a
non-perishable product.
McLaurin spoke about the need
for commication between produc
ers and marketers. The NEUEP
serves three existing functions,
according to McLaurin; to serve
existing members, to obtain new
members, and to preserve the
image of the egg marketing
industry.
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