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VOL. 36 No. 16
While Husband At War, Wife Takes Charge Of Farm
GAY N. BROWNLEE
Somerset Co. Correspondent
MEYERSDALE (Somerset
Co.) —Sue Voughthas been solely
responsible for herself and three
children since her husband, Robert
Vought, an EOl United Slates
Naval reservist, was called to
active duty last November. He is
currently stationed in Guam where
he loaded ammunition for the war
in the Persian Gulf.
“It means a lot to have the child
ren,” said Sue, of daughter Sonya,
16; and sons Joshua, 14; and
Caleb, 10.
Two years ago the Voughts
began dairy farming while Bo.b
continued his job as an equipment
operator at the Somerset State
Hospital. Prior to that. Sue had
never milked a cow. Once she
mastered the technique, the milk-
Mid-Atlantic Alfalfa Yield Meetings
Set For March In Maryland
COLLEGE PARK. Md.
Mid-Atlantic growers could more
than double their alfalfa yields
with improved management prac
tices, declares Lester R. Vough,
forage crops specialist for the
Cooperative Extension Service,
University of Maryland System.
To back up his statement. Dr.
Vough notes that alfalfa variety
yield plots at the Clarksville facili
ty of the Central Maryland
Research and Education Center
have ranged from 7to 11 tons per
acre over the past five years. This
compares with a statewide aver
age yield of three to four tons per
acre.
Farm youth, Keith Schlegel, was named All-American in soccer and his jersey was
retired at Fleetwood Area High School. The photo includes parents Ken and Sharon
Schlegel.
Five Sections
ing primarily became her responsi
bility while Bob fed the animals.
The dairy is located at Bob’s
homeplace, which is located a few
miles from the Vought’s current
home. Most of the Vought’s
22-head dairy herd consists of
Ayrshire cattle.
Sue said that while she was
somewhat stunned when Bob was
called into active duty, she is grate
ful for all he had taught her about
home and farm management.
“He always made sure I under
stood both the feeding end and the
milking end,” she said, “and all
there is to know about the business
and managing finances.”
Despite her competent ability to
manage the farm, Sue said, “It’s
lonely. But I’m so thankful I have
the children and the church.”
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To share some of the methods
used at the research center, the
Extension Service and the
Maryland-Delaware Forage
Council are sponsoring a series of
three alfalfa management work
shops across Maryland’s northern
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Pseudorabies Status Meeting Set
EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.) —
An educational and informative
meeting aimed at updating swine
producers on the current pseudo
rabies status in Pennsylvania is
scheduled for Monday, March 11,
1991 at 7:30 p.m. in the Berg
strasse Elementary School (at the
Farm Youth Soccer Star Drinks Milk
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 2, 1991
Sitting at the kitchen table, the Vought family wait for dad and husband Robert to
come home from war to take over the farm. They are, left to right, Caleb, Sonya, Sue
and Joshua.
Ethanol Will Triple In Production
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
CAMP HILL (Cumberland
Co.) Ethanol will nearly triple
in production in the next four
years, said Bob Dinneen, legisla
tive director of the Renewable
Fuels Association, on Thursday at
the Pennsylvania Corn
Route 322 exit of Route 222
across from the church),
Robert Fahnestock, Lancaster
County swine producer and
pseudorabies virus (PRV) coordi
nator, will address the current
pseudorabies situation in northern
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50t Per Copy
Conference.
Farmers who wish to turn their
com production to ethanol, a gas
additive derived from com, may
benefit. One bushel of com equals
about 2.5 gallons of ethanol (40
percent of a bushel converts to one
gallon of ethanol).
“Auto manufacturers and con
sumers are becoming much more
acceptive of ethanol blends,” said
Dinneen. About 120 million gal
lons of ethanal were sold in 1990
up 40 million from 1989.
And because com manufactur
ers have yet to profit from an exist
ing market surrounding Philadel
phia (which does not yet meet the
federal standards and must begin
CONNIE LEINBACH
Berks Co. Correspondent
FLEETWOOD (Berks Co.)
Keith Schlegel would agree that
lifting bales of hay on his family’s
dairy farm helped shape him into a
high school soccer star.
The Fleetwood Area High
School senior was named first
team All-American player in
Farmer USD A Participation
Aided For Desert Storm
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Farmers and others
engaged in agriculture operations
across Pennsylvania have been
called to duty as part of Operation
Desert Storm.
With several US Department of
Agriculture program participation
deadlines approaching, regula
tions to assist such producers have
been issued. The new provisions
will waive the normal agent or
designee authorization documents
which are unique to USDA prog
rams executed by the Agriculture
Stabilization and Conservation
Service (ASCS).
‘This will allow a spouse to
take necessary actions to keep the
farm operation involved with
$15.00 Per Year
to decrease carbon monoxide and
other emissions through the use of
an ethanol or other fuel additives),
the Pennsylvania market has a
“brighter future,” said Dinnccn.
Alternative fuels
The ethanol spokesperson said
that 50 percent of all of the oil con
sumed in the U.S. last year was
imported, and Congress has
elected to pursue alternative fuels.
Congress has passed legislation
which will allow small producers
of ethanol (5-10 million gallons) a
10 cent per gallon income tax
credit.
Dinnccn expects an “cxplo
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December by the National Soccer
Coaches Association of America.
And on Monday, his jersey No.
5 was retired at the high school.
Keith, 18, is the seventh player
in Fleetwood soccer history to be
so honored. What’s special about
Keith’s accomplishment is that he
became a top scorer on the team
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ASCS programs in conservation
and wheat and feed grain prog
rams without interruption,” said
Don Unangst, ASCS State Execu
tive Director.
“Many farms depend on partici-
pation in these programs to pre
serve the environment and main
tain the stability of farming opera
tions,” continued Unangsl. “At
this critical time, we are doing
what we can to case the worry of
these families and to allow as
much continuity of planning as
possible for farm operations,”
Unangsl concluded.
Details on current conservation
and wheal and feed grain signups
requirements can be dbtained at
any one of the sixty (60) county
ASCS offices.