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VOL 36 NO. 52
Six-State Tillage Event
Follows Westward Trend
HAGERSTOWN, Md Fol
lowing agricultural trends asso
ciated with the Atlantic slope of
the Eastern Continental Divide,
the 1991 Mid-Atlantic Conserva
tion Tillage Conference has
moved west from previous loca
tions in the Piedmont and Susque
Milk Price
Fragments
Industry
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
REMEN, N.Y. The frustra
tion level among dairymen con
tinues to grow, despite slowly
recovering milk prices.
The frustration is beginning to
show in numerous ways.
For at least one New York state
dairyman, the marginal defeat of
the Rogers-Alien Act served as the
straw that broke the camel’s back.
The approval of the act, though
controversial because of legalities
being tested in several courts,
would have ontinued certain on
farm milk prices and set a higher
base price for milk.
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Youths Head For FFA National
KANSAS CITY. Mo.
National recognition will be given
to regional FFA members at the
world’s largest annual youth con
vention, the 64th National FFA
Convention, to be held here Nov.
14-16. More than 24,000 FFA
members, guests, and supporters
are expected to attend.
The convention will feature
eight sessions with addresses by
top speakers from the fields of
agriculture, government, and
entertainment A special highlight
Livestock Team Concentrates On National Showdown
Jim Quanbeck, far left, explains navel and sheath Information about Santa Gertru
dls cattle to, left to right, Chet Hughes, coach; Mark Tracy, Wendall Landis, and Dwaln
Llvengood. Photo by Andy Andnwa.
Four Sections
hanna Valley areas of Maryland
and Pennsylvania.
This year’s eighteenth annual
event is scheduled Dec. 18 in the
Ramada Inn and Convention Cen
ter at Hagerstown, Md., just a
short hike off the famed Appala
chian Trail.
Nearly 800 crop farmers and
agribusiness representatives from
Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Virginia and West
Virginia are expected to attend.
Activities will run from 8 a.m. to 3
p.m.
As in past years, the conference
is sponsored by the Cooperative
Extension Service at land-grand
universities in the six participating
states, with assistance from inter
ested agribusiness representatives.
More than 30 commercial exhibits
are expected.
Dr. Gary C. Steinhardt, Exten
sion agronomist at Purdue Univer
sity, will lead off the morning
program with a presentation on
identifying and controlling com
paction and tilth problems in con
servation tiUaee cropping.
mid-morning
break, conference participants will
have their choice of attending one
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will be a keynote address by Presi
dent George Bush on Wednesday,
Nov. 13. Others scheduled to
appear are Carolyn Suzanne Sapp,
1992 Miss America: Captain Ger
ald Coffee, former POW during
the Vietnam War; Scott McKain,
former national FFA secretary;
Jack C. Parnell, former deputy
secretary of agriculture; Dave
Roever, Vietnam War veteran;
and Jerry Glower, country
comedian.
(See regional state attendees in
story on Page D 3.)
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 9, 1991
The Gehman family, who were recently honored with the Dairy of Distinction Award,
pose In their recently harvested pumpkin field. Front, from left, Brandt, 2 Vi, with
mother Sharon and father Barry Gehman. In back, Robert, Sr., and wife Adeline. Photo
by Andy Andrews.
Dairy Of Distinction Farm Thanks
Grace, Diversity For Success
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
COOPERSBURG (Lehigh Co.)
In the old days, farmers didn’t
worry so much about unstable milk
prices. They turned their attention
instead to other types of farming
raising hogs, growing a few
acres of vegetables, or maintaining
a chicken house to make up the
loss of income.
The old days haven’t gone away
on some farms, particularly the
Marwell Dairy Farm. Indeed, the
Marwell Farm owes its livelihood
to the successful maintenance of
80 head of grade Holstein. And
they sell Holstein steers. They also
sell 1,100 hogs a year and maintain
60 sows .... and they raise 800
capons .... and about 190 acres
of pumpkins and gourds .... and
500 peach trees and a vineyard. To
top it off, they also operate a fertil
izer business.
This diverse farm is operated by
Robert R. and Barry Gehman and
family. Although the Gehmans
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Fanning Staff
COLUMBIA (Lancaster Co.)
“It’s sort of frightening, you
know. What if you don’t do that
well?”
Elizabethtown High School stu
dent and Lancaster 4-H Club Presi
dent Mark Tracy shivered in the
early evening cold. Tracy watched
his fellow team members mill
about at the entrance to a machine
shop operated by Jim Quanbeck, a
beef and cash crop farmer.
It looked liked the scene at the
end of “Fahrenheit 451,” a film
based on the book by Ray Brad
bury people walking about,
recalling lines from novels, prac
ticing the chapter and verse of
books that no longer exist for the
benefit of future generations.
And like the film’s characters,
the 4-H livestock team knows the
importance of practice. The team
has been preparing for the event
known as the North American
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didn’t purchase the farm until
1967, they celebrated their 32-year
farm anniversary early this month.
Recently, the farm was honored
as a Dairy of Distinction Farm. It is
managed by Robert R. Gchman,
wife Adeline, and Robert Jr., in
addition to Barry Gchman with
help from Barry’s wife, Sharon.
All your eggs
“I come from the school that
believes you don’t put all your
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International Livestock Expo
(NAILE), which opens today and
continues through next week.
Compete against teams
In Louisville, Ky. on Tuesday,
the senior division of the Lancaster
County 4-H Livestock Judging
Team, which placed first in the
state, will compete against teams
from many other states for the
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