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VOL. 37 NO. 1
In a new youth awards program, the Lancaster County Holstein Association g ives a
show calf to the owner of the winning record book project. The first calf, Spring-Shade
Musical Miss, was presented to Jill Harnish (at halter) by Jack Coleman, youth com
mittee chairman, at the annual banquet Tuesday night. Other youth winners in the
photo are, left to right, Julie Wenger; Jesslyn Oberholtzer; Dan Geissinger; Harnish;
Randy Wenger; and Coleman.
Lancaster Farmland Trust Preserves
‘Living National Treasure’
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster
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The Lancaster Farming office
will be closed Thursday, Novem
ber 28 in observance of Thanks
giving. Deadlines for the Novem
ber 30 issue are as follows:
• Mailbox Market Ads
Noon, Monday.
• Public Sale Ads 5:00 p.m.,
Monday.
• General News Noon,
Wednesday.
• Classified Section C Ads
5:00 p.m., Tuesday.
• All other Classified Ads
9:00 a.m., Wednesday.
Association President Talks Fannins
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Fanning Staff
OXFORD (Chester Co.)
While fanning may be a great
place to raise a family and make a
living, if you ask Richard Breck
bill, the young farmer faces a host
of problems many of which can
be helped by involvement in sever
al pro-farming organizations.
Whether it’s concerns about
falling milk prices, rising fanning
costs, the assumption that farmers
are the cause of Chesapeake Bay
pollution, real estate transfer tax,
or the prospect of unfair manure
handling and hauling fees, Breck
bill believes farmers have some
thing to support them the Pen
nsylvania Farmer’s Association
(PFA).
Breckbill operates the Chester
Co. dairy, Breck-A-Dee Farms. He
is also president of the Chester-
Delaware Farmers Association,
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Four Sections
Co.) —The new president of the
Lancaster Farmland Trust said this
county is a “living national trea
sure.” Speaking at the seventh
annual dinner meeting last Friday
night. Darwin Boyd said that sav
ing farmland in lancaater County
Irwin Writes From Poland
Editor’s Note: Lancaster
Farming received this letter
from retired Lancaster County
Agent Jay Irwin and the news
article written by his wife Betty
for a Polish publication. The
Irwins were commissioned by
Penn State University and
USDA to educate the farmers in
Poland about good management
practices and how cooperatives
operate.
Richard L. Breckbill. Breck-A-De Farms, with his wife,
Porcla. Breckbill Is president of the Chester-Delaware Far
mers Association. Photo by Andy Andrews.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 16, 1991
was an important cause that deals
with the total quality of life in the
community.
“We owe it to everyone to pre
serve the land, to be good stewards,
and maintain its reach jof natural
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BOGUCHWALA. POLAND
We are near the end of our six
month project in Poland... leaving
Warsaw November 30 and after
de-briefing in Washington, D.C.,
back in Lancaster December 4. I
want you to know how much
Betty and I appreciate receiving the
Lancaster Farming. Dr. Donald
Evans, assistant dean. College of
Ag at Penn State, sends a CARE
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Lancaster Holstein Club
Starts New Project
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
QUARRYVILLE, (Lancaster
Co.) —An enthusiastic crowd of
Lancaster County Holstein breed
ers greeted the Miller Family Plus
Six entertainment at the 41st annu
al banquet held at the fair grounds.
The Millers are a well-known dairy
farm family that sing a variety of
numbers, even songs that promote
milk and the dairy industry.
In addition, the youth committee
under the chairmanship of Jack
Coleman started a new annual trad
ition. A September show calf was
selected from the Carl Martin herd
and given to the youth record book
winner. Jill Hamish, 16, daughter
of Ed and Arlene Hamish, Christ
iana, was the winner.
The Maryland Holstein Association announced the win
ners of the All-Maryland Awards this week. The All-MD Best
Three Females owned by Jason and Donna Myers at Wind
sor Manor are shown in the photo. See other winners on
Page A-36.
Poultry Producers Take
Another Look At Salmonella
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Fanning Staff
MANHEIM (Lancaster Co.)
When it comes to who is responsi
ble for food safety, the answer is
not determined by scientific
research or even reasonableness,
but on whom the consumer per
ceives to be responsible.
That’s the message Dr. David
Kradel, a Penn State veterinary
scientist, gave participants who
attended the Poultry Management
and Health Seminar held at Kreid-
Conyngham Honored
By PSU Dairy Science Club
JUDY PATTON
Union Co. Correspondent
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) —For the first time, the Penn
State Dairymen’s Club held its
annual meeting in the mezzanine of
the Ag Arena the evening before
the Nittany Lion Classic Sale.
Alumni and friends of the Dairy
Science Club enjoyed a catered
meal and danced to live country
music by the Wind River Band.
The second Dairymen’s Club
60c Per Copy
“The Holstein youth program
helps young people develop good
skills and keeps them interested in
dairying,” Coleman said. “This
new yearly project will help to do
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INDEX
Sec. A... Market Reports
& General News.
Sec. R... Women’s News,
Public Sales & Mailbox
Market.
Sec. C...Bnsiness News
& Classified 4-36.
Sec Declassified 1-3.
Sec Story Index Page A 3.
er’s Dairy Farms Restaurant on
November 11.
Unfortunately, that’s also the
message the poultry industry hears
whenever Salmonella enteritidis
causes food poisoning. Last week
eggs from a Lancaster County
poultry house were banned from
New York although officials found
that the food was clearly mishand
led by the caterer.
Investigators found that' the
caterer prepared lasagna two days
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Service Award went to William
Conyngham of Hillside Farms in
Shavcrtown. Conyngham took
over his home farm in 1946 and
built the registered Holstein herd
started in 1885 to 150 head today.
Hillside farm also has a jugging
operation and an ice cream manu
facturing plant.
As a dedicated leader of the
Holstein Association, Conyngham
has held offices at the local, state,
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