Bi2-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 7, 1991
Michelle Ryan, Dauphin County Dairy Princess, with five-year old Jersey Cow,
Echo, at the Bryncoed Farm.
Adopt-A-Cow Programs
Shapes Future Career
MIDDLETOWN (Dauphin
Co.) Tom and Tiz Williams
own the Bryncocd Farm. It is
because of their dedication to and
value of youth that teens like
Michelle Ryan gain a working
taste of rural farm life. They sup
port 4-H youth through their
“Adopt a Cow” Program. All five
youth arc members of the Lower
Dauphin Dairy 4-H Club. The
Williams give the youth an open
door policy to come and work on
the farm anytime. In addition to
lime and hours spent on the farm,
they also support each youngster
by paying for the first 4-H cow
registration.
Michelle commutes 20 minutes
from her home in Linglcstown to
the Bryncocd farm m Middle
town. She’s been working on the
farm for seven years since she was
in 6lh grade. Her love of the farm
and farm animals has proven to be
more than a fleeting fancy. This
past summer her efforts came into
fruition as she became Dauphin
County Dairy Princess.
Michelle is the daughter of
Mary Ann and Bob Chavey of
Linglcstown. She became inter
ested m the farm in sixth grade
when a friend did a dairy demon
stration in school. She began
going to the Bryncocd Farm and
the rest is history.
She has three cows: a Danish
Jersey Cow, Echo; a heifer, Juani
ta; and a calf, Emerald. Emerald is
a joy for Michelle because she is
Echo’s daughter. She’s the first
heifer calf born to one of her ani
mals. She enjoys working with the
cows and likes the Williams’ invi
tation to come out to the farm
anytime.
Michelle is a senior at Lower
Dauphin High School. She attends
by chdicc because of the agricul
ture program they offer. While at
school she combines agriculture
with her academic classes. She’s
presently doing an independent
study at school for credit. Over the
course of a year, she’s compiling a
summary of many different areas
of the dairy industry. She’s espe
cially interested in the manage
ment portion of dairy farming.
As president of FFA, Michelle
enjoys going to seminars and
doing public speaking for FFA
and 4-H. She’s a member of the
Pennsylvania Junior Jersey Cow
Club for youth members of
Jerseys. In her spare time, Michel
le enjoys riding horses and is a
member of the C.D. Young Riders
4-H Club. Every weekend she
rides the horse. She enjoys helping
younger kids show in the Dauphin
County 4-H Fair.
The support she has received
from her parents and from the
Williams has helped her to decide
that she’d like to be involved in
dairy science and management in
a few years as an adult. Her goal is
to go to Penn State or to Delaware
Valley College to help achieve her
dream. Then she’d like to buy a
dairy farm or study to become a
college professor of dairy scinecc.
Sarah Lynn Hill, Bidwell, Ohio, was crowned 1992 Miss
American Angus at the 1992 National Angus Roll of Victory
(ROV) Show held during the 1991 North American Interna
tional Livestock Exposition In Louisville, Kentucky. The
17-year-old daughter of Paul and Lynn Hill will serve as an
ambassador for the Angus breed at various national and
regional Angus events. Sponsored by the American Angus
Auxiliary, the Miss American Angus contest Is open to the
top five winners In the girl’s division of the Auxiliary’s
scholarship contest. The top five then compete In areas of
public speaking, Impromptu questioning, Interview, and a
written test. Hill Is currently studying pre-med at the Uni
versity of Virginia.
Photo by American Angus Association.
When asked why she likes
working on the farm, Michelle’s
answer was that she thinks far
mers are well-rounded and likes
the way they use constructive cri
ticism. She admires the way the
Williams arc always testing new
ways to do things and are always
learning. Presently they own 190
milk cows and arc expanding by
building a new bam. She’s also
thankful for all of the questions
they have answered about dairy
farming in general because it has
given her an opportunity which
has shaped her dreams for the-,
future.
See your nearest
I\EW HOLLAND
Dealer for Dependable
Equipment and
Dependable Service;
INSYLVANIA
Annville, PA
BHM Farm
Equipment, Inc.
RDI, Fite. 934
717-867-2211
Carlisle, PA
R&W Equipment Co.
35 East Willow Street
717-243-2686
Davidsburg, PA
George N. Gross, Inc.
R.D. 2. Dover. PA
717-292-1673
Elizabethtown, PA
Messick Farm
Equipment, Inc.
Rt. 283 - Rheem's Exit
717-367-1319
Gettysburg, PA
Yingling Implements,
Inc.
3291 Taneytown Rd.
717-359-4848
Halifax, PA
Sweigard Bros.
R.D. 3, Box 13
717-896-3414
Hamburg, PA
Sharttesville Hagerstown, MD
pn*' 1 rw? Antietam Ford Tractor
215-488-1025 301-791-1200
Honey Brook, PA
Dependable Motor Co.
East Main Street
215-273-3131
215-273-3737
Honey Grove, PA
Norman D. Clark
& Son, Inc.
Honey Grove, PA
717-734-3682
Hugheevllle, PA
Farnsworth Farm
Supplies, Inc.
103 Cemetery Street
717-584-2106
New Holland, PA
ABC Groff, Inc
110 South Railroad
717-354-4191
Oley, PA
C.J. Wonsidler Bros.
R.D. 2
215-987-6257
Pitman, PA
Schreffler Equipment
Pitman. PA
717-648-1120
Quakertown, PA
C.J. Wonsidler Bros.
RD. 1
215-536-1935
Tamaqua, PA
Charles S. Snyder, Inc.
R.D. 3
717-386-5945
West Grove, PA
S.G. Lewis & Son, Inc.
R D 2, Box 66
215-869-2214
MARYLAND
Churchvllle, MO
Walter G Coale, Inc.
2849-53
Churchvllle Rd.
301-838-6470
Frederick, MD
Ceresville
Ford New Holland, Inc
Rt. 26 East
301-662-4197
Outside MD,
800-331-9122
NEW JERSEY
Bridgeton, N.J.
Leslie G. Fogg, Inc.
Canton & Stow Creek
Landing Rd,
609-451-2727
609-935-5145
Washington, NJ
Smith Tractor &
Equip., Inc.
15 Hilicrest Ave.
201-689-7900
Woodstown, NJ
Owen Supply Co.
Broad Street &
East Avenue
609-769-0308