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THOMAS E. PIPER
Adams Co. Extension Director
GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.)
_ A calendar of activities for
Adams County dairy farmers was
confirmed when die board of
directors, Adams County Hol
steins Association, met Feb. 7 in
Gettysburg at the home of Thomas
E. Piper, county agent.
President Marvin Brown over
saw the meeting.
Jeffrey and Mary Kay Roche of
New Oxford received thanip for
directing the sale of 6S cases of
cheddar cheese, a fund-raising
project. Proceeds are targeted to
support the dairy princess prog
ram, help underwrite dairy pro
duct promotion, and provide assis
tance to programs for youth.
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Vincent Lobaugh plus Jeffrey
King.
Reservations with a $lO down
payment are due by March 15th,
for a dairy tour into York County
on April 9. Accepting the recom
mendations of Jennie Hess, exten
sion dairy agent, the tour is to
depart Adams County at 8 a.m. to
make stops at Mcßal Dairy Farm
of Ralph McGregor; Smysers
Richlawn Farm, and Sinking
Springs Farm before lunch at Rut
ters Family Restaurant.
Afternoon visits to Bupplyn
Farms south of York and Susque
hanna Aquacultures, Inc. at York
Haven will allow the group to
return to Gettysburg about 4:30
p.m. Adam Lobaugh is chair of the
tour committee.
The Pleasant Acres Farm of the
Harold King family off Route 94
west of York Springs will be the
site of a summer twilight meeting
on Wednesday, July IS.
The annual membership meet
ing was tentatively scheduled for
Thursday. Oct 15, in the new fire
hall currently under construction
in Gettysburg.
Jeffrey Roche announced that
he is seeking a supporting sponsor
for a championship trophy to be
awarded at the South Central
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Pennsylvania Holstein Champion
ship Show which will be held
August 8, at the fairgrounds in
Shippensburg. Roche. Kevin/
Karen Holtzinger and Penn Gate
Farms are to contribute to this
award.
Follow-up contacts are being
made to complete machinery
enrollment for 1992.
An invitation to all dairymen to
attend Dairy Day, an educational
meeting planned for 10 a.m.-3
p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at
the Gettysburg Family, Jamesway
Shopping Plaza, Route 30 east, in
Gettysbuig, was issued by County
Agent Thomas E. Piper. Area
Extension Agents Dan McFar
land, Roland Freund and Larry
Yager will join with Extension
Dairy Specialist Steve Spencer
and County Agent Tom Piper in a
review of new developments in
housing, cow comfort, mastitis
prevention and treatment as well
as milk marketing.
DHIA members owning per
sonal computers and wishing to
learn how to benefit from the
ARIS (Agricultural Records
Information Service) program
should plan to attend a workshop
at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 25 at
the Cumberland County Exten
sion Office; at 1 p.m., Wednesday,
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Feb. 26 in the Franklin County
Extension Office; or at 7 p.m.,
Wednesday, March 11 at the York
County Extension Office. ARIS is
an on-line system which allows
users to dial through a modem and
connect to the mainframe compu
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ment of Agriculture.
After working with the Office
of Rural Economic Development,
he decided to move to Broadtop.
Hoffnar will receive his award
at a banquet to be held on March
28, at the Embers Convention
Center in Carlisle.
He was nominated by Michael
Krempasky, executive director of
the C.A.C.
“I have known Bemie Hoffnar
for more than five years,” Krem
pasky says. “I have a deep respect
for his interest and devotion to the
environment. He spends an inordi
nate amount of time improving the
quality of the environment on a
township, county, and statewide
level.
‘The water system that Broad
top has is totally a result of what
Bemie has done.”
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The ADADC meeting was
attended by over 250 dairy pro
ducers and dairy industry leaders
from New York, New Jersey and
Pennsylvania.
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