810-UncMff Farming, Saturday, April 25, 1992 Lebanon LOU ANN GOOD Lancaster Farming Staff LEBANON (Lebanon Co.) Although only Eve years old, Bethanie Heagy knows more about the farm and dairy products than many adults. She is Lebanon County’s Lil’ Miss Dairy Princess. She Ends her job handing out stickers, coloring books, cow erasers, and cheese a fun job. She likes to wear her crown and banner when she hands out cheese. “I like to eat cheese, lots of cheese. Cheese comes from cows,” Bethany said. Bethanic helps her parents, Luke and Carol Heagy, with the dairy herd on their 80-acre farm in Lebanon County. “Each evening I get the cows in all by myself,” Bethanie said. “I go out to the pasture and say, ‘H0...H0....’ and the cows go.” When the 65 cows are in the bam, Bethanie said, “1 dip the cows. I carry the milker out. I feed the calves.” Bethanie’s mother said, “Milk ing time is family time. Everyone to collect. The Heagy family Includes parents, Luke and Carol, Bethanle, and two-year-old twins, Faith and Mlcah. Lil’ Miss Bethanie Heagy Finds Work Is Fun goes to the bam and helps in the evening.” When her jobs are finished in the bam, Bethanie rides bike in the bam. “We all ride bike in the bam,” Bethanie said, meaning her brother and sister ride tricycles too. “It’s lots of fun." Everywhere she goes, Bethanie Ends work is fun. She is proud that she is her mother’s big helper. Because Bethanie has a two-year old brother and a sister who are twins, she Ends plenty to do. With out pausing, Bethanie chatters about the many things she does each day. “When I wake up, I like to go downstairs and feed Billy the can ary. I get pillows and stack them up and plunk them down for a chair. I like to read books to Micah and Faith,” Bethanie said. “I like to tie shoes, help Mom in the kitchen, wash dishes, and put dishes away from the dishwasher,” she said. “I help Mom bake cook ies, bread, and cinnamon tolls. I put trash in bags, sweep the porch, wash the porch, scrub windows. 0 Bethanle Heagy goes to the pasture to lead the cows to the bam tor the evening milking. M l say, *H0...H0.... n and they go,” said Bethanle. walls, and floors. “I help get cotton for the cows, strip cows, go to dairy princess things, clean my room, and be Mom’s big helper. “The best thing is to go to Sun day school and Junior church. I like to sing in the choir.” With such an impressive list of things to do, Bethanie was asked if there was anything that she did not enjoy doing. Sure enough, she had a few. She said, “I don't like to pick up toys. I don’t like to play with Cocky Lockey the rooster because he flaps and scratches me.” Bethanie said that Cocky Lock ey is now in a pen where the roos ter can’t bother her when she gathers eggs from the chickens. At the end of a busy day, Betha nie said, "I like hot water, splashy baths especially when I’m cold. Then I like to get out of the water and sit in front of the heater where I read a story before I go to bed. “I like tractors and cows. 1 want to grow up to be a fanner’s wife,” Bethanie said. When Bethanie entered the pageant last year to try for the Lebanon County Li’l Miss title, she recited the following poem during the competition. Bethanie’s mother helped her make it up by changing the words from another poem. “Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuf fet, thanking Jesus for curds and iflL .dinner bell. “I don’t ling It to tell peopl* to come for dinner, I Just ring If for fun,” Bethanle said. whey. Along came a spider and sat down beside her and listened to Miss Muffet pray: Thank you. Lord Jesus, for good things to eat like milk, butter, and ice cream sweet. I really don’t see how you feed this big world, the lions, tigers, the pigs with tails curled. Puppies and rabbits, sheep and cats on your food they dine. So thank you. Lord Jesus, for my kit ty’s food and mine.”
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