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VOL 37 NO. 33
1992
Pennsylvania
Distinction
Dairies
KINGSTON (Luzerne Co.)
The Northeast Dairy Farm Beauti
fication Program is proud to
announce the Pennsylvania Win
ners of the 1992 Dairy of Distinc
tion Award. Fifty-five farms in
Pennsylvania have been selected
as new award recipients.
The Dairy of Distinction prog
ram has been operating in Penn
sylvania for six years. Including
this year’s winners, a total of 468
Pennsylvania dairy farms have
been recognized through this
program.
Farms that apply are judged on
the roadside appearance of build
ings, grounds, and surroundings.
The winning farms receive an
attractive 18x24-inch sign that is
placed at the roadside. Winning
entries are judged annually to
insure that they continue to meet
the standards of excellence set by
the program.
For farther information on the
Dairy of Distinction Program, con
tact the American Dairy Associa
tion and Dairy Council, Inc. at
(717) 283-2204.
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Pennsylvania FFA State Officers Hold First Annual Reunion
The 1992-1993 state FFA officers elected last week are, from row, left to right,
Michael Comman, Big Spring FFA, state vice-president; Richard Martin, Chambers
burg FFA, state sentinel; Steve Landis, Berlin BrothersvaHey FFA, state chaplain;
and Ben Ehrhart, Pequea Valley FFA, eastern region vice president. Second row, left
to right, Jacy Clugston, Manhelm FFA, state secretary; Shelly Ogline, Grassland FFA,
state reporter; Tracey McConn, McGuffey FFA, western region vice president; Jen
nifer Miller; Big Spring FFA, state treasurer; Amy Byers, Greenwood FFA, south cen
tral region vice president; Mandy Hilbert, LRtlestown FFA, state president; and Fran
cine Marts, Mahantango FFA, north central vice president.
Four Soctlons
Donald Trimble leant against the blower of a chopper he
is worfdng on while talking to an unseen plumber.
The house at Donadell Farm dates back to 1814.
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, June 27, 1992
Environmental Dairyman,
Brown Swiss Fancier
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Fanning Staff
WAKEFIELD (Lancaster
Co.) When the warning siren
for Peach Bottom Atomic Power
Station rips through the calm sum
mer haze in southern Lancaster
County, the registered Brown
Swiss and grade Holstein cows at
Donald Trimble’s farm don’t
flinch.
They’re used to it
Not that the wailing noise isn’t
irritating, but it’s better than being
irradiated, according to Trimble.
“You get used to it. What are_
you going to do?” the lean, but
muscular dairyman said about the
power plant
Other than the periodic practice
warning from the nuclear power
plant which is just out of sight
behind a western ridge from the
NOTICE
Due to the July 4th Holiday, deadlines for July 4 Issue of Lancaster
Farming will be as follows:
Mailbox Markets, Monday. June 29. noon.
Public Sales, Monday, June 29, noon.
Classifieds, Horses & Mules, Trucks & Trailers Real Estate,
Tuesday, June 30, 5 p.m.
Classifieds, Farm Equipment, Wednesday, July 1, 9 a.m.
General News, Tuesday, June 30, S p.m.
Late-Breaking News, Wed., July 1, noon.
Closed FrL, July 3.
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) The Pennsylvania FFA
Foundation hosted the first annual
state officer reunion here last
week. The reunion coincided with
the closing day of the Pennsylvani
a FFA summer convention.
More than 175 former state
officers and spouses came together
to renew old friendships and relive
their FFA experiences as state
officers. They came from as far
away as lowa and North Carolina,
and represented each of the six
decades the Pennsylvania FFA has
been in existence.
Many of the officer alumni
came in the night before to be
guests of the cochairman, Dennis
Grumbine, 1965 president, and
Md. Complies With Fed
Pseudorabies Program
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Fanning Staff
BALTIMORE, Md. Pat
Treadwell is a small business own
er. He raises feeder pigs for auc
tion, usually taking his business to
Maryland’s Westminster Auction
on Tuesday.
This past Tuesday was no
different
However, when he got to the
auction, the receiving man told
Treadwell that he had some bad
news: the state was going to start
requiring blood tests for pseudora
bies on swine brought to market
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Trimble farm, Trimble’s neighbor
hood is quiet
The territorial call of a male
Bobwhite Quail or the distant
noise of an automobile occassion
ally breaks the low murmur of a
dairy farm.
The I4S-acre dairy farm sits on
the edge of a plateau which quickly
drops down in winding, twisted
valleys to the Susquehanna River.
Donald and Carol Trimble have
lived on "Donsdell Farm” for 23
years, having moved there with
literally nothing not a cow, not
a tractor save a desire to
achieve a quiet, self-reliant life
with simple pleasures.
Not without hardship, the farm
is paid for, Trimble said. He has SO
Brown Swiss and 30 grade Hols
teins which are milked on a 3:30
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Glenn Wenger, 1981 vice presi
dent. at a reception held in their
hotel suite.
The next day at the luncheon,
Wenger said, “I knew the reunion
had been a success by the atten
dance and fellowship shared at the
reception the night before. It gave
all of us a chance to relax and catch
up on many years of ‘post FFA
state officer’ stories.”
On the morning of June 18, the
former state officers were invited
to start out the day as VIP guests of
the FFA association at closing
ceremonies for their convention.
Many watched, remembering their
beginning and closing days as state
officers the 1991-1992 team
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starting July 6.
Treadwell said he couldn’t
believe it He said it seemed to be a
move to squeeze out the little guy.
Perhaps most aggravating was
the way Treadwell, and others,
found out about the program.
There was virtually no notice;
no time to adjust business, analyze
and plan and no lime to protest.
Just as any other agricultural
commodity, the price for feeder
pigs varies. And especially for
those who produce small numbers
of feeder pigs, it is a type of busi
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