PERIODICALS DIVISION PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY W 209 PAH EE LIBRARY * UNIVERSITY PARK PA IASOP-tROZ VOL 37 NO. 34 Willows Farm Guernseys: A Lancaster Era Ends VERNON ACHENBACH JR. Lancaster Farming Staff WILLOW STREET (Lancaster Co.) Three generations of Gar ber men sat around a kitchen table on a recent morning to sort through old family pictures. B. Snavely Garber, the grand father, his son Ken Garber and the grandson, Gerald, sorted through the pile of photographs Snavdy Garber had collected through the years. The perusing of photographs and newspaper clippings of Wil lows Farm Guernseys was a sign of change at the farm. At 12:30 p.m. on August 1, the farm’s Guernsey cattle are being sold at auction. Seventy head are expected to be put up for sale. Except for at least one cow, “Lee Ann,” whom Snavely’s great granddaughter has been speaking out for, the brown and white cattle will no longer be blocking traffic on Eshelman Mill Road to get to and from pasture. Some of the first Guernseys in Lancaster were at the Willows Farm. The herd became well known for past show-ring perfor mances and pedigree. The disper sal also marks the end of an almost 80-year era of Guernsey dairying (Turn to Pigt AM) READING (Berks Co.) Rapid urbanization, a trend that continues in Pennsylvania, brings with it a distinct set of challenges for agricultural producers. Gov ernment officials from across the state joined educators and researchers in Reading this week to mark the beginning of a new ini Four Stctions Four generations of Garbers hold the gate to allow their Widows Farm Qusmasys to eroas the rood to pasture, for one of the last tbnee. From the left are Gerald Garber, his father Kenneth, Janies Garber (daughter of Jay) and pat- Penn State, Rodale Announce New Joint Venture dative designed to address those challenges. As dignitaries looked on, offi cials from the Rodale Institute, a nonprofit, publicly funded research and educational organi zation located in Kutztown, Pa., and Penn State’s College of Agri cultural Sciences announced the Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 4, 1992 creation of the Penn State/Rodale Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resourcs in Urbaniz ing Environments (SANRUE). “The center formalizes an ongoing relationship between the College of Agricultural Sciences and the Rodale Institute,” says Dr. Herbert Cole, head of Penn State’s plant pathology department and the center’s first director. Cole says the center will conduct prog Lebanon Hosts Animal Housing Expo NORTH CORNWALL (Leba non Co.) Considering changes to the barn, setting up a new opera tions, or information on anything to do with animal housing should be available to those who attend the 199 i Animal Housing Expo at Lebanon Fairgrounds, July 14 and July IS. The program is sponsored by Penn State University Extension and industry. Court Rules Regulators Must Pay CAMP HILL (Dauphin Co.) The leader of the Pennsylvania Fanners’ Association (PFA) hail ed a U.S. Supreme Court ruling announced June 29 which will require regulators to pay for the property rights they take from landowners. In a 6-2 decision, the Supreme Court overtuned a South Carolina Supreme Court decision in Lucas vs. South Carolina Coastal Coun cil. The U.S. Supreme Court ordered that a state regulatory rlarch B. Snavely Garber. The gentle dairy cattle have been part of the farming operation for more than 80 years and home-bred and raised offspring have been nationally rec ognized for pedigree and type. rams in research, education and public policy. “Both Rodale and Penn State are committed to understanding how we can sustain agriculture, economically and environmental ly, especially in the face of rapid urbanization,” says the new cen ter’s assocaite director, Maria Van Hekken of the Rodale Insititute. SANRUE is designed to help farmers, policy makers and citi Included are to be demonstra tions on farrowing stall compari son, free stall comparisons, small group hutch for calves, respiratory hazards, fan performance, pit ven tilation, air distribution systems, tunnel ventilation, etc. Also speakers are to discuss whether to remodel of build new. site location and building layout for now and the future, regulations and required plans, building for agency must pay compensation to private landowner David Lucas for its “regulatory taking” of his two beachfront lots. PFA presidnet Keith Eckel said, “The court ruling means that if land use is regulated for the public good, the public must bear the economic burden of the restric tions, not the landowner alone. It signals a reaffirmation of property rights as guaranteed by the Consti tution. In addition, it strengthens the free enterprise system by 609 Par Copy zens address the issues raised by urban growth. As residential, commercial and industrial deve lopments spread into traditionally rural areas, agricultural producers face new dilemmas. Conflicts between homeowners and agricul tural producers and increasing pressure to protect air and water qualtiy have created an environ ment rife with contradictions in (Turn to Pag* A 27) animal comfort, manure manage ment, and expectations of a lender. The two-day event will have identical schedules each day. From 9:30 a.m. to 10:10 a.m., Robert Graves, professor with PSU Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, is to talk about remodeling or building new. From 10:20 to 11 a.m.. Bob Bassler, engineering and construe (Turn to Pag* A 27) assuring us that we will benefit through the fruits of our labor.” PFA is a voluntary, statewide farm organization which repre sents over 23,000 families. It is part of the nation’s largest general farm organization, the 3.9-million member American Farm Bureau Federation. The American Farm Bureau had filed a friend of the court brief in the case in support of landow ner Lucas. American Farm Bureau $19.00 Per Year (Turn to Pag* AST)
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