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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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