PERIODICALS DIVISION PENNSYLVANIA 51 ATE UNIVERST IV N 209 PAT rtf LIBRARY UNIVERSITY PARK PA 16R02 IWV -s VOL 37 NO. 38 Laurie Zimmerman Named Maryland Dairy Princess EVA MARTIN Maryland Correspondent FREDERICK, Md. Laurie Zimmerman of Frederick was crowned the 1992 Maryland Dairy A family portrait of Craig, Laßena, Cling and Wade Owl wouldn’t be complete without the family dog Jesse. Glenside Dairy Hosts Tioga Farm-City C.J. HOUGHTALING Tioga Co. Correspondent MIDDLEBURY CENTER (Tioga Co.) Emerald fields of corn, alfalfa, and oats rippled beneath blue skies as wagons full of visitors bumped along on the newest road at Glcnside Dairy. Just hours before, in a last minute effort to make the tractor drawn wagon tour run more effi ciently, the road had been built through a freshly harvested field Farmland Preservation Begins In Westmoreland DAVID HIEBERT Westmoreland Co. Correspondent GREENSBURG (Westmore land Co.) A new farmland preservation program is beginning here. “We want to help all the people Four Sections Princess at the 31st coronation held in the Grand Ballroom of the Holiday Inn. She is the 19-year-old daughter of Kenneth L. and Shir ley R. Zimmerman. of peas. Another tour, by horse-drawn wagons, took folks into the woods where they learned about the gyp sy moth and how a corkscrew type tool is used to bore into a tree to lest the tree’s age. The reason for the tours was Farm-City Day, sponsored by the Tioga County Rural Development Committee. Hosting the event (Turn to Pago A2O) whose hearts ate in the land. They don’t want farmland to be deve loped,” said Betty Reefer, farm land preservation specialist with the Westmoreland Conservation District “But with the limited funds that are available, the board (Turn to Pago A2B) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 1, 1992 Laurie is a sophomore at Freder ick Community College with plans to transfer to the University of Maryland and major in agriculture economics. She was also the reci pient of the S2OO Francis Kepler Scholarship. Milking, calves, and fieldwork arc her chores on their family farm. Sunnybend Takes York Championship JOYCE BUPP York Co. Correspondent YORK (York Co.) A senior 3-year-old exhibited at the York Holstein Show by June Boyer truly lived up to her registry name. Sunnybend Oh Be Happy Kit B made the Tom Boyer family of York happy indeed when she won the champion, best udder, and best bred-and-owned titles at the annu- Tom Boyer, second from right, exhibited Sunnybend Farm’s senior three-year-old to the York Holstein show championship. Reserve champion honors went to the five year-old from Coredale Farms, with Roy Thompson at the halter. Offering congratula tions were dairy princess Shannon Doll and show judge Mike Hart. Supreme Hog Champion At Lebanon, Fair Jason Shirk, 10, toft, won supreme champion hog with his 235-pound Hampshire cross barrow on Monday at the Lebanon Fair. Frank Feeser, swine breeder from Mary land, Judged the Show. For the Story, turn to page C 4. Photo by Andy Andrews. She is also responsible for the fam ily show string. Her personal herd consists of 24 registered Holsteins and Jerseys, which she shows at county and stale fairs. Competing on the state and national level in the dairy quiz bowl contests, and serving as Maryland State Jersey Queen and Frederick County Farm al county Holstein competition. More than 100 head of cattle turned out for the last week’s show at the York Fairgrounds. Judge Mike Hart, Canastota, N.Y., lauded Happy’s size and stylishness and praised herquahty, well-veined udder. Owned by June Boyer, the Tiho Kit Builder daughter scored VG-87 with an 600 Per Copy Queen are among her many accomplishments. She says her goal is “to promote the dairy farm with pride.” First runner-up went to Christ ine Masser, Washington County Dairy Princess from Hagerstown. Five other contestants, who were (Turn to Pag* A 22) Excellent mammary on her first classification as a 2-year-old. Oh Be Happy completed her first lactation with just under 21,000 milk; after recent freshen ing, she put 115 pounds into the pail on her first DHIA lest. On her pedigree side, four of the closest (Turn to Page A3O) $19.00 Per Year
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