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VOL 38 NO. 2
Atlantic Dairy Cooperative Celebrates 75th Anniversary
These were part of the founding member families of ADC: Anna Davis, Beth Blckel,
Harry Blckel, Walt Moore, Naomi Moore, Sally Moore, and Bill Moore.
Groundwater Protection More Than
A Fence Around The Wellhead
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster
Co.) —Protection of groundwater
is more than simply patting a
around the wellhead and asking
people to stay out It’s an ongoing
program that identifies the site that
feeds and discharges the ground
water and knowing ways in which
to manage that site for farm, herd,
and family health.
As Thanksgiving Day Approaches, Family Grateful For Harvest
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
LEBANON (Lebanon Co.)
The crops are harvested The silos
stuffed It’s been a bountiful
harvest SO percent better than
last year’s drought-afflicted one
for the Jay Calvin and Thelma
Zimmerman family.
They, as do many farm families,
brim with gratefulness during this
Thanksgiving season. Calvin said
“This year’s crop is the best we’ve
had in the past 25 to 30 years.”
Calvin echoed the sentiments of
the Plymouth pilgrims who
observed the first Thanksgiving
when he said “I’m thankful to God
for my great family and that we can
share these blessings together. I’m
thankful to the Lord for providing
for me so that I can work with the
soil and animals.”
Being thankful is a lifestyle and
not merely a once-a-year event for
the Zimmermans, who work
together to milk 150 Holsteins,
feed ISO replacements and calves,
and crop 250 acres with com, hay,
rye, barley, and soybeans.
Social and work duties are so
entertwined it is difficult to say
where fun begins and work ends.
Whether it is competing in tractor
pulls or working in the fields, the
parents and their children, Jeff. 14;
Jared, 9; Janelle, 6; and Jason, 4,
find pleasure in aU of it.
Both parents, who grew up on
Lancaster County dairy farms,
sought to find a spouse who wanted
Four Sections
And it’s important for farmers
as" well as municipalities to know
the land area and history of the area
surrounding the well and check for
MmM™ threats to groundwa
ter quality, according to Marie Nel
son, senior hydrologist.
Nelson, from Horsley Witten
Hegemann, Inc., Cambridge,
Mass., spoke about tools for
groundwater and wellhead protec- *
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to farm. After they married they
worked on a Lancaster County
farm until they found the farm on
which they now live. They began
to rent-purchase the farm in 1978,
Tm thankful for big turkeys , mashed potatoes , Dad , Mom ,
Jeff Jaredy and Janelle.’
Ice cream, each other, and living on a farm are a few of the things for which the Zim
merman family are grateful as they contemplate Thanksgiving Day. From left; Janelle,
Jason, Jared, Calvin, Jeff, and Thelma.
Lancaster mining. Saturday, November" 21, 1992
The Lancaster Farming office
will be closed Thursday, Novem
ber 26, in observance of Thanks
giving. Deadlines for the week of
Thanksgiving are as follows:
• Public Sale Ads
Noon, Mon., 11/23
• General News Npon,
Wed., 11/25
• Classified Section C Ads
5 P.M., Tue., 11/24
• AH Other Classified Ads
9 A.M., Wed., 11/25
and in 1991 they bought it. The
farm is made up of a combination
of several smaller farms. Calvin
said “We were fortunate to be able
to buy it in parcels.”
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Fanning Staff
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
Seventy-five years ago, Atlan
tic Dairy Cooperative was formed
to serve dairy farmers.
During a two-day convention
held November 19 and 20, the
Cooperative celebrated its suc
cessful history and grappled with
changes needed for current market
conditions.
This past year, the Cooperative
marketed more milk than it ever
has in its history. The fiscal year
ended with one of its best financial
performances, posting sales of
$582 million and a net margin of
$7.5 million.
“The strength of the cooperative
is found in the loyalty of its mem-
Wilkinson Receives
PFA Service Award
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Fanning Staff
HERSHEY (Dauphin
Co.) Leon Wilkinson, a Land
enburg dairyman, was honored
Tuesday evening during the legi
slative banquet of the Pennsylvani
a Farmers* Association, held at the
Hershey Lodge and Convention
Center, Hershey.
The Pennsylvania Farmers’
Association is one of the strongest.
The buildings did not require
renovations.
"The farm was ready to go when
we moved here. The milking parlor
was built in 1966 although it isn’t
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bers,” Dr. Paul Hand, Atlantic’s
general manager, told the 1,100
guests attending the annual
banquet.
In recognization of 34 founding
member families who have held
continuous membership since the
cooperative’s beginnings in 1917,
Dr. Hand presented each founding
family a bronze plaque. The fami
lies also received a copy of Atlan
tic’s 75th anniversary booklet and
a video.
The following were recognized
as Founding Member Families: H.
Karl and Marjorie Beegle of Bed
ford; Michael and Linda Behrer of
Spruce Creek; Harry and Beth
Bickel of Airville; Willaim and
Kathryn Brinsfleld Jr. of Cordova,
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if not the strongest, agricultural
lobbying groups in the state. It is
the state chapter of the American
Farm Bureau, a farmer representa
tive group at the federal level.
PFA honored Wilkinson during
its legislative and recognition ban
quet, part of its annual four-day
PFA convention.
Wilkinson, a Chester County
dairyman and currently a member
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as modem as some, it is sufficient
for us,” Calvin said.
The Zimmermans feed a total
mixed ration and have a herd aver
age of 17,500 pounds milk for their
partly registered hod, which Cal
vin is working toward turning into
fully registered.
In addition to each family mem
ber working on the farm, the Zim
mermans also employ one full
time man and two part time teen
agers.
“We have our full-time hired
man for 10 years and just love
him,” Thelma said. “He is always
on time and we can always depend
on him to take care of things.”
Morning and evening milking
begins at 3:30 and takes about 3'/a
hours.
Thelma helps with evening and
weekend milking.
Jeff does most of the feeding and
scrapes the bam.
In the evening, Janelle feeds the
calves. Although the others help
out with calf feeding, Calvin said,
“She is the only one who really
loves the job.”
The Zimmermans have a roller
mill, which they use to produce
high moisture com. They raise
their own forage and buy some
additional grain and soybeans.
Because the harvest was SO per
cent less last year, Calvin estimates
that it will take two to three good
years to catch up economically.
But other methods of doing things
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