Lancaster Holstein
Club Offers Tour
ELIZABETHTOWN (Lancas
ter Co.) Lancaster County
Holstein Club is sponsoring a tour
of four dairy Burns in Bucks,
Northampton, and Berks counties
on March 16, and the bus is sche
duled to leave the Lancaster Farm
and Home Center, promptly at
7:45 a.m.
The cost of the tour is $l2 per
person. No meal is included in the
price. Lunch is to be brought along
by each participant.
The deadline for reservation is
March 9.
The first site to be visited is
Delaware Valley College, in Doy
les town. it has a herd averaging
more than 26,500 pounds of milk
and almost 1,000 pounds of fat In
addition to die Holstein herd, they
also house Ayrshires, Brown
Swiss and Jerseys. They have a
frees tail-parlor setup with a unique
heifer barn.
At noon, the lour is to visit Key
stone Farm, owned by the Donald
Seipt family, in Easton. This herd
is well known in Pennsylvania.
They have bred an good “type”
herd with a BAA of 108.6. Out of
90 head classified in December, 21
rated Excellent. However, the herd
also produces, with a rolling herd
average of about 25,000 pounds of
milk.
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At 2 pjn., the tour is to stop at
Rothrock Golden Holsteins. in
Kempton. At this farm, tour parti
cipants are to see many cattle rep
resenting family lineage to Lead
man. including his dam, a number
of siblings and their offspring.
Of note is the bain’s ventilation
system which includes water
cooled air. There’s also a unique
calf-raising facility.
The tour is to visit Hidden View
Farm, in Robesonia, from 4 p.m. to
6 p.m.
' Hidden View is owned by Tim
and Teresa Kissling, who have a
number of cattle genetically ded to
the Eric-Dew Mars Marcy family,
and they have an outstanding
Micheal daughter.
The herd produces an average of
more than 25,000 pounds of milk.
In addition to also showing their
new calf and heifer raising facility,
Tim Kissling is to discuss his nutri
tional consulting business.
The tour returns to the Farm and
Home Center from Robesonia.
For a reservation, fill out a form
and mail it and a check for $l2 per
person to; Stephen L. Hershey,
2661 Bossier Rd., Elizabethtown,
17022.
Beachley-Hardy Seed Company
454 Railroad Ave., P.O. Box 3147
Shiremanstown, Pennsylvania 17011
X-800-4HARDY-1
Lebanon 4-H Livestock Holds Banquet
(ContiniMd from Pago A 1)
According to Kenneth Wine
bark, extension agent, the Agway
award program is set up so that a
$lOO savings bond goes to the
owner of the top bred and owned
animal for each of die three respec
tive animal species.
In addition, a $5O bond is
awarded to the top three youth with
owned and bred animals in the
champion commercial market
lamb, and champion commercial
market swine contest and to the
youth whose animal was judged
reserve champion complete mark
et animal.
Of the beef producers, Jon
Hamish received a $lOO savings
bond for showing the champion
bred and owned animal during the
county Cur.
The awards are In the swine
division, the bond recipients were
Josh Hcagy, Lydia Heagy and
Roxanne Kim. In the sheep divi
sion, it was Daniel Atkins. Wendy
Atkins and Joe Tice.
In other awards, the outstanding
rookie of the club was Nathanial
Artz, 8. who as a first year member
attended all the swine club meet
ings, participated in judging and
showmanship and blocking at the
county fair and showed two market
hogs, a carcass hog and a Derby
hog. He also showed a hogs at the
Keystone International Livestock
Exposition, two at the club’s Wint
er Roundup, and one at the Farm
Show.
In his spare time, he helped with
a promotion at Fox’s Market, At
Dutchway, with the county Farm-
City program, helped with the fair
refreshment stand, bam cleanup,
and painting the new pole bam at
the 'fair grounds.
He also participated in a number
of briber related club events.
Receiving the club’s Outstand
ing Junior Member Award was
11-year-old Jason Shirk. Jason
was involved with beef and swine
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From the left, outstanding members of the Lebsnon
County 4-H Livestock Club ere, from the Jason Shirk, Daniel
Atkins and Nathanial Artz.
projects and participated heavily
with his club’s activities, showed
animals and was also involved in
school sports activities.
Daniel Atkins, 17, received the
Outstanding Senior Member
Award. Atkins was a member of
the sheep, swine, and beef clubs,
showing at the county fair. Farm
Show, KILE, S.E. Pa. Hog Derby,
the Eastern National Livestock
Show at Timonium, Md., the
Roundup and carcass show.
He had been breeding hogs, but
stopped mid-May, but still con
tinues his beef cattle breeding pro
mRMCREDn*
Nobody knows the field better.
Unctur Farming, Sttuntey, March 6 IW3-A3l
jects raising Charolois, and raising
extra hogs from shows.
He has been involved in a num
ber of judging contests, helped out
with promotions, helped with fund
raising and was a member of the
champion pork bowl team.
The Penn State University
Extension Service is an equal
opportunity service and employer
and offers services to anyone with
in the community it serves,
regardless.
For more information, call (717)
270-4391.