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Mifflin County Holds Ag Banquet "r* «—» Soil Conservation Ssrvioo Coopsrator of the Yoar Award want to an ownar/tanant team, in tha front row Is Matthew Yoder, Nathan Yoder, Luka Yoder, Crystal Yoder holding the sign, Joe Yoder, and Brian Yoder. Back row, Includes Bradley Yoder, farm operator lee Yoder holding Cathy, wffe JoAnn Yoder with Timothy, farm Owners Betty Bonson and Howard Bonson, and Cindy Yoder. 'Left to Right: Tom, JoAnne, John, Peg, Bob and Charlotte Clouny This Will Be A Great Opportunity lb See A Conversion Of An Erinting Stanchion Barn Into ADouble 6 Parlor With Holding Area. - FEATURING - • Surge Eclipse Milker Units • Surge Omni Automatic Detachers • Kipe Steel Crowd Gate GENERAL CONTRACTOR; KING CONSTRUCTION 601 Ovsrly Grow Rd.. Now Holland, PA 17557 717-354-4740 mi Van Uau Horn*: 717-250-0077 .. - MEMBER Authorized Dealer For rQjiri Keystone Wqffle Slats Mjfj, TSrmcredffo AGWAY® » WSt Nobody knows the field better. AGWAY-GETTYSBURG CS3T Fax 717-267-1580 YORK FARM CREDIT Custom Fencing • Crowd Gates (717)792-2641 • (880)122-1218 i-717-33*1-nOB Herringbone Milking Parlors WEN ■•HE Lagging Stream Tuesday, November 23rd All new Surge Double 6 Herringbone Parlor with Indexing S Rail manufactured by Klpe Steel. General Contractor: King Construction DIRECTIONS: From Route IS At Gettysburg take Taneytown Road (Route 134) Exit South. Approximately 1 mile, at stone bridge, make a right turn onto Barlow Road. Go 3/4 mile. Ist farm on right. Look for farm signs. Jb7jSef§ Surge Double Six Herringbone Parlor Featuring Eclipse Milker Units & Omni Automatic Detachers Paradise Farm & Hama Caller Thomasviile. PA (717) 225-1064 Mifflin Co. Correspondent BELLEVILLE (Mifflin Co.) Metnben and guests of the Mifflin County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS) and the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) met recently for their annu al Joint Ag Banquet held at the Belleville Community Hall. Highlights for the evening included awards and speaker Dr. Gary Alt research biologist for the Pennsylvania Game Commission. One of the highest awards given by Washington, die ASCS Admi nistrators Award, went to D’Ann L. Smith for her work on the Dis aster Reserve Team. Smith was recommended for and accepted the challenge to go to Washington to help with the 1991 Disaster Assistance Program, a program connected with crop disasters due to the 1991 weather. Smith has been a program assistant in Mif flin County's ASCS office for six years. Stanley McKeen, Fred Myers, and Earl Vaughn accepted Certifi cate of County Service awards for 10 years of ASCS service as com munity committeemen. Mifflin County ASCS Execu tive Director Donna Snook At Their Gettysburg; PA 1225 Industrial Highway jTr \southampton, FA 18966 I fadC 11-800-645-MILK Atlantic Dally Cooperative 76 Years Of Service To Dairy Farmers GAIL STROCK Farm 1-SP.M. received a certificate for 30 yean of service. Commissioner Murry Laite pre sented the Soil Conservation Ser vice’s Cooperator of the Year Award to an owner/kenant team for their conservation practices. Owners Howard and Betty Bon son accepted the award along with farm operators Lee D. and JoAnn Yoder who manage the 70 acre farm close to the Juniata River. James Laughlin and son Joe Laughlin received the Goodyear Award, given to the previous year’s Cooperator of the Year Award recipient ASCS member Don Baker pre sented a $25 check to die local FFA Chapter. John L. King pre sented the same amount to both the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. The money is to be used for cons-ervation-oriented programing. After the awards program. Mas ter of Ceremonies Kenneth Loht introduced Dr. Gary Ait, Research Biologist for the Pennsylvania Game Commission. Alt’s enter taining slide show and narrative revealed some interesting black bear facts and habits man of which kept the audience smiling through the whole program. • Black bear milk fat content is 24 percent compared to 4 percent for cow’s milk. • Black bears relo cated within 100 miles will go straight home again. • Pennsylvania black bears are the largest in the world. Overall, adult males average 20S pounds compared to an average 486 pounds in Pennsylvania. The abundance of food is the reason. • For this same rea son, black bear new borns double their weight in two weeks and triple it again in four weeks. Black bear cubs weigh an avenge of 12.8 ounces at birth making black bears, in relation to all mammals, the smallest in propor tion to their mothers. • Female black bears cover an average range of 3 to 5 miles compared to 10 to IS miles for males. • Alt said if con fronted by a black bear it’s useless to climb a tree (bean love to climb a tree any size), forget about entering water (bean love water), and don’t even think about outrunning black bears (they can run more than 30 miles per hour). The key to escaping a bear attack, Alt says, is to take a Mend along who runs slower than you! ' • Seriously, Alt said, never stare directly at a bear. Alt said bears give warning signs before charging. Their ears fold back, their lips roll up, they clash their jaws, then they lunge forward and slam the ground with their paws. After this, they will charge. Alt said he has been the target of numerous bear charges each bear broke off its charge between 3 to 10 feet