84-Laneaster Farming, Saturday, June 11, 1994
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“C’mon girls . . . Lei’s go!”
Several “girls” are already wail
ing. They stand patiently on the
opposite side of the wide gale that
blocks the rear entrance to the
dairy bam. At the distant, wooded
edge of the exercise lot, a few
more “girls” rise from where they
lay, lounging in the shade. Others
simply glance toward the bam, re
luctant to budge.
“You’re gonna’ have to move,
Mick,” I suggest to the big, lame
cow blocking the gale. Recently
fresh, Mick is anxious to gel to her
stall near the front of the bam,
both (or the generous helping of
Iced wailing there and for relief
from the pressure of milk m her
full udder.
Mick slowly maneuvers back a
few steps, so that I can swing the
wide gate open far enough to let
the early birds into the bam. Mick,
Marvina, Best, Walnut, Mistress,
Cashew, and Birdie will usually
be among those first into the bam.
Dawdling around at the (ail and
will be the tikes of Bonnie, Lilac,
McCall, and Gail.
Putting the cows in for milking
is generally a two-person job, but
this sunny afternoon, everyone but
me is m the hayficlds. Most of the
older cows know their stalls any
way, and the summer flush of
new, cxcileable heifers haven’t
yet calved and joined the milking
herd. Only a few of the girls, who
alter milking several months, still
have no clue about where they be
long. Or pretend they don’t.
A side trip to the beedbunk
turns up Pebbles and Bonnie, lin
gering at the silage while the rest
of the herd rests in the pasture.
Bonnie, a laid-back pet, ignores
me. It lakes an affectionate swat
on the rump to finally gel her in
gear and headed toward the bam.
Meanwhile, the last of the woods
loungers arc slowly rising. A few,
showing their age, walk stiffly at
first as if none of their joints
wants to work.
Many of the cows are already in
their stalls, busy munching, by the
time 1 reach the front end of the
dairy bam and begin putting the
rest in their rightful places. After
working my way back the length
of .the bam. 1 sneak around the
back gate to chase Splash. Splash
is standing just outside the door,
but won't come the last three steps
inside on her own. She spots me
coming and heads the other way,
taking refuge in a small offset cor
ner a few yards away, where en
trances to several of the cow lots
join.
Huddled in a comer with Splash
is Punkin, making goo-goo eyes at
the young bull who is bellowing
about his virility on the opposite
side of the fancc. His tone changes
to irritation when I herd Punkin
and Splash away toward the ban).
Another trip up and down the
length of the bam and the girls arc
in their proper places, even Bon
nie, though we paraded back and
forth past her stall a couple of
times until she got the hint.
But every job seems to have the
proverbial fly in the ointment; this
one's name is Lilac. Lilac is a
first-calf heifer milking cow for
several months, knows the after
noon routine, but has no plans of
adjusting to it. She simply refuses
to go into her stall. After passing it
for the fifth lime, Lilac hops into
another nearby, vacant stall. Aw,
the heck with it, 1 figure. And
Woodward
MIRIAM WERT
Juniata Co. Correspondent
MIFFLINTOWN (Juniata Co.)
The crowning of the 1994-95
Juniata County Dairy Princess,
Mplissa (Missy) Kay Hostler, will
take place on Saturday, June 18, at
the Walker Grange Hall in Mexico
at 8:00 p.m.
The public is invited to attend to
honor the princess and dairy
maids who will promote dairy
products starting July 1. Missy
will be crowned by retiring Prin
cess, Becky Woodward, who has
done an outstanding job in dairy
promotion during her reign.
With great enthusiasm, Becky
has fulfilled the purpose of a dairy
princess to promote the consump
tion and sale of milk and dan
products to consumers and to ere
ate a better understanding bclweci
rural and urban people througl
one-to-one contact at the loc?
level.
By ihc end of her reign, Beck;
will have been at 16 schools; 2
different groups; 10 stores; dm
banks; a post office; pic judging
Wellness Fair'; Grange ice crca:
festival; Senior Citizens picnic <
Senior Citizens Recognition Dii
ncr; seven parades and carnival:
four days at Juniata County Fai
four days at Heritage Days in Ea:
Waterford, Pa.; Farm Show; Hci
shey Bears’ Game; 10 farm
related meetings or activities am
other promotion activities.
At each of these events, Beck'
leave her there, untied.
By milking time, Lilac h;
backed out of the wrong stall si
insisted on taking and stands, del
ant in the alleyway. Now, wii
two of us on hand to corral her, Li
lac promptly hops right into her
own place.
I wonder sometimes; between
cows and pocplc, who outsmarts
who?
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has either served dairy-relation
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spoken on the value of drinking
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interviews and her dairy essay for
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ability to plan and carry out spe
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industry that she was runner-up in
March for Promotor of the Month
in the state, as listed in the Pen
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The most popular event of her
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Becky Woodward continues to work on the farm while
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(admittedly “greenhorns” at milk
ing) milked the two cows taken
there for the event. Each team of
two managed to get about an inch
of milk in their buckets in the
allotted time!
As her final promotion and gift
to the community, Becky will
have a 125-foot long cheese hoa
gie at IGA on Saturday, June 18.
Becky graduated from Juniata
High School in 1993. Although
she continued to help on the farm,
she decided to take no outside job
so that she could devote the entire
year to her duties as dairy
princess.
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