AM-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 16, 1994 (Continued from Page A 1) in having a Farm-City event. “We wanted to inform people that farmers are good neighbors and good stewards of the soil as well as inform the people of the tillage and harvest practices on the farm,” explained Les about the tours of the fields. It’s also impor tant for the farmers to recognize that some of the mandates and regulations that we sometimes look over our shoulder at are real ly beneficial for the environment and for the farmer’s financial pic ture.” Les also noted that there seemed td> be a lot of young fami lies and kids who were more inter ested in a hay ride than a lot of technical information. “We had sort of static demon strations to show what each machine did in a field. We had both harvest equipment for both dry hay and haylage out there. We also had specialists in crop man agement and land management. Each tour had r a farmer who explained the use of the machin ery and tillage tools and concepts. Some of the things that the farm ers would mention was the cost of The Wanck families pull together to make Farm City Day a success. Pictured, from left, are Les, Kathy, Merle, and Peg Wanck. Six-year-old Michael Bertrand, son of Michael and Susan Bertrand of Monroeton, shares his favorite cap with this Holstein calf. Bradford Farm-City Day Draws 700 Visitors the equipment so the people would realize the cost of the investments involved.” Amy Wanck noted that “there were more children from town than there were last year. There were more families and little chil dren who wanted to go on a hay ride and pet the animals.” Merle added, “I think we had a somewhat different crowd than last year, last year the crowd was mainly farm people.” All family members pitched in to help make this event a success. Merle estimates that it took the family the better part of four days to get the final details finished and ready for the crowd. “We were very pleased with the turnout and appreciate the efforts of the exhibitors and the volun teers. They made this event possi ble and it wouldn’t have happened without them.” In addition to being the host family for Farm City Day, the Wanck families also host kinder garten kids from area school dis tricts each year, further spreading the news about farming. This fall, a committee will select the stie for next year’s Manning the registration table are, from left, Joelien Bresee, Dawn Thrush, Amy Wanck, and Eric Wanck. About 700 visitors attended the event. event. The event was organized by the Cooperative, Dairylea Cooperative, County Dairy Promotion Bradford County Farm-City Eastern Milk Producers, Kiwanis Program, Bradford County FFA, Council and the Bradford Sullivan Club of Towanda-Wysox, Bradford County Farmer’s Union, Farm Bureau. Northeastern Farm Credit, Bradford County Forest Landowner’s Participants and sponsors Towanda Rotary Club, Howard Association, Eastern Laboratory, included Agway, Dairyland Sales Visscher, Auctioneer, Milky Way Northern Tier Solid Waste and Service, Ferrario Dodge, Dairy, and Pennsylvania DHIA. Authority, Penn State Cooperative SPE, Incorporated - John Deere, Other participants in the event Extension, Pomona Grange and the Shaffer’s Feed, Sire Power, included the Bradford County Soil Conservation Service. Tom Horton of Towanda demonstrates sheep shearing to the crowd of guests. Warner Case-IH, Atlantic Dairy Conservation District, Bradford
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