AM-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 16, 1994
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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