Lancaster Exchange
Club
Junior
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
The Lancaster County 4-H Ex
change Club hosted the Miami
County, Kansas junior leaders
from June 26 to July 3.
Twelve 4-H members and four
chaperones were shown around
Lancaster County and the sur
rounding areas. (This was the sec
ond part of an exchange that start
ed last year when Lancaster tra
veled to Miami County for a
•week.)
The history of Lancaster Coun
ty was explained well with a trip
to the Lancaster County Museum.
Then a tour included the Amish
farmland, stopping at the Amish
Farm and Home, Kings Crafts to
see the trout farm, and the Candle
Bam with its Mini zoo.
Kitchen Kettle Village and Park
City provided many shopping op
portunities for our guests.
The Solanco Community 4-H
Club included guests at their
monthly meeting, showing them
4-H in action. The club also spent
time at Hershey Chocolate, Her
shey Park, Herr’s Potato Chip, and
Root’s Farmers Market
Each family had two “free
days” when they planned their
own sight-seeing trips. These in
cluded Gettysburg Battlefield,
The State Capitol, Little Buffalo
State Park, the ocean, and local
baseball games. The 4-H’ers also
enjoyed swimming and miniature
golfing.
The most frequent comments
about the differences of our coun
ties usually related to our winding
roads and hilly landscapes. Also
the highways were much more
crowded in Pennsylvania. They
took pictures of the farmland be
cause they were able to stand in
the country and see many farms
around them as well as in the dis
tance.
In Kansas you can look toward
the horizon and see one or two
farms in the distance. The Penn
sylvania farmers were busy baling
alfalfa grass for hay, while the
Kansas farmers were baling prair
ie grass.
John Scherman explained how
they bale their hay into large
square bales similar to our round
ones in Lancaster. His family
farms 2,000 acres compared to the
average Lancaster County farm of
100 acres.
Many of the 4-H’ers were an
xious to see covered bridges. Lan
caster County had many to offer
throughout the county. The Amish
customs and way of life were fas
cinating and interesting to all of
them.
Lancaster County bank bams
and large chicken and swine hous
es were new to them also. Many of
the 4-H’ers raised swine, but on a
much smaller scale. Large opera
tions common in Lancaster Coun
ty are not found in Kansas.
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Kansas farm fields are large and
square since all the roads are laid
out in square miles. Our fields
seemed small and any angular
shape possible. Towns were miles
apart in Kansas. Lancaster County
towns are located quite close to
each other. They could not believe
how close the houses were built to
each other and how close to the
streets the houses are set.
At the Farewell party, the 4-H
club served a pig roast This also
was new to Kansas. They do lots
of beef roasts but not pig roasts.
Other new foods to the 4-H guests
were red beet eggs, whoopie pies,
shoofiy pie, chocolate shoofly pie,
subs, cheese steaks, chicken pot
pie, and peanut butter pie. *
igv .ied the reserve grand cham
pion bull award at the 1994 Pennsylvania Angus Breeders’
Show in Centre Hall. He was shown by Indian Creek Farm,
Stahlstown, and was named intermediate champion on his
way to the title. This entry Is a May 1993 son of Century
Touchstone 131.
Reserve grand champion owned steer at the 1994 Penn
sylvania Angus Breeders' Junior Show In Centre Hall was
South Branch Plere 1513 shown by Suzanne Bishard of
York. This entry weighed 1,175 pounds and Is a March 1993
son of AF Plere 0166.
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J H Keifer Big Shot exhibited by Jeffrey Kelfer, Bangor,
was named grand champion bred-and-owned steer at the
1994 Pennsylvania Angus Breeders’ Junior Show In Centre
Hall. This winning entry Is an April 1993 son of TC Influence
and weighed 1,280 pounds.
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Pa. Angus Breeders’ Show Announces .Winners
The Lancaster County 4-H Exchange Club with the Kansas, Miami County Junior
leaders.durlng their stay In Pennsylvania. Standing left to right, Nell Wenger, John
Scherman, Jessica Culbertson, Joy Young, Christy Strickler, Nate Scherman, Patrick
Strausbaugh, Will Baxter, and Matt Strickler. Middle row, Brett Haffener, Suzannah
Hoover, Janette Hightower, Sarah Strickler, Melissa McCardell, Jill Eichorn, Aaron
Ranck, Jeff Lefevre. Front row, Seth Vopat, Lacy Moyer, Megan East, Suzanne Jones,
Diana Scherman, and Maggie Strausbaugh.
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male honors at the 1994 Pennsylvania Angus Breeders’
Junior Show In Centre Hall. C H Mystic is the name of this
winning entry. She was also named grand champion bred
and-owned female and is a September 1993 daughter of
WK Future.
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South Branch Princess 301 exhibited by Suzanne Blsh
ard, York, was selected reserve grand champion female at
the 1994 Pennsylvania Angus Breeders’ Junior Show in
Centre Hall. She is a February 1993 daughter of P S High
Pockets.
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pion bull at the 1994 Pennsylvania Angus Breeders’ Show
in Centre Hall. This senior champion Is named Mt Valley
Dutchman. He Is an April 1992 son of TC Stockman.
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