■ sB^?flESiflflpWi2^HfciSS l B l llr 3Wf.^BmM^ Vol. 39 No. 51 Price Heads Lancaster Poultry Association LOU ANN GOOD Lancaster Fanning Staff WILLOW STREET (Lancaster Co.) Don’t let the youthful face of Mark Price fool you. Despite his youth, Price holds a wealth of knowledge about the poultry industry. Mix that with ambition and enthusiasm, and one has an idea of what Price brings to the Lancaster County Poultry Association as its newly-elected president Price assumed the reins of lead- Mark Price Time To Set Clocks Back Early Sunday morning, Day light Saving Time, that was in effect throughout the summer, officially returns to Standard Time. This happens at 2 a.m. Sunday, October 30. For that extra hour of sleep, turn your clocks back one hour before you go to bed on Saturday night Gary Imes, center, receives the Juniata County Conser vation District Large Cooperator Award from directors D. Richard Hackenberger, left, and William Stoner. 60t Per Copy ership at the association’s annual banquet held at Willow Valley Convention Center on Tuesday night. Also appointed is George Georges as vice president, Don Brubaker as treasurer, and Michele Stauffer as poultry ambassador. A native of Long Island, N.Y., Price received his introduction to farm life when his father sold his chain of pel stores and purchased a Berks County farm. "Farm life agreed with everyone in the family,” said Price, whose, sister Deborah Dietrich is now a 4-H dairy specialist for Berks County Extension. On the 150-acre farm, the fami ly raised cows, pigs, goals, and chickens. Price and his sister became heavily involved in 4-H clubs. His dream was to become a dairy herdsman, which he pursued when he studied dairy science at Penn State. It wasn’t until Price was a col lege junior that he became inter- USttSfl in a career with poultry. A professor took Price to the South east Poultry Exposition in Atlanta. Impressed by the tremendous job opportunities, Price minored in poultry management during his senior year. Penn State was also the place that Price met his wife-to-be Kris ta, who was from Northampton. The couple were members of the same honorary fraternity. As they worked together, the relationship progressed and the couple married a month after graduation. The couple live near Philadel phia where Krista is finishing her last year in veterinary medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. After their marriage. Price worked two years for Pennfield Feeds, servicing layers and pullets. “I had good teachers at Pen nfield who really took the time to (Turn to Pag* A3l) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 29, 1994 The children of Vincent and Loretta Golden, from left, Beth, Andy, Julie, Katie, and Emily raise pumpkins on their 300-acre cash crop farm in Cambria County. Turn to page 810 to read about the Golden Family and how they dress pumpkins as snow people to remind motorists of last year’s winter that dumped 42 inches of snow with 10-foot high drifts In their area. Production Leader Has 43,323 Lbs. Milk In Year-End Pa.DHIA Report Though dry in this photo, Cur-Daw Sonya, owned by Cur vin and Dawn Good, is the 1994t0p milk and protein produc er for Pa.DHIA. Juniata Conservation District Presents Awards MIRIAM WERT, Juniata Co. Correspondent MIFFLINTOWN, * (Juniata Co.) A liquid manure injection system was the main theme of the annual Juniata County Conserva tion District field day held recent ly on the Art Zug farm in Walker Township. In charge of the event was Ann Harshbarger, the Juniata County district manager. Douglas Beegle, PSU agrono my professor spoke on “Introduc tion to Nutrient Management Leg islation” and gave many details concerning developing plans for management that will meet requirements. Farmers can devel op their own plans with pre-train ing and passing of the exam. A management manual and other helps are available as guidelines, and the local conservation district office has information on this also. PSU Agronomy Professor Lynn Hoffman gave compaction information and stressed the importance of compacting wet ground as little as possible. Tan dem axles and larger tires of the Four Sections VERNON ACHENBACH JR. Lancaster Fanning Staff STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) The Pennsylvania Dairy Herd Improvement Association has announced its members’ top producing cows and herds in the state for the year ending September. The recent year-end Pa. DHIA data is based on records kept on 4,320 herds, representing 263,713 dairy cows of all breeds. The orga nization also provides testing and records services for dairy goat herd owners. The organizauon annually tall ies the performance of herds and individual cows of members, although some members retain confidentiality of records. According to Pa.DHIA, 85 per (Turn to Poflo A 34) flotation type are important, espe cially where it is necessary to go back over the same ground often. At the field day, the conserva tion district also announced that Joseph and Sarah Tabb had been named as the 1994 outstanding small cooperator, and Gary and Shirley Imes as the outstanding large cooperator. Joe and Sarah Guss Tabb have been on their farm since 1947. Sarah was born ancT grew up on this century award farm original- $21.00 Per Year (Turn to Pag* A 37)
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