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jejHjßflr Vol. 40 NO. 8 VERNON ACHENBACH JR. Lancaster Farming Staff HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) A lot of “rules” changed in 1994, in more than one way. Unless the rest of this winter exceeds last year’s heavy snow falls and iqy storms, the begin ning of 1994 can be expected to be used as a benchmark, or a rule, for describing a bad winter storm. The year started with one of the worst series of winter storms to hit Richard Bohn, Armstrong World Industries executive, Is shown with some of the more prized exhibits of his 500-plus piece collection of model and toy dairy animals. Included In the photo are from left, front, Hereford cow and calf by Royal Dalton; small Jersey cow by Beswick, large Jersey true-type cow from the Isle of Man by John Har per; English Longhorn with figure by Aynsby; Wild White Park cow and calf and Char olals bull by Beswick, and Milking Shorthorn by John Harper. Back from left, Double Muscled Belgian Blue, Belted Galaway, and Slmmental lim ited edition bull models by Harper, and center, Holstein model by Andrea. Industrial Executive Develops Memorial To Farmer Father With Model Cow Collection EVERETT NEWSW ANGER Managing Editor LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) You wouldn’t think the education manager of employee benefits at Armstrong World Industries would have anything to do with, or know anything about, cows. But it can safely be said that Richard Bohn, SS, knows cows because he has more than 500 (he actually lost count of how many) cows in his house east of the the 604 Per Copy 1994: A Year Of Changing Rules the state in recent times, locking people in homes for days. Roofs collapsed under the heavy concentrated mix of snow and freezing rain which exceeded stress weights on a number of buildings, or building additions. Roads, such as Rt 30 through Lancaster were locked under a thick covering of ice for days. Vehicles left stuck in the snow along the berms of highways after minor and major accidents were city. Of course these are model and toy cows of all sizes and from world-wide destinations. They eat nothing and create no morning and evening chores because they are made of porcelain, china, ceram ics, metal, wood, cardboard, cho colate. wax, composition, chalk, Celluloid, plastic, and wood. Some are in books and some are in pic tures on the wall They make no noise. But they do Lancaster Forming, Saturday, December 31, 1994 common sights. Road surfaces were so covered over with snow and ice that the only way to determine the proper lanes of travel on major routes was to follow tire tracks grooved in the trails cut by plows. A lot of snow plows have been sold since. The unusually heavy, late snow cover insulated the ground, and certain insects became more of a problem in the spring. take up a lot of display space in the living room, bedroom, Idtchen and basement Oh yes, on the mailbox in front of the house too. All have one thing in common: they look like real cows. “I limit my hobby of cow col lecting to those that look like cows,” Bohn said. “For me, it has to be realistic. I don’t like Miles in the back and the cute look. Cows have a certain dignity about them, (Turn to Pago A 24) Some fruit growers also suf fered not only from tree damage. For example, there was virtually no peach crop. Thrips almost destroyed the yield and quality of some large strawberry fields. However, the wetness and cool- Mifflin County Holds Annual Meeting GAIL STROCK Mifflin Co. Correspondent LEWISTOWN (Mifflin Co.) It was a plea for thoughtful leader ship, said Dr. Herbert Cole, profes sor of agricultural sciences at Penn State, after his talk to members and friends at the Mifflin County Cooperative Extension Associa tion annual dinner meeting. With all that agriculture is fac ing, Cole said his message was an appeal for agriculture to chart its own future through careful plan ning and leadership. Cole said Pennsylvania’s largest industry is undergoing a tremen dous amount of change and the challenge is to see if we will accept the challenge to chart our own course. With less than two percent of the people in the U.S. involved in production agriculture and more and more people moving to the Thinking Of The Farm Show At this time of year in Pennsylvania a large number of farmers and agribusiness people think about the Pennsylvania Farm Show. Every one at Lancaster Farming joins this thinking. In this issue we get a jump on our coverage. Starting on page Cl, the interview with the Bennecoff Family in Berks County is the first of a number of on-farm interviews with farmers who plan to bring livestock, produce, and home-made items to the 79th State Farm Show. Also this week on pages Al7-A2l we have the layout of the show buildings and the judging and meeting schedules. This will help you in your advance planning to visit the show. Next week is our annual Farm Show Issue with many on-farm fea tures, expanded coverage of the highlights of the show, and advertising messages from the commercial exhibitors who invite you to visit them during the show. In addition, meeting and judging schedules are fea tured along with the building layout. Judging starts on Friday, but the show does not open to the public until Saturday, January 7. To accommodate our early publication date to meet the opening of the Farm Show, we have early deadlines for adver tising and news stories for the January 6 issue. They are as follows: • Office closed for New Years Holiday Monday 1/2. • Public Sale Ads 5 p.m., Friday, 12/30. • Mailbox Markets 5 p.m., Friday, 12/30. • General News Noon, Wednesday, 1/4. • Classified Section C Ads 5 p.m., Tuesday, 1/3. • All Other Classifieds 9 a.m„ Wednesday, 1/4. Four Sections ness of later summer helped sweet com become probably as much of a bumper crop as ever, causing lower than normal local market prices. After the wet spring, and favor (Tum to Pag* All) country, farmers need to protect their right to farm. “There are already laws in some areas that forbid farm machinery on the roads at certain times. There are odor restrictions. Non-farm neighbors have preconceived ideas as to what a farm is. Who will determine acceptable farming practices?” Cole believes so strongly in the importance of ag awareness that he serves on the board of Pennsylva nia Foundation for Better Living, the group that sponsors Ag in the Classroom. He cites a survey of seventh and eighth graders who could follow the food chain only as far as the supermarket, and in another stale, a high-profile offi cial is known to have said, “Why all the concern over agriculture? We have supermarkets.” With results such these. Cole said, they have no way of understanding (Turn to Pago A 26) $21.00 Per Year