Penn FFA Attend Farm Show Marcy Quackenbush Penn Yan FFA Reporter Fifty-three members and five advisers from the N.Y. FFA chap ters of Jasper—Troupsburg, North —Rose Wolcott, Penn Van, Prattsburg, SCT Boces, and Sherburne —Earlville traveled to Hershey and Harrisburg, Pa. on Jan. 5-6. Seventeen members from the Penn Yan Chapter of FFA attended the trip. They were Ross Castner, Tim Christensen, Jen Disbrow, Scott Fisher, Billy Hand, Ryan Haullings, Mark IT ALSO CUTS MAN-HOURS. HERNLEY’S FARM EQUIPMENT. INC. 2095 S. Market St. Elizabethtown, Pa. 717-367-8867 STOLTZFUS FARM SERVICE, INC. Rts. 10 & 41 Cochranville, Pa. 215-593-2407 ZIMMERMAN’S FARM SERVICE School Road, Rt. 1 Bethel, Pa. 717-933-4114 UMBERGER’S OF FONTANA, INC. RD 4, Box 545 Lebanon, Pa. 717-867-2613 Jensen, Matt Leach, Matt Lewis, Mike Lilyea. CJ Moore, Daren Morse, Muffy Nelson, Marcy Quackenbush, Steve Vaughan, and the Penn Yan FFA Adviser, John Kriesc. The trip started on Friday, Jan. 5 when the schools met at Penn Yan. Packed in two buses, the FFA members traveled from Penn Yan, N.Y. to Hershey, Pa. We toured Hershey’s Chocolate World, where we learned how chocolate is made, and how cho colate bars are formed. The FFA members had an opportunity to look at souvenirs and candy at the end of the lour. We then had a When you’re doing high-capacity haying, our Hesston 1160 Hydro Swing Mower down to business We built it with a center-pivot design that has all the benefits of a self-propelled without the extra expense. And it’s made for consistent, even cutting Once you’ve entered your fields, the 1160’s fully-engaged, 110 inch condi- tioner goes to work for fast drying and even, well-conditioned windrows. You can even adjust the fluffy windrow. The 1160 tailors Itself so you can harvest the highest quality hay and S3V6 time in the process, See it at your AGCO Hesston dealer today. Ask about flexible financing through Agricredit Acceptance Company. STANLEY S FARM SERVICE RD 1, Box 46 Klingerstown, Pa. 717-648-2088 A Nobody knows hay like IAjHESSrON relaxing evening aqd peaceful night at the Hotel Hampton out side of Harrisburg. In the morning, we went to the Pennsylvania Farm Show. Here we had the opportunity to leant more about the state of Pennsylva nia, the agriculture of Pennsylva nia, and more. We saw many var ieties of livestock, booths, exhi bits, and Pennsylvanian food. The FFA members had an opportunity to see a rodeo where the Pennsyl vania High School Rodeo Associ ation competed. Bob Collins, a Penn Yan FFA member who is also a member of the Pennsylvania High School Rodeo Association, competed while we were there, in the bare back bronc riding and the bull rid ing contests. Unfortunately he was bucked off both times, and received no score. Bob was also a saddle bronc riding director.' The trip was planned by Natalie Jensen, Marcy Quackenbush, and Mr. Kriese. Wo would like to ■hank Jasper—-Troupsburg. Penn Conditioner C.J. WONSIDLER BROS. Finland Rd., Quakertown, PA 215-536-1935/215-536-7523 Rts 309 & 100, New Tripoli, PA 610-767-7611 gets right produce ling from swath to Hesston’s unique font fit Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 10,1990-815 Yan, and SCT Bocci Central Schools for providing the trans portation. And a special thanks 4-H Exchange Additionally, Lowell and Lynette made dme for travel lec tures. He presented 134 and she did ISO of them. “The world has changed,” she observed. ‘Today, nobody would make that many talks after travel ing because everybody travels.” A deeply sensitive person, she refuses to pinch any of the myriad plants in what appears as her per sonal tropical rain forest Tm aftaid it’ll hurt their feelings," she says, explaining that most of the prolific greenery began as small gifts over the years. And while occasional transplanting to larger pots is tolerable, pinching is out Lynette has felt that she owes a great deal to 4-H. No doubt, that’s behind her longevity in club lead ership. “For a long time, I felt it was a debt I owed,” she said. She is a charter member of the Somerset County 4-H Develop ment Fund which began in 1967, and was once selected as the Out standing 4-Her. The same is true of Lowell. While the Elys have no child ren, the Friedlines have raised their three on Walnut Dale Farm’s 190 acres that Hubert purchased in the post-Depression era. goes to Mrs. Gloria Carroll and Mr. Thomas Rakovan for permit ting us to go. (Continued from Pago B 14) “He had two worn-out horses, worn-out harness and worn-out equipment.” Lowell said, recall ing his dad’s struggle to build something from almost nothing. The milking herd today stays at about 56 head of Holsteins, but the total herd, at 110, almost doubles that figure, the dairyman said. Their son, Jonathan, wife, Debbie, and daughter, Paige, live on the farm. Son Joel and his wife, Mary, also live in Somerset County. Daughter Jillynn is in Kittan ing, Armstrong County, where her husband. Dr. Scott F. Bastian pra tices veterinary medicine. Lowell showed an early inclina tion to serve on governing bodies, starting with the 4-H county coun cil of which he was its second president. Today, the list includes Some rset County ASCS committee, IS years; vice-president of the Pro ducers Equalization Agency; director. Allied Milk Producers Cooperative; board member and long-time office holder in Some rset Rural Electric Cooperative; board president of PRIDE; board vice-chairman, Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Harrisburg.
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