Nineteen LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) Nineteen of Pennsylvania’s professional stables will open their doors to the public for the fourth annual “Shurfine Pennsyl vania Horse Farms Open House.” to be held Saturday, March 30, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The tour is a chance for would-be equestrians to visit some of Pennsylvania’s most beautiful horse farms, to learn about breeds, styles of rid ing. raising, caring for and train ing horses and to explore the many opportunities for getting involved with horses right in their own backyards. The tour, produced by Pennsylvania Equestrian, is free and self-guided and individuals travel from stable to stable in their own vehicles. Maps to the 19 participating stables will be available through out the month of March at Shur fine stores throughout eastern Pennsylvania and northern Mary land. hi addition. Shurfine cus tomers can register to win one of more than 100 free introductory riding lessons, to be given at seven or more of the participating farms. Among the participating farms are a nursery for orphan foals, na tionally competitive show stables specializing in American Saddle bred, warmblood, Arabian and palomino horses, breeding stables with young foals, farms that breed, raise and train Paint horses, *#Wk»' •' -■. ■ . - J' v ■>T k ' ■>?■-,«-A^ir■.. Pennsylvania relaxed, friendly boarding stables that feature trail riding for their boarding and lesson customers, and one of the premier therapeutic riding stables, which provides therapy on horseback for disabled children and adults. With more than 174,000 horses. Pennsylvania ranks fifth in the na tion in generation of income from the horse industry, and Pennsylva nians spend nearly two-thirds of a billion dollars a year on their hors es. Most of that industry is clust ered in the southeastern quadrant of'the state, where the Open House is centered. Nine of the sta bles are located in Lancaster County, three in both Berks and Chester counties, and the remain der in Lehigh, Lebanon and Bucks counties. Most stables will schedule de monstrations, including riding and show techniques, sample lessons, equine first aid, equine chiroprac tic and acupuncture, riding fash ions, conformation, shoeing, foal imprinting and more. Many sta bles will have young foals on dis play. Visitors will be able to view horses offered for sale and stal lions available for stud service. A number of horse-related busi nesses will have displays at parti cipating stables. In addition to learning about horses, visitors can leant about equine nutrition, sup plements and feed, how to buy a Northeast Agri Systems, Inc. rßßfl 53 ' ' IBIIIW FEDERALSBURO. MO. Flyway Business Park store hours Mon -Frl 730f0 4 30 QfIBKI 105 UMVERSITY AVE. 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ADC is a leader in providing equity payments, quality bonuses and over-order premiums to members. Nearly 4,000 dairy farmers agree that "ADC is the Place to Be." For free information on how you can secure the future of your dairy farm operation, write or call; ss Lancaster naming, Saturday, March 2, 1996-A2S ADC Is the Place To Be Atlantic Dairy Cooperative 1225 Industrial Highway Southampton, PA 18966 1-800-645-MILK equamian spuns available right in their own back yards. The tour is free and self-guided and individu als can tour one or all stables, trav eling from bam to bam in their own vehicles. The southeastern quadrant of Pennsylvania is especially rich in quality equestrian facilities. The stables participating in the Open House are diverse in their activi- (Tum to Pag* A2B) “It's great to be part of the team at ADC that produces a quality product and stands by its farmers. ” —Levi & LuAnn Ransom Nicholson, PA
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