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Vol. 41 No. 22
At Greenawalt Farms, Public Gets Ag Education
DAVID HIEBERT
Westmoreland County
Correspondent
WEST NEWTON (Westmore
land Co.) —John and Ina Greena
walt love visiton on their farm.
And visitors love to come.
They’ve been coming for more
than 13 years. The family and
employees of the Greenawalt
Farms between West Newton and
Madison welcomed thousands of
people during their recent annual
egg festival.
The Grecnawalt Farm consists
of several interrelated enterprises.
The largest is the egg business. In
fact, Greenawalts are Westmore
land County’s largest egg produc
er. With a capacity 0f40,000 birds,
the farm produces between 25,000
and 30,000 eggs a day. However,
producing and packaging the eggs
is only half the business. Getting
A Thousand Words About The Practical Theology Of Easter
A photo was needed lor this issue of Lancaster Faming
that showed attributas of tha Spirit of Eaatar. Such aa Lovs,
Joy, Peace, Longsufferfng, Oantlanasa, Goodness, Faith...
In tha aahreh for aueh a picture Wednesday afternoon,
these kids and twin lamba, one Mack and one white,
appeared in the camera viewfinder. They all belong to Marty
and Lola Hoover near Denver in Lancaster County. From left
are Chris, 7, Mike, 5, Renee, 12, Holly, 11, and Josh, 9.
There la an old saying that God made topsoil so tamers
could grow good children. At Hoover’s four-acre sheep
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them to consumers as fresh eggs is
the other half. The eggs are deliv
ered to grocery stares in a 30-mile
radius of the farm The stores vary
from regional chains to mom and
pop operations. “We don’t deal
with big warehouses, though.” Ina
said. Eggs are a product that has to
Pa. Ayrshire Association
Holds Annual Convention
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
MORGANTOWN (Chester
Co.) The Pennsyvlania Ayr
shire Association helds its annual
convention at the Holiday Inn in
Morgantown March 29, honoring
members achievements, inducting
Earl Keefer Jr. into its Hall of
Fame and selecting a new breed
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 6, 1096
be fresh, and people don’t know
how long it’s been stored when
they eat iL Poor warehousing
means a poor product and the
Greenawaits know their customers
want their eggs fresh.
The Greena wait's experience is
promotion court
Don Gable, president of the
organization, presented the Hall of
Fame award to Keefer and wife
Annabel, for his work with Ayr
shircs since getting involved with
the group in 1950.
Keefer’s first Ayrshire was pur
chased in 1948, and after joining
the local Ayrshire club, he soon
farm, located along Sandy Hill Road, a large aprlng crop of
22 lamba has Incraaaed the flock size to 54 head. Mora are
on the way. The children are growing up with aiblinga and
animate that make a happy childhood. Two of the youths are
foater children, but no one in the family seemed to give any
thought about who was who—which Just adds weight to the
premise: this picture Is worth a thousand words about the
practical theology of Easter. Photo by Eva/att Nawawangar.
managing adhor.
built on many yean of producing
eggs and have had some of their
customers for over 40 years. They
Ent expanded production with a
triple dbck cage system in 1964.
Now they specialize in large, jum
bo, and super jumbo eggs.
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became president and involved in
the organization at the state and
national level
Keefer served as presidentof the
state association in 1986, director
of the national association, its vice
president and he served two terms
as national president of the Ayr
shire Association.
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Five Sections
Grech'hen, the registered
trademark of Greenawalt
Farms, stands ready to wel
come school children and
their families to a working
farm. The model chicken
helps make farm life attrac
tive to consumers in western
Pennsylvania.
J§tate Soybean
Contest Winner
Uses Experience
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Fanning Staff
MARIETTA (Lancaster Co.) —
"If I’m going to survive in farm
ing. I can’t accept average yields,”
said Lancaster County soybean
grower Dwight Hess.
"1 can’t accept average perfor
mance out of my cattle,” he said,
looking over futures data on his
DTN computer terminal. "I have
to be above average in order to sur
vive in the 1990 s in farming.”
Hess concentrates on the details
of his 265-acie farm, of which SO
acres are in soybeans.
His painstaking attention to
details and careful land manage
ment netted him 70.4 bushels per
acre, placing him first in the Pen
nsylvania Soybean Yield Contest
for 1995.
Hess is meticulous about his
work, keeping careful attention to
planting variety and methods.
Hess bases his decision on careful
ly wrought experience in growing
soybeans.
On the 7.5 acres of the yield
winning variety, Hess noticed
right away that conditions were
ideal.
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Daylight-Saving
Starts Sunday
It’s tune to set docks ahead one
hour, starting officially at 2
o’clock Sunday morning, April 7.
You can simply set your clock one
hour ahead on Saturday night
before going to bed. Dairy farmers
will need to make special adjust
ments because of the feeding
schedule.
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