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Plan To Enter The Next Dairy Of Distinction Program
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.) -
The Northeast Dairy Farm Beauti
fication Program, Inc., is prepared
to receive applications for the 1997
awards. This program rewards
clean, well-kept farms to help with
consumer acceptance of dairy pro
ducts in the store.
State President Dan Baker,
dairyman from Covington, Tioga
County, said the program has been
well-received, 'and officers look
forward to an excellent program
again next year.
“There arc plenty of good look
ing dairy farms out there that have
not been judged,” Baker said. “And
even those who have entered the
selection process in the past years
without success should enter
again.”
The program provides rewards
of recognition to producers who
maintain attractive production
sites. This recognition benefits the
entire dairy industry, as well as
individual dairy farmers. Not only
docs the favorable publicity gener
ated by the program in the general
press help bring modem farm prac
tices to the attention of urban peo
ple, farmers use the distinction to
promote their own operation or
seek and hire farm labor.
Paul Nichols, the secretary for
Application For Dairy Of Distinction "!
Farm Beautification Recognition J
Name
Mailing Address:
Phone:
Cooperative or Dealer-Handler
Location (driving directions for judging team):
County:
I hereby apply to the Northeast Dairy Farm Beautification committee to
have my dairy scored in accordance with the rules of the program for the
purpose of obtaining a DAIRY OF DISTINCTION sign to be displayed on
my premises. (No producer will be charged with scoring or sign expense).
Return coupon by April 15, 1997 to: Northeast Dairy Farm Beautifica
tion Program, do your area secretary. PENNSYLVANIA, Paul Nichols,
AD ADC, Tower Business 81dg.,239 Schuyler A ve., Kingston, PA 18704; NEW
JERSEY, AugustKinispel, RDI, 80x325, Pittstown, NJ; NEW YORK, Evelyn
Lightfoote, 3053 Depew Rd., Stanley, NY 1461.
A 1996 winner to Earl and Carol Handarshot’s farm near Warfoidsburg In Fulton
County. To apply for your tarm’a designation uaa tha above application.
the Pennsylvania program, said
applications may be sent to him
any time after January 1, 1996.
Deadline for applications is April
IS. Judging is completed in May
and is based on the roadside
appearance of buildings, grounds,
and surroundings. The states are
divided into districts, and a local
committee oversees the program in
each district.
A team of judges designated by
the local committee visits each
farm and uses a score sheet to rale
each farm. In Pennsylvania, in
addition to this team of judges, the
sanitarian for the farm’s coopera
tive or dealer-handler is asked to
be part of the judging process.
“One of the things I always tell
people is that even though they
may not now have the most fancy
place, they can work toward the
principles of the Dairy of Distinc
tion program,” Nichols said. “By
doing this, they work toward a goal
that encourages consumers to use
more dairy products.”
Winners receive a colorful,
18x24-inch Dairy of Distinction
sign to be placed at the entrance to
the farmstead. In addition, as in
past years, an llxl4-inch color
portrait of the farm will be given by
iMncaster Farming to each win
ning farm in the Pennsylvania
program.
Signature of Owner or Operator
This representative Dairy of Distinction Farm was named In 1996 and is owned by
the partnership of Ted Latuch and nephews Roger and David Latuch near Rockwood
in Somerset County. Farms that look attractive help to make a good Impression on
consumers who buy dairy products.
“As a dairy farmer, you work
hard all year long, taking care of
your farm,” said Helen Fountain,
program executive secretary. “In
addition to managing your herd,
there arc lawns to mow, flowers to
plant, and overall maintenance to
keep farm buildings looking great.
You deserve to be recognized for
all the hard work, dedication and
Dairy
of mm
Distinction
Dairy Farm Beautification Program
pride you put into your farmstead.
“It’s lime you and your farm
received some recognition for your
hard work. The coveted Dairy of
Distinction award will give you
that recognition. In addition, your
attractive farm will enhance con
sumer confidence in the wholc
somcness of milk, thereby stimu
lating milk sales and encourage
public support for the dairy
industry.”
Active dairy farms in New York,
New Jersey, and Pcnnsyvania are
eligible to apply for the award.
Criteria for Dairy of Distinction
awards include clean and attrac
tively finished buildings; neat
landscaping, ditches, roads and
Pennsylvania Districts
Pennsylvania is divided into 10 districts. Up to 10 Dairy,
of Distinction awards will be made each year in each dis
trict There is no cost to the applicant
Pennsylvania area chairpersons are: District 11, George
Wilcox; District 12, Brett Brumbaugh, District 13, Susan
DuJour; District 14, Dave and Janet Hileman; District 15,
Norman Coons; District 16, Bernice Gabel; District 17,
Dan Baker, District 18, Allen Roszel; District 19, James
Barnett; and District 20, Russell Rooks.
As a winner, you will receive a certificate and a nice sign
to install at the end of your farm lane. In addition, Lancas
ter Farming will present a color farm portrait print to each
of this year’s winners in Pennsylvania. If your farm is a
winner, be sure you or your district committee takes a color
photograph of your farm and sends the negative and proof
to Lancaster Farming in time for the awards ceremony.
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lands; and well-maintained fences.
Cleanliness of animals, barnyard,
feed areas, as well as manure man
agement, arc also taken into
consideration.
Applications are available from
each state’s program secretary or
local cooperative extension. In
New York, contact Carol Weddle,
New York, Holstein Assn., 957
Mitchell St., Box 190, Ithaca, N.Y.
14851. In New Jersey, contact
Angust Knispcl, RD 1, Box 325,
Pitlstown, N.J. 08867.
In Pennsylvania, you may con
tact Paul Nichols, American Dairy
Association/Dairy Council, Tower
Business Building, 239 Schuyler
Ave., Kingstown, PA 18704.