Blair County Dairy Princess Shows Jersey Champions LINDA WILLIAMS Bedford Co. Correspondent ROARING SPRINGS (Blair Co.) Leslie Bailey, a senior at Central High School and the daughter of Janet and Bernard Bailey, was crowned Blair County Dairy Princess in a coronation held on June 21. She knows first hand what the dairy business is all about having a herd of 16 Jerseys in partnership with her brother. Her participation in the state pageant will keep her busy as she Blair County Dairy Princess Leslie Bailey shows her reserve champion Jersey, Les-Lee Expo Tequllla Storm. • Agricultural • Commercial • Residential • Retaining Walls • Bunke • Manure Storage, Et LETOUREXPI WeWorlc Hard Por C •" ’ ’ qualified to show several of her cows in state competition that same weekend. As a part of the Morrison’s Cove Dairy Show held in late July, Leslie showed the Bedford/ Blair Champion, the Senior Jersey and overall Jersey champion. Leslie is a member of the Centr al FFA, Morrison’s Cov.e 4-H Dqiry Club, Blair County Lamb Chops; Blair County Tail Twisters and the Horae Club. She is also active in the Penn West Conference Youth Cabinet Heifer Facility Featuring 12' Wide x Manure Storage System with Waffle 430 Concrete Ave., Leola, PA 717-656-2016 INC. On Being a Farm Wife (and other hazards) Joyce Bupp But they lode so cute out there. Little brown heads poked above the alfalfa. Standing on their back legs, peering around over the lush foliage, looking for danger. One bigger brown head, sort of looking out for a couple of smaller brown heads. ■Groundhogs. Some call them woodchucks (as in “how much wood can a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood). Which they can’t But they can chuck away a bunch of alfalfa. Or a quarter-acre of soybeans per hog. Devastate a field of sweet com just as it’s about ripe and ready to eat Which is why most fanners equate groundhogs as the field crop equivalent of barn rats. Unlike some small, furry ani mals, groundhogs have never caught on as cutesy cartoon char acters. Bean are beloved as ted dies and bunnies own the Easter season. Mice have long enjoyed nursery-rhyme fame. Squirrels are television stare, featured in nutsy cereal commercials. Even amphi bians have Kermit as a spokes person-frog. Groundhogs do get their day here in Pennsylvania, even if all they have to do is stay asleep in a nice, warm burrow under the snow on February 2. Otherwise, those who love groundhogs the most are sharp-shooters. Along with a few folks with bold, adventurous tastes in wild game who find them tasty roasted up along side a few tender, new potatoes. This particular family of i groundhogs “owns” the patch of ground around the electric pole located next to the garden, and over which our small patch of raspberries (weeds at the moment) are planted. They are too close to the farm for the sharpshooters, so they’ve enjoyed a peaceful and porky life chomping down the alfalfa. My efforts to eliminate them last year, after they gnawed off a row of peas, came to naught Closing up their entrance only sent them out the back doors, probably grinning. I FWI ELECTRONIC MDOOR ANTENNA Performs as good as PAID CABLE Just plug it into your home outlet and your becomes a giant outdoor antenna in all f\Sl2.9sydirections. This electronic miracle turns your | house wiring system into a super power TV Antenna. Brings in every channel sharp and clear without an expensive roof antenna or unsightly ’“rabbit ears”. Attaches in seconds. No fuzzy images, jumping pictures. Great for FM radios, too. Instructions included. Send $12.95 + $3.00 shipping to: SANYA PRODUCTS Dept. LF0896 flHOl’j]! 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A day after the field had been harvested, I made my usual morn ing check of the tomatoes. And found blatant vandalism. Hunks had been chewed out of several of them, exposing juicy interiors and neat rows of seeds. Jagged tooth tracks sliced through others. In an effort to distract the devourers, I yanged off the plants several “aging” zucchini and yel low squash. Maybe the hogs would eat those and leave the tomatoes alone. Yeah. Right. When cows fly. Next morning, one or two of the senior squash bore a couple of lines of gnaw marks—and sever al more tomatoes had their inter iors badly exposed to the exterior. And the final blow came the day my first ripe cantaloupe deve loped a massive hole in its side, lined with neat rows of teeth marks. There are ways to handle this problem. None of them are pretty. So this is a standing invitation to any of those groundhog guru groups who might need a new mascot for their February weather prognostications. Slop by. Bring a cage. Come quick. 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