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Adams County 4-H Beef Show champions. From left, Ashley Stine, East Berlin,
holds the reserve grand champion steer; Heidi Miller, Adams County Beef Producers
queen; and Bert Martin, Orrtanna, with the grand champion steer.
Champion fitter/showman trophies were awarded at the Adams County 4-H Beef
Show. From left, Ashley Stine, advanced division co-champlon; Ben Stine of Stoney
Point Limousin, trophy sponsor; Bert Martin, advanced division co-champlon;
Donald Stine, trophy sponsor; Caml Topper, senior division champion; Charles Sher
man of KC Acres, trophy sponsor; Catie Paxson, Intermediate division champion;
Mary Lynn Martin of Hickory Bridge Farm Restaurant, trophy sponsor; and Derek
Byers, Junior division champion.
ALLENTOWN (Lehigh Co.)
The Lehigh County Conserva
tion District presented its annual
awards at a dinner held on Oct. 12
at St. Joseph’s Parish Center in
Limeport.
The occasion also celebrated
the 50th Anniversary of the
formation of the conservation dis
trict by vote of the Lehigh County
Commissioners on Sept. 26,1946.
This vote was in response to num
erous petitions by Lehigh County
farmers and landowners who de
sired to conserve their soil and wa
ter.
Rena Canity of Slatington was
honored as “Conservation Educa
tor of the Year.” A teacher at Mos
ser Elementary School on Allen
town’s East Side, Garrity was se
lected for her efforts to
incorporate environmental educa
tion into all aspects of the curricu
lum.
She was also recognized for her
efforts with the Mosser Woods
Project, in which 20 acres of
woodlands adjacent to the school
are being developed into an en
vironmental education laboratory.
She has been highly instrumental
in involving the students'in the
clearing and planting and the
Beef Show Honors 4-H Champions
Conservation District Presents Annual Awards
neighbors in cleaning up the
woods.
Through her efforts, the school
has received assistance from vari
ous government agencies and pri
vate industry in developing trails
and a pond and wetlands area. She
also initiated the idea of a Mosser
School Envirothon, an event pat
terned on the environmental com
petition fm* high school students
co-hosted by the conservation dis
trict and the Wilklands Conser
vancy.
Hubert and Grace Sell, owners
of Crystal Spring Farm in North
Whitehall Township, were hon
ored as “Conservation Farmers of
the Year.” They were selected not
only for their use of soil and water
conservation practices on their
300 acres of owned and rented
land, but also for their efforts to
manage manure and other nutri
ents.
Located in a rapidly developing
area, the Sells know the challenge
of being good stewards and neigh
bors while operating a successful
dairy farm and the county’s only
milk jugging operadion.
They are utilizing the Whole
Farm Management concept, in
which they consider the farm’s to-
tal resources as well as their man
agement goals. In this plan, items
such as nutrient management and
soil conservation merge together
instead of possibly conflicting
with each other.
The Sells have installed 200
feet of streambank fencing, put in
protected crossings, and three
livestock watering troughs. This
will keep the cows out of Coplay
Creek, which flows through the
farm.
A cooperator with the Conser-
Walk-A-Bout In Frederick
FREDERICK, Md. The first
Frederick County Walk-A-Bout
will be held Monday, Nov. 25
from 10 a.m. until noon. Gary
Grossnickle will be hosting the
event
Grossnickle Farm Inc. is milk
ing 230 cows in a recently reno
vated flat parlor. Animals are
housed in a six-row drive-through
frees tall bam.
The purpose of the Walk-A-
Grand champion steer, shown by Bert Martin, was pur
chased by Hoss’s Steak and Sea House for $2.70 per pound.
GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.)
Recently, champions of the
Adams County 4-H Beef show and
sale were named.
The grand champion steer was
shown by Bert Martin, Orrtanna.
The steer was purchased by
Boss’s Steak and Sea House for
$2.70 per pound. The steer was
resold to benefit Adams County
4-H Beef Club activities. Steve
Waybrant, representing JP. Way
brant, purchased Bert Martin’s
champion steer for $l.lO per
pound.
Ashley Stine, East Berlin,
showed the reserve grand champ
ion steer. The steer was purchased
by Donald Stine for $1.50 per
The champion steer was resold to benefit Adams County
4-H Beef Club activities. Steve Waybrant, representing J.F.
Waybrant, purchased Bert Martin’s champion steer for
$l.lO per pound.
vation District since 1967, Crystal
Spring was also recognized for
serving as a host farm for the Dis
trict’s Kids to Farms program,
whereby inner city school students
from Allentown visit farms to
leant about agricultural produc
tion.
In celebrating the Lehigh Coun
ty Conservation District’s 50th an
niversary, Congressman Paul Mc-
Hale presented a form the U.S.
Congress citing the District’s ac
complishments over the years.
Proclamations were also received
Bout is to allow dairy producers a
chance to learn more about dairy
practices that are being imple
mented on other farms in the area.
The informal atmosphere of these
sessions will allow producers to
pick up management tips, equip
ment and facility ideas, and pro
vide a way for farmers to share
success stories with other farmers
in the community. Most of the
time will be spent walking the
facilities and discussing the com
pound.
Champion fitter/showman
awards at the beef show were pre
sented to Ashley Stine, advanced
division co-champion; Bert Mar
tin, advanced division co
champion; Cami Topper, senior
division champion; Catie Paxson,
intermediate division champion;
and Derek Byers, junior division
champion.
Reserve champion fitter/
showman awards were presented
to Chris Seymore, senior division
reserve champion; Melissa Jef
fcoat, intermediate division
reserve champion; and Stacey
Kibler, junior division reserve
champion.
from the Pennsylvania Senate and
House of Representatives.
The Pennsylvania Bureau of
Forestry and the Wildlands Con
servancy made presentations
recognizing years of partnership
with the conservation district. For
mer district directors as well as
former district staff and Natural
Resources Conservation Service
staff were asked to stand and be
recognized for their achievements
throughout the conservation dis
trict’s first half century.
ponents of the operation and how
they' contribute to the success of
the dairy business.
Grossnickle Farm is located at
8816 Devilbiss Bridge Road,
Walkersville. approximately mid
way between Route IS and
Walkersville.
For more information, contact
Stanley W. Fultz, extension agent,
dairy science, (301) 694-1594 ext.
3578.