«’.l Visitors Watch Birth Of Baby Lambs HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Have you ever petted a baby chick or seen a lamb being bom? Visitors to the Farm Animal Learning Center at the Pennsylva nia Farm Show got the chance to do just that Ice Cream $2,300 For Four Diamonds Fund HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) served. The 1997 Farm Show Scooper Ice cream was donated by the Bowl Sunday all-you-can-eat ice manufacturers and the event was cream event raised $2,300 for the staffed by volunteers in order to Four Diamonds Fund. The Four maximize the donation to the Diamonds Fund supports children Fund. Marc Bughman, student at with cancer and their families at the PA School of Art & Design, the Hershey Medical Center. Lancaster, added an artistic touch The 850 ice cream lovers who to the event by designing a T-shirt braved the Farm Show traffic and for the Four Diamonds Fund crowds ate 145 gallons of ice children, cream served by Hershey Cream- Scooper Bowl Sunday is held ery Company, Turkey Hill Dairy each year at the Farm Show on and Penn State’s University Family Day. The event is spon- Creamery. sored by the American Dairy This was the first time in the Association & Dairy Council Mid event’s history that all the ice East and the Middle Atlantic Milk cream donated was scooped and Marketing Association. Luks Yodsr halps fssd ths calves on his family’s farm whsrs thsy milk 75 Holstslns 3 tlmas a day. Michaal, Cathy and Luka Yodar of Mifflin County show off thair pupplas. Thay are tha children of Laa D. and Joanna yodar of Strodas Mills. id« For the past five years, mem bers of the Penn State Students For The Responsible Use Of Ani mals (SRUA) and the Delaware Valley College Animal Science Department have organized and staffed this event. Fans Raise The Farm Animals Learning Center consists of two pigs, one dairy calf, a beef calf, two donk eys, a sheep with her newly bom twin daughters, a horse, a goat, three rabbits, and several baby chicks. This year’s theme was “Com mon Animal Practices.” By visit ing the center, visitors could pet the animals, learn why piglets need to be given an iron injection, why calves arc housed separately, why donkeys are placed in pas tures with sheep and other things about animal agriculture. Brenda Coe, advisor of the Penn State SRUA Club said, “It is our goal to educate the public that is not familiar with farm animals.” Coe estimates that 15,000 people per day visit the Center. So if you have ever wondered how big calves are when they are bom or what farm animals are fed be sure to stop in at the Farm Ani mal Learning Center which is located on the upper concourse of the Large Arena. Fruit Shell Bird Feeder Need: Grapefruit or oranges Bacon fat Bird seed Thin wire or strong string To Do: Cut grapefruit or oranges in half and eat the fruit. Cut three pieces of wire or string about 8 inches long for each fruit half. Poke three equally spaced holes in the side of the fruit shell to put the wire or string through. Melt bacon fat. mix in bird seed, and pour into the fruit shells. Let the fat cool and harden. Place the wire or string in the hole of the fruit shell. Hang from a tree branch. or%i e break. The Gores who raise beef in Culpeter, Va., said that they come every year to the Pa. Farm Show because their state doesn't have anything that compares In size. Shown are Teresa with children Skyler and Christina. All children need to be shown cial, emotional, and intellectual affection. Studies show that ba- development hies who arc not hugged and cud- Babies need to be hugged, cud dled, develop physical and emo- died, and kissed. Older children tional problems. Strong families st in need hugs, a kiss on the are able to give the affection and cheek, and encouraging words, love that each member needs. Overprotection can make a When they show affection, par- child feel helpless and spoiled, -but ents teach a child to trust and that true affection will build self-es the world is a warm, friendly teem and help your child learn to place. They help their child’s so- express love toward others. * If & Kids Need Affection
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