Mummerts Host
Farm-City Festival
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com at the end of the farm lane to
Yellow Buttercup Farm about 10
vears ago.
Snider
Receives
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sity and the Holstein cattle indus
try. Snider and his family own and
operate a 1,250-acre crop and
dairy farm.
A past national board member
of Holstein, USA, Snider serves as
an officer on the National Holstein
Foundation. He is a member of the
National Dairy Shrine Club and
past president of the Pennsylvania
Holstein Association.
An accomplished judge, he has
judged many state and national
shows, including shows in Mex
ico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Vene
zuela, and Colombia.
Snider’s long-standing associa
tion with Penn State includes serv
ing as president of the board of
trustees in 1985, 1986, and 1987.
He was elected to the board of trus
tees in 1979 by delegates from the
agricultural societies. He serves on
the National Development Coun
cil and is a member of the Mount
Nittany Society, Gamma Sigma
Delta, and Alpha Zeta.
“The Pennsylvania All-
American Dairy Show is grateful
for Snider’s time and devotion to
developing a premier showcase for
dairy cattle genetic progress. His
vision and leadership has benefited
not only the Pennsylvania All-
American Dairy Show, but the
entire dairy industry,” said Judy
Black, chairperson of the selection
committee.
“Within a year the product line
expanded and Grandma moved the
stand under a large maple shade
tree on the farm,” she said.
The business grew and when the
Twin Maple Farm, home to sulky
racing for nearly 35 years, was put
on the market, the Mummerts
bought it and began to grow pro
duce on the land. What was a two
acre race track is now a strawberry
field, Yvonne said.
The 18 th century brick-end bam
was restored and now serves as the
market sales room. Open from
May to October, many different
seasonal fruits and vegetables and
some gift items are available in the
market.
The festival and open house pro
vides the visitor with educational
information on crop production,
nutrition, and operation of a farm,
a wagon ride tour of the farm to see
how soil erosion is prevented and
water quality protected, an exhibit
of farm machinery of today and
yesteryear, and a visit with the
Mummerts to learn how a dairy
farm operates.
Scheduled all day long are car
riage rides, educational displays,
food, farm tours, musical enter
tainment, and an antique tractor
display.
The event is cosponsored by
Adams County Farm-City Day
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starting Buttercup Farm Market. She and her grandson, Ladd Mummert, began selling
sweet corn at the end of the farm lane to Yellow Buttercup Farm, the Mummert’s dairy
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Larry, Yvonne, and Lela Mummert stand among a display
of chrysanthemums outside of Buttercup Farm Market, re
cently opened by the family along Route 194 near East Ber
lin to sell seasonal produce. In background is Yellow But
tercup Farm, the dairy farm owned and operated by the fam
ily. It is opened to the public today for Adams County
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