i A44-Uhctster Fanning, Saturday, March 14, 1998 Lancaster Holstein Tour (ContlniMd from Pago A 42) touts were planned independently but on the same day to accommo date tour farm hosts who get ready for visitors. At Autrim-Spring Farm, brothers Rodney and Roger Crider are well known for their local and district show herd. The Criders have a number of breedei/exhibitar banners from these shows. Many of the cows come from families with a lot of longevity. For exam ple, one of the old excellent cows is 12 years-old with records to nearly 30,000 m and over l,ooolbs. in both fat and protein. One of the noted cows in the herd lived to be 17 years-old. Another excellent cow is red, and the dam of two heifer calves that are going to spring sales. They milk 70 cows in a tie-stall bam. Crops are raised to feed the cows through a TMR mix. The brothers are in partnership and they raise service age bulls. A number of beautiful cows stand in the end stalls that show a lot of good style and good udders. In addition to the excellent cows, a number of cows NOTICE OF HEARING, PRESUBMISSION SCHEDULE AND PREHEARING CONFERENCE FOR ALL MILK MARKETING AREAS OVER-ORDER PREMIUM NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to the provisions of the Milk Marketing Law, 31 P.S. § 700 J-101 et seq., that the Common wealth of Pennsylvania, Milk Marketing Board (‘‘Board”) will con duct a public hearing for Milk Marketing Areas 1,2,3,4,5, and 6 on April 1, 1998, at 9 a.m. in Room 202 of the Agriculture Building, 2301 North Cameron Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony and exhibits concerning whether an adjustment should be made to the $0.50 level of the over-order premium scheduled to go into effect May 1,1998, under Official General Order A-895, as requested in petitions Hied by the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau; Land O’Lakes, Inc.; Dairylea; Dairy Farmers of America; and Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers* As sociation. The petitioners and Board staff are deemed to be parties for pur poses of this hearing. Other interested persons as defined in section 801 of the Milk Marketing Law who wish to present testimony cr ex hibits, or both, at the hearing shall file with the Board on or before March 26,1998, a written request to be included on the Board’s list of parties. (A) Each party shall file with the Board seven (7) copies and serve on all other parlies one (1) copy of the following on or before March 30. 1998: (1) A written designation identifying each witness who will testify on behalf of the party at the hearing, including iden tification of any witness who will testify as an expert (2) A statement of the subjects concerning which each wit ness will testify. (3) A copy of each exhibit to be presented, including but not limited to financial statements, accounting statements, accounting schedules, and economic statistics. (4) A copy of each witness’s prepared testimony if the testi mony has been reduced to writing. (B) Requests by parties for Board staff to provide data pertinent to this hearing shall be made in writing and received in the Board office on or before Mare 26. 1998. (C) Parties shall have available in the hearing room at least twenty (20) copies of the documents described in (A) (3) and (4) for the use of nonparties attending the hearing. (D) Parties wishing the Board to take administrative notice of any document shall, when notice is requested, provide a copy of the docu ment to each Board member and to all other parties. At least twenty (20) additional copies shall be available for the use of nonparties at tending the hearing. (E) Presubmission of information concerning rebuttal testimony or exhibits is not required. However, parties wishing to present such evi dence shall at the hearing provide one (1) copy of each rebuttal exhib it and one (1) copy of each rebuttal witness’s prepared testimony if the testimony has been reduced to writing to each Board member and to the other parties. At least twenty (20) additional copies shall be available for the use of nonparties attending the hearing. The Board may exclude witnesses, evidence, or exhibits of a party who fails to comply with any requirements listed above. There will be a prehearing conference for all parties on March 31, 1998, in Room 110 of the Department of Agriculture Building, 2301 North Cameron Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, beginning at 2 p.m. The filing address for the Board is Pennsylvania Milk Market ing Board, Room 110, Agriculture Building, 2301 North Came ron Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110-9408. PENNSYLVANIA MILK MARKETING BOARD O. Frank De Garcia, Executive Secretary are classified high very good to 89 points. Walnut Lane Farm gets its name from the row of walnut trees that -edge the road on the way into the beautiful farmstead. Along with the de-stall bam that is used as a milking parlor, and a new fire-stall bam, the grand old farm house and spring house add to the picturesque setting. With the Wa-Del far fix, Rick Wadel’s family have 125 cows that average 23,600 m. Rick does exten sive ET work-using high TPI bulls, and was ranked number one for providing the top genedcs based on net merit for five consecutive inns. The herd includes family mem bers of RD Matt and Challenger with fancy daughters of Elton, Converse, and Bellwood. They farm 350 acres and also do custom crop work. As the farmers rode back to Lan caster, the talk was about what to do for the next tour. Maybe it will be a longer trip. Or maybe a shorter one. But you can be sure a lot of good fellowship and the view of many good cows will be part of it. Autrim Spring Farm. Tour visitors see the new milking parlor at 80-Joy Farm. • Looking down the row of cows at Penn Gate Farm. Bishard Earns Junior Angus Bronze , Silver Awards ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - Suzanne Bishard, York, Pa., has qualified for the bronze and silver awards of the National Junior Angus Association, announced James Fisher, director of junior activi ties for the American Angus Association. Suzanne, the 20-year-old daughter of Brad and Lois Bishard, is a student at Delaware Valley College of Science and Agriculture. She has shown her Angus in many local, state and national shows and competed in showmanship contests. Keeping weight records and performance infor mation is an important part of Bishard's herd management. In addition, she has served as sec retary of the Pennsylvania Junior Angus Association and has been a junior member of the American Angus Association since 1987. The bronze and silver awards are the first and second levels of the National Junior Angus Recognition Program that began in 1972. Junior Angus breeders must apply for the award and then meet point requirements in many areas of participation before receiving the honor. Applicants are evaluated in the areas of junior Angus associa tion activities, participation in showmanship and leadership competitions, using performance testing to improve their herd and their progress in producing and merchandising Angus cat tle.
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