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p.m.
York Landowners Meeting, Kcn
ndard Dale High School, 7:30
p.m.
Sheep Shearing School, Westmin-
Ag Center, Westminster, Md.,
noon.
Pennsylvania Pleasure Walking
Horse Association Spring Clin
ic, Fox Field Farm, Reinholds.
Northeast Highland Cattle Associ
ation N.YVPcnn Sale, Empire
Livestock. Bath, N.Y., noon.
Mid-Maryland Black and White
Sale, Middletown Fire Com-
Honey Producers To Meet
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
- The next meeting of the
Lancaster County Honey
Producers is Tuesday, April 21 at
the Lancaster County Park
Conservation Center.
“Beginning Beekeeping” is
the subject, and the group will
meet promptly at 7 p.m. to
m am ramr inth ieeehb
KING COtfStWJCTION CO,
601 Overly Grove Rd.. New Holland, PA 17557
717-354-4740
Cuttom Design & Conatructlon of Dairy ANorae Facilities
pany Carnival Grounds. Mid
dletown, Md., 2 pan.
Meat Goat Production Confer
ence, McHenry, Md., 9
ajn.-3:30 p.m.
Identifying Trees Course, Leonard
Harrison State Park, Wcllsboro,
10 ajn.
2d Annual Eastern Alpaca Jubilee,
Sussex County Fairgrounds,
Augusta, NJ., 9 am.-5 p.m..
4-H Capitol Days, Harrisburg, thru
April 21.
Elk Creeks Watershed Association
presents “New And Innovative
Techniques In Conservation
Design Storm Water Manage
ment,” Elk Township Building,
install a package of bees from
the south in their new home (a
modern hive). If the weather
permits, the association will
install them outside. “The
County Park is hosting the
group and everyone is welcome.
For more information, call
(717) 336-5860 or (717) 548-
3798.
Lewisville, 7:15 pjn.
plcx, also at various extension
sites, also April 28.
Dairy Farmers Of America Info
Meeting On Fed. Older H,
Ramada Inn, Watertown, N.Y.,
1 p.m.
Dairy Farmers Of America Info
Meeting On Fed. Order n, Ag
Center, Cooperative Extension
Office, Morrisville, N.Y., 7:30
pjn.
Basic Livestock Evaluation, Berks
County Agricultural Center,
7:30 p.m.
Lancaster County Honey Produc
ers meeting, Lancaster County
Park Conservation Center, 7
p.m.
Pa. Poultry Federation Annual
Fund-Raising Banquet, Her
shey Convention Center, Her
shey, 7 p.m.
Environmental Fund For Pa. Earth
Day Field Trip Of Lancaster
County, Lancaster County
Environmental Center. 8:30
Sunset West Restaurant, Fleas-
ant Gap, 1 pjn.
Dairy Farmers Of America Info
Meeting On Fed. Order n.
Guthrie Inn, Sayre, 7:30 p.m.
Managing Beef On Pasture,
Lawrenceville Township
Building, Lawrenceville, 7
Modem Maturil
FRIDAY EVENING
APRIL 24. 1998
5:00 PM - Pig Roast Supper (Full Meal)
"carry out available”
6:30 PM - Singspiration
The Gospel Express & The Mountain Anthems
7:30 PM - Dairy and Beef Cattle Auction
DAIRY & BEEF CATTLE AUCTION
Approximately 50 head of Holstein heifers
will sell from Springers to Young Heifers
• Ml Agas • Ml Sim •
• Ragiatarad and Grada*
Sired by:
Belltone, Boulet Charles, Kinglea Leader, Startmore,
Supreme, Leadman, Formation, Etc.
QUILTS • SOLID OAK FURNITURE • 3-D PICTURES
, i
*'% *
MANY QUALITY ITEMS TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION!
For More Information Call Gospel Express Office: (717)768-7115
Manor Farm, Downingtown. 10 Pen® Statc/PDA Chem Sweep,
tjn,-2 p.m. Lebanon Fairgrounds, 10
Farm Plow and Field Day, Miller
Farm, Dover, Del., 10 ajn.
Com-
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the equipment that we already
have.
Financial planning for farms
of any size is next to impossible
because of the uncertainty of the
price of milk.
The average age of a dairy
farmer today is 58 years old.
They have raised their children
on farms that have been in their
family for generations. Parents
hope to pass their farms on to
their children. It is not happen
ing. Their children see the love
and care their parents put into
their farms, but also see the
hardships that they have
encountered. They end up get
ting off the farm jobs, leaving no
one to take over the farm.
Small farms spread through
out the state are better for the
environment than large farms
that have a high concentration
of animals.
Expansion is a never ending
rat race because of the huge cost
involved and milk prices that
are too low to produce enough
acreage to support expansion.
The American agricultural
system is the best in the world,
Center, Dov-
FRIDAY EVENING, 7:30 PM
Other Items To Be
Sold Include: Pedal
Bus, Student Desk,
Dozens of Quilts, Lots of
Crafts, Flowers, Trees &
Shrubs, BOSCH Kitchen
Machine, and much
more!
PRECISE CONCRETE WALLS, INC.
601 Overly Grove Rd.. New Holland, PA 17557
717-355-2469
Lanc —t»r Burning, Saturday, April 11, 1998-A3l
SATURDAY
April 25. 1998
7:00 AM - Light Breakfast
9:00 AM - Benefit Auction Begins
11:00 AM - Quilts
2:00 PM - 3-D Pictures
1:00 & 3:00 PM - Quality Oak Furniture
• A Weaverhne Formation From the Jody Family"i
• A Springing Hunter Dau. Dam VG Tesk
w/32,320, 2nd Dam VG Cleitus w/36,840, 3rd
Dam VG Mars w/28,750, 4th Dam 26,510
• (2) Boulet Charles Springers w/pedigrees!!!
• A fancy Thor Grandaughter will be fresh from an
88pt. Dam w/25,000!!!
but I have seen a noticeable
decline and decay in agriculture
in recent years. I have witnessed
the indifference of the govern
ment and a willingness to allow
1 our nation to become dependent
on foreign food. A safe and abun
dant food supply is not some
thing to be gambled with in
order to save a few cents.
That is why the Northeast
Interstate Dairy Compact is
needed to set a reasonable price
on class I milk which would sta-
bilize the overall price of milk. I
urge you to write or call your
Pennsylvania state Senator, and
ask them to support the
Northeast Interstate Dairy
Compact or Senate Bill No. 170.
This is only a short term solu
tion. In the long term farmers
need to be involved in the pric
ing of their milk. That is why it
is important to join ARMPPA.
ARMPPA, American Raw Milk
Producers Pricing Association is
the only nationwide bargaining
agency truly interested in get
ting a fair price for milk for
dairy farmers. For more infor
mation on ARMPPA call (717)
833-4592.