Vol. 43 No. 50
At the Pennsylvania
National Horse Show in the
Farm Show Complex in Har
risburg last Saturday night,
the junior riders from as far
away as California and Cana
da were competing for money
and bragging rights. From
eight U.S. teams and one
from Canada, the grand
champion team in the $1,500
Bel/AHSA Prix Des States
Team Championship was
from Zone il, which includes
New Jersey, New York, and
Pennylvania. At the awards
ceremony from left, Amanda
Forte from Glenmoore rides
Fabulist; Amanda Gumberg
from Pittsburgh rides Mont
Blanc; Mary Dailey Patte from
New York, N.Y., rides Mae
stro; and Dominique Richter
from Cazenovia, N.Y., rides
Husker Du. Out of eight rides,
the team had four perfect
rides and only eight total
countable faults. This was a
repeat performance as Zone
II won in 1997, too. The
National Horse Show con
tinues through the Grand Prix
tonight. Photo by Everett Newa
wanger, managing adltor.
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.)
The Ephrata High School band
played "This Land is Our Land.”
Issue Highlights Haymakers
Next issue of Lancaster Farming includes Foraging Around, a
special quarterly section dedicated to the forage grower and grazier,
with information supplied by the Pennsylvania Forage and Grassland
Council (PFGC). The section includes interviews with producers
about how to make award-winning hay, a new hybrid grass, insights
into Pennsylvania's haymaking traditions, and news of upcoming
events. The issue includes a message from the PFGC president,
research data, and advertising information.
Holly Liggett shows Trotacre Bucky Mamie, a 4-year-old
Guernsey that was named grand champion of both the
junior and open shows and supreme champion of the
Lawrence County Junior Dairy Show. See story page A 25.
Photo by Marsha Chaos, Manor Co. Corraopondant
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Four Sections
Zone II Wins National Junior Horse Championship
State Celebrates 1000th Preserved Farm
Agricultural officials and politi
cal dignitaries from local, county,
and state governments arrival
under the fancy reception tent
staked out along Hackman Road in
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 17, 1998
Clay Township beside the well
kept farm buildings.
The sun shown on the beautiful
green fields of alfalfa and stark
brown com stalks weighted with
mature ears ready to harvest
FFA, 4-H, and other school stud-
nets bagged classes to be there.
Television and newspaper
photographers fired away.
Words of ag history and hope for
the preservation of agriculture
(Turn to Page A 25)
Three generations of Martins accept the I,oooth Pennsylvania preserved farm rec
ognition from State Agriculture Secretary Samuel Hayes Jr., right. From left are Dar
ren, Angie, Ezra and Edith, Gerald and Carolyn, and Ryan Martin.
$29.50 Per Year
«We accept this honor on behalf of the other 999 farms that have
been preserved in Pennsylvania. We are grateful for the many people
who work in the farmland preservation effort. I am also happy my
parents can be here to help observe his. My dad knows the value of
good land as he has taken crops off the land for many years. They are
both as glad as I am to have the farm preserved. Welcome to our
farm. We look forward to when the next I,ooofarms are preserved
and we hope it won’t be too long. "—Gerald Martin accepting the rec
ognition of the I,oooth farm preserved through Pennsylvania's Farm
land Preservation Program.
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