*»«kmmk»m»»mkw«k«k»«w<»«»«««S-D16IT 16SOZ B3Z P 3 036034 043099 PFRIODICALS DIVISION 048 PFNN STATE UNIVERSITY WZO9 PATTE LIBRARY UNIV PARK PA I6BOZ . V 01.44 No. 27 Record-Breaking Sextuplets Provide Frisky Handful For Haldeman Family These six frisky kids provide a handful of energy for Bonnie Haldeman, son Luke, 17, and daughter Hannah, 15. The Haldemans present their sextuplets, three females and three males born April 27 to one of their Nubian goat nannies. According to the Haldemans, animal specialists at Penn State and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture have no record of a goat giving birth to six kids. Luke noticed the nanny was having trouble after the first two were born. Dr. George Keck, retired veterinarian, helped deliver the remaining four. For the first few days, the runt of the litter walked on its knuckles, but after round-the-clock bottle feedings by the Haldemans, all the kids are frisky and healthy. The nanny is doing fine also, taking the record-breaking family in stride. Of course she had practice three years ago when she gave birth to quadruplets. The Haldemans have five nannies on their Campbelltown farm. Photo by Lou Ann Good. National Farm Groups Create Unified Policy Statements VERNON ACHENBACH JR. Lancaster Farming Staff ST. LOUIS, Mo. A lengthy position paper calling for changes in national farm policies represents a consensus of 29 of the United States’ farm and rural groups, according to a news release. Issued April 27 by the National Fanners Union (NFU), the group that spearheaded what it is calling a “National Agricultural Summit,” the leadership of 29 of the nation’s farm organizations last week arrived at a consensus on policies it wants the nation’s political leaders to adopt The Pennsylvania Young Far mers Ag Spokesperson of the Year, Shirley Krall, is an avid believer that farms serve as the Shirley Krall Four Sections The 29 organizations listed included the NFU, the National Farmers Organization, the Ameri can Farm Bureau Federation, National Grange, and a number of commodity producer organizations ranging from producers of beef ami milk to tobacco, rice, peanuts and sugarbeets. According to NFU, immediate ly following the “summit” held in St Louis, “The leadership of 29 of the nation's farm organizations ... forged a broad consensus on a number of critical issues facing (Turn to Pag* A 22) best source for educating the non farming community. Her efforts at the county level pushed her on to state competition where whc was selected the state winner to repre sent Pennsylvania at the 1999 National Young Farmer Educa tional Institute Convention to be held in Hcrshcy in December. Turn to page B 2 and 810 to read how Shirley, husband Tom, and four children spread agriculture facts to the people who don’t know much about farming. In addition, we have the Pennsylvania Young Far mer newsletter including individu al chapter news in this issue start ing on page A 34 and continuing on page C4-S. You’ll want to check out all the pages in this issue dedi cated to Young Farmer news. Photo by Lou Ann Qood. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 8, 1999 On his 243-acre Hamilton Heights Dairy Farm near Chambersburg, Cliff Hawbaker has enacted what dairymen only dream about develop an inexpensive system that mirrors the multimillion dollar municipal waste treatment facilities used by boroughs and townships. Photo by Andy Andnws Chambersburg Dairyman’s Manure Management Dream Slowly Becomes Reality ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Fanning Staff CHAMBERSBURG (Franklin Co.) To Cliff Hawbaker, it’s neither impossible nor expen sive to turn manure manage ment dreams into reality. On his 243-acre Hamilton Heights Dairy Farm near Cham bersburg, he’s enacted what dairy men only dream about develop an inexpensive system that mirrors the multimillion dollar municipal waste treatment facilities used by boroughs and townships. A project begun last fall to test his dream taking manure wastes, obtaining treated, fluid $31.00 Per Year results, and using the liquid to irri gate pasture systems is coming to fruition. This summer, an elec trical pump system, underground lines, and wide-area broadcast spreaders will be installed on the dairy. For many farmers that are sur rounded by development, Haw baker may have found a practical, inexpensive solution to odor and nutrient problems. “I personally do not mind the smell of a cow, a pig, or a chicken,” he said during an interview this week at the farm. “But the animal waste odors have to go. That is something we in agriculture have 600 Per Copy to deal with." Hawbaker’s 400-head regis tered and grade Holstein dairy is surrounded by development a golf course to the west, a large elementary school to the south, a housing development to the east, and a main public road north of the farm. “Because of my neighbors and I’m a neighbor to somebody as well we have to live with that,” he said. “My neighbors could care less whether I put one ton of ani mal waste per acre or 10 tons or 30 tons as long as they don’t smell it when they schedule their after (Turn to Pago A 24)
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