818-Uncaater Fanning, Saturday, January 15, 2000
Ida’s
Notebook
Ida Risser
For Christmas, I gave my sisters
and our children big pictures of
the Shreiner Conestoga wagon.
Our daughter used her computer
to print the names of the people on
the picture. I was about 10 when
the picture was taken to be pub
lished in a book on Conestoga
wagon. My three times great
grandfather, John Michael Shrein-
SYRACUSE, N.Y. The
American Dairy Association and
Dairy Council, Inc. (ADADC),
announces the annual New York
State Dairy Princess Pageant to be
held on Tuesday, February 22, and
its annual meeting to be held on
Wednesday, February 23. at the
Holiday Inn, 7th North Street, in
Liverpool, N.Y.
Festivities begin cm Tuesday
with a milk punch reception at S
p.m. and a banquet at 6 p.m.
County dairy princesses from
throughout the state will compete
to be the 2000-2001 New York
State Dairy Princess (currently Jo-
Anna Deßlock, Orange County,
New York). An ADADC 1999
Program Presentation will high
‘Passing On The Farm’
MARTINSBURG (Blair Co.)
Who will be the next genera
tion of farmers? “According to the
1997 Census, 17 percent of Penn
sylvania’s farm operators are age
70 or older. Potential replacement
farmers, under age 35, make up
only 8 percent of our total number
of farm operators.
“At least one-quarter and as
high as one-half of our farms
could change hands in the next IS
years. How we address this prob
lem will affect agriculture in
Pennsylvania for generations to
come,” said Farm Link Director
Marion Bowlan.
To help farmers and potential
farmers plan for the succession of
er, used the wagon to haul wheat
to Philadelphia before the Revolu
tionary War.
When our children come home
they tell me to mark my dishes in
the comer cupboard as they can’t
remember what I tell them. Even I
can’t remember from where some
of them came. Some have been in
the family while others were
New York State Dairy Princess Pageant,
ADADC Annual Meeting Scheduled Feb. 22-23
light the “got milk?” advertising
campaign and the promotional
contributions of the Consumer
Promotions, Nutrition Education,
and Communications work
groups. On Wednesday,
ADADC’s annual meeting will
begin at 8 a.m. The agenda in
cludes financial, advertising, and
program updates.
The pageant culminates two
days of judging for the contest
ants. The judges will be looking
for the young women who most
effectively promote milk and
dairy products, based on a person
al interview, impromptu and pre
pared adult speeches, and in
formal interaction with others.
Though only one state princess
their farm business to the next
generation, Pennsylvania Farm
Link sponsors workshops that pro
vide infoimation for farmers on
the decision-making process
needed for a successful farm
transfer. It is never too early to be
gin this process.
The fifth workshop in the
“Passing on the Farm” series for
this winter will be Feb. 10 at the
Morrisons Cove Memorial Park,
in Martinsburg, from 9:30 a.m. to
3:30 p.m.
Information on business plan
ning, loan resources, legal issues
in a transfer, start-up strategies,
how to bring the next generation
into the farm business, record
bought at public auctions.
The other week I tackled a job
that I had been putting off for
months. When my husband picks
his elderberries, I put them in
freezer boxes and sine them. The
idea is to make jelly in the winter
when I’m not busy with garden
things.
Well, when they were boiling, I
stood at the stove and watched the
kettle of purple juice. As I glanced
away for a moment the juice rose
to the top of the six-quart kettle
and despite my lifting it off the
burner, it kept boiling over the
edge.
It did not seem possible that this
happened but it did. So. I had to
spend 45 minutes cleaning the
whole top of the stove. It is one of
those jobs, like making raspberry
jelly, that you only want to do
once a year.
and two alternates will be selected
as state representatives for the
dairy industry, promotion is a
team effort, and all county dairy
princesses and their courts are im
portant in increasing milk and
dairy product consumption.
In addition to the three state
representatives who will receive
awards of $1,200, $7OO, and $6OO
respectively, awards will also be
presented to three girls in each of
the following categories: adult
speeches, written communica
tions. and product knowledge. In
addition, three girls will receive a
public relations award, designed
to recognize special-events efforts
at the local county level. “Miss
Congeniality” will be selected
Workshop
keeping, and estate planning will
be presented.
Participating agencies and indi
viduals include Pennsylvania
Farm Link, Penn State Coopera
tive Extension, Farm Credit, Farm
Service Agency, Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture, Blair
County Agricultural Land Pre
servation Board, estate planners,
attorneys, and local fanners.
Call Farm Link at (717)
664-7077 by Feb. 3 to register for
this workshop or to obtain in
formation cm this or other pro
grams. Lunch will be served at the
restaurant at a cost of $B. The
Cove is located on South Walnut
Street in Martinsburg off Rte. 164.
mSr
This column is for renders who have questions
but don’t know who to ssk for answers.
“You Ask—You Answer” is for non-cooking
questions. When a reader sends in a question, it
will be printed in the paper. Readers who know the
answer are asked to respond by mailing the
answer, which will then be printed in the paper.
Questions and Answers to this column should
be addressed to You Ask—You Answer, Lancaster
Farming, P.O. Box 609, Ephrata, PA 17522. Atten
tion: Lou Ann Good.
Or, you may e-mail questions and answers to
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Pleass clarify what question you are answering
when responding.
from the contestants and recogniz
ed as the dairy princess who de
monstrates the most friendliness
and cooperative spirit of competi
tion.
Two college students will re
ceive the ADADC Memorial
Scholarship and Leo Briggs Mem
orial Scholarship. Both $5OO
scholarships are based on grade
point average, extracurricular acti
vities, future plans, and a
400-word essay dircussing the ap
plicant’s commitment to a career
in the dairy industry.
The Robot S. Turner Promoter
of the Year Award will be present
ed to the county that has done an
outstanding job promoting milk
and dairy products. Selection is
based on the number and types of
promotional activities conducted
by the 1998-1999 county dairy
princesses and their courts.
(Turn to Pago 822)
Finally, a Golden Cow Award
will be presented to an adult coun
ty dairy promotion committee
member, as recognition few out
standing service and dedication to
local dairy promotion in New
York State.
Banquet tickets are $2O per per
son and must be reserved by Fri
day, February 7. Make checks
payable to AD ADC and mail to:
Deborah Mathers, American
Dairy Association and Dairy
Council, Inc., 219 South West St,
Suite 100, Syracuse, NY
13202-1205.
The Holiday Inn is located dir
ectly across from exit 37 of the
New York State Thru way. From
Route 81 Noth or South, take exit
25-Seventh North Street Go to the
end of the ramp and take a right.
. The hotel will be straight ahead at
the “T” (one mile).
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