84-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 3, 2000
It’s June National Dairy
Month.
Celebrating June as Dairy
Month was a marketing tool
originated years ago by the in
dustry at a time when milk pro
duction reached its peak in
springtime, when cows tradi
tionally turned out on pasture
cranked up their output to
yearly production peaks. Thus,
June became the month to
salute the bountiful conversion
of green grass to white milk.
But it takes someone other
than a calf to harvest that
output if consumers want to get
their markets, instead of every
one having a do-it-yourself cow
tied to the back porch. (Think of
modern municipal ordinances
dealing with THAT issue!)
Thus, we have dairy farmers,
less than 100,000 of us rapidly
disappearing entities, left in this
United States, keeping the cows
on our back porches-so-to
speak-for everyone else.
So, in honor of our peers, we
offer the following salutes, some
shared by our DHIA technician,
Joanne Lucabaugh, some via
young dairy friend Raechel Kil
gore who pulled them off her e
mail, and a few from yours truly.
You might be a dairy farmer if
your backyard ends at an elec
tric fence, you know the price of
milk by the hundredweight, but
not by the gallon, your kids
sandbox is made from an old
tractor tire, you have three pairs
of rubber boots and two pair are
for same foot, or the medicine
cabinet in your house has a can
of Bag Balm in it.
You might be a dairy farmer if
you’ve ever used baling wire to
attach a license plate to your
truck, gotten an award for fat
and been proud of it, had to
shower in the back yard with the
garden hose before your wife
would let you in the house, your
idea of a power lunch is a sand
wich on the tractor, or you refer
to farms by who owned them 50
years ago.
You might be a dairy farmer if
you have animals living in facili
ties more expensive than your
house, your idea of carpentry in
cludes a chainsaw, a neighbor
hood watch is someone calling
to tell you that your heifers are
out roaming the countryside,
over 50 percent of your clothing
advertises co-ops, feed, seed,
semen or fertilizer suppliers, or
your wife agrees to celebrate
Mother’s Day after the corn is
planted and the haylage all har
vested.
You might be a dairy farmer if
you’ve been cited by the police
for a cluttered dashboard, your
idea of mass transit is moving
your cows from the bam to the
pasture, you have more than a
dozen cats, manure is a dinner
table subject at your house, you
know to listen to the weather
forecast before selecting your
wardrobe for the day.
You might be a dairy farmer if
you have more photos of your
cows than of your kids, you can
tell the difference between the
odor of a skunk and that of a
cow lot, your idea of overnight
delivery is pulling a calf at 2
a.m., you know that cow pies are
not made with beef, you can tell
those lights are a farmer work
ing late in the field, know who it
is, what they’re doing, and that
:i isn’t a UFO.
You might be a dairy farmer if
your prayers include interces
sions for cows and crops, you
know the difference between
field corn and sweet corn while
it’s still on the stalk, you can re
member the name of every cow
Cedar Crest
Recently the Cedar Crest FFA
participated in Pennsylvania’s
Eastern Region Career Develop*
ment Events. The CDEs were
held at the Manheim Fair
grounds. FFA chapters from as
far as Philadelphia and Chester
counties participated in the
in the bam but the names ot
your grandchildren suddenly
elude you, you can fix anything
with baling twine, duct tape or a
piece of electrical wire.
And, finally, a few of my own:
You know you’re a dairy farmer
if bottles of frozen colostrum are
stored between the hamburger
and string beans in your freezer,
your car is ten years old but
there’s a new mixer-wagon (hay
bine or forage harvester or silage
truck, or whatever) sitting in the
machine shed, you have missed
a wedding, graduation, birthday
party, and other important
events because a cow was calv
ing, had milk fever, got stuck in
a gate or had emergency DA
(twisted stomach) surgery, or
have gone for an evening drive
with your spouse to check the al
falfa and move field equipment.
So celebrate a little in honor of
Dairy Month: Top your
strawberries and ice cream with
real whipped cream!
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Betts Equipment
3139 Windy Bush Road,Rt 232
New Hope, PA 18938
215-598-7501
Hoober, Inc.
Mam Street
Intercourse, PA 17534
717-768-8231
Hoober, Inc.
East Mam Street
McAlisterville, PA 17049
717-463-2191
Deerfield Ag &
Turf Center, Inc.
RR 2 Box 212
Watsontown, PA 17777
570-538-3557
Detlan Equipment, Inc.
141 East Mam St
Silverdale, PA 18962
215-257-5177
Thomas L. Dunlap
Rt 220, Mam St Exit
Jersey Shore, PA 17740
570-398-1391
events.
The CDEs included agron
omy, agricultural business man
agement, aquatic resources,
poultry, wildlife, ag sales, meats,
floriculture, and small gas en
gines. More than 500 FFA mem
bers participated in the events.
The Cedar Crest placings are
as follows: (reg. Regional; co.
Lebanon County).
In Floriculture, Michelle
Zimmerman placed 20th reg.
and sth co.; Ashely Fessler
placed 27th reg. and Bth co.
Mike Sensenig and Jason
Shirk were the first placed team
in the Small Gas Engines com
petition. Jason Shirk also placed
first individually, and Mike Sen
senig placed fourth. Richard
Roof and Dave ledger were the
fourth placed team. Individu
ally, Roof placed second and
Ledger placed fourth.
Chet Brubaker placed first in
both the county and region in
the Agronomy contest. Joel
Krall placed third in the county
and fifth regionally.
In Agriculture Business Man
agement, Tim Gettle placed
second in the county and sixth in
the region.
Jonathan Reilly placed first in
the county and ninth regionally
in the Aquatic Resources con
test. Amanda Waltermyer
placed second co. and 13th reg.
Eckroth Bros Farm Equip.
Rd 2, Box 24A
New Rmgold, PA 17960
570-943-2131
Eckroth Equipment Co.
4910 Kernsville Rd
Orefield, PA 18069
610-366-2095
Hines Equipment
RT 220, Belwood, PA
814-742-8171
Keller Brothers
R 7 Box 405
Lebanon, PA 17042
717-949-6501
1950 Fruitville Pike
Lancaster, PA 17601
717-569-2500
M.S. Yearsley & Sons
West Chester, PA
610-696-2990
Pikeville Equipment Inc.
RD 2, Oysterdale Road
Oley, PA 19547
610-927-6277
Jeremy Balsbaugh placed third
co. and ISth reg. Josh Lutz
placed fourth co. and 20th reg.
Thomas Perry placed fifth co.
and 21st reg. Dan Houtz placed
sixth co. and 25th reg.
In Horse Judging, Erik
Rheinheimer placed sixth in the
county and 26th in the region.
Healther Hawkins placed sev
enth co. and 34th reg. LeAnn
Smith placed 10th co. and 43rd
reg. Kendra Reist placed 47th
reg., with Amber Frank placing
60th reg., Ashley Thurecht plac
ing 63rd reg, and Kristen Stokes
placing 65th reg.
In the Meats division, Nate
Artz placed first in the county
and 16th in the region. Beth
Kreider placed fourth in the
county and 20th in the region.
Daniel Eberly placed fifth in co.
and 21st in reg. Jason Zimmer
man placed sixth co. and 22nd
in reg. Billie Jo Atkins placed
eighth in co. and 25th in reg.
Gretchen Artz placed ninth in
co. and 28th reg.
For Wildlife, Douglas Betz
placed first in the county and
15th in the region. Amanda Hef
felfmger placed second co. and
16th reg. Brad Bucher placed
third co. and 25th reg. Eddie
Wise placed fourth co. and 26th
reg. Sarah Krall placed eighth in
co. and 34th in reg. Chad
Weaber placed 10th in co. and
43rd in reg. Andrew Gettler
placed 11th in co. and 45 th in
reg. Diana Frey placed 17th co.
and 61st in reg. Emily Doll
placed 20th in co. and 69th in
reg.
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Stoltzfus Farm Service
Cochranville, PA
610-593-2407
Stouffer Bros Inc.
1066 Lincoln Way West
Chambersburg, PA 17201
717-263-8424
Rodio Tractor Sales
North White Horse Pike
Hammonton, N J 08037
609-561-0141
Warren County Service
Center
228 Route 94, Blairtown, N J
908-362-6916
Frank Rymon
& Sons, Inc.
RD 3, Box 355
Washington, N.J 07882
908-689-1464
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