ecial - Paid by
(includes 5 meals, 2 tours and ladies program)
Ladies Luncheon and Workshop
Early Bird Si
Full package after January 12 but before February 1 - $B5
(includes 5 meals, 2 tours and ladies program)
Ladies Luncheon and Workshop
Lunch
Ladies Luncheon and Workshop
Awards Banquet
Lunch
Please make checks payable to Berlin Brothersvalley Young Farmer Chapter and mail to
Make Room Reservations directly with the Sheraton Hotel:
Phone - (724) 836-6060
Single-Double - $64.00 + tax
Paul Kemerer, Region 5 PYFA Vice President along with the Berlin Brothersvalley Young Farmer
Chapter is hosting the 2001 PA Young Farmers Association (PYFA) Convention to be held at Four Points
Sheraton Hotel Greensburg, PA The convention dates are February 6,7, and 8, 2001 We are excited
about this opportunity to show others our beautiful Westmoreland County in Western Pennsylvania and we
are asking for your cooperation and support
More than 250 farmers and wives from across the state will attend and benefit from the educational
tours and workshops There will be business meetings with the state officers and delegate meetings for
young farmers from each chapter The women will enjoy crafts and educational programs
Please accept this letter as an open invitation for your orgamzation/busmess to participate in this
conference either educationally, financially or both We offer the following options for your consideration
1 Educational Exhibii
mancial Si
Financial Donor - Financial contribution of $2OO 00 or more You will be provided one free
educational exhibit space
Financial Contributor - Contribution of $lOO 00 to $2OO 00
- Gifts of $99 00 or less
Financial
All parties making financial contributions will be listed in the proper category in the program booklet
Please complete the form below if you or your business will be willing to contnbute to one of the options
listed above Make check payable to Berlin Brothersvalley Young Farmer Association Your room
reservations can be booked by calling the Greensburg Sheraton Hotel at 800-909-2918
CONVENTION QUESTIONS
CALL 724-423-4491, Mr Kemerer or 814-267-3763, Mr Paul
- Detach and return
lift of
moneta
We would/would not (circle one) be interested in an exhibit at the convention Meal Reservations Tues
Tues Banquet
Lunch
Thurs Lunch
mature
January 12.2001
Registration by event
Tuesday. February 6.2001
$12.50
$20.00
Wednesday. February 7. 2001
$12.50
$15.00
$25.00
Thursday. February 8. 2001
$15.00
it - Set-up in mam lobby at Sheraton - cost $lOO 00
- Financial contribution of $5OO 00 or more Conference
will recognize the individual, group or business in the pnnted program as a
sponsor of one of the meals
ipnsor
iupportei
representing
to help defray the expenses for the 2001 PYFA Winter Convention
PENNSYLVANIA YOUNG
FARMERS WINTER CONFERENCE
FEBRUARY 6-8,2001
SHERATON HOTEL
s7o
No. of tickets
Total
Doyle E. Paul
193 Broadway
Berlin, PA 15530
Doyle E Paul, QBYF Advisor
1025 E Mam Street
Berlin, PA 15530
Wed Lunch
Address
Route 30 East
100 Sheraton Drive
Greensburg, PA 15601
No. of Tickets $ Amount
Total
Total
Route 30 East
100 Sheraton Drive
Greensburg, PA 15601
Company would like to contribute a
Wed Award Banquet
It has been a short year, but
also a very good year. I have had
a lot of support from all the offi
cers and advisory staff.
We have gone to Wyoming
for the 2000 National Institute
and will report on the delegate
session at the coming winter
convention.
The 41st PYFA Winter Con
vention will be Feb. 6-8 at the
Sheraton Hotel in Greensburg. I
hope to see some new faces in
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
11:45 am - 1:00 pm
1:00 pm
6:30 pm
6:30 am
7:00 am
S Amount
8:00 am
9:00 am
9.30 am
12:00 noon
3:00 pm-5.00 pm
6:30 pm
7:00 am-8:00 am
800 am-1 !:30 am Tours
12:00 noon
Located in Unity Township, Westmoreland County
Owned by Richard and Dorothy Stoner
Operated by Richard and Dorothy along with their sons
Richard and Sam. and Sam’s wife Mary and son Brett
An all-family operation Holstein herd consisting of 1 00
milk cows and 60 young stock
Feed consists of haylage, com silage, high moisture com
and cottonseed mixed m a TMR with various supplemmts
Cows are milked in a double 6 parallel parlor
• Celebrating over 200 years of service to the Faith
Communities of Southwestern Pennsylvania
• Land purchased in 1790 and newly constructed bnck
church dedicated in 1t35 in honor of St Vincent de Paul
• First Benedictine monastery m the United Stales started in
1146
• Construction of present church began in 1891 and was
completed in 1905
Tuesday’s tour will end with a tour of a gristmill and a mute
reclamation area
• Owned by Stanley Aucn of Saltsburg, PA
Facility,
• The mam bam and manure pit were bum in I9H
• Mam bam consists of 5 pens-60 *7O each
• The manure pit is 56 x 300 x I feet deep
• Bunker silo was built in 1911 with a 4000 ton capacity
• Harvester silo was built m 1991, measures 30 x 90. with a
56.000 bushel capacity
• The 60-ft truck scales were built m 1996
• We also use the 100 x 32 revamped dairy bam with
outside lot
Set-up.
• Stan buys 700 lb Steers and finishes to grade choice at
1250 lb
• The mam feed ingredients include shelled com.com
silage with anhydrous ammonia and wet brewers gram
from the RoHmg Rock Brewery
January 12, 2001
February 6-8,2001
January - March
July 17-18,2001
Grace Hoppes
PYFA President
PYFA WINTER CONVENTION PROGRAM
Tuesday, February 6,2001
Registration
Lunch
Tours
5:00 pm
Opening Banquet
Breakfast On your own
9:00 am
Executive Breakfast
Registration
6:00 pm
PYFA Business Meeting
11:30 am
Ladies Program • Basket Weaving - Patty Klingensmith
* Lunch at Ligonier Country Inn
♦ Southern Allegheny’s Museum of Arts
Luncheon
Educational Workshops * Stress Management
* Farm Safety
• Pesticide License Certification
PYFA Awards Banquet
Breakfast On your own
Closing Luncheon
PYFA CONVENTION TOURS
Tocsday, February 6,2001
ttehard Stoner and
Si. vinceat Archabbev Baslltel
Thursday, February •* 2001
•arm Feedl
DATES TO REMEMBER
February.
The Derry and Berlin chap
ters have put together a great
convention with tours, educa
tional workshops, and a wonder
ful ladies program. 1 am looking
forward to sitting back and
taking it easy after the conven
tion.
Thank you to everyone across
the entire state, the officers and
support staff for your support
and the progress of PYFA. See
you in Greensburg!
* St Vincent Archabbey Basilica
* Richard Stoner & Sons Dairy
* Gristmill and Mine Reclamation
Wednesday, February 7,2001
Visit Exhibits
Thursday, February 8, 2001
* The Auen Farm Feedlot
• Wayne and Hope Frye Dairy
• Firm operation consists of 4500 seres with 2200 seres in
com. 2200 seres in soybeans. 20 seres of mixed hay snd
40 sacs of pasture
• Roasted beans were started in 1999
• Incoming csnlc are implanted wormed vaccinated
weighed, back poured and ear tagged with alternating
colored lags
• Pen# are scraped every other day with roof drainage
adding to the manure pit
• Manure is both injected and sjwead
• Bunks are scraped clean and limed daily
• Feeding is dote twice daily in hot weather
Hope and Wayne Frye are the owners of 140 acres
that they purchased in 1975 They rent an additional 400
acres. They started with 30 cows, added on 25 more m 1977
and in 19tt went to 85 cows
During this year they put up a free stall bam 250 x 63
feel with a drive through feeding alley They are milking 120
cows now and hope to milk 160 cows in the near future
Wayne and Hope have 4 children 2 boys and 2 girls
One son is married.
Ladies Program
Wednesday, February 7,2001
The Ladies Program will begin at 9 30 am with a
demonstration on basket weaving by Patty Klmgensmith You
will have the opportunity to weave your own basket (a future
Loogenberger?) The group will leave the hotel at 11 1 5 to go
for lunch at the Ligomer Country Inn and afterwards tour the
Southern Allegheny's Museum of Arts. Come join us'
Officer Candidates Wanted
Are you interested m helping the PYFA grow and at
the same time pm strength in your leadership skills'* If so
then become an officer candidate It s simple just contact
Carl Keller Jr, President Elect, at 717-334-7194
Support your local Young Farmer
chapter. Get involved.
Be a member, not just a dues payer!
■Convention Early Registration DUE
PYFA Winter Convention
Greensburg, PA
State & National Dues Payable
PYFA -$ 8
Spouse -$ 4
National - SIS
PYFA Summer Conference
State College