Vol. 46 No. 44 Lancaster Farming Writer Travels To Poland LOU ANN GOOD Food And Family Features Editor EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.) To fly to Poland for three weeks isn’t a typical assignment for a Lancaster Farming writer. But it promises to be educa tional and exciting. I will accompany Penn State Extension’s professional devel opment team as they travel throughout Poland. The pur pose is two-fold; to share exten sion projects that have worked in the U.S. and can be shaped to fit Polish needs, and to learn from them. Because Poland has no natu ral borders to the east and west, it has often been overrun by other countries, especially by Germany and Russia, which borders it. World War II was especially devastating to Poland. Nazi Germany killed six million Poles and all the Polish Jewish popu lation living in Poland. After the war, Poland fell under commu nist rule. Amazingly they maintained more freedom than any other communist country. Their re fusal to De controlled and their staunch faith in God are the rea sons attributed for Poland being able to survive intense oppres sion. The country is more than 90 percent Catholic and, unlike other communist countries, (Turn to Page A 36) Farming Along Major Highways Presents Many Challenges CAROLYN N. MOYER Tioga Co. Correspondent ELVERSON (Chester Co.) It’s 5 a.m. Saturday morning. For the BUI Beam family, who farm 1,500 acres in this heavily populated area, it’s one of the few times they can move large pieces of farm equipment with out causing a traffic jam. “When I first started farming Breed champion bovine dairy lineup at this week’s Allentown Fair, from left, includes Amber Hallowed, Guernsey; Jill Neiman, Jersey; Jill Vail, Ayrshire; Crystal Miller, Hol stein; Seth Wolfgang, Lineback; and Shannon Semmel, Brown Swiss. See page A 24 fora full report. Photo by Dave Lefever www.lancasterfarming.com The Poland team from left, Katherine Wentzel, Lee Hanle Younge, Lou Ann Good, Jan Schroll, Marcy Tutor, Anne Luken, Nancy Crago, Sarah Siegel, Cathy Southwick, ground toward Dowingtown in 1982,1 didn’t have to go through a single stop light. Now there are quite a few. Traffic has in creased dramatically. We’ve had to adjust the movement of equipment around the time of day,” Beam said. “On the week days it seems you can’t get up early enough to beat the traffic.” Farming is chock-full of daily Four Sections difficulties that can be overcome with a little patience and per severance. But when you factor in the growing population right outside your doorstep, those dif ficulties often change your life style. Beam is one of the many farmers who deal with the in creased challenges of farming along a major highway every day. Saturday, September 1,2001 Deborah Gregory, Darlene Price, and Yvonne Szpara. Both Schroll and Gregory are former participants and will not be accompanying the tour to Poland. “I basically live in semi suburbia,” said Beam, who is lo cated 30 miles west of Philadelphia in an area that is growing rapidly. “There is pre served land right next to me, but we lose farms all the time. I’m not sure who’s going to win.” Beam now farms 30 tracts, some of which are spread out 15- 20 miles away. He doesn’t re member a time when this area of the state wasn’t buzzing with traffic but he has seen an in- Lou&dd Ik Poland The culture of Poland comes alive. Lancaster Farming’s Food and Family Features Editor Lou Ann Good is traveling throughout Poland for three weeks. Her diary is the first of several articles and photos that highlight her tour. Read a full report page A 36. $34.00 Per Year crease in the number of vehicles. A check of the traffic statistics confirms this ever-growing trend. According to the Bureau of Transportation, in 1965 there were 91,739,623 registered vehi cles on the highway. In 1998, ac cording to the most recently published statistics, there were 215,496,003 registered vehicles. That corresponds to a national population of 270,248,003 people in 1998. Number of miles (Turn to Page A4l) 75C Per Copy
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