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busy” were heard throughout
the two-day event conducted re
cently at the West End Fair
grounds, Gilbert.
So busy in fact was Carl
Givler of Y-Knot Alpacas, Ore
field, that the cup of coffee and
snack he wanted to enjoy after
setting up their display area on
the first morning was not to be
had until late that afternoon.
Wife, JoAnne, and daughter,
Amy, conducted several demon
strations in the Alpaca obstacle
course throughout the expo.
JoAnne said she was amazed at
the number of people that kept
flowing past their area and all
the questions and interest they
had in their animals.
The Givler family who are
members of the Alpaca Owners
and Breeders Association
started raising their Alpacas
three years ago and raise their
animals for breeding, pets, and
fiber. There are two breeds of
alpaca with the main difference
being the type of fleece they pro
duce. Y-Knot Alpacas had both
the suri and huacaya on display
for visitors to see. Alpacas are
safe and pleasant to be around
with their primary product
being the soft and luxurious
fleece that is sheared once a
Land O’Lakes Establishes
Fluid Milk Marketing Division
ARDEN HILLS, Minn. Land O’Lakes President and
Land O’Lakes, Inc. announced Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
the establishment of a new Fluid John E. Gherty.
Milk Marketing Division Gherty also announced that
focused on enhancing the com- the Fluid Milk Marketing Divi
pany’s ability to efficiently serve sion will be headquartered in
its current fluid-milk customers, Land O’Lakes Arden Hills,
expanding the national coopera- Minn, home office and led by
tive’s ability to serve new cos- i Don Berg. has-been with
tomers in the fluid-milk Land O’Lakes for more than 30
marketplace and delivering the y ears - including seven years as a
full potential of Land O’Lakes dair y foods fie,d services mana
milk-supply agreement with i er and 17 years as vice presi-
Dean Foods. dent for dairy foods
“This initiative reflects Land procurement and membership.
O’Lakes commitment, not only Berg and the new division will
to participating in the fluid-milk also provide perspective and
industry, but also to establishing leadership in relation to federal
a strong presence and leadership milk marketing orders and pool
role in better serving consolidat- * n B> as as promote member
ing Fluid Bottling and Dairy interests in relation to national
manufacturing customers,” said dairy policy, Gherty said.
year. You can usually raise
about five to 10 alpacas per acre
and they are environmentally
friendly as their soft, padded
feet cause little compaction to
damage the terrain.
Boyd and Janet Smith of
Kunkletown, breeders of poultry
and Rambouillet sheep, pre
sented several demonstrations
on fancy fowl and raising sheep.
Boyd said he was told that at
least 60 people had been listen
ing to him during one of his
demonstrations, a fact he had
not been aware of. Throughout
the event crowds were fre
quently seen near the Smith’s
barred rock chickens and petite
ducks listening as Smith ex
plained the various aspects of
raising poultry in the rural set
ting.
Presentations on traditional
cattle breeds were done by
Kevin Milz. Proudly represent
ing the N.J. Polled Hereford As
sociation was Benny Przewozny,
10, of B & B Farm, Chalfont,
N.J. Przewozny, along with his
parents, brought his cow-calf
pair, DHF Suzanne J 7 with her
first calf, Duke, for display. Su
zanne is the foundation of
Przewozy’s breeding herd with
Duke intended to be next year’s
4-H market steer project.
Przewozny is looking forward to
showing his cattle at the 2003
National Junior Hereford Show
at the Farm Complex, Harris
burg.
The Przewozny family was
busy answering questions
throughout the event as was Joe
Keifer of JH Keifer Farm,
Bangor, representing the Penn
sylvania Angus Association with
his registered Angus heifer.
Milz also presented demon
strations on special breed cattle
along with Darcy Gannon of
Mountain View Farm, Kunkle
town. Gannon and husband,
Boyd, brought two pair to
pygmy zebu to the expo. The
pygmy zebu originated in Sri
Lanka and reach weights of 200-
400 pounds at maturity with
heights of 38-42 inches. Boyd
said he prefers to use the pygmy
zebu to train his cutting horses
as they remain agile and ready
to move due to their small size
and nature. Domestic cattle tend
to get lazy as they gain weight as
well as becoming accustomed to
the horses.
In addition to using the zebu
to train their horses, Mountain
View Farm has sold pairs to in
dividuals who have sold their
horses but still have pasture
land that needed to be main
tained. Pygmy zebu are ideal for
small areas where the larger tra
ditional cattle breeds may not be
suitable.
The parade of horse breeds
and horse and oxen driving
demonstrations were popular
events on both days.
Tom Muiea, with his assistant
Shawn Beam, of Twin Pines
Farm, Oxford, N.J., brought his
2,360-pound 6-year-old Red and
White Holstein ox, Tom. Muiea
All-American Eastern
Elite Sale Tops At $14,400
HARRISBURG (Dauphin . Top P ,ng the^ salejvith a sell-
Co.) - Seventy-eight lots were "? g . pr,ce of $14,400 was first
offered at the Eastern Elite Hoi- l hoi f ° f pre i n ™ c , les „ fro ™
stein Sale Sept. 26 during the K /"‘ Vandy^,i ! nd Mark R “ e ‘ h
All-American Dairy Show ° f Jeff £ rson '. Wls -> purchased by
Sponsored by the Pennsylva- f arad ' Se Syndicat f- The
nia Holstein Association, the finest sellmg animal was
Eastern Elite Sale offered some Lad y s -Manor Tawmy-ET,
of the best genetics in the Hoi- ° w "?k , and ary
stein breed for purchase by S m >th of Monkton, Md
breeders. The sale averaeed P,ushanskl Farms of Kutztown
$4 062 e purchased “Tawmy” for
’ ’ $12,500.
Tom Muiea, Oxford N.J., with his 2,360 pound ox, Tom,
prior to his demonstration during the Small Farm and Rural
Living Expo, Gilbert. Muiea does demonstrations at histor
ical farms throughout the area and uses ox on his farm to
perform daily chores.
uses his ox for logging and daily
farm chores. Mulea also uses
Tom for many demonstrations
at historical farms throughout
the area. He also brought a
young team of oxen that are cur
rently in training to the expo.
Also a part of the horse driv
ing and breed demonstration
was Craig Brodt, IS, of Saylors
burg. Brodt is in the ninth grade
in the Pleasant Valley school
district. Brodt purchased his 4-
year-old POA (Ponies of Amer
ica) mare, Dee Dee, this past
February and has since trained
her to ride and drive. Brodt has
four POAs at home.
The driving demonstration in
cluded Hackney Ponies and an
Arabian with the highlight being
the pair of Percheron geldings of
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 6,2001-A29
Arminda Seese, Reeders. Bob
and Bill, both 7, were purchased
five years ago from Roger and
Sandy Burger who were in the
audience to cheer them on.
Seese, assisted by Bernice
Keiper, drove the pair pulling a
wagon and later a snow-white
carriage that is used in wed
dings. Seese has entered her
horses in local fairs and recently
entered a plowing contest where
she was the only woman in the
competition.
One of the most popular
animal demonstrations was the
herding Border Collies owned
by Gene Sheninger of Wayside
Farm, Boonton, N.J. Sheninger
raises 130 sheep on 70 acres and
uses the dogs regularly in herd
ing his sheep. He also does ex
tensive travel doing
demonstrations with his dogs.
Sheninger has competed in trial
competitions along the east
coast. The U.S. Border Collie
Handlers Association
(USBCHA), of which Sheninger
belongs, is the organization that
supports the U.S. National
Finals, accumulating points for
each dog throughout the show
year. Only 150 dogs qualify to
compete each year at the Na
tional Finals and Sheninger has
qualified each year since 1990.