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V 01.47 No. 7
‘ Friendly, Inquisitive, Personable ’ Arabians Become Champions
According to Shirley Craig, Arabians make good family horses because they are gen
erally friendly, inquisitive, and “quite personable.’’ Craig, who shows her horses in
Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, has won the Battle of the Breeds event at KILE for
seven years. Photo by Michelle Kunjappu
Award winners at the Pennsylvania Dairy Stakeholders’ banquet Wednesday evening.
From left, Dave Norman, vice president, Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Association, with
winners Jud Heinrichs, Jay Houser, and Jim Kennedy, accepting for wife Rita.
One Hill Farm in Berks County is home to Pennsylvania Alternate Dairy Princess Amy
Moyer, her parents Missy and Martin, and siblings, Kristen, Sarah, and Jeffrey. Turn to
page 812 to read more about the Moyer family.
www.lancasterfarming.com
Four Sections
Saturday, December 15,2001
MICHELLE KUNJAPPU
Lancaster Farming Staff
LITTLE BRITAIN (Lancas
ter Co.) For Shirley Craig, the
horse business is simply all in
the family.
Not Craig’s family, actually
the horse family that resides
on her farm.
At Country Arabians, 11 Ara
bians and one Haflinger make
their home on the farm. Craig
Reproduction Focus Of
LanChester Pork Council’s
Annual Meeting
MICHELLE KUNJAPPU
Lancaster Farming Staff
NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster
Co.) This week’s meeting of
the LanChester Pork Council
drew 80 producers and industry
representatives for not only an
educational seminar but also a
Dairy Stakeholders Review
Issues, Honor Producers
ANDY ANDREWS
Editor
GRANTVILLE (Dauphin
Co.) Stomach space.
That’s what dairy producers,
marketers, and promoters need
to focus on, according to Don
Schriver, senior vice president of
Dairy Farmers of America
(DFA).
Farm Show Needs Entries
To encourage more entries in the family living depart
ment of the Pennsylvania Farm Show on Jan. 5- 10 in
Harrisburg, a special supplement details categories and
requirements. Turn to page B 4 to learn how to receive
the free supplement shown by Dennis Grumbine, Farm
Show executive director, and Gerri Moore, Farm Show
family living chairperson.
$34.00 Per Year
started with one purebred Ara
bian mare, one purebred stal
lion, and one partbred mare,
and “everything was created
from there,” Craig said.
After learning to ride on a
pony Craig, who always had an
interest in horses, found a pros
pect in the paper and traveled to
Lancaster to buy a Palomino
yearling, Tapioca. The Palom
(Turn to Page A 22)
board of directors’ election.
Conducted Tuesday at
Yoder’s Restaurant, the 43rd
annual meeting also featured an
afternoon session where Chet
Hughes and Bob Mikesell, Penn
State cooperative extension, re
(Turn to Page A 24)
For dairy producers to sur
vive, store shelf space containing
soft drinks, teas, coffee, and bot
tled water has to be occupied in
stead by milk products with the
same type of containers favored
by the consumer.
Schriver spoke to more than
200 dairy producers and agri
(Turn to Page A 39)
750 Per Copy