A4O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 26,2002
Calf, Heifer Management Workshop Set
GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.)
and WASHINGTON BORO
(Lancaster Co.) Raising re
placement heifers successfully is
highly dependent on getting
Frank Long Is Pa.’s 2002 Fairperson Of The Year
HERSHEY (Dauphin Co.)
The Pennsylvania State Associa
tion of County Fairs (PSACF)
has recently honored Frank
Long, Tyrone, with the “Fairper
son of the Year” award at their
recent convention in Hershey.
The director of Sinking Valley
Fair for 25 years. Long helped
oversee the move from leasing a
small lot to a present 15-acre site.
Sinking Valley’s farm show now
owns six permanent buildings,
tractor pull track, large show
ring, tent area, parking for 1,000
cars and a permanent lease for
an additional 30 acres, taking the
fair from Class E to Class A.
“His consistent desire for de
tails and working with each com
mittee has resulted in a fair
ground that is attractive for year
round use,” said Jack DeMuth,
treasurer of the Sinking Valley
farm show.
Long has served as president of
the Sinking Valley Fair for 17
years.
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ment and many hand-tools used
on Ukrainian farms. “Part of my
job was to make recommenda
tions to help them make money
to get equipment,” he said. For
example, he recommended to co
operative members that they
should increase their cow num
bers to make butter and cheese
for market.
Many of the farmers in the pic
tures were women. “Ladies seem
to do most of the farming and if
the husband could find a job else
where, he did,” he said.
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start.
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Frank Long, Tyrone, recently received the “Fairperson
of the Year” for 2002 at the PSACF Convention in Her
shey.
Almost every home had a vine
yard, and Brubaker was able to
visit a winery and food process
ing plant.
Ukrainians who could prove
that their family owned ground
before communism began its
reign in the country can now re
claim that ground, said Brubak
er. The climate and rich soil is
comparable to Pennsylvania.
Also during his visit he attend
ed an agriculture exhibition,
where standholders displayed
their food products. Brubaker
was also asked to speak at the ex
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of calf and heifer management
and has coordinated two on-farm
and hands-on programs that can
help you or your employees to
improve the calf and heifer pro
gram on your farm.
hibition, and was able to tell the
audience about Pennsylvania and
compare the commonwealth to
the Ukraine.
On the lighter side, he paid
several cents for a lottery ticket
and was the lucky winner of a
sheep, to the delight of the Ukrai
nians. After leading the animal
around at the event, he left it at
the host home.
Other highlights included pick
ing mushrooms in the forest and
purchasing 25 fruit trees for a co
operative, which the Ukrainians
dubbed “Luke’s Lane.”
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Mason Dixon Dairy Farm in
Gettysburg will host the first pro
gram Feb. 5, and Rohrer Dairy
Farms in Washington Boro will
host the second program on Feb.
6. The program at each farm will
be the same and includes presen
tations, demonstrations, hands
on learning opportunities, and a
tour of the host farm. They will
Frank is a consistent attender
of the PSACF convention. In ad
dition he has perfect attendance
at the International Association
of Fairs and Exhibitions. Long
and his wife, Sarah Jane, have at
tended 100 fairs throughout the
eastern U.S. and have visited
fairs and expositions in foreign
countries as well.
Long has been elected to the
state executive committee for 16
years. He has also served on
many state committees and is
presently co-chairman of the
queen committee with his wife.
He has also served as the PSACF
president for two years.
They have eight children who
are very involved in their local
fairs.
Long and operated a dairy
farm for 38 years. He was also an
FFA teacher at Tyrone High
School and a Blair County 4-H
leader.
Now retired from dairying,
Long operates more than 300
acres of crops and dairy replace
ments.
Long has also received the
Community Service Award from
Sinking Valley Grange 484 and
was recognized by Blair County
Farm Bureau with a good leader
award.
He has been Blair country’s
Farm Bureau director and presi
dent of the Pennsylvania Farm
Bureau for nine years. In addi
tion he has served as chairman of
Blair County Conservation Dis
trict for six years
and Farm Direc-
tor for 19 years.
begin at 9:30 a.m. and end at 3
p.m.
Dr. Jud Heinrichs will lead a
discussion and presentation
about improving colostrum man
agement. Participants are en
couraged to bring along at least
one sample of colostrum from
their farm. They will have the op
portunity to learn about differ
ences in colostrum quality and
actually have a chance to mea
sure the quality of their colos
trum.
Dan McFarland, ag engi
neering agent, will present in
formation about calf and heifer
facilities. He will address key is
sues related to facility needs, re
quirements, and management. In
addition, he will lead a discussion
and tour of the host farm’s calf
and heifer facilities.
Vinton Smith, dairy manage
ment agent, will introduce calf
and heifer management protocols
and standard operating proce
dures (SOPs). SOPs can help you
and your employees to improve
the quality of routine care they
provide to your calves.
Additional topics during the
on-farm programs will include
biosecurity, vaccination proto
cols, milk replacer, calf starter,
rumen development, and Calf-
Track, a new calf health monitor
ing program being developed by
Heinrichs. The program will end
with a discussion about “Where
do you go from here?” and “How
can you apply the concepts and
practices discussed during the
day on your farm?”
These programs will be helpful
to both large and small farms.
Owners, managers, or employees
of dairy farms are encouraged to
attend. Cost of the programs is
$35 and includes lunch and ma
terials. For more information
about this program or to register,
call customer service at Penn
State Cooperative Extension in,
York County at (717) 840-7408
or e-mail vsmith@psu.edu.
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