A4O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 13. 2002
Cattle Gift Creates
(Continued from Page A 39)
“When 1 heard about the Ok
lahoma City bombing, I cried,
although I didn’t know anyone
personally,” Sule said. He could
identify with the terrible disaster
that caused death. Some of the
Oklahoma City survivors con
tacted Sule’s village to find out
how they had coped with so
many deaths. Some surviving
family members from Oklahoma
visited Sule’s village. The two
different nationalities listened to
each other’s stories.
Sule said that it was the first
time members of his village ver
balized the fateful day and the
terrible loss of family members.
Sule himself had lost his mother
and about 50 people related to
him.
“We never had counselors.
We didn’t want to talk about it
with each other,” Sule said. But
when questioned by the Okla
homa entourage three years
after the tragedy, the villagers
talked and cried. “It was just
like the day the tragedy oc
curred,” Sule said of the emo
tional turmoil they felt.
“We became brothers and sis
ters with each other,” Sule said.
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He and several other villagers
were invited to Oklahoma where
they viewed the tragic site.
“A bond formed that cannot
be measured,” Sule said.
Through sharing the suffering of
the Oklahoma families, Sule
said that his people learned “to
understand ourselves better and
to appreciate other people.
“We want peace, tranquility,
and health, just like you. We can
do better (in achieving those
things) when we know each
other,” Sule said. “Thanks for
the opportunity to be partners in
a program that reaches out to
everybody.”
Sule has been in the U.S. for
three years working toward a
PhD in agriculture. He plans to
return to his village to help es
tablish agricultural extension
programs.
According to Pamela Stone,
regional director for Heifer In
ternational, farmers, probably
more than any other profession,
know how an investment can
multiply and make a difference.
Stone credits farmers in the
southeastern region of the state
for their generous support of the
SO-year-old program designed to
help struggling families become
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self-reliant for food and income.
HI supports about 400 projects
in 48 countries, including the
U.S. that create sustainable
small-scale farm enterprises to
improve nutrition and supple
ment income.
Local community groups con
ceive and manage heifer proj
ects, empowering them to solve
their own problems and equip
ping the next generation to face
challenges successfully.
This week at a quarantine
center in Middletown, 110 pure
bred Holstein heifers were pre
pared to be airlifted to China
through the HI program. Farm
ers in New England and Penn-
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Pnces were down 3 cents on large, 1
cent on medium, unchanged on small
sizes today. Supplies are moderate for
plant needs.
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sylvania had donated or sold the
heifers at reduced costs to HI.
Stone said this event was unu
sual. In recent years, less than
one percent of animals are do
nated from the U.S. because of
the high shipping costs involved.
HI tries to purchase animals
from the country they are assist
ing or one nearby to boost that
country’s economy. However,
the impoverished area of the
Sichuan Province in China has
only substandard dairy breeds in
need of strengthening to pro
duce an adequate milk supply.
Stone said the animals are
sent by request of the Chinese
government. According to
Grade A and Grade A, 30 dozen cases,
white eggs in cartons, delivered store
door, cents per dozen. Large 68; Medium
60; Small 49.
Trucklot, prices to retailers, sales to
volume buyers: Large 50-60 mostly 60;
Medium 44-54 mostly 54; Small 37-44
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Stone, China was never a big
milk-drinking country, but sev
eral years ago, children in an im
poverished area were fed milk.
A significance difference in the
children’s health and strength
convinced the government of the
importance of drinking milk.
Stone said the Chinese govern
ment is pushing a milk drinking
campaign for health.
For more information about
Heifer International, call (800)
696-1918 or visit the organiza
tion’s Website at www.heif
er.org.
Lancaster Farming received
erroneous information regard
ing a phone number for the
CREP program listed in section
A of last week’s newspaper. The
correct phone number for CREP
should have been the NRCS
office at (717) 755-2966, *xt.
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