Vol. 47 No. 28 There’s Something For Everyone At The Sheep And Wool Festival MICHELLE KUNJAPPU Lancaster Farming Staff WEST FRIENDSHIP, Md. From the warm earthy smell of wool to the sight of brightly-colored fiber to the sound of bleating sheep, visi tors to the annual Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival ‘Northern Tier Experience’ At PYFA Summer Institute MILLIE BUNTING Market Staff WELLSBORO (Tioga Co.) Agricultural ventures in Tioga and Potter counties are being planned by the Pennsylvania Young Farmers Association (PYFA) for the 2002 PYFA Sum mer Institute, July 8-10 here at the Penn Wells Hotel. According to the PYFA Presi dent Glenn Krall, Lebanon, the committee has been busy making preparations which include a din ner excursion train ride on the Tioga Central Railroad. This event is one of the activi ties that PYFA will share with those attending the PAAE Agri cultural Educators Summer In stitute. Krall noted that Tioga County Commissioner Eric Coolidge, a dairy farmer and former PYFA member, is helping to host the in stitute. for production agriculture. See pegs C 6. www.lancasterfarming.com could have no doubt about the focus of the event. Drawing artisans, livestock producers, and craft suppliers, the annual Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival covered a broad range of the sheep in- (Turn to Page A 26) Registration provides four op tions. Members can choose to at tend all three days and all or part of events or just one or two days. Wednesday, July 10, has been set aside as Tour Day, and mem bers will have the option of five tours which must be chosen with the registration. The PYFA Summer Institute will close with the annual ban quet Wednesday evening. Included here is a sign-up form. Early bird registration, which is discounted, for the hill institute should be mailed with payment and postmarked by June 9, 2002, to Terry E. Martin Sr., 930 Swamp Fox Road, Chambers burg, PA 17201. For questions or more informa tion, contact Terry Martin at (717) 375-4009 or e-mail martin innemet.net. See sign-up form on page A4l. Four Sections Last weekend’s Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival showcased the sheep industry tor thousands of visitors and offered demonstrations or competitions such as the sheep-to-shawl contest. At left, Dahl Drenning, Woodsboro, Md., the livestock han dler at historic Mount Vernon, holds a rare Hog Island lamb. Wool from a Hog Island sheep was used in the sheep-to-shawl contest. In photo above, Sandy Newton, right, and Julie George, also representing Mount Vernon, participated in the contest. Photos by Michelle Kunjappu Tazewell FFA Members Win Cattle Contest GAY BROWNLEE Virginia Correspondent HARRISONBURG, Va. Members of the Tazewell County High School FFA recently won the Youth Cattle Working Con test during the 2002 Virginia Beef Exposition conducted at the Rockingham County Fair grounds. Dale Bailey, Jeremy Tibbs, and Henry Custer did what coach Bob Moss, their vocational-agri cultural teacher, knew they could do pull a state championship out of competition over the nine other teams that were invited from three regions in the state. Grayson County 4-H/FFA put up a fight, however, and finished second and third for a good day’s work. Officials explained that since team members from several counties are involved in both 4-H and FFA and train together, the designation 4-H/FFA is used. Madison 4-H placed fourth and Orange County 4-H was fifth. Spotswood FFA three teams representing Pulaski 4-H and Tazewell 4-H also had the honor of competing. Each three-member team was required to process three head of stocker weight cattle. Products administered to the cattle in cluded an implant, a pour-on de wormer, two fly tags, an eye vac cination, and a respiratory vaccination. Before the cattle were pro cessed, team members completed a cattle processing map which re Saturday, May 11,2002 quired members to interpret product label information. Com pletion of the processing map ac counted for 20 percent of the pos sible score. Teams also were judged on the manner in which Greta Dise, Glen Rock, cradlee a Border Leicester, part of her sheep and goat flock. Dise dyes and spins the fibers and participates in the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. Read more about Dise on page A3B. Photo by Mteho/to Kunjappu $36.00 Per Year they handled the cattle and the products. The time taken to process the cattle accounted for 10 percent ol (Turn to Page A 25) $l.OO Per Copy
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