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-
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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
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they handled the cattle and the
products.
The time taken to process the
cattle accounted for 10 percent ol
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