E4O-Farm Show Section, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 11,2003
Greater Susquehanna Valley To Host
This Year’s Young Farmer Convention
LEWISBURG (Union Co.)
Mifflinburg/Lewisburg Young Farmers are
hosting this year’s Pennsylvania Young
Farmers Association (PYFA) Winter Con
vention Feb. 4-6 here at the Best Western/
Country Cupboard Inn.
“Plans are well under way with tours,
workshops, and a very exciting and inter
esting Ladies Program,” according to a let
ter from Cathy and Duane Kling and
Anna and Dennis Wolfe, convention
chairpersons.
The letter asks young farmers to “join
us in the
Greater Sus
quehanna
Valley” for
the February
convention.
The pro
gram begins
with registra
tion on Tues
day, Feb. 4. A
PYFA execu
tive board
meeting is
scheduled be
ginning at 9
a.m. Tours
that day, from
1 p.m.-5 p.m.,
will take place
at Wolfe’s
Power Line
Dairy and
Hackenberg
Apiaries. The
opening ban
quet is sched
uled for 6:30
p.m.
O n
Wednesday,
Feb. 5, PYFA
has scheduled
an advisers
and business
meeting. The
ladies pro
gram will in
clude visits
with Brook-
B'oo am- 6.30 p m
9‘oo am -1100 pm
11 15 a.ni-100 p.m.
1 00pm.- 5 00 pm
6 30 p m.
6:30 a.m - 9.00 a m
700 am
8:00 am- 6:30 p.m.
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m. - 11'30 a.m
9.00 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.
12.00 noon
2 00 p ra 4:00 p.m
6:30 p.m
7.00 am. - 8.00 a.m. Breakfast On your own
B'oo a.m -12 00 p.m Tours- Spanglers Harmony Springs
Buggy Town Museum
Boops Dairy Farm
Closing Luncheon
12 30 pm
PENNSYLVANIA YOUNG FARMERS WINTER CONVENTION
FEBRUARY 4-6, 2003
Best Western Inn
Rt. 15 • P.O. Box 46 • Lewlsburg, PA 17837
Itfd Spcnal Paid by lanuarv 13. 2003
(includes. 5 meals 2 tours and men s or ladles program)
Ladies Luncheon ami Choice Shopping TVip
T.mdUi Profmw
Hmn Mmht Rtstrvmtions Enrlytl
Full package after January 13,2003
(Includes 5 meals 2 tours and men s or ladies program)
Ladies Luncheon and Choice Shopping Dip
Lunch and Tours
Dinner
Lunch
Ladles Luncheon and Workshop
Awards Banquet
Lunch and Tours
NAMI
ADDRESS
CHAPTER
PYFA MEMBFR
NYEFA MEMBER
Phase make checks payable to
Mifflmburg/Lewisburg Young Farmers
Jim Sanders, 200) Finance Chairperson
RD 2 Box 77
MiUmont.PA 17845 .
570966-1218
PYFA WINTER
CONVENTION PROGRAM
Best Western Inn Lewisburg, PA
Tuesday, February 4, 2003
Registration
Executive Board Meeting
Luncheon
Colonel John Kelly Banquet Room
Tours’ Wolfe’s Power Line Dairy
Hackenberg Apiaries
Opening Banquet and Entertainment
Ice Cream Social to follow Banquet
Wednesday, February 5, 2003
Breakfast - On your own
Executive Breakfast
Colonel John Kelly Banquet Room
Registration
PYFA Advisors Meeting
PYFA Business Meeting
Ladies Program
Linda Hackenberg, Hackenberg Apiaries
Spectacular Shopping Trip
Luncheon
Colonel John Kelly Banquet Room
Educational Workshops
PYFA Awards Banquet and Auction
Thursday, February 6, 2003
park Farms and Brookpark Bed and
Breakfast and a farmers’ market, in addi
tion to a shopping trip to the House of
Shops (indoors) and Rollers Mills East.
Educational workshops from 2 p.m.-4 p.m.
are scheduled. The PYFA awards banquet
and auction is scheduled at 6:30 p.m.
On Thursday, Feb. 6, tours will be con
ducted of Spanglers Harmony Springs,
Buggy Town Museum, and Boops Dairy
Farm.
More information about the convention
is included this issue.
TOTAL
TOTAL
Registration by Event
TOTAL
SPOUSE
DELEGATE
ADVISOR
Rt 15 • PO Box 46 • Lcwlsburg, PA 17837
Phone 570-524-5500 • Fju 570-524-4291
Standard Room $79 • Deluxe Room $B5
Room with WhiripoolTub $99
Deadline 1-134)3
*Be sure to tea them you are with the JM Ybuttg Banners
$ Amount
No of Tickets
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No ofTickcts
GUEST
Wolfe ■» Power! ine Diby
Ernest Dean and Ray Wolfe and their families in 2000. went
from a 60 cow lie stall dairy to a new 450 cow ffccstaU setup with a
52 cow carouse! parol llus setup is all fanuh owned and operated
with some partition milkers to milk three times a day
Gerald and Kathy Boop and family began tanning 32 years
ago In 1970, the old dc stall bam was renovated from 14 head to 24
head
In 1999 they built a new bam with 40 dc stalls to increase
production and sat of operation Their herd avenges 21,000* of
milk with 700 of (at in a 40 head herd
They Cum 200 acres of which alfrlti and com are pro
duced
Harmon}’ Springs established in 1876, is now being operat
ed by fourth generation farmers, Denms and Mary Jo Spangkr and
family
Dennis has a fulkiinc employee and his father Donald
Spangler helping him with his herd of 75 cattic which average
20,000# of milk and 700# fin
They’ farm 370 acres in which they raise com, soybeans aod
al&lfit
In 1998, Dennis built i 8,300 sq ft. Green House Bam to
house cows
RotferMWi
Conaudng of two huge historic mills that were renovated
and rented to many area craften and dealers to idl their merchan
dise
You wiß find anything from antiques to Boyd s Bean! You
name it, it s there Yew are truly in for a treit-vMting thfe MID filled
with streets of shop*
Irookpaifc Bed ft Breakfast
ladies will be eating lunch and shopping here l If you ever
decide to soy here, you will awaken to the crow of a rooster and the
aroma of a country breakfast All looms are furnished with
Pennsylnnia House Furniture
The Bam has been renovated and turned into unique little
shops from nigs, pets, nuts, apparel, furniture aod antiques
Hackenbej Apiaries
Hackcnbag Apiaries owned aod operated by David and
Dnda Hackcnbcig and son Davy, have 2,800 hives that see 5500-5600
poflmation rentals Some make as many as three honey crops
In 1994, fire destroyed the Hackcnbcig's honey house, but
they were ibte to relocate and rebuild a new 100 x 128 foot honey
house Their extract, using a Cowen extractor that loads and unloads
automatically Dave’s wife Undaheatb up the extracting, lifting the
drips foil of honey She also runs the office and docs all the book
keeping.
They avenge about 400 bands of honey a year which is
sold to Dittch Gold Hackcnbcrgs also proccsi their own wax They
Mifflinburg/Lewisburg Young Farmers
Best Wcstem/Country Cupboard Inn, Lewisburg, PA
The Mifflinburg/Lewisburg Young Farmer’s would like to extend warm
greeting to one and all. We have been busy bees buzzing around making
final preparations for the 43rd Annual Winter Convention.
Plans are well under way with tours, workshops (to be announced)
and a very exciting and interesting Ladies Program.
Please come join us in the Greater Susquehanna Valley at the beautiful
facility of Best Wcstcrn/Country Cupboard for a time of fellowship and
acquaintances and lots of reminiscing.
We hope to see you all in February!
Morning Program
9.00-10.00 Linda Hackenberg - Owner/Opcrator of Hackenberg Apiaries
will do a short presentation on their operation and a craft
10 15 Board buses for Ladies Tour and Luncheon
Tours: Brookpark Farms and Drookpark Bed &. Breakfast;
Farmers Market
Afternoon Program
12.00 Lunch at Brookpark Bed & Breakfast
1 30 Shopping Trip to House of Shops (indoors)
Rollers Mills East
Tour Highlights
sell wax to local craftcrs and beekeepers too Rees wax is sold in
blocks of 3 - 30*. most being sold to candlemakers
Before the automobile became “king of the road,”
Pennsylvania ranked number two In producing horsedrawn vehicles
One town in the state made its reputation and fortune in mnufittur*
mg fine quality carriages, wagons and sleighs "today the town of
Mifflmbuig boasts a tnily rare survival, the VRfflam A. Hciss
Coadiwoiks Through the visionary talents of volunteers, the Buggy
Museum consists of die Hdis Coacfawocks, Repository, family home,
and,asofMay 2001 the diaries McCool Snyder Education and
Vanns Center Hie Mifflinburg Buggy Museum is one of only twelve
ctaft/industnal muscumns in the country with an original coßecUon
no its original site, and b behoved to be the only carriage factor)
In 1872, Catherine Hess, unable to maintain the family farm
after the death of her husband, bought a modest home on Green
Street for hcrrelf, daughter Lizzie and son WUKam Thh two story,
ftatne structure with its German siding was the fondly home until
1946 As William grew older he apprenticed with a buggy malm
opened his own shop in 1883 and married Anna Smith. Expanding
his business in 18S9,Williani purchased* larger “taosy" in which he
produced fine quality horse drawn vehicles until 1920 lb dkplay Ms
Tettdes.lWilkira had a Repository (showroom) buik in 1895
After William's death in 193! and Anna's death in 1946, the
oldest Hdss son, Norman dosed the factory and tepoakory using
them only for storage The house was rented for a few yean, then it
100 was dosed to await the passage of time
Wanting to celebrate the fulness of Miffhnbtirgf coach
making heritage, a group of dtizena approached Norman Hdaa and
ids sons Owen and Gicn-At 90 yean of age, Norman remembered
well the buggy factories of Mifflkibuii indudine Us own father's.
Opening the doors of the Ondnrarb and lepoakocy in 1978 waa
an unforgettable eapcrience for volunteers. Behind the closed door*
lay forty years of bt«y making history-Wllliam'i tools, hk and miss
engine, horseshoes, tines.wheels, dashboards, upholstered scats,
paints, catalogs for parts and Ws own account books. There s*ere fin
ished vehicles In runs and vebldes hardy begun, there were bee
hives and hooey can labels, farm tools and more The house too
retained much of its original furnishings, including Catherine Hciss 1
rope bed.
This is what visitors see today! A seifguklcd tour of the
Visitors Center explains buggy making and Mrfilinburg as
Tbwn’ and Introduces the family Guided tows of the home, booty
and showroom let visitors experience life In Buggy Town dvotgi
the lives of the Beta bmlly
Your vi* will begin with an orientation video and eibtoi-
Moo kt the Education andvaton Cento; which tnctudea the lank
on workbench Your visit continues with a guided lour of the Heiss
Coadiworto, in operation from 1889 t0!920, the Repertory (show
room) built in 1*95 and now housing a collection of hotsednwn
vehicles, an 1870 house, which served as the Heiss badly home foot
1872 to 1956; and a reconstructed Carriage House.
Admission Adults-$6 per person, Children (ages 7-17) $3
Group me: (20 people or more)Adults Js,Otildien ft is recom
mended that groups allow 15 to 2 hours fcr a tour. WMk-te visitors
(tunnies, single people) should alow 1 5 hours.
"A Young Former to Any Former M fitting to Loom"
Welcome
Ladies Program Itinerary
MHDinburs Buggy Museum
Cathy and Duane Kling
Anna and Dennis Wolfe
Convention Chairpersons