A3B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 18, 2003
Greater Susquehanna Valley To Host
This Year’s Young Farmer Convention
LEWISBURG (Union Co.)
Mifflinburg/Lewisburg Young Fanners are
hosting this year’s Pennsylvania Young
Fanners 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
I 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-
8-00 a in. - 6:30 p.m
9:00 am - 11 00 p m
11:15 am.- 1 00p.m.
1:00 p m. - 5 00 p m. Tours 1
6 30 p m.
630 am - 9.00 a m
7 00 a.m
8:00 a.m - 6 30 p m.
8:00 a.m. - 9.00 a m
9:00 a.m. - 11 '3O a.m.
9.00 a.m. - 4 30 p.m.
12 00 noon
200 p.m 4 - 00 p.m
6:30 p.m.
7,00 a.m - 8:00 a.m. Breakfast On your own
800 a.m. -12 00 p.m Tours- Spanglers Harmony Springs
Buggy Town Museum
Boops Dairy Farm
12 30pm. Closing Luncheon
PENNSYLVANIA YOUNG FARMERS WINTER CONVENTION
FEBRUARY 4-6, 2003
Best Western Inn
Rt 15 • P.O. Box 46 • Lewisburg, PA 17837
lird Special Paid by lanuarv 13. 2003
(includes 5 meats 2 tours and men s or ladles program)
Ladies Luncheon and Choice Shopping Dip
Lmdiaa Program
Ptamaa Mmha RaaarvmHona EmHytt
Full package alter January 13,2003
(includes 5 meals 2 tours and men s or ladies program)
Ladies Luncheon and Choice Shopping Trip
Lunch and Tours
Dinner
Lunch
Ladies Luncheon and Workshop
Awards Banquet
Lunch and Tours
NAME
CHAPTER
PYFA MEMBER
NYEFA MEMBER
Please make checks payable to
MlffUnburg/Lewisburg Young Farmers
Jim Sanders, 200) Finance Chairperson
RD 2 Box 77
Millmom, PA 17845
570-966-1218
PVFA WINTER
CONVENTION PROGRAM
Best Western Inn Lewisburg, PA
Tuesday, February 4, 2003
Registration
Executive Board Meeting
Luncheon
Colonel John Kelly Banquet Room
Wolfe’s Power Line Dairy
Haclcenbetg 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 Hackcnberg, 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.
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Registration by Event
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DELEGATE
ADVISOR
Best Western Inn
Rl 15 • PO Box 46 • Lewisburg PA 17637
Phone 570*524*5500 • Fax 570-52+4291
Standard Room $79 * Deluxe Room $B5
Room with Whirlpool I\ib $99
Deadline 1134)3
*Be sure to teU them you are with the fH >bung Farmers
$ Amount
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GUEST
WoHrt Powtrlinc Dgiry
Ernest, Dean and RayVtblfc and their CumHcs In 2000, wall
from a 60 cow uc soil daily to a new 450 cow frcestall setup with a
52 cow carousel parol This setup is all bmily owned and opcntcd
with some partition millets to milk three tunes a day
Gerald and Kathy Boop and family began fanning 32 years
ago In 1970, the old tic stall bam was renovated from 14 head to 24
head
In 1999, they butt a new bam with 40 tie stalls to increase
production and sure of operation Their herd averages 21,000* of
milk with 700 of fat in a 40 head herd
They him 200 acres of which ahal6 and com are pro
duced.
Harmony Springs established in 1876, is now being operat
ed by fourth generation turners, Dennis and Mary Jo Spangler and
family
Dennis has a fuikime employee and his father Donald
Spangler helping him with Ws had of 75 cattle which avenge
20,000# of milk and 700* bt
They btm 370 acres m which they nisc com, soybeans and
alblb
In 1996, Dennis built a 6,200 sq it Green House Bam to
house cows
Roller MMs
Consisting of two huge historic mills that were renovated
and rented to many area crafters and dealers to sell their merchan
dise
You will find anything horn antiques to Boyd’s Beats' You
name it, it's there You ait tnily in for a treat visiting this MU filled
with streets of shops
IreokpMk Bed * Breaktot
Ladies will be eating lunch and shopping here' If you ever
decide to stay here, you will awaken to the crow of a rooster and the
aroma of a country breakfast, AO rooms are furnished with
Pennsylvania House Furniture
The Bam has been renovated and turned Into unique little
shops from mgs, pets, nuts, apparel, furniture and antiques
Hackenbcrj Apiaries
Hackcnberg Apiaries owned and operated by David and
Linda Hackcnberg and son Davy, hast 2,800 hives that see 5500-5600
pollination rentals. Some make as many as three honey crops
In 1995 fire destroyed the Hackcidieig's honey house, but
they were able to relocate and rebuild a new 100 x 128 foot honey
house Their extract, using a Cowen extractor that Idkds and unloads
automatically Dares wife Linda heads up the extracting, lifting the
dnps full of honey She also runs the office and docs all the book
keeping
They average about 400 barrels of hooey a year which is
sold to Dutdi Gold Hackcnbeigs also preens their own wax They
Mifflinburg/Lewisburg Young Fanners
Best Westem/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, woikshops (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 Wcstcm/Country Cupboard for a time of fellowship and
acquaintances and lots of reminiscing.
We hope to sec you all in February!
Morning Program
9 00-10:00 Linda llackenberg - Owner/Operator of Hackcnberg 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 Brookpark 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 ctaftets and beekeepers too Bees wax is sold in
blocks of 3 - 30#, most being sold to candlemakers
Before the automobile became "long of the road,'
Pennsylvania ranked number two in producing horse-drawn vehicles
One town in the state made Its reputation and fortune in manufactur
ing fine quality carriages, wagons and sleighs.lbday the town of
Miffhnbutg boasts a truly rare survival, the William A. Hclss
Coachworts Through die visionary talents of volunteers, the Buggy
Museum consists of the Heiss Coadiworks, Repository, family home,
and, kof May 2001 the Charles McCool Snyder Education and
Vlstots Center The Mlfflinbuig Buggy Museum Is one of only twelve
ciaiVintliistnalimisciiiiins in the country with an original collection
on its original ate, and is believed to be the only carriage factory.
In 1872 Catherine Heist, imable to maintain the btnfly farm
after the death of her husband, bought a modest home on Green
Street for herself, daughter Lizzie and son WilliamThil two story,
fiamc structure with its Goman aiding was the fiunflf home until
1946 An wntim grew older he apprenticed with a buggy mater;
opened his own shop in 1883 and married Alma Smith. Expanding
hs business in 1889,William purchased a htger'factory”in which he
produced fine quality hone drawn vehicles until 19201 b display hb
vehicles, William had a Repository (showroom) built in 1895
Alto William's death in 1931 and Anna's death in 1946, the
oWc* Hda son, Norman closed the factory and repository tiling
them only for Stonge Hie house was tented for a few years, then it
too was closed to awut the passage of time
Wanting to celebrate the fullness of Mtffhnburg's coach
malting hentage, a group of citizens approached Norman Hots and
he sons Owen and QenAt 90 years of age. Norman remembered
well the buggy lactones of Mtfflinlxin including his own father's.
Opening the doois of the Coochwoks and Rcpositofy in 1978 was
an unforgettable experience for volunteers Behind the closed doors
lay forty years of buggy making history William's tools, hit and miss
engine, horseshoes, tiro, wheels, dashboards, upholstered scats,
paints, catalogs for parts and Ws own account books There were Un
shed vehicles m niins and vehicles hardy begun, there were bee
hives and honey can labels, farm toob and more Hut house too
retained much of its original furnishings, including Catherine Heiss'
rope bed
This is what visitors sec today' A self-guided tour of the
Visitors Center explains buggy making and MifDinburg as'Buggy
Tbwn" and introduces the family (hided tours of the home, betory
and showroom let visitors experience life in BtggyTown thratlgh
the lives of the Heiss tally
Your visit will begin with an oncntatioci video and cahtbi
bon hi the Educadoo and Visitors Center, which includes the hands
on wodtbcndi Your visit continues with a guided tour of the Heiss
Coachwodts, m operation from 1889 t0!920, the Repository (show
room) built in 1895 and now housing a collection of hoiseidrawn
vehicles; an 1870 home, which served as the Hebs family home from
1872t0 1946, and a reconstructed Carnage House
Admission Adults 46 per person. Children (ages 7-17) $3
Group rate- (20 people or more) Adults 45, Children 42, Itisrecom
mcndcdThat groups allow 15 to 2 hours foe a tourUftlk-ln visitors
(families, single people) should allow 15 hours
“A Young Fnrmtr (« Any Fnrmtr Willing to Lnnm"
Welcome
Ladies Program Itinerary
MWlinburg Buggy Museum
Cathy and Duane KUng
Anna and Dennis Wolfe
Convention Chairpersons