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fall season. You can look toward the fairs with this exten
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a list of fairs and fair association news. Will photos of
your family turn up in the book from fairs around the
region? Check it out!
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Dec., 2004
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BROS., INC
133 Rothsville Station Rd.
Lititz, PA
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FARM & HOME
RD 1, Box 231
Rome, PA
ICKES
FARM SUPPLY
Route 869 West
Osterburg, PA
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FARM
EQUIPMENT
Rt. 283, Rheems Exit
Elizabethtown, PA
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Greencastle, PA
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Mifflinburg, PA
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6600 Limestone Rd.
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720 Wheeler School Rd.
Whiteford, MD
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RD 3, Sandy Lake, PA
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RD #3, Box 43-Bm,
Red Lion, PA
Lancaster County Pasture Walks Set
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) The Lan
caster County Graziers and Lancaster County
Extension have announced the first pasture
walks of the season.
All of these pasture walks will take place
from 10 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. They afford gra
ziers the opportunity to learn from each other
by hearing and observing what other folks are
doing. Please pack a lunch, unless otherwise
noted. Drinks will be provided by the host
farm.
Hie following pasture walks have been set:
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NOT JUST A STANDARD FORAGE
BOX ON A TRUCK
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 19, 2003, Foraging Around-El7
“Tin Iks” 8100
TRUCK MOUNTS
• May 8 Green Meadows Farm, John K.
Fisher and family, 2661 W, Eby Road, Bird in
Hand. From Rt. 30 take Rt. 340 east toward
Bird in Hand, turn left on Mt. Sidney Rd, right
on Horseshoe Rd, and left on W. Eby Road.
Farm is 1.5 miles on left.) The Fisher family
grazes 35 Jersey cows on 40 acres. The opera
tion is certified organic, with a wholly forage
based ration for the milking cows.
• May 28 Garber Dairy Farm, Herb,
Mark, and Joel Garber, 2167 Bossier Rd., Eliz
abethtown (717) 367-2141. (From 283 West,
take Rheems/Elizabethtown exit, go left to
light at Harrisburg Pike/Rt. 230. Go straight
across and stay on Cloverleaf/Colebrook Rd.
Take right onto Bossier Rd. Farm is on right
past Bossier Mennonite Church.) The Garb
ers run 140 cows on more than 80 acres of
pasture and more than 200 acres of cro
pland. They use a TMR in conjunction with
pasture for the milk herd. Lunch provided
by Rohrer’s Seeds and Homestead Nutrition.
• June 19 Arden Landis Farm, 667 Pu
seyville Rd, Kirkwood (717) 529-6644 (Lo
cated two miles south of the Solanco Fair
grounds at the junction of Rt. 472 and
Puseyville Rd.) The Landis family runs a
seasonal organic dairy, with 90 cows on 120
acres. They have been grazing for ten years.
They are using shades, and have some Ital
ian ryegrass test plots on the farm for you to
view.
• July 17 John S. Click Farm, 2285 W.
Elizabethtown Rd., Marietta (717) 665-2010.
(From Rt. 283, take Manhelm/Mt. Joy Exit,
turn right on Rt. 772, left on Brenneman
Rd., left on Colebrook Rd., and left on Eliza
bethtown Rd. to farm on left.) The Click
family grazes 55 cows on more than 40 acres
of mixed pastures with shades. They are
working to maximize production with
limited acreasge and inputs, using 20 pad
docks and feeding a grain mix to the cattle.
Reservations are appreciated they will
help the host farm make necessary arrange
ments. For more information and to register,
contact the Lancaster County Extension Of
fice at (717) 394-6851. For biosecurity rea
sons, all who attend are encouraged to wear
clean clothes and boots, and stay out of feed
ing and young stock areas.