Vol. 48 No. 19
Event Highlights Legislative
Accomplishments, Goals
|CHELLE KUNJAPPU
Lancaster Farming Staff
i\MP HILL (Cumberland
The Pennsylvania State
(ge conducted its legislative
jeon this year under the ban
bf April 2003 as “Grange
h,” as designated by the
ell administration and rec
ed by Pennsylvania’s House
enate.
mis Wolff, secretary of ag
ire designee, read a procla
i from Governor Rendell
was followed by citations
to the Grange from Sen.
Waugh (R-28) and Rep.
Miller (R-129).
luncheon drew about 40
ors and a total of about
ists to the Radisson Penn
Hotel in Camp Hill Mon
da Shambaugh, state
legislative director, gave
five update “to give you
Ig to talk about during
ith your legislators,” she
grange worked on the
er premium pooling
(ig with Senate Bill 1413
it year, she said. The or
on Exhibitors Compete At Conference
kSBURG (Dauphin
embers of the Eastern
Relation gathered re-
S Harrisburg’s Farm
plex to exhibit animals
how to improve their
ierence, March 13-15,
formational seminars,
membership meeting,
lanquet, and fim auc
day, almost 70 bison
land commented on
(before an auction
i and owners came
About 276 breeder farms and 31 vendors representing 1,100 alpacas were on hand
last weekend during the seventh annual Mid-Atlantic Alpaca Association (MAPACA) East
ern Jubilee in the new Exhibit Hall at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex. From left,
exhibiting “Wyoming,” a 1.5-year-old female alpaca, are Exhibit Manager Nick Melfi,
Melfi Farm Alpacas in Hillsborough, N.J., and Alan Anderson, Wild Rose Suri Ranch,
Havre De Grace, Md. Photo by Andy Andrews, editor
www.lancasterfarming.com
ganization also urged change for
property and inheritance tax re
lief.
In addition the Grange worked
to limit liability for landowners
allowing horseback riders onto
their property. They also pressed
to get a resolution passed to
promote Pennsylvania products
in school lunch programs.
The Grange was also involved
in a resolution that allows pro
ducers to advertise their seasonal
crops on their own property,
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Inside The
Farmer
✓ Maryland Sheep,
Wool Festival Preview page
A2O.
✓ Farm Bureau An
nounces Contests page A 35.
✓ Dairy Recipe Contest
page 82.
from Pennsylvania, Maine, Ken
tucky, Wisconsin, Delaware,
Connecticut, Wisconsin, West
Virginia, Virginia, Illinois, and
New York.
Thirteen heifer calves were
sold with an average price of
$715. Seven yearling heifers were
sold at a price of $1,189. Four
2-year-old bred heifers averaged
$1,425. Four 3-4-year old bred
cows averaged $1,288. Five ma
ture bred cows averaged $1,256.
The eight “pair of aces” aver
age price was $B5O.
Fourteen bull calves averaged
$748. Seven yearling bulls aver
Four Sections
The Martin family in Reinholds milks 650 cows three times daily and served as
host to a recent Ag In The Classroom tour. Read more about their farm on page
810. Photo by Lou Ann Good, food and family features editor
aged $1,507. Two 2-year-old bulls
averaged $3,000.
In all, the 62 head averaged
$1,074.
The grand champion bull was
consigned by Colvine Bison
Farm, Bobby Collins and family,
Greenwood, Del. The reserve
champion bull was consigned by
Grimm Construction, Rob and
Karla Grimm, Waymart.
The grand champion female
was consigned by 191 Livestock
Company, Tupper Sverduk, Lake
Ariel. Grimm Construction and
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Saturday, May 3, 2003
"Basically" Farming
pennState
HRS College of Agricultural Sciences
Cooperative Extension - Southeast Region
BUYING A USED TRACTOR
Andrew Frankenfield
Agricultural Agent
Montgomery County
Cooperative Extension
For the small or part-time
farmer, buying a used tractor
may be the most practical and
economical way to get the power
Gentle, Domesticated Alpacas
Delight Jubilee-Goers
ANDY ANDREWS
Editor
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Alpacas anyone?
Some still think that Pennsyl
vania only sports traditional agri
culture, the “cows and plows syn
drome,” but they should think
again: alternative animal hus
bandry is taking hold in the state
and the region.
About 276 breeder farms and
31 vendors representing 1,100 al
pacas were on hand last weekend
during the seventh annual Mid-
Atlantic Alpaca Association
(MAPACA) Eastern Jubilee in
the new Exhibit Hall at the Penn
sylvania Farm Show Complex.
The three-day event, open to
the public, represented the fourth
$36.00 Per Year
Helpful hints for new
and existing fanners
you need without shelling out a
lot of money. But how do you
know what to buy and how to
make the right purchase?
First you need to know what
your needs are for the tractor so
you can determine what to start
time at the Farm Show Complex
and the first for the new Exhibit
Hall, which was filled with many
exhibitors, shows, and seminars.
Exhibit Manager Nick Melfi,
Melfi Farm Alpacas in Hills
borough, N.J., noted MAPACA
has 225 members. At the show,
breeders came from as far away
as Oregon, Canada, Texas, and
Maine.
The event is the “largest al
paca show in North America,”
Melfi said.
On Friday, events included
halter, performance, and fleece
classes with free seminars. Satur
day’s events included more class
es, free seminars, and a dinner
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