Farming, Saturday, June 28, 2003 a: GREAT FREDERICK FAIR ANNOUNCES CONCERT LINEUP All nine days/nights of the 141st Great Frederick Fair will feature entertainment in front of the grandstand come this Sep tember, and the fair is again of fering one of the best lineups of country music and contemporary Christian performers available. The fair’s dates are Sept. 12-20. The 2003 fair will kickoff on the first night, Friday, Sept. 12, with the crowning of the 2003-04 4-H Royalty, the announcement of the county’s new Farm Family of the Year, and the recognition of some of the county’s top stu dents in the Character Counts Program. It all begins at 7 p.m. in front of the grandstand. “We are very pleased to be able to again crown the new 4-H royalty and recognize the new Farm Family of the Year,” said J.R. Ramsburg Jr., fair board president. “And we are especially pleased that we will again be rec ognizing some students with the county school’s Character Counts Program. The 4-H and FFA programs already signify the pillars of the Character Counts, and it’s nice that stu dents can be honored on those same merits. “It’s nice having the new roy alty crowned early in the week so they can participate in the fair’s activities at the beginning,” Ramsburg said. “With the horse shows and other judging events starting on Saturday, it’s nice having the 4-H Royalty present to make ribbon and award pre sentations.” Musical entertainment starts in front of the grandstand at 7:30 Farm Bureau Backs Bill CAMP HILL (Cumberland Co.) Pennsylvania Farm Bu reau has voiced its support for Pennsylvania House Bill 1669, recently introduced by Rep. Feese (R-Lycoming). “The bill, which, reauthorizes Chapter 30 of the Public Utility Code, is designed to improve economic development, lower phone rates, and provide cru cial communications to citizens across Pennsylvania, especially those in rural areas,” said Guy Donaldson, president of Penn sylvania Farm Bureau (PFB). “As farmers continue to be come more reliant on technolo gy to ensure profita bility, it is imperative they have access to all available informa tion, including that which is supplied through high speed internet telephone service,” Donaldson said The Feese telecom munications initiative is designed to: • Improve local tel ephone competition in an effort to drive down consumer prices and accelerate innovation in the p.m., Saturday, Sept. 13, with Di amond Rio. “The whole week from begin ning to end is filled with great en tertainment,” said James McClel lan, chairman of the fair’s Entertainment Committee. “We are very fortunate to still be able to attract some of the biggest names in country music and for the first time to offer the top names in contemporary Christian music.” On Sunday, Sept. 14, the fair will feature Trick Pony. The pop ular tractor and truck pull re turns to the fair on Monday, Sept. 15, beginning at 6:30 p.m., followed on Tuesday with the popular Demolition Derby at 7 p.m. The Rockin Roadhouse consis ting of Tracy Lawrence, Marck Chestnut, and Joe Diffie, is set for 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 17. This show promises to be a top-selling event. Contemporary Christian per former Jaci Velazquez takes to the center stage at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 18. Darryl Wor ley and Rebecca Lynn Howard perform Friday, Sept. 19, and the week ends on Saturday, Sept. 20, with Sammy Kershaw and Lome Morgan. Both performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Ticket order forms will be mailed June 23. To be added to the mailing list, please send a postcard with your name and ad dress to The Great Frederick Fair, P.O. Box 604, Frederick, MD 21705. Please check the fair’s Website at www.thegreatfrede rickfair.com for additional con cert information releases and up dates. areas; • establish a telecommunica tions fund that will provide grants to local communities to improve telecommunication services and high-speed internet access for residents and job cre- ators; and • provide for automatic en- rollment in “Lifeline,” ensuring access to life-saving phone serv- ice in all areas of Pennsylvania to low-income residents. Aqua-Therm Outside Wood Burning Furnace I LSZfTk - Clean - Safe Buy the top of the linel ‘Stainless Steel Fire Box *Ash Removal Auger *l5 Year Warranty ’Thermostatically Controlled Heat your house, shop and/or hot water with one unit. For mon Email: mkpowelldpaonline.com - Easy - Efficient information, 1-888- Lebanon Dairy Family Plans N. Y. Tour CAZENOVIA, N.Y. Vincent and Juliet Wagner of Ju-Vindale Holsteins invite Holstein breeders and friends on a bus trip to their daughter and son-in-law’s farm in Cazenovia, N.Y. Christopher and Stephanie Anderson and son Dylan, will be hosting the New York State Holstein Picnic and Kissamee Summer Sale Fest on Saturday, July 19, at 11 a.m. Their herd average is more than 30,000 pounds of milk. Guests will see cows with records over 40,000 pounds, several with 50,000 pounds and one cow with over 60,000 pounds of milk. High production, high type, and out standing lifetime production are the Andersons’ goals. Several cows have produced Northeast Order Uniform Milk BOSTON, Mass. Erik F. Rasmussen, market administra tor for the Northeast Federal Milk Marketing Order, has an nounced that die statistical un iform price (SUP) paid by milk dealers (handlers) regulated under the Northeast Order dur ing May 2003 is $11.60 per hun dredweight ($1 per gallon) for milk delivered to plants located in Suffolk County, Mass (Bos ton). The producer price differen tial (PPD) portion of the SUP for May is $1.89 per hundredweight for milk delivered to plants locat ed in Suffolk County, Mass. The PPD ($1,89) combined with the corresponding month’s Class 111 price ($9.71) equals the SUP ($11.60). The SUP represents a bench mark minimum price paid to dairy farmers, prior to allowable deductions, for farm milk con taining 3.5 percent butterfat, 2.99 percent protein, and 5.69 percent other solids. The actual price re ceived by an individual dairy farmer will vary as the composi tion of a farm’s milk differs from the component benchmarks. 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The tour schedule is as follows: • 7 a.m. - Leave Lebanon Ag Center (Next to Lebanon Fair grounds) • 11 a.m. - Arrive at Kissamee Holsteins added to the payment producers receive for their milk’s compo nents and is adjusted for the loca tion of the receiving plant(s). The SUP and PPD decrease by sched uled amounts the further away the plant(s) receiving the produc ers’ milk are from Suffolk Coun ty, Mass. The Class prices for milk pooled in May are as fol lows: Class I, $12.96 (Suffolk County, Mass.); Class 11, $10.43; Class 111, $9.71; and Class IV, $9.74. Comparable prices for May 2002 were: Class I $14.51, Class II $11.29, Class 111 $10.82, and Class IV price $10.57. The component values for May 2003 are protein, $1.9275 per pound; butterfat, $1.1512 per pound; other solids, $-0.0144 per pound; Penn State's annual showcase event, Ag Progress Days, is scheduled Aug. 19-21 this year at the research farm in Rockspring. We have exclusive photos and information about the event scheduled in our annual Ag Progress Issue, one of our largest issues, on Aug. 16. Look for special schedules, maps, and a photo review of the year's major agriculture showcasel I • 11 a.m.-l p.m. - N.Y. State Holstein Picnic, tour the facilities and view the sale cattle • 1 p.m. - Kissamee Summer Sale • 4 p.m. - Leave Kissamee Hol steins and head toward home • 5-6 p.m. - Stop for supper • 9 p.m.(?) - Arrive at Lebanon Ag Center. The cost is $4O per person and includes the picnic meal until 1 p.m., and an evening buffet. Re freshments during the sale are at the guests’ expense. The buss will be filled on a first come, first serve basis with the money col lected on the bus. Please contact Vince and Juliet by July 10 at (717) 949-2046 to reserve your seat. Price For May and nonfat solids, $0.6574 per pound. Milk receipts from producers totaled 2.177 billion pounds. Class I utilization, milk processed as beverage milk, was 42.1 per cent of producer milk receipts. The Class I utilization was 39.8 percent in May 2002. The manufacture of Class 11, products such as cream, ice cream, yogurt, and cottage cheese utilized 17.4 percent of producer milk. Milk used to manufacture Class 111 products such as cheese (American and Italian) and evap orated and condensed products utilized 28.0 percent of total milk receipts. Class IV usage (butter, nonfat and whole milk powder) equaled 12.5 percent of the total. 4-90 Long Distance Service 4.90 per minute, first minute, every minute, in your state, and in all 48 states. 6 second billing Call JDS Telecom 1-888-315-1179 OA Dry Cow Booster That Costs 70 a Day Hoffmans Horse and Cattle Powder is an ideal tonic for cows over freshening. Feed 6 wks. before freshening. 1 Tablespoon a day. 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