812-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 23, 2003
Experience Aq Progress bags
“We come up every year because the guys come up,”
these wives said. While their husbands check out har
vesting equipment, the women and children see what
else is available. Linda Burkholder, 13, her mother Minnie
Burkholder; Darnell Martin, 1, and Gloria Martin, Leola,
explore the family living area.
Louis and Kathryn Herr, Peach Bottom, inspect the
flower fields on the Ag Progress grounds.
At the Pennsylvania State Farm Burea Women’s Com
mittee booth, Barb Warburton, Sullivan County, demon
strates how children can easily mistake farm and house
hold cleaners-for edible beverages and candy.
All photos by
Lou Ann Good, food and
family features editor.
So much to do, so little
time.
Ann Brent Henson and
Larry Deister are part of
the Bedford County Senior
Citizen’s group, which trav
eled tyy van to visit Ag Pro
gress on Tuesday.
Eating honey ice cream
are Betty Shiver, and
granddaughters Sarah and
Elizabeth Gordon from the
Mifflinburg area. “We come
every year for the honey ice
cream and lots of info.”
At right, three
generations of the Finner
tys spend the day at Ag
Progress. Donald Bordner,
who raises Longhorn cattle
in Selingsgrove, checks out
equipment, and enjoys
watching his grandchildren
Aidan, 5, and Lian, 1, chil
dren of John and Lauren
Finnerty, interact with the
animals.
What’s it like to milk a cow? City kids, country kids, retired and young farmers, and
more compete for fun and prizes.
Butler County Dairy Princess Megan Dehart and Dairy
Maid Cara Stephansen offer milk to visitors at the booth
operated by Pennsylvania Dairy Princess and Promotion
Services, Inc.
Franklin County dairy farmer Brian Barr attends Ag
Progress every year. While he checks out the new equip
ment, his children, Jillian, 5, Evan, 11, and nephew Eric
Barr, 13, admire the new four-wheelers.