Vol. 48 No. 44
Neal and Mary Lou King with their dog Sunny and children Kelly, 12,
holding her 4-H calf Owen; Colton, 10, holding his 4-H dairy beef calf
Sport; Kristy, 8; and Kandy, 5, milk 145 cows and crop farm 90 acres on
their third-generation farm. 'Turn to page B 2 to read more about the
Kings, who farm where the blacktop ends in highly developed Chester
County. Photo by Lou Ann Good, food and family features editor
Sunday evening proved very special for Maryland 4-H’ers as their fair
projects garrtered good prices during the Maryland State Fair Livestock
Sale at the fairgrounds in Timonium, Md. Grand champion lamb, exhibi
ted by Christopher Utz, right, was sold for $7.50 per pound to Dennis
Kendall, manager of Cornerstone Antiques and Consignments, Timoni
um, left. In center is Maryland Lamb and Wool Queen Anna Schlicht. See
story page AlB. Photo by Andy Andrews, editor
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Saturday, August 30, 2003
Lancaster Farming
Introduces Turf & Tree
Lancaster Farming introduces a new component of its Grower &
Marketer Section this issue, Turf & Tree. Turf & Tree, part of Section
C, focuses on the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic tree care, forestry
management, large- and small-scale wood processing, and turfgrass
industries. Included: A feature from the Christmas Tree Growers As
sociation Summer Conference in State College, in addition to a re
view of the Arboretum at Penn State. Also, highlights of the recent
landscape and nursery conference, a look at the new Eagles’ foot
ball stadium surface at Lincoln Financial Field, and a feature on a
maple syrup producer are included.
PADLS: Needs Proper
Funding, BSL-3 Status
ANDY ANDREWS
Editor
ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.) If Penn
sylvania is struck by ag bioterrorism, our
state could have its entire economy shut
down.
And if Pennsylvania continues to try to
operate its animal diagnostic labs at its
current low level of funding, lack of ade
quate staffing, outdated equipment, and
improper testing certification, Pennsylva
nia doesn’t “have a chance of fighting dis
ease,” said Dr. John Enck Jr., state veteri
narian, executive director of the Animal
Health and Diagnostic Commission and
director of the Bureau of Animal Health
and Diagnostic Services, Pennsylvania De
partment of Agriculture.
Enck and Dr. James T. Rankin, state
epidemiologist, state department of health,
spoke in Rockspring at Ag Progress Days
recently. They addressed the joint commit
tee informational meeting, House Agricul-
✓ Maryland State Fair Livestock Sale page AlB.
✓ Centre Hall Grange Fair page A2B.
✓ Allentown Fair page Al 7.
✓ District dairy shows A 32.
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ture and Rural Affairs Committee and the
House Veterans Affairs and Emergency
Preparedness Committee.
The threat of ag bioterrorism, or agro
terrorism, is “greater than any time in our
history,” said Rankin.
Rankin noted the recent BSE discovery
in Canada cost that country $3 billion in
lost income when the borders were closed
to the U.S. “And that was from a single
cow!” he said.
Rankin addressed the problems of man
aging the war on influenza that scientists
believe originates in Hong Kong, in which
parts resemble a third world country, with
the possibility of new genetic strains resis
tant to treatment caused by co-infected
swine or humans.
To create a multibillion-dollar disrup
tion, Enck noted it was “so easy, it’s pa
thetic,” he said to the members of the
House and Senate who attended the meet-
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