Representing the New Jersey Beef breeders by promoting the beef industry are, from
left, Chef Roland Pasche; his daughter Emilie; Warren County Fair Queen Susan Steck
er; 2003 New Jersey Ag Ambassador and 2004 New Jersey Beef Industry Council Am
bassador Allison Jiraldi; Jay Vogelaar; Cody Gerlach; Charlie Johnson; and Come’ Voge
laar, rear, manager of River Bend Farm and president of the New Jersey Angus
Breeders Association.
Expo
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and director of the Warren
County Board of Freeholders and
Rick Gardner, deputy director
Freeholder of Warren County.
Also participating in the opening
ceremonies were Northeast Small
Farm and Rural Living Expo
Chairman Gregory Solt; Ron
Good, representing New Jersey
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The 2003 New Jersey Ag Am
bassador and 2004 New Jersey
Beef Industry Council Ambassa
dor Allison Jiraldi and Warren
County Fair Queen Susan Stack
er participated in the ceremony
and presided over the two-day
expo. Jiraldi is a Somerset Coun
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19.
Intended to provide education,
sources, and support for those in
terested in small farms and rural
living the expo does exactly that.
Cooperative extension and de
partment of ag agencies from all
three states were on hand with
displays, exhibits, and education
al lectures. Individual breeders of
various species of livestock suit
able for the small farm operation
were seen throughout the fair
grounds and equipment and ma
chinery dealers were on hand to
demonstrate and answer ques
tions during the event.
The Well-Tempered String
Band and Lost Ramblers pro
vided music as visitors shopped
at the farmers’ market vendors
and examined the many samples
and woolen items produced from
llama, alpaca, cashmere goats,
and different species of sheep.
A few of the sheep breeders
who brought displays included
the Jacob and CVM Romeldale
sheep owned by the May family
of Swayze Inn Farm near Hope,
N.J. and the baby doll sheep of
Susan Gural, Washington, N.J.
With the sheep and wool festival
conducted during the expo, there
were many spinners in the tents
working with the beautiful wool
of their breed. One group that
has been at the expo for the past
three years is Blue Mountain Fi
bers from Pennsylvania with Car
ole Holder and Evelyn Barone of
Slatington and Donna Faturos of
Saylorsburg. The women were
spinning wool from cashmere
goats and Corriedale sheep.
With an emphasis on animals
suitable for smaller parcels of
property a visitor could find
breeders representing both ends
of the size scale of several species.
There was Susan Gural and
Tucker Hartshome of Rosie’s
Petites, Washington, N.J. with
their miniature donkeys, baby
doll sheep, and 2-month-old pet
ite potbellied pigs. Gural and
Hartshome are certified breeders
and members of the North Amer
ican Potbellied Pig Association
Visitors at the Small Farm Expo get a close look at Tom, the
7-year-old ox of Tom Mulea, Oxford, N.J. Mulea conducted
demonstrations of Tom’s abilities throughout the two-day
event.
Three women from Pennsylvania, a group known as Blue
Mountain Fibers, demonstrated spinning Cashmere goat and
Corriedale sheep wool. From left, Carole Holder, Slatington;
Donna Faturos, Saylorsburg; and Evelyn Barone, Slatington.
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(NAPPA) and have concentrated
their efforts on breeding to retain
the petite or smaller potbellied
pig. The couple sell their animals
as pets and have done movie and
TV work with their animals as
well as developing a greeting
card line showcasing their ani
mals.
A larger breed of the porcine
species was the display of SO - N
- SO Acres with Erich and Anna
Sodtalbers Jr. bringing their
5-week-old litter of piglets with
their Hampshire - Duroc cross
sow.
From miniature horses to draft
horses the equine building and
arena were busy both days as
workshops explaining the various
breeds and their use and riding
and driving methods filled the
arena. The Jubal’s Troop Eques
trian Team consisting of 12
horses entertained the visitors
with their precision drill work.
The big and small of cattle
breeds were on display to help
visitors decide what breed might
be best suited for their lifestyle.
Ron and Ruth Galvin of Rain
bow Hill Farm, Flemington, N.J.,
returned to the expo with their
registered Highland cattle. Ben
Przewozny and son, Ben, of B &
B Livestock Farm returned with
their registered Hereford cow and
calf representing the New Jersey
Polled Hereford Association.
This is the third year the Prze
wozny family has brought Suz
anne and her calf to the expo. Al
though young Ben was proud to
use Suzanne’s first two calves for
his 4-H market steer projects, he
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