El6-Boarder & Trainer, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 11,2003
Fall Harvest At Pepperbox Set For
LAUREL, Del. The only
event on the Delmarva Peninsula
featuring real horsepower at
work is set for Saturday, Oct. 25
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event
is sponsored by the Delmarva
Driving Club, Inc.
Visitors may choose to ride
with members providing the
horsedrawn shuttles from the
parking area to the event site,
where they can see field work
done by horses, observe a porta
ble sawmill in operation, help
make and taste fresh apple cider,
USD A Expands Pilot Internet Payment System
WASHINGTON, D.C. Agri
culture Secretary Ann M. Vene
man last week announced that
USDA is expanding its pilot e-
LDP program to 50 counties,
with every state having one par
ticipating county. The service,
which allows producers to re
quest and receive loan deficiency
payments (LDPs) online, has
been available as a pilot program
in 21 counties since May 2002.
“This program saves Ameri
ca’s farmers and ranchers time,
10 States To Get Funds For Ag Innovation Centers
WASHINGTON, D.C. $lO
million in grants to establish agri
cultural innovation centers in 10
states has been awarded by the
USDA as part of the Bush Ad
ministration’s ongoing effort to
assist rural businesses, farmers
and ranchers in developing
value-added businesses through
greater utilization of production
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ride a horse or in a wagon, pet
some farm animals, or just remi
nisce with friends about “how it
used to be done, in the old days.”
Hosted by Ed and Lois Evans
on their farm east of Laurel, near
Trap Pond in the tiny area locally
known as Pepperbox, the event
draws draft horse farmers and
collectors of farm equipment,
classic and antique cars, trucks,
tractors, engines along with other
memorabilia.
Ongoing exhibitions will in
clude an operating portable saw-
energy and money, and it is an
example of how USDA is harnes
sing the power of the Internet to
better serve producers,” said Ve
neman. “The pilot program is
part of the Administration’s e-
Government initiative, the gov
ernment-wide effort to use tech
nology to better serve individuals
and businesses across the coun
try.”
The program allows producers
to apply for and receive LDPs
online from remote locations
agriculture commodities.
The 2002 Farm Bill created the
program to provide technical and
business development assistance
to increase and improve the abili
ty of agricultural producers to
develop markets and processes
for value-added agricultural
commodities and products.
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mill, basket weaving, wool spin
ning, chair caning,
blacksmithing, and woodcarving.
An encampment of Civil War re
enactors, primarily from the 46th
Virginia Infantry, Company F,
will be demonstrating living his
tory. Vendors will be set up and
will offer their varied wares ce
ramics, paintings, jewelry, wood
crafts, baskets, tack, embroidery,
candles, jams all will be on dis
play and available for sale.
The carriage museum, an old
kitchen, chicken coop, harness
such as their homes or offices.
Participating farmers no longer
have to travel to USDA Service
Centers to receive their benefits.
As a result, the program reduces
paperwork load and speeds up
payment processing.
The 29 new counties in which
the pilot program is being imple
mented are: Cherokee County,
Ala.; Delta County, Alaska; Pinal
County, Ariz.; Glenn County,
Calif.; Adams County, Colo.;
Windham County, Conn.; Sussex
cipients selected for funding:
Michigan State University $
999,860; Montana State Universi
ty $1,000,000; Cornell University,
New York $ 993,200; Agricultur
al Utilization Research Institute,
Minnesota $1,000,000; lowa De
partment of Agriculture and
Land Stewardship $1,000,000;
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and tool sheds will be open to vis
itors. Live music will add to the
festivities throughout the day. To
wrap up the day, a parade at 2:30
p.m. will showcase the horses and
antique machinery.
The Delmarva Driving Club
was founded in 1983 to keep the
skills of driving horses alive, and
strives to be a link between trans
portation and farming methods
used a hundred years ago and to
day’s sport of driving horses.
Club members and friends not
actively involved with the various
County, Del.; Calhoun County,
Fla.; Mitchell County, Ga.; Hono
lulu County, Hawaii; Latah
County, Idaho; Waldo County,
Maine; Harford County, Md.;
Hampshire County, Mass.; Mont
gomery County, Miss.; Humboldt
County, Nev.; Coos County,
N.H.; Burlington County, N.J.;
Dona Ana County, N.M.; Monroe
County, N.Y.; Gilliam County,
Ore.; Washington County, R. 1.;
Sumter County, S.C.; Box Elder
County, Utah; Caledonia Coun
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
$ 996,935; Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey
$1,000,000; Kansas Department
of Commerce $1,000,000; Purdue
University, Indiana $1,000,000;
and North Dakota Association of
Rural Electric Cooperatives
$1,000,000.
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Oct. 25
horse-oriented activities during
the day offer coffee and scrapple
sandwiches for early arrivals,
plus a wide selection of items for
sale, including homemade chili,
vegetable soup, fried chicken
platters, baked goods, and ice
cream.
For more information or to
register as an exhibitor or vendor,
call (302) 875-4971. The Delmar
va Driving Club invites families
and old-timers alike to join in the
fun at Fall Harvest at Pepperbox
east of Trap Pond, just south of
Rt. 24.
ty, Vt.; Westmoreland County,
Va.; Whitman County, Wash.;
Mason County, W.Va.; and Go
shen County, Wyo.
Participation in the pilot e-
LDP program is limited to pro
ducers in the selected counties.
The length of the pilot is yet to be
determined. For more informa
tion on the pilot e-LDP service or
other USDA programs, contact
the USDA Service Center nearest
you or your local FSA county of
fice.
“These centers will give rural
Businesses, farmers and ranchers
a new resource to help them cre-
ate new markets for their com-
said Agricultural
modifies,”
Under Secretary for Rural Devel-
opment Thomas C. Dorr.
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