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tional free-fishing facilities in the
northeastern United States. The
Ludwigs are under contract with
Suntory Water Group, which is
bottled under the local label of
Crystal Springs. The majority of
Crystal Springs bottled spring
water prodcuts come from Ar
rowhead Springs. A testimonial
to the quality of the water and
why the Ludwigs make the con-
Dorset Breeders Post Results Of KILE Ewe Sale
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Dorset Ewe Sale. Annette Lovell
Co.) The Pennsylvania Dorset managed the sale and Billy Mac-
Breeders Association has Cauley was the auctioneer,
anounced the results of the KILE Prior to the sale of ewes, four
Christmas Tree Auction Nov, 24-25
MIFFLINBURG (Union Co.)
On Monday, Nov. 24 thou
sands of wreaths, miles of roping,
and Christmas decor of every
imaginable design will flood the
expanse here at Buffalo Valley
Produce Auction
Starting at 11 a.m., this auc
tion will feature products pro
duced locally as well as from
states such as North Carolina,
Virginia, New York, Maryland,
New Jersey, and others. All this
servation ethic the core of main
taining and managing their land.
The Ludwigs have always been
concerned with protecting their
watershed, managing their tim
ber and maintaining favorable
cover for wildlife. To further
these goals, they established in
1994 a Forest Stewardship Plan
on approximately 260 acres of
woodland. The goal is to protect
the water quality, enhance wild
leads up to the main event, the
tree auction, which begins at 9
a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25.
About 20,000 trees, such as
Fraiser Fir, Douglas Fir, Conco
lor, Blue Spruce, Canaan, White
Pine, and Scotch Pine, will be
sold.
For more information, contact
Neil Courtney, manager, Buffalo
Valley Produce Auction, at (570)
966-1151.
life habitat and at the same time
provide a place for recreational
enjoyment. The stewardship plan
has helped the Ludwigs open the
lines of communication with their
neighbors. A small hunting club
has started and a deer manage
ment plan is being implemented.
Without the stewardship plan
they never would have seen the
positive results they have seen.
The Pennsylvania Game Com
mission assisted their Quality
gimmick items were sold to bene
fit Dorset youth activities. Ketch
am equipment donated a trim
ming stand that brought $lB5
from the Beatty Family, Enon
Valley. Kristina Repasky bought
Wendy VanWagners original
hand painted gift tub for $275,
while Cliff Thayer gave $2O for a
bag of Heinold sheep minerals
donated by Heinold Feeds. Bids
flew as Billy MacCauley’s bid
won him a signed baseball card
donated by Ruth Hartman for
$525. All together $lOO5 was
raised to benefit youth activities.
Ram and Ewe Farm’s (Jeremy
Etzler) first place spring ewe
lamb was champion ewe and
brought $BOO from Kristina
Repasky, Prior Lakes, Minn.
Laura Hunters reserve cham
pion first place fall ewe lamb
brought $3OO from Jeremiah
Essig of Bemville.
The first place yearling
ewe consigned by Casey Fitz-
Mortality Composting/Natural
Rendering Workshop Set
ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.)
Penn State Cooperative Ex
tension has announced the next
mortality composting/natural
rendering workshop.
The workshop will take place
Wednesday, Nov. 19 at the Ag
Progress Days site, Rockspring.
The concerns of animal mor
tality and biosecurity continue
to be a factor in Pennyslvania
animal agriculture. This contin
uing program will prepare pro
ducers to address these issues.
Those who should attend in
clude Penn State Extension ed
ucators, Pennsylvania agency
and agribusiness personnel, and
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 8, 2003-A35
Conservation District
Deer Management Association
(QMDA) in forming a Icoal co-op
for those neighbors who wanted
to make a difference in the com
munity by improving game op
portunities. Most important to
the Ludwigs is the benefit every
one receives from a properly
managed watershed/woodland
area.
Leigh Beamesderfer of
Stouchsburg is the 2003 Lebanon
County Special Recognition
Patrick brought $3OO from Wil
liam and Elizabeth MacCauley,
Atglen. The Kenneth Staver fam
ily’s second place yearling ewe
sold for $325 to Olivia Waggonar,
East Berlin. The yearling ewes
averaged $312.50.
Olivia Waggonar also bought
Brian and Melanie Barkley’s
Maple Hollow second place fall
ewe lamb, topping the fall ewe
lambs at $650. Splendorview
Farm then received $275 from
Cody Steele, Brockway. The
seven fall ewe lambs averaged
$321.43.
The second place spring ewe
lamb consigned by Splendorview
Farm brought $2OO from Lisa
Wheeler, Whitehall, Md.; and the
third place spring ewe lamb of
Guy McKean brought $225 from
Rachel Walter, Lewisburg.
The ten spring ewe lambs aver
aged $240.
Pennsylvania dairy and live
stock farmers.
The workshop will continue
the discussion on mortality
composting. Participants will
view and explore an active mor
tality composting pile and
begin discussion on the emer
gency biosecurity response to a
disease outbreak with compost
ing. Natural rendering informa-
tion from Penn State
ornell will be distributed.
The workshop is scheduled
Nov. 19 from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at
the Ag Progress Days site along
Rt. 45 west of State College.
Those attending should follow
the Cooperative Extension
signs to the farmhouse.
For more information or to
Fabricators of Galvanized Barn Equipment
Award winner. Beamesderfer has
been a dedicated member of the
Lebanon County Conservation
District staff since 1985. As
Forester/Naturalist for the con
servation district she has formu
lated a comprehensive menu of
environmental education pro
grams available to citizens
stretching beyond the borders of
our county.* Leigh has also been
critical to community and state
forestry initiatives.
Office Closed
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day,
Thursday, Nov. 27, Lan
caster Farming office is
closed. The office will re
open Friday, Nov. 28.
For the Nov. 29 issue,
there are some deadline
changes:
Public Sale and Mail
box ads, 5 p.m., Friday,
Nov. 21.
Classified, Section D
ads 4 p.m., Tuesday,
Nov. 25.
Classified, Section C,
Farm Equipment ads, 4
p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 25.
Section A ad deadline
4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25.
General News noon,
Wednesday, Nov. 26.
register, respond to Craig Wil
liams at Penn State Coopera
tive Extension, Tioga County,
phone (570) 724-9120; fax (570)
724-9120; or e-mail
jcwl7@psu.edu.
When registering, include
your name, organization, phone
number, fax number, and e
mail address.
Composting resources on the
Web and university press in
clude:
Penn State Composting Web
page: HYPERLINK “http://
composting.cas.psu.edu” http:/
/composting.cas.psu.edu Cor
nell Waste Management Insti
tute, Composting information
and videos HYPERLINK
http://www.cfe.cornell.edu/wmi
http://www.cfe.comell.edu/wmi.