Pa. Young Farmer Winter Conference Feb. 3-5
QUARRYVILLE (Lancaster
Co.) The Solanco Young
Farmers chapter in Quarryville is
hosting the annual winter confer
ence of the Pennsylvania Young
Farmers, Feb. 3-5 at Willow Val
ley Conference Center in Lancas
ter County.
Included will be several tours
of local ag businesses and farms.
To register with Willow Valley
Hotel, call (800) 369-9877, fax
(717) 464-4482, or www.willow
valley.com. Single or double
room rate is $79. Triple is $B9
with 11 percent tax. Make reser
vations by Jan. 2.
For more information, call
Axel Linde, (717) 529-6963.
Tour Descriptions for the PYFA
Winter Conference
Tuesday Morning Optional
Tour
• Lancaster’s Central Market.
This is America’s oldest fanners’
market, continuously operated
since 1730.
The 1889 market building is a
Victorian gem, so bring your
camera. The tradition of market
today is more like an internation
al whirlwind of foods from here
and around the world. The aisles
are filled with a wonderful har
vest of choices from old world
and new, from Amish, German,
Greek, Caribbean, Middle East
PYFA Winter Conference Program
Willow Valley Conference Center - Lancaster, PA
Tuesday, February 3,2004
830 AM—
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9:15-11:00 AM
10.00 AM
11:30-4:30 PM
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-5:00 PM
6:30 PM
9:00 PM
Wednesday, February 4,2004
7-00 -9:00 AM
7- AM
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9:00-11:30 AM
9:00 AM-4:30 PM
Noon
2-00-4:15 PM
5:30 PM
6:00 PM
Thursday, February 5,2004
7 00-8 00 AM
8:00-12:00
Noon
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era, and Slavic backgrounds
making Lancaster’s Central Mar
ket a gathering place so full of
life you will never forget the ex
perience.
Tuesday’s Afternoon Tours
• Oak Shade Cheese Plant.
This family operated business
began on the family farm in 1979,
moving to a production plant in
March 2002. Milk is processed
into either Cheddar or Colby
cheese. Most is made for farmers
who then direct-market the prod
uct. To meet consumer demand,
cheese can be packaged in sizes
ranging from eight ounces to
forty pounds. This is a modem,
small production facility averag
ing about five tons of cheese per
month. It is operated without
electricity.
• Marlin Brubaker Car And
Tractor Collection. Brubaker has
a car in his collection to represent
each decade of the 20th century.
He collects “special” cars, not
cars of a particular make. Proba
bly the most special car is a 1965
Austin Princess that was owned
by Queen Elizabeth. A 1918
Rumley truck (serial #139) is one
of the more unusual pieces in his
collection (and yes, it runs). The
newest car in the collection is a
1996 Lincoln Towncar, eight-pas
senger limousine. His collection
Registration and Hospitality Room
Executive Board Meeting
Optional Tour: Lancaster Central Market
Media Blitz at Weis Market
Lunch and Tours in the Solanco Area
Oak Shade Cheese Plant
Brubaker's Tractor and Car Collection
Zug's Dairy Farm
Visit exhibits (more than 25)
Spokesperson Contest
Opening Banquet
Guest Speaker Dennis Wolff, PA Secretary of Agriculture
Entertainment: jim Fowl "Humor in the Ministry"
Ice Cream Social
Breakfast on your own
Executive Breakfast
Registration and Hospitality and visit Exhibits
Advisors Meeting
PYFA Business Meeting
Ladies Program Amish Quilt Shop
Lunch and Shopping at Kitchen Kettle
Luncheon
Educational Seminars
Com Research
Dairy Management.
Financial and Legal Planning. Doug Tanner and Jay Clark
Reception for the Award Winners
PYFA Awards Banquet and Auction
Hospitality and Registration
Tours. Case New Holland
Kemp's Foods
Mascot Mill
Closing Luncheon
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of 26 Allis Chalmers tractors
ranges from a Model U, which
was the first tractor with rubber
tires, to a Dl9 that he purchased
new in 1962 and is still used on
the farm, adding more hours to
the 16,000 already on the meter.
• Ed & Debbie Zug’s Farm.
The Zugs came to this farm in
1973. The bam has been enlarged
and remodeled since then to im
prove cow comfort and labor effi
ciency. This is an excellent exam
ple of a Lancaster County family
farm.
Ed, Deb, and their son Brian
farm 150 acres and milk 50 cows
in the stalls.
A milk house water disposal
system was installed several years
ago to put the wastewater in the
pasture. The most recent im
provement is the installation of a
stationary TMR mixer.
Wednesday’s Ladies Program
The ladies will meet at 9 a.m.
and give out door prizes. They
will then board the busses to trav
el to Omar and Sylvia Peter
sheim’s Quilt Shop in Bird-in-
Hand to tour their operation.
They will explain the history of
the many different styles of
quilts. They have beautiful quilts
done in various styles and colors.
Lunch will be at The Kling
House in the Kitchen Kettle Vil-
Ron Hoover, Penn State
Vic Lutz, AgriCulver Seeds
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lage. After lunch, tour members
can shop at Kitchen Kettle Vil
lage and the many other fine
shops in Intercourse. The tour
group will return to Willow Val
ley about 4:30 p.m.
Thursday’s Morning Tours
• Case New Holland. This
plant traces its beginnings to
1895, when machinist and inven
tor Abe Zimmerman founded a
two-man machinery repair shop.
The shop began producing corn
mills. In 1903, the company was
incorporated as the New Holland
Company. Following the Great
Depression, the company began
producing the New Holland
baler, which was the first com
mercially successful, automatic
pick-up self-tie baler.
PYFA Winter Conference
February 3-5, 2004
Hosted by Solanco Young Farmers
Willow Valley Resort & Conference Center
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Early Registration Paid by January 2,2004
Includes all tours and meals
$7O 00 per person
$5O 00 Children 6-12
Free Children 5 and under
Full Registration Paid by January 30,2004
Includes all tours and meals
$9O 00 pei pei son
$7O 00 Children 6-12
Free Children 5 and undei
Optional Tour to Lancastei Central Market
Registration by Day
Tuesday Feb 3 Lunch and tour
Children 6-12
Banquet
Children 6-12
Wednesday Feb 4
Lunch $2O 00
Children 6-12 $l5 00
Ladies Toui and Lunch $2O 00
Children 6-12 $l5 00
Banquet $25 00
Children 6-12 $2O 00
ThuisdayFeb 5
Tour & Lunch $2OOO
Children 6-12 $l5 00
Please mail and make checks payable to: Solanco Young Farmers
Ed Zug
390 Peters Creek Rd.
Peach Bottom, PA. 17563
Any questions call Ed Zug 717-548-3178 email edzug@epix net
A Dale Herr 717-786-0330 or Axel Linde 717-529-6963 email axelhnde@aol com
Make hotel reservations directly with Willow Valley by Jan 2, 2004 Please mention PYFA
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• Kemp’s Foods. A division of
Crowley Foods, Kemp’s modem
plant manufactures ice cream
under the Green’s and Hagan la
bels. They also produce novelty
ice cream items, including sand
wiches, nutty buddies, bullet
pops, sundae cups, and various
assorted stick pops. They contin
ue to package milk under the
Pen Supreme label.
• Mascot Mill. The earliest
mill at this site was built in the
1700 s, and milling was continuo
usly carried on at this location
until 1977. Today the Ressler
Mill Foundation operates the
mill. Water-powered turbines
provide power for the mill, which
is a fully operable roller mill. If
all goes well, they will be grind
ing corn meal in February.
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