{"id":2155,"date":"2012-09-03T05:00:58","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T09:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=2155"},"modified":"2012-08-31T11:20:05","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T15:20:05","slug":"farm-visit-likely-to-prompt-squeals-of-delight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=2155","title":{"rendered":"Farm visit likely to prompt squeals of delight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">County&#8217;s Springton Manor inviting people to see 10 new piglets<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2157\" style=\"width: 294px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Image13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2157\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2157 \" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Image\" src=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Image13-284x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"284\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Image13-284x300.jpg 284w, https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Image13-971x1024.jpg 971w, https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Image13-900x949.jpg 900w, https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Image13.jpg 1046w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Balentine, Springton Manor&#8217;s &#8220;Farmer Jim,&#8221; holds one of the new arrivals.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ten cute, squealing piglets are the newest reason to visit Chester County\u2019s Springton Manor Farm in Glenmoore.<\/p>\n<p>A new litter arrived courtesy of a Berkshire sow, on loan from the Lazarus Farm in Whitehall. The sow returned for a third time in five years and gave birth on Aug. 20, a county news release said.<\/p>\n<p>Visiting hours for the Springton Manor Farm Great Barn are from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.\u00a0daily.\u00a0 In addition to self-guided tours of the livestock in the barn \u2013 home to a menagerie that includes sheep, goats, horses, chickens, a miniature donkey, a peacock, and a Scottish Highlander &#8211; Springton Manor features many family-based attractions and activities.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Like all Chester County Park locations, admission to Springton Manor is free. The farm is located at 860 Springton Road, Glenmoore, five miles west of Downingtown off Rt. 322. The farm grounds,\u00a0 which\u00a0include a \u201ccatch and release\u201d pond, the Indian Run Trail, and a family picnic area, are open from 8:00 a.m. to dusk.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Chester County\u2019s 4,500 acres of public parkland, call (610) 344-6415 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chesco.org\/ccparks\">www.chesco.org\/ccparks<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>County&#8217;s Springton Manor inviting people to see 10 new piglets Ten cute, squealing piglets are the newest reason to visit Chester County\u2019s Springton Manor Farm in Glenmoore. A new litter arrived courtesy of a Berkshire sow, on loan from the Lazarus Farm in Whitehall. The sow returned for a third time in five years and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[20,719],"class_list":["post-2155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","tag-chester-county","tag-springton-manor-farm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}