{"id":4256,"date":"2013-03-06T12:58:40","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T17:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=4256"},"modified":"2013-03-06T12:58:40","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T17:58:40","slug":"sowing-signs-of-spring-one-piglet-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=4256","title":{"rendered":"Sowing signs of spring &#8211; one piglet at a time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4257\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Image-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4257\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4257 \" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"The Duroc piglets are delighting visitors at Springton Manor Farm. \" src=\"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Image-9-300x257.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Image-9-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Image-9-1024x877.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Image-9-900x771.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Duroc piglets are delighting visitors at Springton Manor Farm.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">Nine newborns are entertaining visitors at Springton Manor Farm<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nine Duroc piglets entered the world on March 1, an early sign of spring, Springton Manor Farm announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The proud sow, \u201cDora the Explorer,\u201d is on loan from The Lazarus Farm in Whitehall, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChester County Facilities &amp; Parks Department is grateful for Mr. Lazarus\u2019 generosity, loaning the sow to Springton Manor Farm so that she and her nine offspring can be here for public education as well as enjoyment,\u201d said Jerry Battisto, Springton Manor\u2019s foreman.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u00a0\u201cThe arrival of these nine piglets is early this year \u2013 we usually don\u2019t have piglets running around the barn until around the third week in March,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Like all Chester County parks, Springton Manor has a schedule of programs and activities for the public, including the annual Sheep &amp; Wool Day, which will be held this year on April 27 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.\u00a0 Sheep &amp; Wool Day is a family favorite with sheep shearing, artisan demonstrations, a reptile program, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>Visiting hours for the Springton Manor Farm Great Barn are daily from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.\u00a0 In addition to staff-guided and self-guided tours of the livestock in the Great Barn, Springton Manor features many family-based attractions and activities including a \u201ccatch and release\u201d pond, the Bluebird Trail, and a family picnic area.<\/p>\n<p>Springton Manor Farm is located at 860 Springton Road, Glenmoore, five miles west of Downingtown off Rt. 322. Admission is free, and farm grounds are open from 8 a.m. to dusk. For more information, call (610) 942-2450 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chesco.org\/ccparks\">www.chesco.org\/ccparks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine newborns are entertaining visitors at Springton Manor Farm Nine Duroc piglets entered the world on March 1, an early sign of spring, Springton Manor Farm announced Wednesday. The proud sow, \u201cDora the Explorer,\u201d is on loan from The Lazarus Farm in Whitehall, officials said. \u201cChester County Facilities &amp; Parks Department is grateful for Mr. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[1680,1679,719],"class_list":["post-4256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","tag-chester-county-facilities-parks-department","tag-lazarus-farm","tag-springton-manor-farm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4256","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=4256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}