16—Lancaator Farming, Saturday. February 11, 1961
RETIRED ASSOCIATE COUNTY AGENT, Harry
Sloat, left, accepts a purse of $167 from Amos Funk, Mu
lersville Rl, president of the county vegetable growers.
Vegetable men made up the purse for sloat in appreciation
for “the many years of untiring effort” on behalf of the
vegetable industry. The presentation was made at a celery
growers meeting at the Funk farm on Monday.
•—L.F. Photo
# Celery 9 SCD Program
(From page 1) (From page 1) ,
it should be good.” oratory
In other business, Amos A calendar of events and
Funk, on" behalf of County program of work was pre
vegetable growers, presented pared for the District by the
a purse of ,$167 00 to retired cooperating agencies. The
Associate County Agent Har- District held regular month,
ry Sloat, for his work with ly meetings
the organization through the A workshop for leaders of
years. watershed meetings -was
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held and-from that meeting
came six successful water
shed meetings throughout
the county to explain the
District program. Watershed
meetings were held in the
Manheim, Lampeter - Stras
burg, Mount Joy, Blue Ball,
Hammer Creek and Eliza
bethtown areas.
The-District and coopera
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the year.
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farms in the county. Thirty- League, - Lancaster Farming
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the county have one or more and the County Commission
cooperating- farmers. ers. - ..
Givler lists the cooperating GMet reminds farmer
agencies as Soil Conservation that the service of the Dis*
Service, Department of For- trict is free for the asking
ests and Waters, Agricultural The fivejiirectors serve with
Extension Service, Vocation- out pay, the state- providing
al Agriculture Departments, money for travel to and
Game Commission, Fish from the annual meeting
Commission .Department of partially offsetting their ex
Highways, Fanners Home penses.
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