# -Form & Home (Continued from Page 1) port. A public campaign for funds held earlier this year has produced $203,258, and Directors of the Foundation stated today that the appeal for funds will continue. A goal of $375,000 was an nounced during the drive as the estimated amount needed to erect the .Center, in keep ing with original plans, as well as establishing a $50,000 agricultural scholarship fund. No date has been set for start ing construction. The Farm and Home site is located in the center of the county’s farm population. It comprises a low knoll im mediately adjacent to the Route 230 By-Pass, making this tract an extremely choice property which has been val ued as high as $lOO,OOO It is located diagonally opposite the former Lancaster Poul try Center which has now'been MH 30 AVAILABLE AT P. L. ROHRER & BRO ~ Smoketown, Pa. sold as the Poultry Associa tion is joining with the Faira and Home Foundation in sup porting the proposed new Center.- From the sale pro ceeds of their buildings, the Poultry Association will turn over to the Farm and Home Foundation the funds that were originally contributed to their building project. More than 2,000 fanners and hundreds of other indus trial, commercial and individu al contributors responded to the Farm and Home Founda tion fund campaign held ear ly this spring With the ac quisition of this building site and the disposition of the Poultry Center, firm plans for the erection of the Farm and Home Center are being made by the Foundation officials and Board of Directors. The original building plans are being restudied to determine the first phase of construc tion and probable starting date Naturally, there will be MH 30 Available at all AGWAY Stores and Local Representatives in Lancaster Co. First' International Extension Conference Planned For August The world’s first interna tional conference on exten sion services for agriculture, home economics, and rural youth will be held Aug. 2-13 at South Dakota 'State Uni versity in Brookings, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced. People with similar profes sions from all over the world will come togther to discuss common ideas, problems, and opportunities. Delegates of 38 participat ing countries will discuss the role of extension education in social, economic, and political a delay of some months since the Foundation desires to have a substantial amount of the pledged funds in cash be fore building. Lanoaster Farming, Saturday, July 3, 1965 development. The conference is sponsored by South Dako ta State University, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and State, and the Agency for International Develop ment. Delegations to this “Inter national Conference of Ex tension Leaders” will include national extension service di rectors, national leaders in home economics and rural youth work, and ministry of agriculture officials responsi ble for rural development policy. They will pay special attention to problems of ad ministration and supervision, program development and staff training. Vice President Hubert H Humphrey, South Dakota Sen ator Karl E. Mundt, and of ficials of the U S. Depart ments of Agriculture and State will speak to the dele- Ph. 397-3539 gates during a three-day (July 22-23 and 26) orienta tion session in Washington, D.C. A special attraction for the delegates will be the five-day bus trip from the Nation’s Capital to Brookings. They will stop m two Ohio county extension offices, in Lorain and Erie Counties, to see a county extension staff in ac tion. In Indiana, they will visit LaPorte County to ob serve 4-H Club activities. Following the conference at Brookings they will travel to Ames, lowa, to see lowa State University’s system of resi dent teaching, research, and extension in agriculture and home economics After ob serving Extension work with low-income groups in St. Louis, Mo., the delegates then go to Kentucky to become ac quainted with rural resource development at Paintsville. The conference ends bade in Washington Aug 23 'with a summary session at the De partment of State. Countries participating in the conference are Afghanis tan, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Re public of China, Costa Riea, Denmark, Ecuador, Fiji, France, Greece, Guinea, Hai ti, Iceland, India, Japan, Laos, Malagasy Malawi, Mexico, Mo rocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Ni geria, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, 'Portugal, Somali Republic, Spain, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Venezuela, United States, Upper Volta, and Yu-_ goslavia SAVE MONEY Your least expensive cloth ing cost is the care you give your wardrobe, says Mrs. Mae Barton, Penn State extension, clothing specialist Gopd care also gives you a senfep of se curity when you know you can be wel'l-dressed for any oc casion at a moment’s notice. A few minutes each day can save hours of tune and ex tend the life and appearance of clothing Try A Classified It Pays nwHumt SMOKETOWN Ph. Lane. 397-3539. 5
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