—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 4. 1971 24 Local Farmers Attend National Education Institute The fifth National Young Farmer Educational Institute was held from November 28 to December 1 in Greenville, S C , and was attended by some 444 1 armors, educators and wives representing 21 states which have organized Young Farmer In struction Pennsylvania had 24 i epresontatives, seven from Lancaster County The purposes of the institute are 1 To facilitate an exchange of mloi motion among young farmer leaders 2 To strengthen young and adult farmer programs J To facilitate an exchange of educational ideas and materials 4 To enlarge the scope of thought 01 state and national \oung tanner leaders ") To develop leadership skills (i To coordinate the activities ol stale voung farmer organizations with the teacher teachei education and state vocational agriculture office staffs 7 'lo establish and maintain channels ol communications among states through cooperation with teacher organizations teacher education institutions and slate vocational agriculture staffs 8 To learn from the farms of successful 'toeing Farmers in other stales l » To learn liom outstanding leaders in the Industry of \gr iculture The Institute was addressed by 4-H Calendar '1 uesday, Decernbei 7 I pm Lancaster County 4-H Beef Roundup, Lancaster Slock Yards 8 pm 4-H Leaders Council meeting. Farm and Home Center U ednesday, December 8 9am— Southeastern District 4- H Beef Show' and Sale, Lan caster Stock Yards Thursday, December "1 7pm Saddle Cinches 4-H Horse and Pony Club roller skating party, Mt Gietna Roller Rmk 7pm New 4-H Horse Club, second meeting Myers home, Mailable Road, Columbia 7 30 p m 4-H Holstein Club Christmas meeting, Farm and Home Center Friday, December 10 5- 7 p m Lancaster County 4-H County Council skating party, Park City 7pm— Lancaster County 4-H County Council meeting, Farm and Home Center. Conservation District Meets At its annual planning meeting at the Farm and Home Center Wednesday, the Lancaster County Soil and Water Con servation District reviewed its 1972 budget and decided to have 20 film strips made The District previously had announced six film strips on conservation practices in Lan caster County, but voted to in crease the number to meet ex pected demand Present at the meeting was Richard Vannoy, program specialist for the State Soil and Water Commission, who discussed the state program and the state’s eagerness to cooperate with the local district. It was announced that Mac Heinman, field representative for Lancaster County representatives attending the Fifth National Young Farmer Educational Institute this week in Greenville, SC., are: left to right, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Robinson, agriculture teacher from Eastern Lancaster County School District; Forney Longenecker, farmer the following Paul Harvey, ABC news broadcaster. South Carolina Senator Strom Thur mond Acting Secretary of Agncultuic J Phil Campbell, and Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Doyle Connor All speakers urged the farmers of America to educate the public to the advances agriculture is making in continuing to provide Bill Is Before Congress (Continued from Page 1) ment helping an industry help itself ” “The Egg Industry Adjustment Act is designed to help the egg industry help itself,” Fleming asserted “Government can be called upon to assist the egg industry after the industry has tailed lo adjust itself, and after the adjustment is made, government steps out of the picture ” Fleming sard another favorable feature is the two year time limit The limit was written into the legislation to dispel any doubts that this is anything but emergency legislation, he said To override some expressed opposition of broiler interests Fleming said egg producers have changed the original wording of the definition for ‘‘egg producers” to correct the ob jectionable wording Ad ditionally, he said the bills carry a statement under the “Declaration of Policy” which notes “The production of broilers and broiler breeder fowl is an industry separate and apart from the production of com mercial eggs and is not in any way covered by this Act.” The legislation is an outgrowth of two nation-wide egg industry meetings called by United Egg the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, will change jobs and move out of the local district He will be the new watershed program specialist in Snyder County. The district voted to send a copy of the 1971 Soil and Water Conservation District Program and a brochure on the district’s program to municipal bodies in the county including borough councils, supervisors and planning commissions It was announced that an educational meeting will be held with state Representatives at Brownstown at 5.30 p.m Thursday, December 9. A run down on the local district’s history and current activities in conservation will be included. At 7 30 p m that evening, the the increasing needs of the country with fewer farms and farmers, as well as the efforts agriculture is and has been making in preserving the en \ ironment Emphasis was made on developing marketing techniques and channels that would give the farmer more influence in marketing his quality product producers The first was held in Atlanta, Georgia on November 6, at which Phil Campbell, un dersecretary of agriculture, outlined a simple proposal for adjusting the commercial egg laying flocks of the egg industry The second meeting was held an Washington, D.C , November 14, at which the final proposals for the Egg Industry Adjustment Act were outlined. United Egg Producers was designated by the egg industry to spearhead the legislative effort and to coor dinate with industry trade associations support for the measure The following organizations had through Monday voted to endorse the Act Pacific Egg and Poultry Association, Northeast Poultry Producers Council, Northeast Egg Marketing Association, National Egg Company, Midwest Egg Producers Cooperative Association, Southwestern Egg Producers, Western Egg Com pany, Northwest Egg Producers Cooperative Association, Pacific Growers, Georgia Egg Association; Pennsylvania Poultry Federation; SPICE (a New York state organization of poultry porducers), and, Missouri Egg Merchandising Council legislators are slated to meet with the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and agricultural leaders m Lancaster to discuss the need for legislation to preserve agricultural land. The commission reviewed five subdivision plans New cooperators announced were Leon A. Stoltzfus, Sad sbury Township, 42 acres, Tom Conrad, Upper Leacock Town ship, 65 acres, John Pfortsch, Martic Township, 40 acres; Thomas Creighton, Rapho Township, 11 acres; Robert Newswanger, West Cocahco Township, 128 acres, Melvin L Shertzer, Manor Township, 82 acres, Donald E. Maurer, West Donegal Township, 165 acres, and Leon J. Fisher, Providence Township, 95 acres * from Lititz; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kline, Lititz farmer; Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Yost, Christiana farmer. On the right is James C. Fink, state supervisor of vocational agriculture, Harrisburg. It was pointed out that the national average age for farm managers is 55-58 years old, and that agriculture needs and has opportunities and advantages for young people, but that help is needed to get young men started in the business of farming In addition to the speeches from these leading figures m our country, the young farmer leaders from various states presented programs which emphasized Young Farmer public relations, as well as local and state educational programs of work and activities Tours of outstanding farms in the Greenville area provided additional insight into developing successful farming operations across the country Next year’s institute will be held in Sacramento, Calif The Institute was held in Lancaster in 1969
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