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Rick Hess, president of the Lancaster County Red Rose
FFA Chapter, is a student at Lampeter-Strasburg High
School.
Public Relations
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For Agriculture
Seen Important
“The art of public relations is
to not treat the public like
relations,” Dr . Norman Reber
told the annual meeting of the
Lancaster County Agricultural
and Home Economics Extension
Association Wednesday night at
the Farm and Home Center He
cautioned the group not to take
the public too much for granted.
Inter-State Milk Producers Young
Cooperators held their annual meeting on
Thursday at Lancaster’s Treadway Inn. The
young cooperators Program was started
several years ago to give younger co-op
fiMUMtw TaTOfay Vboto
Reber is the editor of Penn
sylvania Farmer Magazine, and
is well-known in agricultural
circles throughout the state
Reber talked to the group about
the importance of public
relations for agriculture. He
pointed out that many things are
happening on the national, state
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members a chance to participate in
developing Inter-State policy. Two local
men in the group are Kenneth Putt and
Nathan Stoltzfus.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 17, 1973
Co. FFA President
Rick Hess, president of the
Lancaster County Red Rose FFA
chapter, is a young man who
knows the meaning of work He
also knows that he likes farming
and that he doesn’t want to be a
farmer anyplace but Lancaster
County.
Rick is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Hess, Strasburg Rl.
Besides helping on the farm and
being active in FFA, Rick is a
member of the football, baseball
and basketball teams at Lam
peter-Strasburg.
Sometimes, Rick’s activities
get him into a lot more work than
a lot of people would be willing to
tackle. Last summer, for in
stance, there was football
practice in the morning followed
by tobacco cutting in the af
ternoon. Just one of those
sessions could wear a fellow out.
Asked about whether he’d
rather live on the farm or ip town,
Rick said he wouldn’t want to
trade places with the town or city
kids. ‘‘Hike the freedom of living
on a farm. I just wouldn’t want to
live that close to my neighbors.
And I think farm kids have fewer
restrictions, too.”
College is a possibility for Rick
after high school, but no matter
what he does, he plans to be
involved with agriculture.
Throughout high school, he has
concentrated on both vo-ag and
college prep courses.
Farm Calendar
Saturday, February 17
National FFA Week, February
17-24
9pm- Pomona Grange Youth
Bowling Party, Garden Spot
Bowling Center, Strasburg
Monday, February 19
Ipm - Chester County Ex
tension Service Alfalfa
meeting, Honey Brook Grange
Hall.
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£»ncaiter 7arming Photo
Rick Hess Likes Farming,
Working, Lancaster County
An FFA member since his
junior year, Rick earned the Red
Rose degree last December, and
currently serves as his chapter’s
vice-president Last year, his
FFA projects included 12 acres of
corn, two registered Holstein
34 Calves Lost
Young Farm Fire
A large double decker barn
with a straw barn and an at
tached milk house were com
pletely destroyed by fire Monday
night on the farm of Young
Brothers where the Ray Young
family resides. The farm is
located in Fulton Township about
a mile south of Little Britain
Presbyterian Church, on the road
to New Texas. The fire marshal
estimated the loss of the barn and
contents at $75,000, which is
covered by insurance. He
theorized that the lire probably
started at the end of the barn
where the electric service comes
in.
Lost in the bam were a cow, 34
calves between the ages of three
days and six months, and a dog.
Farm machines destroyed were a
windrower, disk, cultipacker,
ensilage wagon, a tractor with a
front-end loader, an elevator and
two augers The barn was half
full cf hay and straw
Ray Young estimates there
were between 50 and 60 tons of
second cutting hay and a large
quantity of straw burned
Nothing could be saved because
the whole structure was engulfed
in flames when first noticed
The Young family was asleep
when the fire was noticed by
neighbors At 11-30 P.M a neigh
bor in the tenant house saw no
signs of fire but at 11 -47 a neigh-
Busy Agenda Planned for
Annual Crops and Soils Day
February 20 is the date for you
to set aside to attend the thir
teenth annual Lancaster County
Crops and Soils Day to be held at
the Farm and Home Center
Agribusiness firms and com
panies will set up exhibits and
displays of farm products to help
make your day even more
profitable.
The featured speakers will
present appropriate and timely
topics relating to crop production
for 1973. The morning program
will include;
9:30 a.m. - Whet’s Your Hang
ups’, some basic practices with
Joe McGahen, Penn State Ex
tension agronomist; 10 a.m.,
Weeds and Weed Control by
Willis L. McClellan, Penn State
agronomist; 10:45 a.m., Farm
Machinery Management, an
$2.00 Per Year
cows, a steer and an acre-and-a
half of tobacco Rick said he sold
his tobacco last week, which
makes him one of the few far
mers m the county who’ve sold
thus far
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bor at Oakryn put in a call to the
Robert Fulton Fire Co
No one knows when the barn
was built but it was well over 100
years old. Youngs have lived on
the farm 20 years, having pur
chased it II years ago from the
Paxson family The Young
brothers, Earl, Henry and Ray
own and operate approximately
520 acres of ground that comprise
five farms formerly known as the
Autland, Moore, Cockey, Paxson
and the Earl Young farms.
Many years ago when the farm
was owned by Eli Smedley and
later by his son James there was
a grove of willow trees on the
farm which was used for making
baskets. The Smedleys barked
the willow branches and dried the
strands in this barn before they
were sold.
Ray Young says they have no
immediate plans for rebuilding
He said “We feel we’re more
fortunate that we didn’t have
everything at one place ”
Feb. 17-24
illustrated narration presented
by assistant Lancaster County
Extension agent N. Alan Ba:.
11 15 am, Corn Produc
tion . an update, with Joe
McGahen
Following the noon lunch
period and another opportunity to
view exhibits and displays, the
afternoon session will include:
1 30 p m - Soybeans . . a crop
now riding sky-high, being
presented by John Yocum,
superintendent of the Southeast
Research Center at Landisville
and A G. Lueck, associate
Lancaster County Extension
agent; 2 p.m.
Forages .. . management of
legumes and grasses, with Dr.
John E. Baylor, Penn State
Extension agronomist.