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jjfc model of a methane generator
» QJepn Miller
1 retirement party held in his‘ Donor.
' JJqme 250 people were at the Affair to
ipajy tribute to the man who’s^spwrtt
Grain supplies are ex
pected to be tight until the
faflf of 1975, Richard Herder
told the PennAg Industries
Association annual meeting
Thursday night at Lan-
Sheraton-
Conestoga. Herder is
director of economic
research for Central Soya,
and flew in to the meeting
from the firm’s home office
in, Ft. Wayne, Ind.
Before the meeting,
Herder talked about the
specific implications of a
tight grain market on area
livestock feeders. “It looks
like it might be more
profitable to sell com this
year rather than put it into
cattle and hogs,” he said.
“We’ve been saying that
dairy right now is the most
profitable sector of the
Avid Hiker Wins Conservation Award
Glenn Milter Honored
- Glenn Miller waalSrek to!t
the Schafferstown Fire Hall
Thursday night with a tall
- talenbouta Lebanon County .
• nurseryman’s - meeting,
j. .When he. got there he found
> too 'many people, applause
and smiles for a nur
- -seryman’s meeting, and
discovered himself the guest
* of honor at a party on the eve
_ nf his retirement from the
= post of Lebanon County
'‘‘Agent.
Mike Hartman RDI,
Narvon, is an-avid outdoors
man interested in biking and
backpacking. Mike’s con
cern for wildlife preser
vation and conserving
nature contributed to his
recently being named
Pennsylvania’s Youth
Conservationist of the Year
by the Pa. Federation of
Women’s Clubs.
Mike, who will be a junior
at Garden Spot High School,
* also won the> Pa. Game
Commission’s Conservation
Award for 1974 and received.
$5O.
For his outstanding efforts
and projects in conservation,
Mike wilTbe traveling to the
State Youth Conservation
Camp July 14-27 at Penn
JState’s recreational site,
"Stone Valley. The camp is
sponsored by numerous state
organizations.
. „ -along with.
, . - LMcutei Turminjr Thota '
the past quarter century serving
their agricultural needs. The original
generator' which Miller
helped' -develop won
recognition for the Lebanon County
extension staff.
Some 250 friendsand well
wishers helped Glenn and
Helen Miller celebrate the
. end. of his. 37-year extension
career, ‘the past quarter
century of which he spent in
Lebanon Comity. '
Following a bountiful
meal. Miller was hailed by
Lebanon County farm
leaders, and roasted by S.
Glenn Ellenberger, Lehigh
County Agent. Eugene
Hoffman, president of the
the Environmental
Agriculture program headed
by Phil Ogline.
Ogline explained the
purpose of the en
vironmental program and
the activities it incorporates.
“The Environmental
Program is a part of the Vo-
Ag Department, and is
basically a program
FARM
TRENDS
HOGS AND PIGS ON FARMS: SOME SURPRISES
The number of hogs and pigs on U.S. farms on June
1 estimated at 59.4 million. That’s down 1 pet. from a
year earlier, 2 pet. below the June 1,1972 total - and
the lowest for the.date since 1969.
Those kept for breeding purposes, at 8.9 million,
down 2 pct. from a year ago— and the lowest June 1
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 29, 1974
• Lebanon County Cooperative
•- Extension Executive
Committee, welcomed
Miller and his well-wishers.
David Bennetch, Alfred
Brandt and Mrs. Nancy
Bennetch- offered the farm
community’s thanks to
Miller for his many years of
service.
A citation was presented to
Miller by Duane Duncan,
president of the Penn
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designed to" prepare students
for specialized roles in en
vironmental activities
following graduation.”
The students would be
prepared to help with the
Fish and Game Commission,
the conservation department
and in recreation and park
activities, Ogline explained.
So far the program has
8
by Dick |
Wanner |
Stock Yards, a Possible Site?
Pessimism Prevails
At Co. Fair Meet
Money, land and labor
were the three big obstacles
mentioned again and again
at Monday night’s meeting to
discuss the pros and cons of a
Lancaster County Fair. But
William McCoy, president of
the Lancaster Stock Yards
' presented a glimmer of hope
for fair supporters when he
suggested that the Stock
Yards itself might make a
suitable site.
After the meeting, McCoy
told Lancaster Farming that
he bad no authority to offer
the Stock Yards as a site.
“But, ” he said, “I think it
would be an ideal place for
an agricultural fair; We’ve
got over 22 acres, most of it
under roof.‘'We’re centrally
located, it wouldn’t take a lot
.of money togetafair setup
in the yards, and if the fair
itself jusMidn’t work nut,
'
lot of- facilities that just
. couldn’t be used.”
McCoy’s Idea was to
_ conduct’ the Stock Yards’
business at some other site
for a week yrhile the fair was
in progress. “We’d have to
find- another place for our
; sales that week, and the
> other members of the ex
. change would have to go
along with the, idea. But I
think we could work the
problems out.
“I like the idea of a county
fair, and I’d hate to see it go
down the drain just because
no site was available,.”
McCoy concluded.
Except for McCoy, though,
and a few others, there were
very few encouraging words
been a success drawing a
large number of rural non
farm and urban students.
Although the students do
have work' inside the
classroom, they also do
outside projects that are
very much a part of the
learning. Ogline explained
that the motto they, adopted
for the program has been
‘Team to do and do to leam”.
The outside projects
reflect .the interest of the
students and can range from
building wildlife feeders to
collecting samples of soil
and recording the tem
perature.
It is in this project area
where Mike has done out
standing work. His main
project has been raising
pheasants and quail from
eggs in an incubator to fully
grown birds used for
stocking game preserves.
Since the pheasants are
protected animals the Game
from the 65 people who at-
tended the meeting at the
~ Farm and Home Center.
County agent Max Smith,
who called the meeting, said
he’d invited representatives
from about 20 farm groups
throughout the county. Also
invited were the leaders of
the five community fairs still
held in the county - Ephrata,
Manheim, New Holland,
Solanco and West Lampeter.
Max Smith led off the
meeting with a brief
Grain Outlook
Called Cloudy
H*nc«rter Tannin* Photo
Mike Hartman, Conservationist of the Year,
describes his seedling project to Phil Ogline, in
structor of Environmental Agriculture at Garden Spot
v ,_~, .... ...
$2.00 Per Year
recounting of the old county
fair, last held in 1941, and a
description of the dicussions
which had led up to Monday
night’s meeting. Smith, who
maintains a neutral position
on the subject, cautioned
against rushing into a
decision on a county fair.
v “After all,” he said, “we
haven’t had a fair for 43
years, and it’s not going to
hurt anyone if we take a few
months to make up our
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livestock industry, but even
that’s changed in thefpast
two months.”
Herder pointed out that a
grain - deficit area like
Lancaster County isn’t too
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In This Issue
FARM CALENDAR 10 _
Markets 2-4'
Sale Register 39
Farmers Almanac 6
Classified Ads 41
Editorials 10
Homestead Notes 26
Home on the Range 29
Organic living 18
Farm Youth Calendar 10
Farm Women Calendar 30
Chester County DHIA 12
Spring National Pull 14
Fair Schedule 16
Thoughts in Passing 37