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State Grangers come to Lancaster
W’ By Dieter Krieg
LANCASTER Grangers
from all over the state will be
meeting in the Red Rose
City, beginning Monday, to
hold their annual convention.
It is only the third time in the
history of the Grange that
Poultry referendum okay urged
By Dieter Krieg
HERSHEY Poultry
producers from 14 nor
theastern states who took
part in the three-day
NEPPCO (Northeast
Poultry Producers Council)
convention here this week
received just what
organizers of the event said
they would.
Held at the spacious and
luxurious Hershey Con
vention Center, poultry
producers were treated to an
exposition of the latest
products and services
available to the industry, as
well as informative speeches
by nationally - known
agricultural leaders.
Dr. Cecil E. Howes,
president of the Council for
Agricultural Science and
(CAST) and A
Serving-The Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania Areas
Lancaster Farming. Saturday, Oct 25, 1975
Senator Scott tours area farm *
' By Melissa Piper
LANCASTER - The
Honorable Hugh Scott,
Republican minority leader
and Pa. Senator, visited here
i last Friday afternoon (Oct.
1 17) as the guest of the
Lancaster County Farmer’s
Association.
Lancaster was chosen for the
affair.
The four-day sessions are
being hosted by the Lan
caster, Delaware, Chester,
and Montgomery County
Pomona Granges with
Richard Maule of
Admist a downpour,
Senator Scott, arrived at the
Noah Wenger farm near
Stevens, for an informal
press conference and tour of
the farm. The Senator was
on hand to address the
farmer’s association at their
annual meeting and banquet
Agricultural Liaison Officer,
Virginia Polytechnic In
stitute and State University,
told the group during closing
ceremonies on Thursday:
Youth captures ag award
By Melissa Piper
While many youths ac
cross the country have
earned their American
Farming Degrees by
displaying outstanding
agricultural production, one
area youth has captured the
award for his outstanding
work experience.
In This Issue
FARM CALENDAR 10 *
Markets 2-6
Sale Register 73
Farmers Almanac 8
Classified Ads 37
Life on the Farm 10
Homestead Notes 42
Home on the Range 47
Junior Cooking Edition 46
Life on the Farm 60
Chester DHIA _66
Berks DHIA 51
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Quarryville serving as
chairman of the convention
committee. Daytime
sessions are to be held in the
Fulton Opera House, while
evening programs are slated
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“We can’t become
negative in our thinking - we
have opportunities before us,
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held in Intercourse that
evening. t
Shortly before the press r
conference convened, Noah
Wenger, presented the
Senator with several dozen
of eggs representing the
agricultural industry in the
county. Mrs. Scott, who
accompanied her husband on
the trip, was presented with
a bouquet of red roses to
symbolize her trip to Lan
caster, “the red rose city.”
Scott explained that he
was happy to return to the
Lancaster County area as he
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Gary Stauffer, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Eli B. Stuaffer,
New Holland Rl, was
recently named as the
recipient of the top FFA
award in the organization -
the American Farming
Degree.
The youth graduated from
Garden Spot High School in
1972 and has been working,
since that time, at MMi
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