■lNo.l I God Thmksgwiri unto Pennsylvania Holstein breeders honored ■GETTYSBURG : A lumber of Holstein breeders Kere honored Thursday at ■e annual meeting of the ■i. Holstein Association, laid here. Recognition took Bice during the morning session of the annual peting. I Plaques were given to McHale’s future may be decided next week II By Dieter Krieg II HARRISBURG - James ■UcHale’s fate as Penn- Itylvania’s Secretary of ■Agriculture may be decided lu early as Monday morning, {■according to sources at the ■State Capitol. Lost farmland is economic blow By Melissa Piper I LANCASTER - Losing I prune agriculture land to industrial and housing in terests would be a severe economic blow to Lancaster County and Pennsylvania in general, according to Hays B. Gamble, professor of Agricultural Economics at Penn State. Gamble delivered his consignors of top-selling animals at Holstein Association-managed sales. Ajay Farm, Spartansburg, owned by Marion Alxdorf and Sons, received the award for the top selling female consignment to the State -Calf Sale, Ajay Elevation Wallie Marge, that Hearings concerning the controversial Secretary’s performance and policies were held earlier this month and the matter is currently laying before the Senate Rules Committee. A death in the family of one of its grave remark during a talk on land use planning in Lancaster County late last week at a Farmer’s Day meeting of the Lancaster Rotary. * Noting that Lancaster County exports much of its agricultural bounty, the economist explained the need for keeping farming land intact. Serving The Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania Areas Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Nov. 22,1975 sold .for ,$2,700 in April. Keystone Farm, Donald Seipt, Easton v received the award for the top selling male consignment at the State Calf Sale, Keystone Jolly Hi Fi, that sold for $3,200. The top selling cow was consigned by Clyde Wilson, Rushville, Splendor- members has caused a delay on Senate confirmation or rejection of McHale, but the issue is likely to be taken up next week, possibly as early as Monday morning, ac cording to a spokesman for the State Senate. “The dairy products alone which are produced, in this area,” are enough to.feed five times the population of Lancaster county,” he remarked. Gamble also told the audience that agriculture in the area had provided a great quantity of jobs for people who might otherwise be unemployed. Ridge- Texal Serena, which sold for $3,200. Erinwood Farms, Leßoy, New York and Donald A. Seipt, Easton, received a similar award for the top selling bull at the Spetember Pa. All-American In vitational Sale. Llenroc Joyous Matt sold for $B,OOO. The chief of the public information office within the i*- .w - * • u. Pa. Dept of Agriculture, Jack Freed, said.in a telephone interview on Thursday that “none of us know for sure” what “There are many jobs in the county not directly related to farming but which depend on the agriculture.” .he stated. “For every farmer working in the field there is - at least one other person employed to work in industry created by agriculture.” The economist stated that 12 percent of the total em- Receiving recognition for consigning . top filing females at the Invitational Sale were: Fred Strouse & Associates, Centre HaD, k. Providence Haven foe., Carlisle; and Ross E. Smith, Jr. & Sons, Monkton Md. They sold for $12,500 and $4,500 respectively. McHale’s future ia the Department might be. McHaie, as readers may recall, was rejected by file Senate last, July and Governor Shapp im mediately resubmitted his name. ployment of Lancaster County was dependent or agriculture with 11 percent of the total income resting on agriculture. While many economists seem to seb more relavence in securing prime agricultural land for in dustrial use of housing. [Continued on Pa ft ll] $3.00 Per Yeai iqrDieferMv Production awards were presented to Clarence k Kenneth Mowry, Roaring Spring, for the World Record Milk Champion, Mowry Prince Corinne; J. Mowery Frey, Jr., Lancaster, for the living Lifetime Fat Leader, [Coofinoed on Page 22] The hearings which took place earlier in the month were “pretty evenly divided,” . said Freed, “which is the way most hearings go.” McHale is raportedly “content” with [Confined on 19] In This Issue FARM CALENDAR 10 Markets' 2-6 Sale Register 76 Farm Almanac • 8 Classified Ads 25 Homestead Notes 42 Horae on the Range 49 Jr. CookingEdltion ' 50 Country Corner - 46 YorkDHIA - 57 Sale Report 87 Lebanon DHIA " 63 YorkDHIA 55 Sale Reports 79
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