16—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Jan. 3, 1976 Pa. Ag. Dept, to be honored HARRISBURG Penn- “E” Award lor outstanding sylvania’s Department of service in promoting U.S. Agriculture will become the agricultural exports. The first state Agriculture presentation will be made Department in the country to Sunday during the 1976 Farm win the coveted President’s Show Preview. Place Your Order NOW for January deliveries SAVE BIG CASH DISCOUNTS. Authorized Dealer HEISEY FARM SERVICE RD2, Mount Joy, PA Phone 653-1568 11 f BULK ORGANIC PLANT *' [ ANHYDROUS AMMONIA J FOOD CO. 2313 Norman Rd., Lancaster, Pa. Ph. 397-5152 The award is given “in the name and by authority of” the President of the United States. Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Agriculture, James McHale, will accept the award. The Department’s export promotion program was begun in 1967 and has con tinued to grow with each passing year. Currently, the Department’s Export Marketing Service cooperates with 185 state firms, brokers and others engaged in export. The service included a monthly newsletter carrying export news tailored to Pennsylvania’s needs, plus a list of trade leads gathered from various sources. In dividual assistance is sup plied to firms engaged in exports or interested in starting export activities. The export trade service cooperates with the Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, in promoting food trade shows abroad and con ducting export seminars. Currently it is cooperating with the Bureau of In ternational Commerce of the Pennsylvania Department of Commerce in planning a Pennsylvania International ft*. Today, wherever modernization with Free Stall Housing provides a very satisfactory day-to-day operation, Rigidply Laminated Rafters are the preferred choice. They provide much more space for the money plus fast, economical erection. Proper ventilation is provided without fans, pre venting condensation and helping reduce odors. Sunlight and ventilation combine to provide a de sirable working environment, heat and light for winter months and a healthy place for animals. WITH THE Trade Conference in 1976, Pennsylvania's exports of food and related products currently total about $5O million a year. Most of this in in processed foods, but in cluded fresh fruit, such as apples, and livestock, especially purebred dairy cattle. The cattle, mostly bred heifers, are shipped by jet from Harrisburg In ternational Airport to Europe and Latin America. Since 1967, the Department has participated directly in food trade shows in Japan, Europe, England and the Caribbean. Each year Pennsylvania food firms are represented at trade shows around the world. The President’s “E” Award was introduced in 1961 by the U.S. Department of Commerce as a revival and adaption of the World War II “E” pennants awarded to industrial plants for superior production. The award is given both for companies with outstanding records in export sales and for service organizations, such as banks, export brokers and government agencies for outstanding work in promoting export activities. While the U.S. Secretary of Commerce is responsible for conferring the “E” Awards, other agencies participating In the decision! include U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Interior, State and Labor, as well as the Small Business Administration. In moods of doubt and frustration in the face of injustice and wretchedness I think of the counsel of the most sagacious man I have ever known, Justice Bran dels, “My dear,” he advised his impatlenT daughter, “if you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you.” You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him. Paul A. Freund ***»•. £#j*r*rr- z S / / PROFIT BUILDING ✓'' MAXIMIZE HER PRODUCTION young’s PRE - MIXES You know she needs top nutrition to produce her best. But you can’t afford to invest in minerals she doesn't need or can't use Young’s PRECISION NUTRITION PRE-MIXES are designed to de velop PEAK PRODUCTION with a minimum investment. These eco nomical profit builders provide exactly what she needs with no wasted ingredients. FREE university forage analysis and feed programming starts her on the PROFIT-BUILDING ROAD to PEAK MILK PRODUCTION. Regular consultation with your young MAN keeps her there. The local yOling MAN has the training ana experience to provide nutritional guidance for all your feeding needs. Whatever your ration mix of grams, legumes and non-legumes—Young's offers a pre-mix to provide the pre cise nutritional complement. Only ingredients most biologically avail- Give him a coll today. young’s, inc. able to her are used m the Young's formulas - - another PROFIT BUILDING PLUS for you. NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS FOR LIVESTOCK Visit our booth at the PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW -January 4fh thru 10th
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