J 4—Uncaster Farming, Saturday. June Jj9Ll 976 Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Raymond J. Kerstetter (center) speaks with Leon Kirkoff (left), Pomona Grange master, and Kerstetter [Continued from Page 1) Speaking to farmers at the Reading Pair Banquet later that same evening (see separate article), Kerstetter mentioned bis visit to the dairy week exhibit stating, “I was impressed with the dairy exhibits and the people who were looking at them. It just goes to show, we have to promote our products.” During a brief press conference at the mall, Kerstetter congratulated Berks County farmers saying, “I have'seen nicer NOW is the time to PLAN, Budget and Select YOUR STORAGE, DRYING and HANDLING SYSTEM. give you a ong lasting, oth running storage system. Bazooka augers offer a wide range of capacity, choice of drives and accessories for automated grain and feed handling. These matched components make a system that can be expanded. 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He regretted, however, that due to the numbers of bills considered, he was unable to report on the exact status of Bill 219, but furthered the opinion, “I am sure it will be pas&ed.” ' On the matter of the disposition of state hospital farms, Kerstetter em phatically expressed his opposition to proposals which would “piecemeal it out.” He has debated the issue before the House, and is opposing a bill which has already been advanced which would “pick up just the Harrisburg land.” He added, “We should not .turn out the land ... we should keep it in agriculture. Once we lose it, it will be gone and you will just see more townhouses. We can make more washing machines and tractors,” he emphasized, “but not more land.” Kerstett'er did advance two.possible solutions to the state hospital farm problem. “Unless you inherit land from your he pointy >out, r,“ypu . start "a farm today 'because s the cost £s too 'high'. 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