Vol. 21 No. 44
Carter’s position hit
LEXINGTON, N.C. - Allan
Grant, the California fanner
who is president of the
nation’s largest general
farm organization, said here
yesterday (Friday) that
Jimmy Carter’s en
dorsement of United Farm
Worker proposals for
unlimited access to
California farm properties
by labor union organizers,
“amounts to open betrayal of
all American farmers - and a
callous - if not un
constitutional disregard for
property rights....” Grant,
who heads the 2,500,000
member-family American
Farm Bureau Federation,
York Fair had it all
YORK - More than 1700
head of livestock, and a
record number of entries in
amny other exhibition
categories were shown here
at the York Fair, which ends
today (Saturday).
The nine-day Fair is one of
the biggest in the state and in
amny respects -rivals die
State Farm Show in
Harrisburg. Despite nearly
constant rain from Wed
nesday evening through
Thursday night, exhibitors
kept up their good spirits and
went about their activities in
normal fashion.
As in previous years, this -
the 109th York Fair - hosted
Fair visited in rain
QUARRYVILLE - For the
second year in a row, it
drizzled on the opening day
of the Solanco Fair.
However, few people seemed
to mind because the parking
lot was filled to capacity.
Don Trimble, Solanco
Association president
commented that in his
estimation the turnout for
the whole day was larger
than any other Wednesday in
previous years.
Regardless of the rain,
people still lined up to view
the countless entries in the
Fair tents, and wandered
over the grounds to enjoy the
opener of the local fair
season.
One particular item of
interest was a 255 pound
pumpkin exhibited by Bob
Ford. One spectator
remarked on seeing this
mammoth creation of
nature, “Mmm, boy, that’s
over 200 pumpkin pies,
there.”
The Fair did not officially
begin until 7:00 p.m.,
however. Prior to the
opening, dairy and sheep
judging took place, and a
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said that although the issue
is on the November ballot
only in California, the state
has become a testing ground
for unionization of all U.S.
agriculture.
Elsewhere in his hard
hitting speech, Grant said
Carter’s endorsement ap
peared consistent with the
Democratic Party plat
form’s already “Chilling
disregard for personal
rights” in seeking repeal of
Section 14-b of the Taft-
Hartley Act, which allows
states to enact right-to-work
laws. Twenty states, in
cluding North Carolina, now
have such laws.
4-H and FFA contests, as
well as open classes. There
were horticultural displays,
homemakers’ projects,’-,
animals, rides, en
tertainment, and unusual
contests. Among the more
unique events was a tobacco
spitting contest which was
judged on the basis of ac
curacy and distance. A
youngster, who did quite well
in the contest, reportedly has
been chewing since age
three. Donald Lewis, 6, is the
young champion tobacco
spitter and he has even
lobbied for tobacco in front
of the Maryland Senate!
traditional baby parade was
scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Due
to the rain, however, the
parade was cancelled and
reset for Friday morning.
Don Trimble officially
opened the Fair with a brief
note of welcome to the
visitors at 7 p.m. Im
mediately following
Trimble’s opening, a bake
sale was held for the
radiology department of the
Lancaster General Hospital.
Not all the proceeds went to
the hospital, however. Half
went to the Fair fund. In
total, $265 was raised.
The final scheduled event
on the day’s agenda was a
In this issue
Farm Calendar 10
Editorial Comments 10,102
Classifieds 22
Homestead Notes 42
Ida’s Notebook 44
Timonium Fair 45,68,86
Home on the Range 46
Junior Cooking Edition 48
Women’s Calendar 52
My Thoughts 53
lifeonthefarm 64
The farm leader
challenged the Democratic
Party and George Meany,
head of the AFL-CIO, to let
workers decide for them
selves whether or not they
wish to join a union. In view
of the union-shop party
plank, Grant said it was
“small wonder that Mr.
Meany has pledged to
deliver his vote to the
Democratic Party this fall.
Apparently he feels that the
chance to extend union
compulsion and at the same
time to help decide this
nation’s farm and foreign
policy is too good to pass up.
“With identical wage
Another unusual event was
grape stomping, the first
ever at “The Great York
Fair.” There’s also a wine
tasting contest held here
annually,
Over in the livestock
bams, the familiar name? of
Knight, King, Rutter, Welsh,
Strawbcidge, Bankert and
others dominated the scene.
Cindy Knight, subject of a
special feature within the
front section of this paper,
had all but one of the
champions in the 4-H
Holstein show. Carl An
derson 111 bad three animals
entered in the open Holstein
log sawing contest, which
was to take place rain or
shine.
During the afternoon, the
fair was honored by the visit
of a foreign dignitary. Juan
Manuel Fernandez, coor
dinator of general training
for people in rural areas of
Venezuela through the In
stitute Nacional De
Cooperacion Educativa de
Venezuela, was at Solanco to
get a first hand look at a
Lancaster County
agricultural Fair. Presently,
Fernandez is working with
Penn State on a cooperative
program to implement
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Pa. All-American 77
Ephrata Fair preview " 82
Weather Report 84
State Jersey Sale 90
Dairy princesses 94
Federal milk orders 101
Severe drought 103
Ag satellites 105
Public Sale Register 106
Sale Reports 115
scales, labor costs in a union
shop are now between 25 and
35 percent higher than in a
non-union shop. Redundant
workers, cumbersome and
costly work rules,
slowdowns, work stoppages
and strikes, bring those
greater costs. With such a
record Mr. Meany dares
criticize farmers - with our
unmatched productive
output - and says he is
concerned about the higher
costs labor union members
must pay for what they
buy,” Grant said.
“Mr. Meany’s words do
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show and walked off a
winner with each one. Wayne
Banker! excelled in several
classes of livestock,
primarily sheep and bogs.
John Strawbridge possibly
took home more champion
ribbons for his hogs than he
brought hop to the Fair in
the first place.
And so it went. Com
petition, excitement, fun,
and the satisfaction of
winning.
Detailed results on the 1976
York Fair may be found
throughout the 116 pages of
this week’s issue of Lan
caster Fanning, with more
to come next week.
techniques of agricultural
education into his country.
Mike Lynch, coordinator
of staff development for the
Penn State extension staff,
explained that the program
being worked on is part of
the Penn State College of
Agriculture’s international
program.
After spending some time
at the Solanco Fair, Fer
nandez remarked this kind of
agricultural development is
the greatest training for the
“younger people.” He ex
pressed the sentiments that
with so many youths of today
turning to drugs because
they have no purpose in life,
this type of agriculture
program is needed to instill
pride and a sense of worth in
them.
After his tour of the
Solanco Fair, Fernandez
went on to tour other Penn
State facilities such as the
Southeast Field Research
Laboratory near Landisville.
By the close of Wednesday,
the afternoon’s drizzle had
turned into a heavier
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