—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Oct 23, 1976 20 Ruth Shertzer and Earl Newcomer, from Pennsylvania's Secretary of Lancaster County, Farmers Agriculture, Raymond Kerstetter, Association, receive congratulations right. Public [Continued from Pate 1] direct marketing,” he suggested. “We have got to do something to keep the family farm in existence,” he added. Noting that agriculture is the state’s second largest industry and that Penn sylvania has the largest percentage of rural residents of any state in the union, the Governor’s message also Heard 'he good ews? A ■ f / m*' praised farmers - for then efforts in the field as well as here at Park City - a gigantic complex of a shopping mall with approximately 140 stores under one roof. Senator Brandt described the displays as “fantastic” and “great” while simultaneously expressing hope that farmers will return here in other years to con tinue to bring the farmer’s message to the consumer. He also said he’d like to see this idea spread to other areas of the state, noting that 'VyV* ]>>\ f i *=* he thought the effort to be well worthwhile. Reactions from those polled by this writer during the week all brought back the same message: The displays were educational, interesting, and more efforts like this would be welcomed in years to come. Some samples of remarks follow: “The first time I ever saw a cow milked was right here a few minutes ago during the milking contest,” remarked a grandmother from Lan caster. “I think it’s won- JT Farmers bring ‘‘farm ’ derful and certainly educational for the children. ” Asked if she had a farm background at all, Mrs. Kathryn Spangler said “no.” But that didn’t make much difference to her being in terested in the displays. “I was most interested in the cattle and the milking,” Mrs. Spangler announced unhestitatingly to a question, then adding that she also enjoyed the fresh vegetables and is a frequent visitor to the Farmer’s Market on the lower level of the Mall. “Was this all worthwhile? this writer asked her. “It was definitely wor thwhile -1 surely do think so - I think they ought to have more displays like that,” she announced with a gleam in her eya At no time during the questioning was it made known to any of the as to which paper this writer was representing - to avoid the possibility of having remarks purposely slanted in favor of the farmer. Mrs. Spangler was also asked what she thought of the farmer’s work and the price of food. Her reply was: “I believe that in producing their products they have a big investment of time, hard work, and money. I believe the farmer The businessmai Between 1972 and 1973 an old friend of the commer cial egg producer quietly slipped from view. Some folks called her the best feathered friend they ever had. They’ve missed the “old” B-300 sorely in the last few years. And they’ve told us so. When the “old” B-300 - we call her the B-300V - re tired from Random Sample Testing in 1973, she had an unmatched record of consistent performance. More importantly, she was a legend in her time...in the field...in your poultry house. She made businessmen out of thousands of poultrymen. She was the standard to which competitive strains compared their performance. The B-300V was nearly perfect for the times. But we knew that times were changing. We knew that tomor row’s top layer had to have a stronger eggshell. We were committed to making the B-300V tomorrow’s top layer. Tomorrow is here. For the past 5 years, the B-300V has been in a con centrated program of eggshell improvement. It has paid off in results...without sacrificing the performance that made her your top choice in the “good old days.” Dust off your old records and take another look. Better yet, ask your Babcock distributor for his latest performance data on the B-300V. Try a flock. Compare it to the best of your present stocks. We know you’re going to be pleasantly surprised. The businessman’s bird is back...and better than ever before. The B-300V. Something new is hatching at your Babcock distributor’s.. .today I BABCOCK FARMS/p.O. box 285/lititz, pa. 175 The FFA was present at Park City for the promotional effort initiated by the Lancaster County Farmers' Association. Manning the display on Thursday evening were, left to right, Tim Kauffman, and Ron Forrey, Elizabethtown; Randy Ranck Penn FFA president from Solanco High I Hernley and Roger Smeal, both frc Consistency: The only layer to place first (lOFCC) in every USDA 2-ye< Random Sample Summary b and 1973, her last year of en f * IPHONE; (717) 626-8561 Performance: Legendary 90% pli consistent, top eg) throughout the lay Reliability: The B-300V is a tin farm, under the rea day-in and day-put “businessman’s bir producers wheravei profit!
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