—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Oct 23, 1976
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Ruth Shertzer and Earl Newcomer, from Pennsylvania's Secretary of
Lancaster County, Farmers Agriculture, Raymond Kerstetter,
Association, receive congratulations right.
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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Consistency:
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Performance:
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Reliability:
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profit!