—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 22,1977
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Lancaster County Commissioner Jack Tracy, (left) Lancaster County Dairy
Princess Twila Brubaker, and Lancaster Mayor Richard Scott (right) all tried to
pull the most milk out of Nedra, a Guernsey provided by the Raymond Witmer
family, Willow Street, at the Park City shopping mall on Tuesday evening. In the
official tally, Tracy came up the winner of the milking contest.
Beverly Garber, Lancaster County poultry
queen, hands a piece of turkey ham to Karen
Shertzer, 1518 Millford Road, Lancaster.
Jars and jars of honey in the Park City shopping
mail attracted more shoppers than bees. The
honey display was part of the Lancaster County
Farmers Association mail promotion.
Mall promotion familiarizes si
flood news!
Massey-Ferguson will give you cash
back when you purchase new MF farm
equipment!
This just has to be the best Early Bird
Deal we’ve ever been able to offer. And
it includes four good reasons why
NOW is a great time to buy an MF trac
tor, combine or other MF farm equip
ment you need to make your farming
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N. H. FLICKER KELLER BROS.
& SONS INC. Ridge Road
. Perkasie, PA
Ph (2151537252 Ph: 257-5698
Ph. (215) 683-7252 or 257.5864
By JOANNE SPAHR
and SALLY BAIR
LANCASTER - “Will egg
punch mix with chocolate
milk?” asked one passer-by
in the Park City shopping
mall this week when Lan
caster County Poultry Queen
alternate Christine Erb
offered her a free sample of
“Gold Strike Punch,” a
drink made with eggs,
orange juice, and honey.
Miss Erb was working in the
poultry spoke of the wheel
shaped shopping center
where the Lancaster County
Farmers Association was
featuring a mall promotion
to generate understanding
between consumers and
producers. Obviously, the
consumer in question had
previously visited the dairy
mall where free milk
samples were handed out.
Along with Miss Erb in the
poultry area was a giant
feathered chicken who
MF
Massey Ferguson
tickled the fancy of many
children as they sat upon his
lap to talk turkey, an in
cubator to delight adult and
child, an egg grader, an
information booth, and a
turkey display.
Other areas of the shop
ping center were filled with
displays of machinery,
livestock, and fruit as well as
_ demonstrations of crafts,
sheep shearing, beef fitting,
and commodity cooking, to
name a few of the events and
displays that filled the
- weeklong event.
To begin the mall
promotion, Pennsylvania
Secretary of Agriculture
Kent D. Shelhamer visited
the shopping center and told
the Farmers’ Association
members that he liked to
visit Lancaster County
because “things are being
done properly here.
“Lancaster County
agriculture is out on top of
PAUL J. EICHERT
&SON
RDI,
Orwigsburg, PA
Ph: (717)943-2304
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• reduce your purchase price
2 When you finance with MF
• Credit Corporation, you pay no
finance charges until the season
of use. (Shown in box).
J Special low down payment
4 Special low price on most
• equipment.
Season of Use
Corn and Bean Combines. Sept. 1,1^78
Grain Combines
Hay Harvesting Equipment. June 1,1978
Tractors and Implements.. April 1,1978
Personalised Mf financing, parts, an
MARLIN W.
SCHREFFLER
Pitman, PA
Ph: (717) 648-1120
everybody in just about
every category,” Shebiamer
said. “You’re doing a good
job, but if you have a
problem it’s because we
haven’t told our agriculture
story well enough.”
M. M. WEAVER
& SONS
312 Park Ave.
Quarryville, PA
Ph: (717) 786-3521
N. Groftdale Rd.
Leola, PA 17540
Ph: (717) 656-2321
and pay nc
season of i
Aug. 1,1978
S. G. LEWIS
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Wife Grove, PA
(215)869-9440
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