—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 5,1977
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Fanning’s advances
jeopardized
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Service. According to Smith,
40 positions in Extension are
currently vacant and can’t
be filled because money is
not available.
Penn State University
depends on state govern
ment appropriations for a
large part of its expenses
Pennsylvania legislators
have thus far appropriated
no monies for Penn State as
well as several other in
stitutions due to the overall'
financial dilemma that
exists m the Keystone State.
Smith expresses par
ticular concern about Penn
State’s financial plight
because of its functions as a
land-grant university. “It
was put there to help
agriculture and to be of
service to rural people as
well as others,” he ex
plained.
Higher taxes may be the
only solution to the budget
impasse. Supporters of such
a move say taxes will have to
be raised sooner or later, so
why not now, if that’s what it
takes to keep Penn State
alive. Many legislators, and
voters, however, are op
posed to such a move.
Smith figures it will take a
big vote from the city to put
Penn State back on its tracks
and give farmers the kind of
Farm Calendar
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Ephrata Area Young
Farmers meeting No. 2 on
pesticides, at the high
school, 7:45 p.m.
Pennsylvania Livestock
Association annual meeting
and dinner, Crossgates Inn
near Mechamcsburg, 6:30
p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 9
Income Tax Workshop,
Kulpsville Holiday Inn, 9
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Lebanon County Con
servation District board of
directors meets, 8 p.m.
Room 209 in the Post Office
Building, Lebanon.
“Gram Marketing 77-78” a
program of the New Jersey
Extension Service, will be
shown at the Hunterdon
County, N J Extension
Center, 8 p.m
Dover Young Farmers
meeting, hay and forage
show, at the high school.
Penn State Foliage and
Flowering Pot seminar,
King of Prussia
Thursday, Nov. 10
Federal Land Bank and
Production Credit of York
annual stockholders
meeting, The Embers
Restaurant, Carlisle, dinner
at 7 p.m.
Annual meeting of the
Franklin County DHIA, also
awards banquet, 7 pm. at
the Lemasters Community
Center
Agriculture-Industry ba
nquet, Lancaster Farm and
Home Center, 7 p.m.
Elizabethtown Young
Farmers meet at the high
school, 7:45 p.m. Subject:
corn.
The Susquehanna River
Basin Commission meets at
the Penn Harris Motor Inn,
Camp Hill, 1 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 11
York County FFA
Max Smith
land grant university they
deserve. “My plea would be
that urban folks realize how
important agriculture is to
the overall economy,” Smith
said. “It will take the urban
vote to get agriculture back
on its feet again. I would
urge the people to get m
contact with their local
legislators and tell them how
they feel about Penn State
having to spend $3OOO per
day for interest,” the Ex
tension agent concluded.
If money isn’t soon for
thcoming, it could end up
that appropriated funds will
have to be used up just to pay
back loans, thus per
petuating a budget crisis.
meetmg, 7 p.m. at Dover
High School, Dover.
Pennsylvania Egg
Marketing Association
meets, Sheraton-Conestoga,
Lancaster, 7 p.m.
Lehigh County Extension
Service has annual meeting,
at the new Penn State
campus just north of
Fogelsville, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 12
York Pomona Grange,
hosted by Washington
Grange at Kralltown,
beginning at 2 p.m.
Sunday Nov. 13
Family Day at NEPPCO
meeting kicks off the annual
meeting. Registration
begms at 1 p.m. Exhibit halls
open at 6 p.m. Program
continues through Tuesday
afternoon at the Host Farm,
Lancaster.
NEMA board of directors
meets today and tomorrow
at the Continental Inn,
Lancaster.
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