Jefferson Farmers
Union to meet
BROOKVILLE, - The cost
of vandalism of farm
property and the current low
farm prices are two of the
topics set for discussion by
Jefferson County Farmers
Union Members, announced
Ivan Himes, county
president.
“Farmers in our area
have suffered greatly from
damage caused by vandals,”
said Himes. “We plan to
share ideas and suggestions
and work toward some
solution to this problem.”
One proposal under
discussion will be the Far
mers Union Farm Property
■Protection Plan.
This cow, Chedco Princess Charity, was the high selling animal at the 30th
anniversary sale of the Pennsylvania Guernsey Breeders Association. Ben
Crocker of Belmond, lowa, paid $1450 for 3-year old daughter of Lyrene May
Rose Prince.
HAROLD J. DIETRICH
RD 1, Box 98, Richland, PA (717) 933-4940
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Himes, of Brookville,
urged all members from
Jefferson, Elk, and Clear
field counties to attend the
meeting. The meeting will be
held at the Howard Johnsons
in Brookville on Nov. 17
beginning at 8 p.m.
Refreshments will be ser
ved.
Allen Deiter, legislative
specialist for Pennsylvania
Farmers Union, will give a
report on state legislation
affecting agriculture.
Election of county officers
for the coming year and of
delegates to the State con
vention will also be held at
this meeting.
Grange acts on resolutions
HARRISBURG -- Ap
proximately 40 resolutions
adopted by delegates to the
105th annual convention of
the Pennsylvania State
Grange have been sent to
Washington for action by the
National Grange.
J. Luther Snyder, State
Grange master, said the
resolutions will be con
sidered at the policy-making
sessions of the National
Grange’s 111th annual
convention at Greensboro,
N. C., November 14 to 22.
Delegates to the State
Grange convention approved
almost 100 resolutions but
only, those involving Federal
activities were forwarded to
the National Grange, Snyder
said.
They deal with a broad
range of subjects, including:
support of U.S. Senate Bill
569 which would authorize a
U.S.Department of
Agriculture feasibility study
of processes to convert
animal waste into energy;
expansion of federal
research projects for energy
recycling; opposition to the
use of casein or caseinates in
the manufacture of ice
cream; critical of the use of
sewage sludge “until it can
be proved by local, state or
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that kind of money are staggering
and threaten to cripple phases of
Penn State if our state government
doesn’t wake up
This is not one of those cases
where we can smugly sit back and
say: “Let them tighten their belts
like the rest of us ”
The truth of the matter is that
Penn State’s operating budget has
been cut Period. It needs to be
restored, and quickly Furthermore,
Penn State has been operating for
the past several years on budgets
which required automatic belt
tightening. For example, the
cumulative impact of inflation from
Irrigation conference slated
NEWARK, Del. - A
conference on the irrigation
of farm crops will be held
Thursday, December 1, at
the Delaware Technical and
Community College in
Georgetown. The event,
which is sponsored by the
Delaware Cooperative
Extension Service, will start
at 10 a.m. and adjourn at 3
p.m.
Subjects to be discussed at
the conference include the
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 5,1977
federal agencies that this
sludge is harmless to
the environment.”; support
of legislation to guarantee
mortgage loans at reduced
interest rates to help
families become established
in farming; opposition to
legislation proposing repeal
of Section 14 (B) of the Taft-
Hartley Act which governs
right-to-work laws.
Opposition to two
Congressional bills - H.R.
8410 and S. 1883 - which
would unbalance mem
bership of the National
Labor Board and, by
favoring labor strongly,
would increase costs of food
Penn State
1972 to this year was 41.6 per cent
The University’s appropriations
increased by only 28.9 per cent
during that time, however. Also, the
number of full-time faculty decreased
by 2.6 per cent during these years,
while student enrollment increased
by 12 7percent
A lot of jobs, research, and
prestige are being lost because of
this irresponsibility within the state
government
With elections coming up this
Tuesday, maybe we can give some of
our bureaucrats a good swift kick in
the pants by way of the ballot box
while simultaneously doing Penn
State and other institutions a big
favor
advantages of irrigating
com in southern Delaware,
water resources for
irrigation, and steps to take
in setting up an irrigation
system.
There will also be a
presentation on matching
cultural, practices with new
yield goals, and special
sessions on various aspects
of irrigation. These sessions
(which will include industry
participants) will cover:
production and processing
Support, instead, for H.R.
8289 and S. 1855 which, it is
claimed, would protect both
“labor and producer in
terests and maintain
reasonable consumer
costs.”
Opposition to any
legislation that would grant
voting rights to persons who
are not citizens of the United
States.
Strict enforcement of laws
applying to illegal entry of
any persons into United
States.
Also included amoung the
resolutions were a number
dealing with Grange ac
tivities and programs on a
nationwide scale.
wells, pumps and power
sources; center pivots and
traveling . guns; trickle
irrigation; economics and
financing.
The meeting itself is free,
but there will be a $2 charge
for the box lunch which will
be served at noon. For
reservations or further in
formation about the con
ference, contact your county
extension office in Newark,
Dover or Georgetown.
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