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Garages Shops ~ Hog Confinement | | Machine Sheds 7 Cattle Confinement | • ' Horse Barns 2 Free Stall Barns 4 Silo Feed Rooms ■ Li Grain Storage ’ Livestock Barns * WEST CHESTER - Chester County’s rural heritage and its com mitment to open space and agriculture will be recognized November 21, when the Chester County Commissioners honor the owners of some 60 “Century Farms” in the county. Awards will be presented to the owners of these Century Farms by the commissioners at the 19th Annual Farm-City Night dinner at the West Chester Treadway Inn on Route 202. The dinner is sponsored annually by the Kiwanis Club of West Chester and the Chamber of Commerce of Greater West Chester. A Century Farm is one which has been owned by the same family for a continuous period of 100 years or more. The farm must be at least 10 acres in size or gross over $lOOO a year in farm income. The award ceremony is being made possible by I NAME J ADDRESS I Telephone No Century Farms to be honored in Chester County on FREE! Beautiful MORTON BUILDINGS Man’s Self-Winding Day/Date WRIST WATCH With Each New Morton Building Purchased Between Nov 1,1977 and Dec 24, 1977 (Erected at our convenience) 's' / MORTON *^| r machine snm * <**» grants from the com missioners and several Chester County banks in cluding Elverson National Bank, First National Bank of Honeybrook, First National Bank of West Chester, National Bank and Trust Co. of Kennett Square, National Central Bank, Peoples Bank of Oxford, and Southeast National Bank. The award ceremony will only be a part of the night’s activities at the dinner. The Kiwanis Club and the Chamber of Commerce have also planned a smg-a-long featuring Mrs. Donna Beech at the piano and the main entertainment will be provided by the Holy Trinity Boys Choir, which is weU known in the area and last year performed throughout Europe. The concept of honoring Century Farms is not unique to Chester County. Other counties in the state have honored Century Farmers. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 19,1977 Members of that com mittee were Robert Powers, county agricultural Ex tension agent; Charles Gable of Elverson; Leon Wilkinson of Landenburg; John McCausland of Downingtown; Marshall Jones of Westtown; Ira Hicks of West Chester; G. Pownell Jones of Toughkenamon; Harold Martin of Oxford; and Eugene McDowell of New London. “The farm families of Chester County have con tributed more than we could ever estimate to the economy, culture and character of Chester County,” said Earl M. Your Christmas gift list have growing pains? Shrink your problem by giving everyone U.S. Savings Bonds - a perfect, personalized gift. WHY?? SHOULD I CONSIDER A FARM DRAINAGE INVESTMENT FROM COCALICO EQUIPMENT CO.? BECAUSE THEYARE LAND IMPROVEMENT SPECIALISTS USING ALL S.C.S. APPROVED MATERIALS Call 215-267-3808 ASK ABOUT THEIR LASER BEAM GRADE CONTROL DRAINAGE MACHINE Drainage Pays High Returns Investment Land Drainage 21-46% (d) Farm Buildings 3-23% (d) Farm Land 11% (e) Stocks 7.4% (o Bonds 6.1% (g) COMPARE Even with the conservative figures shown above, it’s obvious that land drainage should top farmers’ lists of investment priorities. COCALICO EQUIPMENT CO. lie A, Mon. Baker, chairman of the county commissioners, “and it is proper that they are recognized for their com mitment.” The list of Century Farms offers a cross-section of agricultural types in Chester County. They range from dairy farms to mushroom farms to general crop farms. Also, there are Century farms in all sections of the county with the majority of them located in the southern, western, and northern sections of the county. For information on the Farm-City dinner call the Chamber of Commerce of Greater West Chester at 215- 6964046. 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