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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 4,1978
Acting Governor Blair Lee, 111 recently presented
a formal proclamation designating January 29th
through February 4th as ‘‘Maryland Agriculture
Week.” Receiving the proclamation during
ceremonies at the State House were: (left to right)
Maryland concludes Agriculture Week
ANNAPOLIS, Md. ~
Maryland celebrated
“Agriculture Week’’
January 29th through
February 4th.
Maryland agriculture is a
big business and always has
been. Agriculture is the
nation’s largest business and
today is the biggest dollar
earner for the United States
in its desperate need for
exports.
Some 33,000 Marylanders
work on farms, but when you
go along the economic chain,
you find almost 200,000
Maryland farmers
together run a big business
when you consider that in
1977 they had $671 million in
assets and $lO2 million in
Labilities; leaving them with
an equity position of $560
million.
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Marylanders owe their jobs
to farming, food processing,
distribution, retailing and
supplying the hundreds of
millions of dollars m good
and services to this vital
industry.
Ever smce Biblical days
man has faced the fear of
famine. Maryland farmers
and their counterparts in the
other 49 states who account
for about 5% of our total
population have licked this
problem decades ago for
America and today help feed
a large part of the rest of the
world.
“We observe ‘Ag Week’ in
Maryland during these cold
Winter days for a reason.
Most of the rest of the year
agriculture is mighty busy
producing food and fibre and
we just don’t have as much
tune to communicate with
our customers and friends as
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Delegate George A. Price (of Baltimore County);
his brother, Richard Price, a Phoenix dairyman
and general chairman of Ag Week activities; and to
the Governor’s right, Maryland Agriculture
Secretary Young D. Hance.
we’d like,” says Tony tune to think for a moment
Evans, 1978 Ag Week where our food comes from
Committee member. and about the achievements
“Also, we think the dead of of those who produce and
winter might be the best process it.”
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