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Fire prevention urged!
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
On an average, fires in {he
United States damage or
consume 1312 homes, 84
farm buildings. 415 apart
ment buildings', 97' school
and college buildings, 15
churches, 86 hospitals,
nursing homes and other
institutions, 238 stores and
offices, 73 restaurants and
Conservation awards givenl
, ByKENDACEBORRY
READING Stony Creek
, Valley Coalition, Inc.,
t Dauphin County, was named
Ithe " " Conservation
f Organization of the year this
’, week as part of the activities
at the 31st joint annual
conference of the Penn
sylvania Association- of
Conservation District
. Directors, Inc. and the State
Conservation Commission.
Unique swine facility begun
By DIETER KRIEG
KENNETT SQUARE - A
unique pig operation which
is under development at the
University of Penn
sylvania’s . New Bolton
Center, near here, will have
both educational and
business values for a large
segment of Pennsylvania
pork producers.
National 4-H Week ends
today. News and features
about 4-H’ers and their clnbs
and activities may be found
on pages 23, 98, 100, 101, 102,
104,105,109,116,125,128,130.
i The Berks County Poultry
I Association has revived an
I old tradition to help build a
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 7,1978
taverns, 145 industrial
plants, and 188 storage
facilities per day.
~ Eighteen people die each
day from fire where, they
live. Thirty per cent of all
fire victims are children. '
■ Fire is one of the biggest
causes of loss in agriculture.
In addition to a quarter of a
billion * dollar loss in
Stony Creek Valley
Coalition, Inc., is a volunteer
organization that was in
corporated'in 1974. It con
sists of 53 conservation,
civic, and sportmen’s groups
represeilting 20,000 mem
bers. THe, goal of the
Coalition is to preserve a
unique natural area in Stony ,
Creek Valley known as St.
Anthny’s Wilderness.
The Wilderness is
' ” >
Being built at a cost of
approximately $750,000, the
480-sow operation is the
cooperative effort between
the School of Veterinary
Medicine at the Univeristy of
Pennsylvania and a group of
Lancaster County farmers.
Also contributing to the
operation is Penn-Jersey
Harvestore Systems, Inc. of
-In this issue
stronger future. Seepage 113
for details.
Farm Calendar 10
Editorial 10
York DHIA 24
A-A Jersey Show 26
A-A Holstein Show 32
Vegetable feature 37
Homestead Notes 50
■ Kendy’s Kollumn 51
I Jr. Cooking Edition 53
I Home on the Range 54
property, priceless personal I
possessions and emotional I
tranquility going up inJ
smoke, many farm residents!
are seriously injured oJ
killed in fires each year.
National Fire Prevention
Week is observed - not!
celebrated - by the United!
States and Canada each I
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threatened by- proposed I
plans of twTmajor utilities I
to construct a hydroelectric I
pumped storage plant. The B
Coalition feels that facilities I
of this type should be con-1
structed in a scarred area I
rather than in a high quality I
environmental setting such I
as Stony Creek Valley. I
In the director attendance I
award, given to the group of J
(Turn to Page 2 7) 1
New Holland. The idea j
behind the venture is to I
provide veterinary students I
at the University with a I
training ground for practices I
involving pigs, while sup-1
plying the eight investors in
the operation with a source ,
of feeder pigs. All of the
manure from the operation
(Turn to Page 42)
Horse shows 56,126 I
Farm Women Calendar 56 '
Joyce Eupp 56
Doris Thomas 60
Conservation meeting 61
Ida’s Notebook 62
Classifieds 63
Lampeter dairy show 107
Manheim Fair preview 108
Beaver Fair results 121
Berks 4-H lamb sale 127
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