(• PFA faces challenges
with record of progress
MOUNT POCONO
Charles R. Ord, ad
ministrative secretary of the
Pennsylvania Farmers’
Association (PFA),
presented a progress report
Monday to voting delegates
and others attending PFA’s
28th annual meeting.
Voting delegates, num
bering 166, were gathered at
Mount Airy Lodge, Mount
Pocono, Nov. 12-15, to
hammer out statewide
policies and elect officers.
Ord told the general
session gathering that PFA’s
public affairs department
dealt with 215 policies
Adopted by voting delegates
at last year’s convention. He
listed legislative victories on
farm truck licensing and
oversized vehicle permits,
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agricultural research,
veterinary medicine and
more.
He also noted PFA has
been recognized by
newspapers as one of the top
ten lobbying organizations in
the state.
Ord outlined organization
achievements in other areas
such as farm management
service, legal service,
cooperative marketing and
purchasing, volume pur
chasing, and more. He also
urged a program for
capitalization of all PFA
programs and sendees.
PFA is a general farm
organization with 21,255
farm family members in 53
county associations. It is
affiliated with the American
Farm Bureau Federation.
PFA president Eugene
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Thompson, an Indiana
County dairyman, said,
“Farmers must concern
themselves with more than
just the weather. Decisions
in Harrisburg and
Washington, D.C. can affect
our livelihood just as much.
That’s why we set policies to
be enacted at local, state and
national levels.”
“Unfortunately,” Thomp
son continued, “this past
year, as in 1977, most of our
concerns aren’t with the
legislatures but with
regulatory agencies like
OSHA and DER. There are
87 federal regulatory
agencies alone. We’d like to
see more legislative control
over the regulatory
process.”
Voting delegates, devoted
three days to discussing and
deciding official stances on
subjects ranging from dairy
bam inspections to public
utilities.
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PFA honors
John Smith
MOUNT POCONO - John
Smith, the York County
Cooperative Extension
Agent and community
leader, was presented the
distinguished service award
of the Pennsylvania Far
mers’ Association (PFA)
Monday afternoon.
The award was made
during a general session of
voting delegates and farm
leaders attending PFA’s
four-day convention at
Mount Airy Lodge, Mount
Pocono. PFA is a general
farm organization with
21,255 farm family members
in 53 county associations.
Smith has served
agriculture 31 years in the
Cooperative Extension
Service - 26 of those year m
York County.
In receiving the award,
Smith was praised for his
educational efforts to im
prove the county’s
production of potatoes, com,
alfalfa, milk, soybeans,
poultry and fruit.
Smith has promoted
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agriculture on radio and
television workshops,
through farm city tours and
through his numerous
associations with civic
groups. In addition, he has
worked with farmers and
many organizations to
improve the environment
and to increase soil con
servation.
He has already received
many awards from gover
nment, farm groups,
educators and en-
vironmentalists for his
numerous achievements. He
is also active in many civic
groups and community
projects outside of
agriculture.
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Christinas
tree
directory
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The
popular “Choose And Cut”
Christinas tree directory
published by the Maryland
Department of Agriculture
and the Maryland Christinas
Tree Association will soon be
ready for free distribution.
George Roche, of MDA’s
Division of Marketing, says
the directory for 1978 will list
27 growers located in the
following counties:
Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil,
Frederick, Harford,
Howard, Montgomery,
Prince Georges, Talbot and
Worcester.
The directories will be
mailed free of charge to
those who request them on a
first come-first serve basis.
Judging from the past
popularity of the directory,
requests should be sent to
MDA by Thanksgiving.
Copies will be sent out
December first.
One should send his name
and address (a postcard will
do) to; “Christmas Trees”
care of Maryland Depart
ment of Agriculture, An
napolis, Maryland 21401.
The directory lists
growers, gives road
directions to their plan
tations, and also details their
hours of operation, dates,
and types of trees they have
for sale this year.
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