Top project books selected in York Co.
YORK - On January 23, the
York County Vocational
Agricultural Teachers held
their meeting at the York
County Vocational-Agricul
tural School. The agenda for
the meeting dealt- with
budget plans, setting up
dates for area contests, and
Anti-trust proposal
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bureacracy are major contributors to inflation,” said
Naden, “yet the Justic Department seems insistent at pil
ing on even more.” Naden added he fears the barrage of
debate may obscure the basic question of, “Why tamper
with a system at all when it is working in the public in
terest as successfully as farmer cooperatives are?”
The National Council of Farmer Cooperatives is the
voice in Washington for 130 regional farmer cooperatives
and 31 siatecouncils of cooperatives. These organizations,
in turn, represent some 6400 local marketing, supply and
credit cooperatives that are owned, controlled and serv
ing 2 million family fanners in all 50 states and Puerto
Eico.
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869-2214 2 mi. N. Rome off Rt. 187 Ph; (717) 943-2304
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225 York Road
Carlisle. PA
Ph: (717) 249-5338
the project books contest to
be judged after the meeting.
Each student in
agriculture is required to
have at least one project per
year in order to get credit for
his agricultural courses.
Those schools present at the
meeting were Kennard-
- &
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Pitman, PA
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Dale, Red Lion, Eastern,
Northern, Dover and the Vo-
Tech. Each school submitted
project books to be judged.
There were a total of 132
project books. These were
divided into 17 categories,
with three places per
category; blue, red, and
white. The teachers who
were present judged the
boolts on the student’s in
come, the accuracy of his
records, the completeness of
his records, and the neatness
of his record book.
Kennard-Dale had a total
of 51 books in the contest.
They were awarded 16 blue
ribbons, 16 red ribbons, and
16 white ribbons for their
books. Red Lion had a total
of 30 books in the contest
with 8 blue ribbon, 16 red
ribbon, and 6 white ribbon
books. Vo-Tech had a tc f al of
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Maxatawny, PA
Ph: (215) 683-7252
29 books with 5 blue,-Ift red,
and 14 white ribbon books.
Eastern had a total of 16
books in the contest with 5
blue ribbon, 5 red ribbon,
and 6 white ribbon books.
Dover had 4 books in the
contest with 1 blue ribbon, 1
red ribbon, and 2 white
ribbon books. Northern had 2
books in the contest with one
red ribbon and one white
ribbon book. The prize
money for these books
comes out of the FFA County
Fair Fund which the County
receives in March.
The first place project
books and some of the
second place books will go on
to the state record book
contest in February. The
student has a chance to gain
recognition for his record
book through these contests.
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Clutch
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Brakes
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Steering
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Auxiliary 3 or 4-spool valves with hydraulic
Hydraulics release detents, individual flow
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PTO Factory-installed 1000 rpm
190 U S gal (719 litres]
Fuel Cai
lacity
’Manufacturer's estimated enfine horsepower
ARNETT’S GARAGE M. H WEAVER & SON GUS FARM EQUIPMENT INC.
N. Grotfdale Rd. 1nt.214&516
Hagerstown. MD Leola, PA 17540 Seven Valleys. PA 17360
Ph: (301) 733-0515 Ph: (717) 656-2321 Ph; (717)428-1967
ABRACZINSXA’S FARM EQUIP. INC. LEBANON VALLEY IMPLEMENT CO.
HARRISBURG - Potatoes
held in storage by growers,
local dealers and processors
on January 1, 1979 in Penn
sylvania are estimated at
3.45 million hundredweight
(cwt.), one per cent less than
on January 1, 1978, ac
cording to the Pennsylvania
Crop Reporting Service.
The 1979 figure represents
55 per cent of the state’s
revised Fall potato
production estimate. Stocks
at this time last year also
amounted to 55 per-cent of
the 1977 production.
Pennsylvania Fall potato
production is now estimated
at 6.25 million cwt., two per
cent below 1977. This is a
function of 25,000 acres
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717-356-2323
(South on Rt. 42)
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 10,1979
Pa. potato stocks
down 1%
MF TRACTOR
MODELS
230 thru 275,
INTEREST
WAIVED TILL
APRIL 1. 1979
harvested with a yield of 250
cwt.
An estimated 190 million
cwt. of potatoes for all uses
were in storage in the United
States Fall producing areas
on January 1, 1979. This is
seven per cent above a year
earlier and nine per cent
more than in 1977.
The seven eastern states
had 26.2 million cwt. in
storage, down nine per cent
from a year earlier and
three per cent below 1977.
This is the lowest stocks in
the eastern region since 1974.
Disappearance of the 1978
Fall crop until January 1/
1979 was 123 million cwt.
(excluding Nevada), a
decrease of one per cent
from last year.
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700 E. Linden St.
Richland, PA
Ph: (717) 866-7518
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