Lancaster County begins land resource study By KENDACEBORRY LANCASTER - Lan caster County can add another first behind its name. It is the first county in the Commonwealth to have It all started with an FFA chain gilt . . . ByKENDACEBORRY ELIZABETHTOWN - It all started for Peggy Mullen, a senior at Elizabethtown Area High a member of the FFA, when her older brother Larry, Jr. became in terested in pigs. The family A wild variety of com that vwas thought to be extinct has been discovered. Scientists are hopeful that cultivated com may be improved with it. The story begins on page 136. V0L.24H04»^7 initiated its own land and water resource research. ' Officially entitled, the Lancaster Area land and Water Resource Study, it was begun at the request of the Lancaster County Conservation District, the has never quite been the same. It’s seems that Larry became an FFA member and won the gilt in the club’s gilt chain. Then he rented a bam to shelter that animal and his other pigs. Then the rest of the family, including, An area poultry judging contest was won by the Grassland FFA Chapter for third year in a row. Page 42 has details. Lancaster Farmhi * .Saturday, May 5,1979 Lancaster Association of Commerce and Industry, and the Lancaster Co. Commissioners. The study will be made to provide information on the land and water resources in the county. This in Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Mullen, Sr., and Peggy, became interested in the hog industry. 1 Finally, about 2% years ago, Peggy related, her father said, “enough is enough,” and they bought the farm outside of Bain " • ■ ... ~ In this issue Editorials 10 Letters 10 Life on the farm 30 Classifieds 54 Homestead Notes 90 Jr. Cooking Edition 92 formation, when collected, will be stored in a com puterized information retrieval system, for use by forms of local governments within the county. Three federal agencies, all under the USDA will be bridge that the family now lives on. And so it just seemed natural for the lively, dark haired girl to follow her brother’s footsteps and take up hogs. She joined FFA in the 10th grade, and has Kendy’skollunm 94 Joyce Bupp 95 Home on the Range 96 Doris Thomas 104 Berks County FFA 125 Red Lkm FFA 147 untertaking the study. These include: Soil Conservation Service, the Bureau of Forestry, and the Economics Statistics and Cooperative Service. Also involved will be the Lan- served as newsreporter for her chapter for two years. Showing that she has learned during her years working with die hogs, she was named chapter farmer in 1978 in her chapter, and also received the swine production award. Legislation being con sidered in Harrisburg may help in keeping discarded containers out of farmers’ fields. See page 102. $6.00 Per Year Lancaster Farminf photo by Dieter (Dies caster County Planning Commission. According to Frank Lucas, soil conservationist dealing with the project, the project’s purpose is “to find out how the money flows in (Turn to Page 37) At the recent FFA banquet for her chapter, she also won the leadership award, farm production award, was named star agri-farmer, acquired her Red Rose Degree, and took the Lan (TurntoPage36) Want to know more about cooking with eggs? Christine Bushway of the American Egg Board provides in formation on page 99.
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