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Stock tractor putts Were an Expo first and highlighted the second annual show.
Philip and Sharon Cunio, Carlisle, were among
many Expo guests to cast ballots in the Depart
ment of Agriculture’s straw vote. Manning the
booth is Department employee Peg Crumling.
Farmers continuing effort
to replace bridge
BY DICK ANGLESTEIN
FALMOUTH - After a
year and a half of contacts
with officials in four
municipalities, a group of
farmers in Lancaster and
Dauphin counties remain
unsuccessful in their efforts
to have a burned—out bridge
replaced over the Conewago
Creek
It looks as if we may be
Pretty much at the end of the
line, but we’re still hoping
that something can be
done,’’ Clair Nissley, who
farms on the Dauphin
County side of the creek,
said
Nissley accompanied by
some neighboring farmers in
noth counties, appeared at
ms week’s meeting of
Cancster County Com
jnissioners to continue the
lo ng~standing plea for
replacement of the Nissley
fill Bridge, which was
urned by vandals in
August, 1978
As farmers, one of our
ma I° r concerns is the
transport of our equipment
back and forth across the'
creek to get to different
fields,” Nissley said.
He explained that the
bridge had been used quite
extensively before the fire
not only by farmers, but by
Lancaster County residents
who commuted to work in
the Middletown and
Harrisburg areas.
An alternate route can be
utilized along Rt. 441, ac
cording to Nissley, but is not
as suitable as the township
roads leading to the bridge. -
"The other route is much
busier, particularly early in
the morning, and more
dangerous for operating
slow—moving farm
equipment,” he said. “We
have a t skid—steer loader
and have noticed how much
worse it is when we couldn’t
use the township roads.”
Nissley and Christian G.
Becker, who farms on the
Lancaster County side of the
creek, have particular
difficulty in moving their (
Lancaster Fanning, Satertfay, March 1,1950
Straw poll to he computed
from Equipment Expo guests
BY CURTHARLER
HARRISBURG - Can
didates for several state and
national political offices
were on hand throughout the
' FannEkyiipmentElrposition,
to- field questions from
fanpenr. ■
Department of Agriculture
ran its dwnfv&rsion of' the2.':
Noverpber election by giving'
visitor§/flte opportunity to.
vote ma straw election.
Results’.from the straw
poll will be counted on
Monday, March 3.
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Voter' interest appeared
strong as the Second Annual
Farm BquipmentExposition
opened Thursday.
, Interest in the candidates
equipment.” The two far
mers jointly own and use
various pieces of equipment
m their operations on both
sides of the creek.
“During the season,
hardly a day goes by that we
wouldn’t use the bridge,”
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Farmers slaughter beef checkoff plan
LANCASTER - Locally,
and across Pennsylania,
farmers voted over
whelmingly against the
proposed beef checkoff plan.
A nationaTtabulation will
npt be-made until some time
late the first week of March.
The -proposed checkoff
program calls for
assessment of 20 cents per
$lOO of the value of cattle
marketed. Money gathered
would be used for promotion
of the beef industry.
Pennsylvania had 8977
farmers registered to vote.
Just 789 voted for, with 6855
. themselves started out quite
slowly.
At the opening of the Ezpo
politicians.,' and their
representatives, , were
located in-the poultry barn.
There were no other exhibits -
lifthe poultry barn and the
. political arena /was
overlooked by the majority
w of the crowd.
Later on Thursday the
- J candidates’ -• tables were
moved into the concourse
between the main exhibit
floor*and the bam housing
horses. With the move,
candidates found increased
exposure to the public.
Indeed, some feared the
highlight of the day for the
political arena would be the
crashing to the floor of a
large sign to attract visitors
to the area.
The mishap was greeted
with cheers from those
present.
-David Heisey,
representing Ed Howard,
the Bucks County candidate
for U.S. Senate, spoke for
most of those in the political
area when he said farmers
were asking few.questions.
He said most guests asked
if Howard were a
Republican. When assured
he is, the guests would say
“that’s good” and walk on.
against. About 100 ballots
were disqualified. -
In Maryland, 717 farmers
registered to vote. A total pf
316 were for the referendum,
'264 against.
Vote tabulators in
Maryland noted no dif
ference in voting trends
between the Eastern Shore
and the rest of the state.
Delaware, with, 34
producers eligible to vote,
cast 8 ballots fot the
program, 29 against.'Two
ballots were disqualified.
It came as little surprise to
most observers that farmers
in Pennsylvania should vote
Expo opens
at Harrisburg
BY SHEILA MILLER
HARRISBURG - The
Farm Machinery Exposition
kicked off its second year
with a number of changes.
■ This gear’s event was
opened bir "Wednesday
evening with an exhibitors
banquet, held at the Penn
sylvania Department of
Agriculture building.
Roughly 100 people turned
Lucille O’Brien, working
for Attorney General Can
didate A 1 Benedict, agreed
that moat passers-by asked
few questions but said they
were taking literature
readily-^, - ■'<
The -George Bush table
was one of the few which
reported much active in
terest.- ■ - ,
Russell Davia.^
representing theßepublican
presidential hopeful, said
many' people seem not" to
havemade op their minds on
who they will vote for in the
upcoming election.
“They are looking at the
man and the issues,” he
said. He added that most
farmers were not talking
agricultural issues, but were
stressing general problems
like inflation.
Most of the candidates’
representatives would agree
with opinions expressed by
supporters of Roy Zim
merman for attorney
general.
While pointing out that few
persons were asking
questions—and that many
seemed ' unaware the at
torney general’s position is
for the first time elective—
the farmers seemed to take
the election seriously.
strongly against tne beet
checkoff. L
In a previous beef checkoff
- vote, held two years ago,
- farmers in dairy states
In this issue
SECTION A; Editorials, 10; Goat dairy, 13; York
Dairy Day, 14; Sheila’s Shorts, 18; Fertilizer outlook,
24; Joyce Bupp’s column,27. *
SECTION B: Berks beef meeting, 2; ‘Souper’meals,
4; Farm Talk, 6; Indy tractor pull, 7.
SECTION C: Only female ag teacher, 2; Home on the
Range, 8; Penn Manor FFA, 16; Adams DHIA, 18;
Township’s last farmer, 29; Huntingdon DHIA, 39.
SECTION D: Cumberland DHIA, 2; Franklin
Guernsey breeders, 4; Dauphin DHIA, 6; Cattle slump
ending. B.'
$7.00 Per Yew
out for the evening of
socializing. Unfortunately,
PDA Secretary Hallowell,
his assistant Chet Heim, and
the Farm Show Director,
Hugh Coffman had to cut
their visits short because of
a budget conference with the
Governor.
Thursday morning opened
with the draft horse and
mule show,.another first for
Expo. The show was
followed by a tack sale, and
then the horses exhibited in
the morning’s show were
auctioned off. See' ac
companying story.
One of the key exhibits had
a rough time getting off the
ground, on Thursday. The
Pennsylvania liquor Control
Board would not allow
Ihfertin Distributors to set up
their still demonstration
because they said Martins
didn’t have a permit.
According to Hugh Coff
man, LCB told MarEnsthey
didn’t get the application to
set up the still oh the Farm
Show Complex site until this
past Wednesday . “They told
Martins it would be .a'few
days until they processed
their application, and it’s
obvious that by the tune it
was processed the Expo
would be over.”
Coffman explained with
Secretary Hallowed’s help
and telephone calls to the
LCB officials, the misun
derstanding should be
cleared up and the still in
operation. At press time, the
Farm Show staff and the
LCB representatives will be
conferring and hopefully
resolving the difficulty.
The PDA officials had the
traditional ribbon cutting
ceremonies at noon on
Thursday, along with a kick
off luncheon. The luncheon
was held in the main exhibit
hall of the machinery
display area, and about 100
people turned out to listen to
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generally opposed the
program.
States like Pennsylvania,
Wisconsin, and New York
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