Cumberland Farmer§’ Association holds Spring meeting
BOILING SPRINGS -
The Cumberland County
Farmers’ Association held
its Fifth Annual Spring
Banquet meeting here
Monday night.
About 225 farmers packed
the South Middleton Fire
Hall to hear U S
Representative William F
Goodhng speak on the
economy and farm-related
matters. See accompanying
story.
Association President
Roger Hoke introduced
Connie Harness, Chief of
Promotions for the Penn
sylvania Department of
Agriculture, who spoke and
provided entertainment for
the evening.
The former Miss Penn-
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sylvama told farmers about
the Department’s campaign
to promote Pennsylvania
grown products to the
Pennsylvania consumer.
She said the slogan
“Pennsylvania Agri
culture—We’re Growing
Better” is being widely
accepted by state grocers,
including Weis and Giant
foods.
She said the Department is
working with commodity
groups to develop product
characters to promote
specific commodities.
The first of these,
Eggatha, appeared at the
Farm Equipment Expo last
month. Two more, Milton the
Milk Carton and The Big
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Harness said the
Department is willing to help
other groups develop similar
characters for mall
piomotions There are 35
shopping center promotions
scheduled across the state
this Spring and Summer
She sang a number of
Broadway show tunes as
entertainment.
PFA District Director
Horace Waybnght
congratulated the Cum
berland County group on
achieving an all-time high
membership.
He also said PFA is
establishing its own
Workmens Compensation
fund and said it should be
ready to roll as of May 1.
PFA has formed a
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -
The distribution of rabies,
bovine brucellosis and
bovine turberculosis vac
cines will be restricted to
authorized persons under
new provisions to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s
veterinary biologies license
rules.
The new provisions will
allow each state to establish
additional conditions or
restrictions under which
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mittee. The PEP group is
looking for help from any
farmers interest in politics.
PEP will give individual
farmers a bipartisan
mechanism to contribute
money to candidates through
a political action committee.
The PEP committee also
will provide assistance to
farmers who choose to run
for office, either locally or on
a state-wide basis.
Duane Duncan, the
Cumberland County
Agricultural Agent, told
farmers that CPR training
would be available through
the extension office.
He said the training
sessions will be offered
Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday starting April 15.
Interested farmers should
contact the extension office
for details —CH
Abortus Vaccme, Brucella
Antigen and Tubercuhn-
PPD Bovis may be
distributed, according to
Pierre A. Chaloux, deputy
administrator of USDA’s
Animal and Plant Health In
spection Service.
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the use of these products is
essential to strengthen pro
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Connie Harness, promotions chief for the state
ag department, asked farmer help and support for
the 35 shopping center promotions of farm goods
slated for the coming months.
brucellosis,” Chaloux said
last Friday.
USDa proposed restric
ting the licensing for these
vaccines last September 21.
More than half of the 150
comments received sup
ported the action. However,
a number of replies from
rural areas objected to
limiting rabies vaccine to
veterinarians because of the
need for flexibility to meet
local conditions. Therefore,
distribution of rabies vac
cines is left to the discretion
of each state.
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licenses for these four pro
ducts became effective
February 20. Companies
holding licenses to produce
these products must contact
animal health officials m
each state to determine how
the products may be
distributed.
The new p» evasions were
published m the March 21
Federal Register. Copies are
available from R. J. Price,
USD A, APHIS, room 828,
Federal Building, Hyatt
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