mo » Tobacco!armers earns 2.2 billion Come on, now, how many of you really believe some of those ridiculous television commercials they air at us week after week? the ones that really crack me up are those where the mother suddenly discovers that her family “really does care” about which detergent she uses for their tee shirts or what brand of soap she tosses in the shower. In fact, in this farmhouse, as long as there’s a dean pair of jeans in the drawers, peanut butter in the cup board and a gallon of milk in the refrigerator, no one pays too much attention to what goes on in mom’s household domain. Or so I believed. Then I went on a spending binge last week. I lavished upon myself two stupendous, coQosal purchases: one new frying pan and one very small rug for inside the back door. Well, I bet no one will notice them, I figured. “Gee Mom, where’d you get the new frying pan?” asked one, tossing books on the table and banging doors in search of a snack. “Boy, and a new rug, too! ” You’d have though the whole house had been redone. “Okay, Mom, who told you that you could go buy a new frying pan and a new rug?” asked another one, a wicked grin in two small blue eyes. Poking a finger in the agitator’s direction, I reckoned that I would buy a frying pan any old time I felt On being a farm wife -And other hazards Joyce Bupp like it and the next one might come put of a certain in dividual’s allowance if they got too smart with me. As usual, this one was totally unimpressed. The last one showed up shortly afterward for the Supper bubbling away in the new frying pan. “Oh, a new frying pan,” came the immediate'com ment. And the by-now famous new rug also received notice. Okay. The commercials might be right after all. They really do notice. Why, then, does no one ever spot and pick up the six pairs of sneakers left lying permanently at the bottom of the stairs? FOR YOUR FALL SEEDING • Cert Barsoy Barley • Cert Maury Barley • Cert. Titan Wheat • Cert Logan Wheat • Cert Red Coat Wheat • Winter Rye * Bulk for Cover Crop. PHONE: Bob 215-869-8201, Dick 215-932-3307 RD2, Cochranville, Penna. 19330 Located on Rt. 41 Between Avondale and Cochranviile. Warehouse at Russellville. PHILADELPHIA - How much money did America’s tobacco fanners earn last, year? According to a study, released last Monday by the University of Penn sylvania’s Wharton Applied Research ~ Center, the tobacco growers received , $2.2 billion for their com* modify in 1979. The report estimated the economic contribution of the entire tobacco industry to the nation. It defined the industry’s “core sectors” as farming, auction warehousing, tobacco manufacturing, wholesaling, and retailing and vending. The dependent study also showed that the tobacco growing sector contributed $847 million to other segments of the economy through purchases of goods and services, including equipment, fertilizer, seed, energy and insurance. Other findings in the report include: Over a half-million Americans worked full- or part-time on 196,000 tobacco farms in 22 states; Personal compensation for these workers exceeded $6OO million; An addition 17,000 workers were employed full- or part time by auction markets, earning $29 million;' Tobacco' farming and manufacturing sectors contributed $5B, million to local governments in the form of real estate and personal property taxes. The nation’s entire tobacco industry contributed ...gives a man a good feeling... All our customers are our friends and neighbors as well. Many of them we know on a first name basis, and when people are that close, it’s next to impossible to them as just "accounts." When we deal with their financing, they trust us to do our best for them. And we do. MALL ENOUGH TO KNOW YOU LARGE ENOUGH TO SERVE YOU TWO CONVENIENT SOUTHERN LANCASTER , COUNTY LOCATIONS ★ QUARRYVILLE „ Phone; (717) 786-7337 An Equal Opportunity Lender • Member F 0 I C • Each Account Insured To $4O 000 air estimated $57.6 billion of goods and services to the U.S. economy, or about 2.5 times the expenditures mi tobacco and tobacco products, the report showed. The president of the Tobacco Growers’ In formation Committee said he welcomed the study’s findings. To Know He’s Dealing With Folks Who Care THE FARMERS NATIONAL BANK OF OOARRfVILLE "" “We feel the Information in this report is mostjj significant,” said Adron of Tfcon, Ga. “It ''demonstrates the con tribution that tobacco makes to our nation’s economy is , much greater than many people may have realized. (I; ★ PENN HILI
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