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READING State Rep.
Noah W. Wenger, of Stevens,
Lancaster County, recently
told the Farmer to Con
sumer Services Association
that he expects to see ex
pansion in direct farmer
consumer marketing.
Wenger, speaking at the
annual dinner of the
Association in Reading said,
“Farmers have been forced
into trying new and in
novative marketing ap
proaches m an attempt to
remain solvent. Direct
farmer to consumer
marketing usually allows
producers to pocket a larger
share of the food dollar, and
while it brings its own set of
problems, it has been suc
cessful for some fanners.”
Wenger spoke about the
importance of agriculture to
Pennsylvania, calling it “the
bright spot in our present
Most country crime goes imreported
LANCASTER Country
crime is worse than law
enforcement statistics
reveal because of “massive
underreporting” of the
crimes.
A study just completed of
four Missouri counties
showed nearly one-fourth of
the households sampled had
been crime victims during
the year preceding the
study Some 15 percent of the
411 households surveyed had
experienced theft; eight
percent vandalism
Of those victimized by
theft only 37 percent
reported the thefts
According to the
University of Missoun-
Columbia scientists who
conducted the study, un
derreporting of rural crime
appears to be a national
problem In 1978, for
example, the FBI Uniform
Crime Index reported only
one out of every 92 Missouri
residents was a victim of
serious crime Yet, theUMC
study would indicate a crime
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Wenger sees expansion
farmer-consumer marketing
Noah Wenger
economy, even with this
year’s drought.” He said
“Pennsylvania Agriculture -
- We’re Growing Better is a
reality I intend to fully
support Pennsylvania
rate at least ten tunes as
high.
The FBI index included
robbery, assault, burglary,
theft, rape and murder, but
did not include vandalism
While the exclusion of
vandalism explains part of
the differences between the
FBI index and the recent
Missouri findings, said the
scientists, it’s still quite
evident that many crimes go
unreported for fear of
reprisal or for some other
reason.
The study was conducted
by the UMC Departments of
Community Development,
Sociology and Rural
Sociology in Holt County
(northwest Missouri), Knox
County (northeast), Morgan
(south central) and Stoddard
County (southeast
Missouri) Morgan County
was selected because it’s in
the Lake of the Ozarks
region and would.indicate if
there’s any effect of owner
absenteeism on crime rate.
“We found no difference in
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 13,1980—D19
agriculture as it works to
become the state’s leading
industry m 1981. We have the
opportunity to expand
' agriculture in Pennsylvania
to satisfy the demand for
food in the northeast and m
foreign markets The
existence of this local source
of food is important to all
Pennsylvanians as a buffer
against increased costs of
transportation, energy and
crop failures in other regions
of the nation We are for
tunate that Pennsylvania
agriculture growing better.”
Wenger, vice chairman of
the State House Committee
on Agriculture and Rural
Affairs told farmers at the
dinner, “Government must
work with, encourage and
compliment individual
initiative in the free en
terprise system-helping
people help themselves.”
crime rate from one area to
the other,” said Bryan
Phifer, director of. UMC’s
Community and Public
Sector Programs
“Also, we found no direct
correlation between crime
rates in open country
households and small town
households within the same
county. The best example
was in Bloomfield.
It had the lowest rate of
victimization among the
small towns—even though
it’s in Stoddard County
which had the highest rate of
open country victimization.”
Phifer and his colleagues
said the open country
residents who have been
victims of crime “are sur
prisingly no more likely to
take precautions to prevent
crime than those open
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Following Representative
Wenger’s talk, Association
President Richard Solly, of
Solly Brothers’ Farm
Market in Ivyland, Bucks
County, announced the
nomination of two new
members to seats on the
board of directors.
Nominated were Donald
Haldeman, owner of
Sycamore Springs Fruit and
Vegetable Farm in Leesport,
Berks County; and Byron
Hawthorne, owner of the
Hawthorne Farm and Or
chard Market in Phoemx
ville, Chester County.
Solly also noted at the
annual dinner meeting that
funding for the Association
has been extended to June
30,1981 and hopefully will be
extended to the end of the
next growing season, toward
the goal of being self
sufficient.
country residents who have
not been victims.”
In their report, “Rural
Crime in Missouri,” the
scientists said: “Clearly
these patterns of infrequent
reporting and neglect of
precautions suggest the need
for citizen education
programs.”
They went on to say that
one of the most effective
measures to combat crime
in both urban and rural
areas is the organization of
“neighborhood crime
watches ”
Other effective measures
for reducing crime, said the
scientists, were reporting of
suspicious and criminal
activity to law enforcement
officials and marking
property.
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