Garner P. Mitchell, center, winner of the Pennsylvania Maple Producers Association Award of Merit, is pictured with Ed Curtis, left, of Honesdate, President of the Pennsylvania Maple Syrup Council; and, right, Robert Mc- Connell, of Coudersport, a maple producer and former partner with Mitchell. Receives maple syrup award FARM SHOW - Garner P. Mitchell of Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, received the Pennsylvania Maple Producers Council Award of Merit at the association’s annual meeting at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Thursday, January 15. Now a retired Potter County Extension Agent, Mitchell played a major role in the establishment of the Potter-Tioga Maple Producers Association in January 1964. He helped northern tier maple producers in developing methods of marketing bulk syrup in 1963. That summer he attended a meeting at Penn State to consider formation of a state association. Follow-up of these activities resulted m the formation of the Potter- Tioga Association. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 17,1981—A29 An experienced maple producer in Potter County, Mitchell served as an ad visor to the Potter-Tioga Maple Producers Association from its for mation until the present. He assisted in settmg up the state maple tour in Tioga and Potter Counties in 1966. Mitchell also was in strumental in organizing the Potter-Tioga Maple Festival in 1967. He served as chairman of this annual event as well as par ticipating in many of the activities surrounding the festival. MAPLE SYRUP PRODUCTS AWARDS 1 Ernest Allen Corry 2 Edward A Curtis Honesdale 3 (van Stevenson Honesdale 4 CW Russell t Son Rome 5 Leon Morton Wattsburg Syrup, in tin glass or plasbc ’/? gallon or quart exhibit to consist of one container I Edward A Curtis 2 Dwight Havenstem Pleasant Mount 3 Melvin Erway 4 Ernest Allen 5 Callender s Sugar House Thompson Syrup in etas from Vi to (ess than quart in size exhibit to consist of not less than 2 tike containers 1 Edward A Curtis Honesdale 2 Melvin Erway 3 Ernest Allen 4 Ralpn Curtis Newfoundland 5 Dwight Havenstem Block calls U.S. food ‘effective economic tool’ NEW ORLEANS, La - Secretary of agriculture designate John Block told farmers attending the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 62nd annual meetmg m New Orleans that food can be an effective economic tool in promoting world peace and stability. “Let’s not sell this agricultural industry short,” Block said. “Let’s be positive and move forward.” He cautioned this economic tool can only be effective “if we are a reliable supplier of products; if we are con sistent m our supply; if we don’t give it out and pull it back like a carrot - because then, no one will count on us.” Block said we need to use this “great as- et” to bring nations closer together and create an interdependency even across ideological lines. “Let’s take advantage of the strength that agriculture 6030 Jonestown Rd. 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Sugar Cake Small Individual Pieces not less than one pound in ad 1 DwightHavenstem 2 CW Russellt Son 3 Cyril & Lee Warren New Milford 4 Robert McConnell Coudersport 5 Bernard Tobin Combndge Springs Small Individual Pieces. crystal coates not less than one pound 1 C W Russell & Sons 2 Callender s Sugar House 3 Hubert & Lowei Fnedlme Boswell 4 Robert McConnell Sugar crumb not less than one pound I Callender s Sugar House 2 Eugene Running Cambridge Springs 3 James R Hemmnger Somerset 4 Melvin Erwa> 5 Bernard Tobin Sugar Soft also known as maple cream butter not less than one pound 1 Callender s Sugar House 2 Edward A Curtis 3 Dwight Havenstem 4 Meivi» Ervay 5 Jim I Dora Tice Mamesburg Individual Collective Exhibit 1 Melvin Erway 2 Bernard Tobir 5 Dwight Havenste n 4 Callender s Suga Hou*2 5 CW Russell t Son Gift Pack i Wagners Camp--West Salisbury 2 CW Russell & Son 3 Cyril £ Lee Warren 4 J.m & Dora Tice 5 Callender s Sugar House County or Association Exhibit 1 2 Northeast Maple Producers Cambridge Springs 3 Potter Tioga Maple Producers Cambridge Springs 4 Somerset Maple Producers Somerset 5 Endless Mis Maple Producers Rome Other Uses 1 Kim Envay Ulysses 2 Cyril 4 Lee Warren 3 Jim £ Dora Tice 4 Melvin Erway 5 Irene Russell Rome has,” the secretarj designate urged. Block also pledged to help return profitability to agriculture. He said that without a healthy and prosperous agriculture the economic problems con fronting this nation cannot be turned around. He indicated he personally favors a new four-year farm program rather than an extension of the present one, and that he would work to cut federal government regulations which are “tying us in knots.” Block said the nation needs expanded agricultural research. Without such research, he predicted, the country cannot meet the many challenges of the 1980 s. The agriculture secretary designate also said that be planned to work with other agencies of government so they would understand the potential impact of their actions on food production. MILLER DIESEL INC. I
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