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Business will be looking to rural areas as the easiest places to get rid of the waste, resulting in a serious impact on agriculture,” he said. , To deal with the problem, Sonntag announced that Senator Helfrick’s committee will be looking at tagging a clause, onto Act 43 which would prohibit hazardous waste sites to be located in agricultural districts. He also noted the bill which would exempt manure storage' structures from real estate taxes is currently on the House floor, awaiting the vote which could send LEASE 1T... See. Your Agri Builder For Details ★ VARIOUS SIZES HEIGHT AND WIDTH AVAILABLE ★ THESE BUILDINGS ENGINEER. ED FOR SELF ERECTION (Butler will furnish Erection and Foundation Drawings) HASCHEN TRI-COIINTY aQRIcultuRA l agri-systems SYSTEMS R.D.SI, Box 55 P-O. Box 505 Swedesboro, NJ 08085 Chestertown. Md. 21620 pH- 609-467-3174 PH, 301-778-5800 WALTER J. CONSTRUCTION RDI Box 403 J R.D. 1 Box 203 P.O. Box 6269 Strasburg, Pa. 17579 Lewisburg, PA 17837 Harrisburg, Pa. 17112 PH: 7) 7-687-8681 PH.717-524-0568 PH: 717-545-7527 it off to the Governor’s office for signing into law. On the lighter side of the Farm- City celebration, four spinning and weaving teams competed in the second annual Sheep to Shawl contest. The first place shawl was created by a four-woman team called Ewes, Limited. The team included Vivian Lord and Nancy Meyer of Millersville, and Pat Nelson and Margaret Wadeck of Washington Boro. The team completed their 77- inches long, 22-inches wide winner in just 94 minutes. The design of the shawl was a canvas weave with rhubarb-hue hand dyed wool ac centing the natural fibers. The champion shawl brought a bid of $lBO from Pat Houser, -Lebanon. Ridley Creek Craft Guild created the second place shawl in 81 minutes. The team of Emily Nelson, of Glen Mills, Lynn Henderson, Nancy Krivanek and Mary Lou Van Scoter wove a Swedish-lace folk pattern that was developed in Chester County by the Swedes who settled there. The 80- inches long shawl sold to Tressie Caton, Reading, for $2OO. Taking third place in the contest were the Fiber Fanatics, with team captain Ginny Leber of Camp Hill; Jane Eggleston, Harrisburg; Sharen Worley, New Cumberland; and Ruth Clark, Camp Hill. This lavendar-hued shawl matched the outfit of buyer Sandy Bachman, Annville, who’s bid of $l6O bought the hand-woven wrap. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Chet Heim was on hand to boost the bidding of the final shawl to the top price of $220. Created by the Fancy Flock Flyers’ team captain Carol GRAINS BINS, GRAIN LEGS, KAN-SUH' YOU CAN LEASE THESE BINS WITH LOW MONTHLY PAYMENTS To Qualified Buyers KELLER BUILDING SYSTEMS INC. Buskirk. Linglestown, along with Dianne Dilger, Lebanon; Jimmie Hepford, Harrisburg; and Alice Winner, Grantville, the natural color shawl was purchased by Sandy Plummer, Lebanon. The sheep shearer for the contest was Lebanon Countian Ben Bow. Keeping the crowd at the Farm- City banquet in stitches, the job exchange participants shared some of their day-on-and-otf-the farm experiences. ;s were shared by this year's Lebanon Farm-City Week job exchange participants during Thursday's banquet. Taking a break from their tough day on the farm are, seated from lef|,_Howard WEETER CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION P O. Drawer V Knox. PA 16232 PH 814-797-5122 QUILL CONSTRUCTION CO, First on the-program to divulge his eye-opening revelation of what farming involves was Bethlehem Steel’s Lynn Rankin. “I had to make a decision on whether to take a day’s vacation before I went to the farm in order to rest up, or after I came back from the farm to recuperate,” Rankin quipped. 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