08—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, September 25,1982 PennAg elects (Continued from Page D 7) Brubaker, who received his bachelor’s degree u agriculture from Penn State, has been an active member of PennAg for the past eight years and serves as the Association’s first vice president. On being elected president, Brubaker says his selection "in dicates PennAg is diversifying from its history of being an organization solely for millers and feed dealers to include all of agriculture’s supporting in dustries,” Commenting on the "hard times” being experienced by agribusiness during the past year, Brubaker observes, "Our cash flow hinges on the farmers’ economic conditions. Five minutes after the farmer gets tight, we are too. When the agriculture economy sputters, industry feels it.” Looking toward the future, he adds, "I don’t know if we’re at the bottom of this economic curve yet. If not, there’ll be some thinning out of farmers and businesses. We all Hoober (Continued from Page 06) Out in the fields, a tno of Axial Flow combines were working in the corn of the Lapp Brothers, located just north of Cochranville. “These combines have been very successful for us,” said Charles Hoober Jr. “We’ve been putting out about 25 machines a year. ALPINE 9 announces... SPECIAL PRESEASON FALL PRICES on 9-18-9 liquid plant food. "available with all white phosphoric acid" <tO 65 PER GALLON vP dCx . UNTIL NOVEMBER 1982 Also available 6-24-6, 3-18-18, 10-10-10 ISkI Alpine Plant Foods Ltd Call 77c r 133 LU South Bend, IN 46624 TODAY! ALPINE' Telephone (219) 232-9604 must sharpen our management abilities in order to hang in there.” When asked what he feels caused the current economic diiema facing the agricultural industries, Brubaker states emphatically that "the gram embargo hurt the ag industry as much as any other single situation in the past.” He adds, "1 believe in the free market system, not in government programs. We must discipline our industry to the laws of supply and demand.” Brubaker says he teels strongly about involving all the agriculture supporting industries within the fold of PennAg during his term as president. He also plans to have the organization lake a more visible and responsive role in the legislative process, perhaps forming a political action com mittee. “There’s more legislative clout coming into the agricultural held,” he explains. “We at FennAg have to become more action oriented. FennAg has kept a low profile in field day “There k a lot ot interest in that new Streiger tractor, too. ” And also on hand was C. B. Hoober Sr., who launched the dealership 40 years ago. From that start, with just two employees, it has grown to one ot the leading dealerships of the East, with a staff of 50 and a branch in Maryland with a dozen more personnel. Rural electric co-ops month HARRISBURG - The rural electric cooperatives, serving over 640,000 consumers in 47 counties, will participate in the national the past, but the tunes are changing, and our tactics and emphasis areas need to change with them.” Other officers elected to serve during 1983 include; George Blankley'ot S.P. Scattergood and Co., Inc., Narberth, first vice president; Ralph Getkm, Getkin Associates, Inc., Norristown, second vice president; and Barry Shaw, Wenger Feed Mill, Inc. Kheems, third vice president. Treasurer John J. Hess II of John J. Hess 11, Inc., Paradise, was re elected. Michael Zapach ot Farm Bureau, Souderton and Luicoln Welles, Welles Mill Co., Inc., Wyalusing, were both re-elected as directors. Newly elected directors include: William J. Back of Bay State Milling Co., Shiremanslown; Togle J. Marcucci of Falmerton Feed and Uram Corp., Palmerlon; Bob Hondal ot Naugle’s Feed and Supply, Berlin; and Ed Khoads, Khoads Mill Inc., Sehnsgrove. DAVID D. 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