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Come sun, sleet or snow, Marui
0 will mark the first day of Spring,
le arrival of a new planting
eason and the 11th annual ob
ervance of National Agriculture
»ay.
Ag Day, falling midpoint in
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Agriculture Week (March 16-22), is
set aside each year to recognize
the producers of the nation’s food
and fiber and to serve as a forum of
education about the country’s
largest industry. The Agriculture
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Ag Day, March 20
Foimdation m Washington, D.C., is
national coordinator of Ag Day
activities.
As in numerous farming com
munities across the country, York
County’s agriculture producers
will salute an “Ag Day baby.”
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Tlie first baby bom on March 20
at York or Memorial Hospital will
receive a gift package including a
variety of locally-produced farm
commodities, presented by county
extension agent Tony Dobrosky.
York County Agri-Women is
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coordinating the Ag Baby com
modity presentation of meat,
dairy, fruit, vegetable and poultry
products.
In a “Chief Executive Officer -
Farmer” swap, a local business
leader and farm producer will
trade places for a first-hand look at
the other.’s line of work.
Bill Groft, York Bank and Trust,
will trade his desk and office on Ag
Day for several hours with New
Park orchard and grain producer
Paul McPherson. On the following
day, McPherson plans to don suit
and tie for an in-depth look at the
local banking industry.
In addition, on the national level,
Mrs. John Block, wife of Secretary
of Agriculture John Block, will
host a midmoming news con
ference and reception for the new
“Miss Agriculture” at the
Department of Agriculture. Watch
for the announcement of the
winner this weekend on television.
Irene Williams, Pa. Lamb and
Wool Queen, and Tammy Zim
merman, Pennsylvania Potato
Queen, were named two of the 10
finalists.
Also on Ag Day, Secretary Block
will attend and speak at a National
Press Club luncheon, beginning
with a reception at noon.
The evening of the 20th, mem
bers of Congress and the Cabinet,
along with state and national
agricultural organization leaders,
will attend a “Taste of the Coun
try” barbeque/reception on the
patio at the USDA Administration
Building, featuring both Texas and
North Carolina-style barbeque and
an array of other foods to be en
joyed while the “Bluegrass
Bureaucrats” band entertains.
Some of the accomplishments
being celebrated Ag Day are as
follows;
Agriculture production provides
a firm foundation for the U.S.
economy, accounting for about 20
percent of the nation’s gross
national product and more than 22
percent of its jobs, according to
studies made by the Agriculture
Council of America Education
Foundation.
Sales of agriculture products,
including food, clothing, tobacco,
shoes, cut flowers, seeds and
potted plants, generates more than
$156 billion in production
agriculture and $765 billion in the
off-farm economy.
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Will Serve as a full time I
legislator.
Experienced as public servant.
Will oppose abortion, sale of
liquor stores to private
enterprise, gambling casinos in
Penna. Will vote to "Keep
Lancaster County the Garden
Spot of The World" Will Work
to Improve Highways, Eliminate
Public Dumps and
Will Fight To Prevent Gun Control, j
Boy Scout Leader and Veterans
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