Lancaster conservation banquet on April 5
LANCASTER The 33rd annual
banquet of the Lancaster County
Conservation District will be held
on Thursday, April 5, 1984 at the
Harvest Drive Restaurant, In
tercourse. Tickets are now
available from any District
Director or at the District Office.
Featured speaker is R. Neil
Sampson, a noted author and
conservationist who is a native of
Idaho, where he was raised on a
wheat farm in the northern
panhandle of that state. He
graduated in agronomy from the
University of Idaho in 1960 and
received a Masters in Public
Administration from Harvard
University in 1974.
As a writer and photographer, he
has been active for many years
with articles and pictures ap-
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pearing in professional and
popular magazines, newspapers
and books. While in Idaho, he
wrote and produced the film,
Look To The Land.” He recently
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Crawford holds dairy day
BY NANCY KUNICK
Staff Correspondent
MEADVILLE Approximately
200 dairy farmers and their
families attended the 13th annual
Crawford County Dairy Day on
March 13 at the Holiday Inn m
Meadville, Pa.
The daytime program was based
on “Calf and Heifer Management”
with two well-known, nationally
recognized speakers.
The morning program featured
Donald L. Ace, retired Extension
Dairy Specialist at Penn State.
Following the luncheon, Robert E.
James of Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University, also
gave pointers on dairy herd
replacements.
A panel discussion on heifer
health and honsinp consisted of Dr.
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