A46-LancasUr Farming, Saturday, Saptambar 20,1986
Women In Ag Seminar Features Workshops
(Continued from Page Al)
two parcels of land to stay afloat.
“Fanner’s don’t want to get out
of the business, they want to
survive,” she said emphatically.
Because fanners make up less
than 2 percent of the entire
population, they must make others
aware of the problems they face.
“We need to talk to others,” she
stressed.
Woods suggested that farm
women invite friends and neigh
bors in for coffee and to discuss ag
issues. Then, with the support of
that group, they should visit local
legislators at their home offices
Grange Conference
(Continued from Page Al)
In addition, Hood said the
University needed to deal with
antiquated facilities. “We are
operating with old-fashioned
facilities. For example, we have a
poultry research program in
facilities that are of 1930 vintage.
You can’t do good research and
good programs when people see
the facilities are the same ones
their fathers and grandfathers
operated in. We must have a major
building program that updates not
only poultry, but also dairy, swine
and agronomy research
facilities,” Hood said.
Hood reported what he called
good news. The state’s capital
facilities’ bill that was approved by
the state legislature and signed by
Governor Thornburgh set aside $l3
million that can now be matched
by federal funds appropriated by
the 1985 Farm Bill. In fact, a total
of $36 million for new facilities is
expected when everything is in
place. “We hope to appoint an
architect soon,” Hood said.
Fisher outlined some of the
points he wanted the State
Grangers to know. “We appreciate
the fanners in Pennsylvania,”
Fisher said. “But I came from a
district that’s very urban. (We
only have three farms.) Yet I and
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Saturday • September 20
6:30 p.m. - PA Dairy Princess
Pageant, Marriott Inn
Monday - September 22
- Invitational Youth
8:00 a.m.
Judging Contest (4-H, FFA, and
Intercollegiate)
8:00 a.m. - Pennsylvania Junior
Dairy Show
7:00 p.m. - All-American Banquet,
Penn Harris Motor Inn
7:00 p.m. - Invitational Brown
Swiss Sale
Tuesday • September 23
9:00 a.m. - Eastern National
Brown Swiss Show
9:00 a.m. - PAA Milking Shorthorn
Show
10:00 a.m. - Pennsylvania 4-H 8c
FFA Dairy Judging Forum
1:30 p.m. • Pennsylvania Elite
Ayrshire Sale
with their views, she said. “You
build a relationship with your
representative or senator. That
representative or senator isn’t
going to call you.”
During visits and phone calls
with legislators, women should
talk about the problems they face
and inform them of agriculture’s
interests.
“No matter what you do, you will
always encounter areas where you
are expected not to know what’s
going on,” she warned the women.
But women working in agriculture
are Knowledgeable and need to let
others know that. “As long as I
Bill Scranton clearly recognize
that agriculture is the number one
industry in Pennsylvania.
Agriculture employs over one
million people and has generated
$35 billion in revenue to the
economy. In addition, we
recognize that 89 percent of
Pennsylvania farms are family
owned. And we are aware of the
difficulties farmers have just gone
through. We want to expand your
markets,” Fisher said. “Your
products deserve to be well known
in the market place. We support
the preservation of farm land. And
we have a goal that 25 percent of
our wastes shall be recycled.”
“We propose to deal with illegal
drug dealers in such a way that
would take away the profitabily for
those dealers who are caught and
convicted. We want to make it
legal to confiscate their assets. We
want to send a clear message to
drug dealers that in Pennsylvania
you are not going to profit form
illegal drug dealing.”
The conference continued
through Tuesday morning, partly
as a preliminary legislative
conference in preparation for the
State Grange annual meeting
scheduled to be held in Reading
October 27 to 30.
ATTEND THE
NNBYLVANIA
AMERICAN
RY SHOW
FARM SHOW COMPLEX
HARRISBURG, PA
SEPTEMBER 22-26,1986
Wednesday - September 24
9:00 a.m. - National Guernsey
Show
9:00 a.m
AyshireShow
6:00 p.m. - Jersey Pennsylvania
State Sale
Thursday - September 25
9:00 a.m. - PAA Jersey Show
12:00 Noon - Eastern National
Holstein Show (dry cow classes,
calf classes, heifer classes, and
bull classes in order)
7:00 p.m. - All-American Holstein
Sale
Friday - September 26
10:00 a.m. - Eastern National
Holstein Show (milking and
group classes)
Plan To Be Present
would sit there and say nothing, I
kept those attitudes alive,” she
said.
Others offerring information and
advice to women attending the
seminar included Jane Alexander,
Estate Planning; Nancy Sum
mers, Handling Stress; Susan
Hoyt, Farm Credit, Audrey
Maretzki, Rural Support Groups,
and Dr. Kay Townes, Re-entry into
the Job Market.
Lael Moynihan, manager of the
consumer response department at
Hershey Foods, talked about
women’s roles at Hershey.
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systems in order to reduce the
distance that feed falls through the
air.
Although installing paddle fans
in confinement units may help to
eliminate temperature
stratification and reduce ammonia
levels by keeping the floor dry,
Meyer notes that they may also
increase dust concentrations.
One of the most effective and least
expensive ways for producers to
protect their lungs is to wear
disposable dust masks, says
Meyer, who estimates that only
about two percent of producers
working in confinement units
bother to use them. “For a
quarter, it’s a cheap way to save a
pair of lungs,” he says.
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