Lebanon County
BY PAT PURCELL
The Lebanon County Holstein
Club annual field day was hosted
by Ken Mase and his family at his
farm just outside of Fontana. More
than 200 people attended the event
headed by the Holstein club presi
dent, Sonny Baumgardner.
Four groups of cows were pre
sented for judging at this years’
event instead of the usual three
groups. Tom Boyer of Sunnybend
Farm in York County was the
event judge. Kraig Sellers of
Annville was the overall winner of
the evening. Winners of the judg
ing competition were:
Adult Men’s Division: 1. David
Hummelberger, Annville, 2.
David Vail, Lebanon, 3.* Darrell
Balmer, Annville.
Women’s Division: 1. Margaret
Baumgardner, Ono, 2. Lois Meyer,
Annville, 3. Teresa Kissling,
Lebanon.
Texas Farmer Predicts End Of
BY LOUANN GOOD
ANNVILLE A well-known
organic farmer from Texas warned
farmers that he sees difficult days
ahead.
Frank Ford lectured at the Pen
nsylvania Natural Living Confer
ence held at Lebanon Valley Col
lege last weekend; later, he met
with farmers in small groups
throughout the local area.
He said, “We have been taking
anesthesia from government admi
nistration and America must get
ready for difficult times after
enjoying an economic fairyland.”
Farmers, he contends, will suf
fer greatly unless they prepare
now.
To prepare, he believes, farmers
must become debt-free even if it
means reducing the scope of their
operations. “If you can’t get out of
debt, sell everything in order to
become solvent.”
Ford believes the government
BLOMBARMNi
DIESELS
The Farmer's Choice
MOWERS, BALERS,
CORNPICKERS,
CHOPPERS, ETC.
IX3MBARDINI DIESEL USES OR
I .ESS FUEL THAN GAS ENGINES
LESS DOWNTIME THAN
GAS ENGINES
Is your old engine giving you a headache?
Try a LOMBARDINI...WorId’s Largest Manu
facturer of Small Air-Cooled Diesel Engines.
DIESELS
OUR
SPECIALTY
Service After The Sale...
That’s Usl
HOOVER DIESEL
SERVICE
255 Mascot Ed. . 313 Furnace Rd.
Ronks, PA 17572 Quarryville, PA 17566
(717) 658-3322 _ (717V786-2173
Youth 13 and under; 1. Kraig
Sellers, Annville, 2. Linette Shuey,
Jonestown, 3. Jesse Baumgardner,
Ono.
Youth 14 and Over; 1. Adam
Sonnen, Richland, 2. Kynel Baum
gardner, Ono, 3. David Lutz,
Lebanon.
Lebanon County Dairy Princess
Rebecca Sonnen of Sonnen Acres
in Richland served milk to die
guests and was assisted by Dairy
Princess Alternate Angie Bollin
ger. The Lebanaon County Hols
tein Club will be holding its annual
sale on Friday, August 28.
Prizes were donated by area
businesses: Binkley & Hurst
Brothers, Landmark Genetics,
Keller Bros. Ford, Pen W. Hostet
ler, Star Silos, Agway, Avon Ani
mal Clinic, Atlantic Breeders,
ABS, Balsbaugh Insurance, BHM
Equipment, Evergreen Tractor, G
& D Repair, Harvestore, Mark
Frank Ford
caters to corporations, not the far
mer. He quoted statistics that show
that over 60% of corporate wealth
is held by 200 corporations.
* Model
11LD625-3
L«t U» Know Your
SorvkoProMomt
Chock Our Prtaw
Holstein Club Field D
Lebanon County Holstc. . Club hostc. ts annul y
farm near Fontana Thursday evening. Over 200 people attended.
Hershey Feeds, IBA, K& K Feed, Select Sires, Sire Power, Umber- Clarence Stauffer, Howard Weiss
Lancaster Silo, McCracken’s Feed gers of Fontana, J.B. Zimmerman, and Wengerts Dairy.
Mill, Farm Credit, Pennfield, Willow Creek, Ken Winebark,
“This,” he contends, “upsets the
balance of power and threatens
free enterprise, especially for
fanners.”
This one-time Barry Goldwater
campaign-manager reiterates his
former boss’s famous quote,
“Government is no longer govern
ment of the people, but of the
money and interest”
Corporations, Ford said, make
huge profits without paying taxes.
Producers, like farmers, suffer
while corporations rake in the
money. Reprocessed farms go into
holding companies where they are
swallowed up by insurance com
panies and other industries. He
said, “We need a society where
people can stay on the land.”
Ford pictures that society as one
where farmers diversify their crops
TWO SUCCESSFUL TEAMS TEAM UP!
The PARM CREDIT BANKS OF BALTIMORE andHOKRtSSEV COMPUTER
CONCEP
mar t-et
a financial Votttuare nactaae SBMCUtIr d*»limed for the nee
agriculture to be u*ed (jrt-farw ceflirnutens.
eofthe art software pact age offers users the abiliti
to meet all their financial record needs... and do it right on
their i<tin farms'
is s
AORJFAX® ON-FARM™
combines a Inouledge of finance* tax lays and agriculture which
is unique in the agricultural community
of f er~s the mo?t br oad-based* extensive e/eer lence aval lab
the processing of farm records* -»
AGRIF AX r ON-FARM™
can pr»«vide farmer 5 with man. comprehensive record keeping and
management information reports t«* help you wl l h ?
♦cash flow Planning
♦ cheel writing
♦ feed t o r m u 1 a 1 1nn s
* 5 p r a > e r calibrations
*depr eciat 1 i*n
And . . . more* All designed tn provide the user with the
comprehensive overview needed to make sound business decisions.
The two teams - Farm Credit and Momss'ev Computer Concepts
both with a histor. r.f success in serving the agricultural
comm unit 1' t «Vr man 1 TeaTTt are p! eased to be Wor king tose
bring farmers in Pennsylvania this *ncepttonal financial
software package. ,
Call Craig Mnrnsstf. at 1— Brin-422-&355. See tinur
can tenet it >t<u and Your far min* opetat ic<n,
i
AJARMCRpHT
LocalFarmere.'
Economic Fairyland
and avoid over-abundance, where
they have reduced their input costs
and where they relate to God’s cre
ation in good stewardship in gar
dening techniques and by eating a
basic healthy diet—not processed
foods where nutrients have been
removed.
Ford, who has served on the
Advisory Committee to three U.S.
Secretaries of Agriculture, said
that government employment sta
tistics are puffed up by teenagers
working in fast food industries. He
points out that our nation’s wealth
must be based on production, not
consumption.
'Phis 27 year veteran of organic
farming states America better not
take their farmers for granted.
“Other countries take care of their
farmers because they have known
phrata announce
AORIFAX* ON-FARM™
AORIFAX' ON-FARM™
’ ON-FARM 1 ' 1
ive agreemen
'ieir coopera
♦enterprise analysis
*cemparative analysis
♦business anal<sis
* t a planning
♦ earnings ft trends
Morrissey Computer Concepts, Inc.
hunger.” He believes that America
is destined for hunger since our
nation has gone from the position
of largest creditor to the largest
debtor within four years. He said,
“This is not political courage, but
bitter fruit for our nation.”
Ford has combined sales of over
one million copies from his four
books titled: “Coming Food Cri
sis,” “The Simpler Life Cook
book,” “New Harvest, and
Occupy.”
READ
LANCASTER
FARMING
FOR COMPLETE
AND
UP-TO-DATE
MARKET
REPORTS
IS O'
e in