JL m VOL 32 NO. 52 Milton Landis, Lancaster County Poultry Association President, presents scholarship checks to Theresa Martin, Poultry Queen, and alternate Lorna Rohrer, center. The Referendum: An Important Issue For PA Voters BY STANFORD M. LEMBECK Penn State Associate Professor UNIVERSITY PARK The stale-wide referendum on Novem ber 3 concerning farmland preser vation is a complex and important Farm Credit Owners Have Opportunity To Exercise Local Control BY KATHY E. GILL Special Correspondent BALTIMORE, MD. The general election on November 3 is not the only opportunity Middle Atlantic farmers have this fall to cast votes for their chosen rep resentatives. Owners of the Farm Credit System also have until December to cast a vote for an at large director to represent them on the Board of Directors of the Balti more Farm Credit System. The issue of local control is one Congress is debating as it struggles with Farm Credit legislation. But as that theoretical discussion rings through the Capitol, a practical Several Thousand Farmers Attend Agway Meeting SYRACUSE Several thou sand farmers here this week heard the president of their farm cooperative report a good year; received the announcement of a major seed com distribution agree ment; accepted the retirement of their board chairman and elected 2 new directors from Pcnnyslvama. Speaking at the 23rd Agway annual meeting, William A. Hitler, president and CEO, stated that mlormation and knowledge are the basis of the new economic order that has emerged throughout the world. “We’re in the midst of a major restructuring of the agricultural Production system in the United Stales,” he said. “Tomorrow’s most successful farmers will be issue for all Pennsylvania voters. This is not just a rural issue nor will it be decided by rural voters alone The loss of Pennsylvania farm land has been a public concern for over 20 years. In the late 1960 s Governor Raymond P. Shafer application exists today for Middle Atlantic farmers. At issue is not only the first at-large election of a Farm Credit District director but also the balance of power on that Board. Until this year, the Board of the Baltimore Farm Credit System has been composed of two representa tives from the Production Credit Associations, two from the Federal Land Bank Associations, two from the Bank for„Coopcralives and one appointed at-large. Today, that at-large position is open for a District-wide vote. The current composition of the other six Board seats is one each from those who continuously and effec tively apply technological deve lopments combined with sound business management procedures.” Referring to a recent report entitled “Toward 2005,” commis sioned by the Northeast Regional Council of the National Joint Council on Food and Agricultural Sciences, Hiller staled that action is necessary to reverse a trend of falling market share. Northeast agriculture must reclaim a strong competitive position in compari son with agriculture in the rest of the United Slates. Hiller predicted four key tech nological changes on Northeast farms in the years immediately (Turn to Page A2G) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 31, 1987 Sell-Out Crowd Attends Poultry Banquet BY LOU ANN GOOD LANCASTER A sell-out crowd attended the Lancaster County Poultry Association’s Annual Banquet on Thursday night at Olde Hickory Inn. Robert E, Zimmerman, vice president of the organization, said 100 additional tickets had to be printed to accomodate the 464 peo ple who attended. According to County Agent lay Irwin, Lancaster County chickens laid 72 eggs per second last year. Those statistics again support the strength of the county’s poultry industry. The organization reported on their yearly activity and Clair and Shirley High who created the Governor’s Committee for the Preservation of Agricultur al Land to study the problem. Since that time, many of the Com mittee’s recommendations have been enacted by the General Assembly. The most well known Delaware, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and three from Virginia. After this election Pennsylvania Tvill have two directors or Virginia (Turn to Page AST) Darvin Boyd Boyd Honored For 4-H Support UNIVERSITY PARK Everybody needs a friend'and the 4-H program is no exception. Over the years Darwin Boyd, Akron, has been a friend the extension office can count on. In appreciation for his dedicated service, Boyd was awarded the Epsilon Sigma Phi- State Friend of Extension Award. The extension’s honorary fraterni ty presented the award at their annual meeting held on Tuesday at Penn Stale University. Boyd is vice president and director of the Agri-Finance Department of Hamilton Bank for (Turn to Page A 24) headed Ephrata Fair Food Booth in September presented a $3,167.38 check to Milton Landis, president. The check represented the profits from the sale of chicken com soup and other poultry entrees sold at the sale. The county poultry queen and her alternate received their scho larships last night. As queen, Theresa Marlin, a junior at Mes siah College in Grantham, accepted the $5OO scholarship and Lonna Rohrcr, Paradise, was given a $3OO one. Both Theresa and Lon na have been busy representing the industry at fairs and promotional of these arc popularly referred to as Clean and Green, Righl-to-Farm, and Agricultural Security Areas. The November 3 voters will be asked to approve a $lOO million bond issue to fund a stale-wide agricultural preservation program. Proceeds from the sale of bonds will be used to finance the purch ase of agricultural conservation easements from farmers, ensuring the long-term retention of Pennsyl vania farmland. The term agricultural conserva tion easements, also known as development rights, refers to land owners’ rights to develop or improve their land for many non agricultural uses. Because farm Annual PA State Grange Convention BY CAROLYN HILSDON GILLES Crawford Co. Correspondent BUTLER An estimated 500 PA Grangers were assembled Sun day evening, October 25, in the Auditorium of the Butler Area Senior High School as the first event in the week’s convention activities was opened by Wanda Gallimorc, PA State Grange Director of Deaf Activities. Gilla morc was Mistress of Ceremonies for the Sunday evening program that served as the kick-off for the 1987 PA Grange convention. The event showcased first-place win ners of the State Junior Grange Talent Contest, which was held in June at the All-Granger Summer Component Pricing Could Be Just Around The Corner BY LISA HAMM LITfTZ Getting the most for your product is the goal of every businessman regardless ol w hether the product is a car or a toothbrush. Perhaps this is what motivates the current interest in component pric ing, which relers to paying lor Four Sections events. .The queen reported that they have perfected their omelet making skills and “if you need any hints come to us.” Four new members were nomi nated to the association’s board of director. They are as follows: Joseph K. Hemler, Jr., Lancaster; Roger C. Garber, Mount Joy; Paul M. Wolgemulh, Jr., Elisabeth town; and J. Doug Wolgemulh, Elizabethtown. Katie Brooks and Band enter tained the audience with their foot stomping, hand-clapping show “Country...On Stage.” land may be more valuable as resi dential, commercial or industrial land, farmers forego the develop ment value of that land by keeping it in farming. However, by selling the deve lopment rights to the county as specified under the proposed prog ram, the farmland owner would be compensated for development without having to take the land out of production. Counties would be able to prevent nonfarm use of these properties by holding conser vation easements. The bond referendum, together with implementing legislation now in the General Assembly, Jubilee, and presented stale final ists in the Dcaf-Sign-A-Song Competition. Program events were interpreted for the evening by signer Mimi Loughead from the Mid-West Intermediate Unit IV. Gillamorc called upon Dave Parker, founder and leader of a group called “Breakthrough,” to perform the program’s opening number. Parker heads a non-profit Pittsburgh-based troupe that joins the beauty of sign language with music. Gillamore introduced Park er’s number as “the ultimate in sign-a-song.” Parker’s solo perfor mance delighted the crowd and got the evening off to a lively start. Gillamorc then turned the milk on the basis of its components. Most farmers in the northeast receive a blend price on. 100 pounds of milk plus a bonus for the percent fat in the milk that is more than the standard 5 pciccnl. $8.50 Per Year' (Turn to Page A 26) (Turn to Pa'ge A 26) (Turn to Page A 35)
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