30 YEARS AGO
-Four of the 21 delegates ffsm
Pennsylvania to the 73rd annual
convention of the Holstein-
Friesian Assn, of America are
from Lancaster County.
They are: Earl L. Groff, Stras
burg; Clarence E. Lyons, Lancas
ter; Harvey Rettew, Manheim; and
Paul G. Longenecker, Strasburg.
An all-time high of 182 dele
gates will represent the member
ship of the association in Boston.
This compares to last year’s high
of 179. Total attendance-
delegates, members and guests-is
expected to exceed 2,000.
-There’s not going to be a Penn
sylvania Poultry Queen this year.
Instead the fortunate young lady is
going to be known as “Miss Penn
sylvania Poultry Industry.”
The State Poultry Federation
changed the contest this year and
dropped the titles of ‘Turkey
Queen” and “Poultry Queen” to
make the contest more representa
tive of the poultry industry. .
-The past week saw the first full
week of farming weather uninter
rupted by rain during the 1958 crop
season.
Lancaster County farmers,
caught short in their field work by
the extended cool wet spring,
worked both day and night to get
com ground ready and to get the
crop into the ground.
Tomato plants are arriving in
York FmHA County
Committee Flection
The Fanners Home Adminislra- n r
tion (FmHA) County Committee 2P U ly Coi ? mi i? e Jt
election this year will be held June Sr ;. Thc Q " al,f, “
m moo T f y a . . ■ of persons voting are descnbed in
30,1988. If you do not vote per- .. Vote r Certification Stale
son you should ma. your ballot me „ For furlhcr information
inside a blank envelope marked . . .
ballot to ensure a secret ballot. regarding»ot.ngand.oßrel.g,bJ-
This blank envelooe should be lty> see county offlce hsted
. above. FmHA elections are open
placed inside the envelope you use all eligib i e voters without regard
to mailyour Your name and race fe color> religion> nat £ na l
address must be legible on the out- . . „, r .,. ..
er envelope. Failure to provide this ong, t n ’ a f c ’ P° llUcal 'S ’’
informatics will render your ballot "»antal status. sex ’ 3nd '° , , t
invalid. Ballots and envelopes may
also be obtained from your local , STm £
FmHa office. York Pennsylvania 174 M not
The nominee for the York ,ater than June 30 ’ 1988 ’
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THIS WEEK
volume from the South, and plant
ing for processing is underway in
south and centeral sections of the
state.
-For the first time in more than
11 years, Frank Richards missed
an official board meeting of the
American Angus Association,
according to Elliot Brown, presi
dent of the national organization.
Richard, executive secretary, is
recovering from a heart attack in
the Missouri Methodist Hospital,
St. Joseph, MO.
-A completely new operation,
from a newly designed egg carton
to an extensive merchandising
program, is being instigated by
Hess Bros. Farms Inc., Ephrata.
Most extensive in the moderni
zation program will be the con
struction of a new 10,000 square
foot plant and office, now under
construction on Route 222 just
west of Reamstown.
-More than a hundred new-fed
eral crop Insurance policies have
been taken out this year by Lancas
ter County farmers, according to
Elias J. Frey, Rawlinsville, local
agent.
These are in addition to the more
than a thousand policies which are
in continuous effect.
Four basic crops are covered by
federal insurance this year. For the
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