VOL 33 No. 38 New State Grange Master Selected HARRISBURG— After nearly a decade as Master of the Pa. State Grange, Charles E. Wismcr, Jr., a dairy farmer from Montgomery County is retiring “to Charles Wismer Land Conference: Stop Treating Our Soil Like Dirt BY LOU ANN GOOD ELIZABETHTOWN (Uncaster) Lancaster is at a crossroads. Will it preserve its farmland or will it allow development to run rampant? The planners for the Und, Eth ics, and Community Values con ference held at Elizabethtown Col lege, on July 21 to 23, believe the county’s agriculture and spiritual roots have been largely responsi ble for its fertile beauty. Now eco nomic growth threatens to destroy it. Countians have diverse values. Some want to retain its virgin rur alism while others claim commer cialism must continue for econom ic growth. Is it possible to solve the prob lem when these two opinions are in direct opposition to each other? “Yes,” Douglas Weidman, pres ident of Uncaster Design Com munity, told more than two hundred people who attended the three day conference. “We must get below the emotional levels to RCMA Plans Diversion MOUNT JOY The first day of September may be diversion day for Farmland Dairies if RCMA can get its present plan to action. At a meeting here Monday even ing, Edgar King, Manager of Cus tomer Relations, outlined the plans to divert enough milk away from Farmland Dairies in one day to break the resistance to over-order pricing by the New Jersey-based milk handler. Up to now Farmland has suc cessfully resisted RCMA’s effort to obtain full over-order premiums by paying its own premiums to farm shippers. These premiums exceedßCMA’s payments to date. Four Sections return to the farm.” According to Wismer, “I find that my children have grown up and moved away. While they were William Rlngler collectively come to a vision.” He believes that Lancaster is having a midlife crisis. And that countians possess a frontier men tality of squandering resources. ‘The problems underlying envi ronment problems are basically arrogance, ignorance and greed,” said Calvin DeWitt, professor of environmental studies at the Uni versity of Wisconsin. Heifer Shot In Pasture PEQUEA (Lancaster) Unknown to the fanner, a light caliber bullet (maybe a .22 or .222) grazed the head of a 1,000-pound bred Holstein heifer one night last week on the Daniel Metzler farm on Douts Hill Road. Metzler first noticed that the heifer, which freshens this fall, was not feeling well. Uter he noticed that one eye was not focusing correctly? When the veterinarian was called, at fust the only indication of the problem was a low-level fever. But upon closer examina- In addition, because RCMA did not previously divert all milk from Farmland at the same time, Farm land has replenished its milk supp ly by adding new shippers and expanding its farm pickup area. But officials at Monday’s meet ing were hopeful that this new tac tic would cause Farmland to nego tiate with RCMA before the Sep tember 1 deadline. RCMA, government officials and media representatives seemed to outnumber the relatively few farmers that attended this meeting at the Country Table Restaurant. But officials outlined a plan to con (Turn to p«g« A 29) Lancaster Farming, Salußlay, July 30, 1988 home 1 could depend on them to help tend the 135 milk cows and 220 acres of land. Now that they are gone, I find that the farm requires more of my time than I can give and still remain Master of the Grange. I came from the farm to be Master. And I leave the Mas ter’s Chair to go back to the farm. I worked only for the Grange and I will work to serve the Grange in any way I can. During Wismer’s tenure as Master of the 115 year old; 42,000 member, family farm organization he initiated many new programs, among them were: Lifetime mem bership program; 800 telephone number; State Deaf Committee; Grange Day in Harrisburg; 26 new subordinate Granges established; 20 reactivated subordinate Granges; First Master to serve on Board of Overseers University of (Turn to Pago A 23) to instill a sertse of responsibili ty, he turned to the Bible, which teaches that God is owner of the earth, not people who are short term occupants of the land, and that human beings are responsible for earth keeping. He said, “Dominion is steward ship.” Conflict often enters into deciding exactly what dominion (Turn to Pag* A 25) lion, they found swelling around the head and a healing scar both where the bullet entered and exited the head. Metzler said it looks like some- (Turn to Pag* A 39) Rbwraygen Creek Linnan Jean, exhibited by C.E. Hubbard, continued her history of showring dominance with the York Holstein senior and grand champion honors. Reserve went to Woodbine Farms with Woodbine Valiant Marty. From left are Dairy Princess Sue Eisenhart, C.E. Hubbard and his champion, George Knight 111 handling* the reserve, and judge Creedin Cornman. 500 Per Copy National Ag Secretary, Richard Lyng (left). and Penneyl vania State Ag Secretary, Boyd Wolff. Gov. Sends Ag Secretary To Washington HARRISBURG—Gov. Robert P. Casey this week asked U.S. Sec retary of Agriculture Richard E. Lyng to issue a federal drought dis aster declaration for the entire suye of Pennsylvania. “Every county in the state has experienced damage from the 1988 drought to the degree that places our state’s largest industry York County Dairy Show BY JOYCE BUPP York Co. Correspondent Kowraygen Creek Linnan Jean added another jewel to her crown of show-string wins last week when she was named senior and grand champion of the York Black & White Show on July 21 at the York fairgrounds. Owned and exhibited by C.E. Hubbard of New Cumberland, the winning aged cow is scored EX-90. Her latest completed lacta- $lO.OO Per Year at risk.” Gov. Casey wrote in a let ter to Lyng. Gov. Casey said the declaration would represent a first step toward Pennsylvania agriculture [from the current crisis. The designation would make qual ified Pennsylvania fanners eligible for low-interest loans from the fed (Tum to Pago A 29) tion, at 5 years 10 months, 365 days, totaled 28,671 milk and 1292, with a 4.S percent fat test Though now a 4-H “graduate” Hubbard has exhibited the Creek daughter to numerous state and national junior and open class awards. Judge Creedin Comman of Car lisle praised her dairiness, tre mendous body capacity and well balanced udder, and noted that she (Turn to Pag* A 34)
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