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Supreme champion of the Harrisburg All-American was C Renvale Prestar Della, an
aged cow exhibited by Lylehaven Holstelns, of East Montpelier, Vermont. On hand for
the presentation were: (from left) Jay Landis, president of Pennsylvania Holstein
Association; Judge Loren Elsass; Kimberly Bonzo, PA Dairy Princess; Bob Fitzsim
mons handling the champion and associate judge George Nunes.
Farming Most Hazardous; Medical Center Established
t
ter nMr the average AmertMn
worker.”
In addition to the widely publi
cized accounts of farm-related
accidents involving tractor over
turns and power takeoff dismem
berments, Dr. Pratt outlined some
very serious, but less well known
dangers that farmers endure. He
cited several chronic health prob
lems such as hearing loss, arthritis,
skin cancer, bronchitis and other
lung disorders as specific
examples.
The overwhelming evidence
pointing to significant health and
safety issues related to farming
must be viewed in the political
context of the national health care
agenda. “The Health Care Financ
ing Administration... has stacked
the deck against rural hospitals.
SYRACUSE. NY Dr. David''
S. Pratt, Director of the newly
established New York Center for
Agricultural Medicine and Health
at Bassett Hospital in Cooper
stown, was a guest at the North
west Farm Communicators annual
meeting held here this week in
conjunction with the Eastern Milk
Producers Convention.
In his remarks. Dr. Pratt pointed
out the striking disparity between
farmers overall health and their
alarming rate of job-related injury.
“The good news is that farmers are
generally healthier than other
Americans. They die less often of
heart disease, strokes and lung
cancer... The bad news is that they
suffer more deaths from accidents
than others... Farmers are injured
and killed at a rate four times grea-
SYRACUSE. N.Y. The
Joseph Skawienski family of Var
ysburg, N.Y., has been named the
1988 Quality Farmers of the Year
by Eastern Milk Producers
Cooperative. Selected from over
3,000 farmers in nine states, the
Skawienskis were honored at East
ern’s annual banquet here this
week.
Ag-Industry Banquet
Reservations Available
LANCASTER—The twelfth
annual Agriculture-Industry Ban
quet has been scheduled for Tues
day, November 22 at 7 p.m. at Wil
low Valley Resort according to
Elizabeth Lennon, coordinator of
office services for the Lancaster
Chamber of Chamber of Commer
ce and Industry. This banquet trad
itionally brings together the farm
ing and the commercial commuties
Four Sections
Skawienski Family Named Quality Farmers
Skawienski, wife Sophia and
their three sons (Joseph, Stephan,
Alan) work together - each with
specific tasks. Their teamwork has
made the farm one of Eastern’s
best Their 225 milkers produce
about 3 1/2 million pounds a year.
That’s five tons a day, or 20,000
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in a united support of the economy
of Lancaster County.
The chief financial correspon
dent for NBC News, Mike Jensen
is the featured speaker. Jensen is
known to make finance and busi
ness easy to understand and to
relate them to every day life. He
joined NBC News in 1978 after
serving as a financial reporter for
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 8, 1988
According to the National Rural
Health Association*, the govern
ment spends 42% fewer dollars per
capita in rural areas when com
pared to urban sites. If we are able
to succeed in providing quality
occupational health services for
farmers, we must support equality
in reimbursement for all rural
health services.”
Dr. Pratt concluded his remarks
with a call to action. “As frag
mented interest groups, we will
fail, as a concerned agricultural
commodity, we cannot help but
succeed. He invited conference
participants to join in “A barn rais
ing of commitment to a safer,
healthier world for farmers, farm
workers and their families.”
The New York Center for Agri
cultural Medicine and Health was
The Joseph Skawlenskl family, 1988 Quality Fanners Of The Year, has 225 milk
cows that produced the highest quality milk of all members of Eastern Milk Producers
cooperative. In the photo (I to r): Joseph and Sophia, and sons Allan and Joe.
Lylehaven Exhibits
Supreme All-American
BY JOYCE BUPP
York Co. Correspondent
HARRISBURG (Dauphin)
A nine-year-old, Canadian-bred
entry of Lylehaven Holsteins, East
Montpelier, Vermont, was named
supreme champion in the dramatic
finale to the 25th Harrisburg All-
American Dairy Show.
The six breed champions from
the show, which ran through last
week at the Farm Show complex,
circled before hundreds of specta
tors gathered in the large arena for
the supreme champion award.
Making the selection was a
panel of four distinguished Penn
sylvania dairy judges: Harry Roth,
Atlantic Breeders Cooperative;
Obie Snider, president of the
show’s sponsoring Pa. Dairy and
Allied Industries Association; Don
recently established at Bassett
Hospital in Cooperstown by the
New York State Legislature in
Farm-Dairy Organizations
Announce Merger
Syracuse, NY Describing it
as a major advance for farmers,
officers of three of the Northeast’s
leading farm-dairy organizations
have announced the intent to con
solidate farmer ownership of a key
segment of the region’s milk
business.
Clyde E. Rutherford, president
of Dairylea Cooperative Inc.; Wil
liam A. Hiller, president and chief
executive officer of Agway Inc.;
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Seipt, vice president of the Nation
al Holstein Association, and Lloyd
Ebersole, Sire Power.
It was the second champion
crown of the day for C Renvale
Prestar Della, talcing the supreme
title just minutes after earning
senior and grand champion honors
from judge Loren Elsass, Wapa
koneta, Ohio. The champion, a
Leadfield Prestar daughter, was
bred by Russell Hurren, and has
production records over 27,300
lbs. milk and 1445 fat
Reserve grand champion was
the runner-up aged cow, Hanover
Hill FM TT Marq I, bred and exhi
bited by Hanover Hill Holsteins,
Port Perry, Ontario, Canada. The
7-year-old was also named best
senior female bred and owned. She
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response to a bill sponsored by
Assemblyman Michael J. Brag
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and Leonard Wilson, president and
chief executive officer of H.P.
Hood Inc. announced plans for
Dairylea to sell all of its plants,
equipment, and distribution busi
ness to H.P. Hood Inc., a subsidi
ary of Agway Inc.
Dairylea, a 2,800 member dairy
marketing cooperative based in
Central New York, will irtvest a
portion of the proceeds to acquire
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