VOL 33 NO. 49
Ag Funding Increases
With Passage Of State Budget
HARRISBURG Pennsylva
nia Secretary of Agriculture Boyd
E. Wolff today hailed passage to
Governor Robert P. Casey’s
budget supplement.
“This additional funding puts
agriculture in Pennsylvania on a
fast track,” said Wolff. “These sig
nificant increases in Department
funding will breathe new life into
efforts for research, animal health
and product promotion.
“After years of declining sup
port for agriculture in Pennsylva
nia,” added Wolff, “the increase is
particularly gratifying because it
funds programs that will do the
most good for our producers and
processors.”
Stale Senator Edward Helfrick
(R-27), who is the chairman of the
Senate Agriculture Committee,
said the agriculture community
suffered greatly under the Gover
Fink Named'Livestock Man Of Year
The 1988 Livestock Man Of The Year is James Fink, Boll*
Ing Springs, (left). Peter Krall made the presentation at the
Pennsylvania Livestock Association’s annual meeting.
Illinois Breeder Shows Top KILE Barrow
HARRISBURG After two
days of driving barrows at the 32nd
annual Keystone International
Livestock Exposition, hog produc
ers from the junior and open shows
j'athcred to hear the judge’s choice
lor supreme champion harrow.
Malt Parsons declared LaVcmc
Weller’s heavyweight crossbred
swine the two shows’ overall
champion.
Coming in a close second was
the 243-pound Hampshire exhi
bited by Franklin Feeser of Taney
•own, Md.
In the junior show, a brother and
sister took the top two spots. Scott
Hazelett of State College drove the
Four Sections
nor’s budget cuts. “Fortunately,
the Republican legislators worked
to restore funding for several
important programs and nego
tiated $8.5 million more for agri
culture than the Governor had
PSU Dairy Science Club
Plans Another Classic Sale
STATE COLLEGE—Put
together about 80 head of regis
tered Holsteins that have records
on the dams up to over 30,000 lbs.
of milk and classified excellent
and you have another Nittany Lion
Fall Classic. The Dairy Science
Club here at Penn State has been
looking all over Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, New York, Maryland
and Delaware for consignments to
champion, while his sister Kristen
showed the reserve champion
barrow.
A partial list of the barrow plac
ings follows.
JUNIOR
Lightweight
1 Kristen Hazlett, PA, 2 G Banker! PA,3
Shelby Heagy, PA
Madiumwalght
1 Scott Hazlett, PA. 2 Kristen Hazelett
PA, 3 Gus Parlett, PA
Heavyweight
1 Brian McAllister, PA, 2 Eric Sheiss, PA.
3 Gregory Soper, MD
Champion
Scott Hazlett, PA
Raaarva Champion
Knsten Hazlett, PA
. CROSSBREDS & PUREBREOS
Lightweight
1 . Henry Holloway, MO; 2 Cedar Meadow
Lancaster Farming. Saturday, October is, 1988
approved,” Helfrick said. Those
programs include;
* A $1,500,000 increase for
agriculture research;
* Restoration of $150,000 for
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their sth annual learning project.
“We have the most consign
ments ever,” said Donald Welk,
selection committee chairman.
“The sale has made a name for
itself as being successful. It’s
known all over the eastern United
States. In addition, farmers were
willing to consign because many
will be short on feed this fall.”
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BY
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
HARRISBURG—An associate
of the livestock industry, well
known as a master educator, was
named the 1988 Livestock Man of
the Year, at the Pennsylvania
Livestock Association annual
meeting here last Friday evening.
James Fink, Boiling Springs,
retired state Vo-Ag supervisor and
National FFA board member
received the award for his years of
dedicated service to the livestock
industry.
While Fink served 12 years on
the association’s board of direc
tors, he may be best known for his
work in creating county-wide,
student-owned Hampshire hog
shows and sales in Indiana,
Lawrence and Butler counties.
Fink started a chain club in each
county so that the best gilt in the
litter was given to the next student
to start his project
Fink also wrote the education
plan and got the Philadelphia
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Swine, PA, 3 L. Weller & Sons, IL
Madlumwalghl
1 Jane Muncaster, VA, 2 Lawrence Byrd,
VA, 3 Lawrence Byrd, VA
Heavyweight
1 L Weller & Sons, IL, 2 Franklin Feeser,
MD, 3 John Williams, OH
Champion
L Weller & Sons IL
Rasarva Champion
Franklin Feeser, MD
DUROC
Lightweight
1 Lightweight
1 L Weller & Sons, IL, 2 Larry Anold. PA
3 Penn State University
Mediumwalght
1 David Holloway, PA, 2 Rodger Banker!,
PA, 3 David Holloway, PA
Heavyweight
1 Jim Parlett & Sons, PA, 2 Jim Parlett &
Sons. PA, 3 L Weller & Sons, IL
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50c Per Copy
Tawnya Wolfhope, Schellesburg (Bedford), the Polled
Hereford Queen with MRF Miss Awesome lead off extensive
coverage of the Keystone International Livestock Exposi
tion In Harrisburg. You’ll find many winners listed through
out this issue. In addition, coverage will continue next
week.
Farmers Support Revised
Sample Manure Ordinance
BY PAT PURCELL
CONESTOGA (Lancaster)
The Lancaster County Farmers
Association voted 16-8 to pass a
resolution to support the latest
draft of the sample manure ordi
nance. This draft is the result of
several joint meetings between
members of LCFA and members
of the Lancaster County Conserva
tion District, the originators of the
Scott Hazelett, State College, shows the grand champion
junior barrow at KIL£.
ordinance.
This resolution aroused some
debate among members at the
county farmers association annual
meeting held Tuesday evening at
the Conestoga Fire Hall.
Several members were con
cerned that showing any support
for the ordinance would only open
the door to more government con
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