* VOL 34 No. 11 Eighth Keystone Cornucopia Features PA Foods HARRISBURG In a depar ture from tradition, the 1989 Key stone Cornucopia is a served din ner rather than the buffet meal offered at the previous seven functions. Cornucopia Coordinator Kathy Gill noted that the meal will fea ture two entrees “to ensure that the diversity of the Keystone State’s agricultural bounty is evident at the February 6 event.” The dinner, sponsored by the Pennsylvania State Council of Farm Organizations and sche duled at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center, is a tribute to the Commonwealth’s number one industry. The reception and dinner (Turn to Pag* AM) Farm Show QhampUm Prices Down , Except Swine BY LOU ANN GOOD * - HARRISBURG The tradi tional Sale of Champions brought Farm Show activities to a climax Hatfield Packing set a record when they purchased Susan Toner’s champion market hog for $21.50 e pound or $4,644. From left: Secretary of Agriculture Boyd Wolff, Clair Clemens, Lieutenant Governor Mark Singe! and Jerry Cle mens (kneeling). Second Farm Show Supreme Dairy Champion? EPHRATA (Lancaster) —Con- trary to information from the Farm Show press office, 1989 was not the first year a supreme dairy champion was selected, according to Marvin Miller of Strasbuig. Miller should know. He earned that honor in 1980. The headline on the front page of the January 12. 1980 issue of Lancaster Forming Four Sections James and Nina Burdette and sons Kyle and Justin were honored at the Franklin County Holstein Club meeting recently tor their tour 1988 All-Pennsylvania awards. '■ Jamury 13. 'Noted for rtcord-bfCtltittl pnoSt, the animal sale this year dropped considecabley except for read “Grand View Fields Supreme Champion”. Miller had a better chance than his competitors that year. Grand View Farms exhibited not one, but two grand champions. Miller took the grand titles in both the Guernsey and Holstein breeds. It was Miller’s Holstein which (Turn to Pago A2S) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 21,1989 the champion market hog, which fOhHbr a record price of $21.50 a pound. Fifteefi-year-old Susan Toner of Clinton County, who sold her champion market swine for $4,644, said, “I was so excited to (Turn to Pago A 22) Changing The Image Of Agricultural Education BY LISA RISSER ROBESONIA (Berks) —Agricul- tural education is changing. The restructuring and streamlining that has been shaking up businesses during the 80s has struck agricul tural education. The changing edu cational needs of students have necessitated a corresponding change in the ag course material. The most visible sign of change occurred in November at the national FFA convention when Joint Ag-Ed \v Exclusive • Series ss Editor’s Note: The needs of agricultural education and the means to support it in the school systems have become jjssues of discussion in recent years. This occasional series by all the staff members at Lancaster Farming at various times during 1989 will explore these issues. Each article in the series will carry the above logo. Franklin Holstein Breeders Honor Top Producers PARADISE (Lancaster) Lancaster County history was in the making this past week at the Paradise Tobacco Auction as buy ers paid up to $1.40 for a pound of 609-type tobacco. “Three years ago when we began the auction, $1,30 a pound wu die Ugh,” recalled Bpc auction manager. Prices for the Maryland-type tobacco have been increasing steadily since the season’s opening five weeks ago. At the onset $1.25 was the average price whereas this week $1.37 was the average with Breaking New Ground At Conrad Weiser members voted to change the orga nization’s name. No longer is t!« group Future Farmers of America. It is simply the FFA organization. The name change reflects th(j wider diversity of agricultural related careers open to students today. Agriculture is more than 50$ Per Copy BY BONNIE BRECHBILL Franklin Co. Correspondent WAYNESBORO (Franklin) “The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has stopped paying for the bruccellosis vaccination prog ram,” State Director James Burdette of Mercersburg told the 150 peo ple assembled at the Franklin County Holstein Club’s Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet. The PA Holstein Association has written a resol ution requesting the reinstatement and continuation of the vaccination program. Burdette encouraged dairy farmers to write to their legisla tors to ask them to reinstate the program. Burdette also stated that the PA Holstein Association is at the forc (Turn to Pago A2B) Tobacco Auction Prices Reach All-Time High BY LISA RISSER Steve MHler, left, and Don McNutt are directing changes in the agricultural education program at Conrad Weiser High School. One of the biggest changes approved by the school board Is the establishment of two ag classes that will provide students with science credits. $lO.OO Per Year $1.40 being the high, There is a tremendous demand for Lancaster County-grown tobacco partly for its good quality, but also because “our tobacco fol lows demands set in the burley markets and the burley market is short in poundage,” explained Probst. “There is about a 3 million ,( *pdfind drop in production in the county as compared to previous years. This scenario set die stage for prices we’ve never seen in tobacco!” Farmers doing business through private treaty are also bencfitting (Turn to P*Q» A 29) farming and ranching. It encom passes Everything from food pro ducing to food processing with subjects such as conservation, bioengineering, and economics thrown in. Conrad Weiser Area High (Turn to Page A 27)
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