Dairy Of Distinction Program (Continued from P»o* A 1) winners for a story. AiyJ tl)b Pen nsylvania Department o'f Agricul ture sent a list of winners to all their news contacts across the state. In 1987, Pennsylvania received 329 applications and chose 99. wi nners. In 1988, there were 229 applications with 94 winners. Let ters of quality went out to all milk handlers. Two negative responses were returned. Again in 1988, Governor Robert Casey declared a Dairy of Distinc tion week by signing a proclama tion that was presented by State Ag Secretary Boyd Wolff at the recep tion for all winners at Ag Progress Days in August At that time, Lan caster Farming presented color photographs to each Dairy of Dis tinction winner, too. “Since we now have worked on the program for three years, the benefits have started to multiply,” Newswanger said. “Not only does the extra favorable publicity in the general press help bring modem farm practices to the attention of urban people, it helps the farmer, too. Many winners use the distinc tion to promote their own opera tion or to seek and hire farm labor.” And now is the time when addi tional dairy farmers may apply for the Dairy of Distinction award. Also farms that had applied in pre vious years but did not win are eligible to reapply this year. The ACME environmental control systems f and products < J . for confinement 5 tk ' operations. V P Superior Design And Perfor mance Air And Sound Performance Master Es. 2 i * Top. PVC p