rOL 35 No. 4 PA FFA Foundation Meets GETTYSBURG (Adams Co.) The quarterly Pennsylvania FFA Foundation Meeting was held at the Holiday Inn in Gettysburg. The meeting was preceded by a personally guided tour of Mason Dixon Farms, Inc., the Gettysburg Battlefield, and the Eisenhower NFarm. Host for the meeting and pJour was Richard Waybright, pres ident of Mason Dixon Farms and a trustee of the Pennsylvania FFA Foundation. The Honorable Samuel E. Hay es, Jr., president of the organiza tion, presided over the meeting. Spouses of the trustees were spe cial guests as was the Dover High Berks County 4-H’ers Honor Members BY VAL VAN TASSEL Berks Co. Camapomknl LEESPORT (Berks Co.) This past year was a banner year for Berks County 4-H with a total f of 2,672 youth enrolled in the i program, die most 4-H’ers ever, recording to Rick Kauffman, ■berks County Extension 4-H pgent • A breakdown of the member i ship revealed that more thanhalf of the 4-H’ers are from suburban or ' central-city clubs. Three-fourths erf the members arc-11 years old or younger. The most popular project was embryology, which served a whopping 1,245 youngsters, fol lowed by "Meet die Plants” pro gram with 323 paitfcipoMß. Michele Wojszwfllo of ti» Leespoit 4-H Chib and Scott Farm Groups Hold Joint Meeting CORTLAND, NY Rep t resentatives of the New York I chapter of the National Farmers ' Organization, New York State Farm Alliance, Committee on Rural Affairs, Rural Vermont, Oneida Lewis Milk Producers’ Kooperative, New York State range. New York Farmers Union, and Pennsylvania Farmers Union met this week at Cortland, New York to discuss common concerns on dairy policy and an approach to the 1990 farm bill. Protect Ground Water Without Sacrificing Farmers BY PAT PURCELL LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) Agriculture: the industry that has made Lancaster County known as the Garden Spot of the world, also has given the county another somewhat dubious distinction. That distinction being a county overloaded with animal waste. Lancaster County is number one B| the state in livestock and poultry production—the very operations that have led to this overload of animal waste. The disposal of these agricultural byproducts has become one of the most talked Four Stfflfft School FFA chapter, accompanied by advisor, Nicholas Slollar. Highlights of the meeting were as follows: \ ■Announcement l>y Rep. Hayes of the appropriation of $33,000 by the Pennsylvania Legislature for the support of FFA programs. •$15,115 of the $21,440 amount needed for National FFA Contest trip winners had been raised and $2855 of the $5760 for Regional trip winners had been raised. The Foundation has until -December 31st to raise the money. Two areas were noted that needed support - floriculture and nursery/ (Turn to Pago AM) Youse of the Eastern Berks dairy club received a number of awards including the “I Dare You" leader ship award. Both members were nominated for the award by their leaders, and both received their teen. project, fourth year felJftfpCWWKng the evening, WojszwHlo, who was a Keystone winner in both the clothing and, textile and the food and nutrition programs, has been helping 6*e other 4-H members with their pro jects. Youse, a county dairy pro gram winner and a state junior dairy show participant, is president of the dairy club. Blaine Fessler, treasurer for the 4-H Development Board and the 4-H Community Center, received the 1919 Clover Award for aervfce (Turn I* Pbo« A2S) The group)! agreed that die 1990 farm bill should include; * A long-range two-tiered supply management program, instead of a quick-fix standby program; * A suppprt price based on a formula thattoegins at an adequate level of parity; * An adequate reserve of dairy products, considered separately from surpluses; * Exclusion of commodities for (Turn to PMflo A 22) about and, sometimes, the most hotly debated topics. Another byproduct of agricul ture is the land. The rolling, green pastures dotted with cattle, the patchwork of fields of golden grain next to lush fields of alfalfa has convinced thousands of families and businesses to make their home here. The shrinking available land area, due to this surge in develop ment, has resulted in less land in agriculture. This shrinking land area has meant more animals per acre and less acres on which to dis iwcaUr Farming, Saturday, December 2,1989 Twin* KjMMiy and Kovin Ehrhardt ham Hup with an lea cream cone to publicize the photo miphy eontest held In conjunction with the 1990 Maryland State Holateln Convention in Bel BY EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing Editor BALDWIN, MD—When is an ice cream code double fun? When -11-year-old twin boys both get in a big Bek to help create a photograph that is intended to publicize die 1990 Maryland Holstein Conven tion’s photo contest. That’s why Kenny and Kevin Ehrhardt, sons of Elaine and Jim Ehrhardt, Bald win, Md.. got out early from their fifth grade class at Youth’s Benefit Tuesday afternoon. The twins have two big brothers, too. Brian, 16. is a sophomore at Loyola High School and Bucky, 19. is a fresh man at Virginia Tech. Nutrient Management Dilema pose of the animal waste. And as farmers increase lives tock numbers to keep profitability in their fiscal equation, in many areas of the county there simply is more manure produced than the available land can safely handle. The concern about the future of the Chesapeake Bay and the qual ity of Lancaster County’s drinking water are the two driving forces behind all the attention nutrient management is receiving. Pennsylvania law now requires all townships to file a sewer plan with their county. This law also 504 Per Copy Double Fun Actually, mom was the first to know about this because Betty Cole, publicity chairperson, called early to arrange for the photo ses sion with Everett Newswanger, managing editor. And by the time the ice cream had melted, the boys had kissed and licked and stuck their noses in it and hammed it up with such natural ability, you would have thought they did this every day. And they got so much ice cream on themselves that later when they posed with a calf, the calf mistook their faces for the ice cream cone. But it was all in fruK-the kind pf fun you alio can have when you snap a picture to enter this photo requires township officials to test a percentage of their wells for nitrates and general water quality. For the first time in Lancaster County’s history, reliable data is being assembled, according to Michael W. Brubaker, agronomist and proprietor of Brubaker Agro nomic Consulting Service In Lititz and a Warwick Township Supervi sor. And the data coming in shows some alarming levels of nitrates in wells. A substantial number of wells, according to Brubaker, through 112.50 Per Year contest. Mrs. Cole said the theme of your photo should help to pro mote the dairy industry. Everyone is eligible to enter, but only one entry per person. The photo may lie black and Avhite or ctgor and should be from 5” x 7" to 8” x 10” in size and mat led. Placayour name, address and phonanumber on a label and attach it to the rack lower left of the photo. Then send it by mail to Allen Galbreth, Bra 13, Street, 3MD 21154} or bring your entry to the convention. Deadline to enter is 1:00 p.m., March 2,1990, at the convention luncheon. (Tttni la n«e A 22) out the county, are testing well in excess of the Environmental Pro tection Agency (EPA) standard of 10 parts per million. There is no looking back in Lancaster’s his tory to compare. Prior to Act 53.7 there has been no system for test ing'wells for nitrates. “We as township officials are seeing nitrate levels which concern us. We know over application of nutrients to farm land is one of the culprits. It certainly is not the only culprit. Scptage problems are a very strong candidate as well,” (Turn to Pago A 34)
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