Gov. Casey Opens Farm Show
(Continued from Pago A 1)
The carriage was driven by
Roger Thoms of Spring Mills.
Centre County, the winner of the
team hitched-horse competition at
last year’s show.
During the opening ceremonies.
Gov. Casey paid tribute to the
state’s 55,000 farm families and
2,000 food processors. Then, he
officially opened the doors of the
show, which is free of charge to
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Friday. $35 billion in economic activity.
“Pennsylvania has traditionally “It’s important that the tradi
been seen as a state of heavy hon of farming in Pennsylvania,
industry coal, steel, oil, rail- which stretches back 300 years,
roads,” Gov. Casey said, “but continues strong into the 21st cen
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Showcase Sale Scheduled
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
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SPEAKERS
Mr. Leon Riaaler, Lancaster County Agent; nutrient management
Mr. Robert Andaraon, Lancaatar County Agent; agronomy
Ms. Karen Welaa, Agricultural Preserve Board
Mr. Donald Ranch, Dairy Farmer
Mr. Everett Newawanger, Editor of Lancaster Farming
Honorable Boyd E. Wolff, Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture
Senator Noah W. Wenger, 36th District and Vice Chairman of
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serve their land for agricultural
use.
“For years, state government
has talked about saving the van*
ishing farms of our Common
wealth, and now we’re doing
something about it,” Gov. Casey
said.
event, Mozes said. Interested con
signors in eastern Pennsylvania
are urged to call selector. Jay
Howes, 18 Meadowbrook Lane,
Elizabethtown, at (717) 367-7774.
Making the selections in western
Pennsylvania is Raymond
Anthony, Meadville RD 4, at:
(814) 336-1936.
The sale is managed by the
Pennsylvania Holstein Associa
tion, State College, at (814)
234-0364. Catalogs will be avail
able from the association in mid-
March.
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attend.
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