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VOL. 35 NO. 16
Carter Featured At
Holstein Banquet
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) —With a toast of milk by
Anna Marie Mitchell, state dairy
princess, that included peanuts, the
stage was set here at the Pennsyl
vania Holstein Convention ban
quet for a famous keynote speaker.
Former Unites States President
Jimmy Carter, noted for his peanut
farm enterprise, and Wayne Harp
ster, newly elected state Holstein
president, became friends over
hunting and fishing at Wayne’s
Evergreen dairy farm. During the
last decade, the Carter and Harp
ster families have visited each
other, even in the White House.
And the Harpsters were invited to
go with Carter to China.
In his introduction, Wayne
introduced Carter and his wife
Rosalyn as real people participat
ing in a real world. “This man gets
personally involved,” Harpster
said. “It matters not if it’s washing
dishes after dinner or helping to
jclean game after a hunting trip,
'Carter helps. The fact that he
Animal Welfare Issue Discussed At Pork Congress
| Winners of the Senior Speaking Contest at the Keystone
'Pork Congress are, left to right, Mandy J. Hilbert, first place;
Jenny Shaw, second place; and Jaspn Woodllng, third.
Mandy, 15, Is a member of the Llttlestown, Pennsylvania
FFA. Jenny, 16, Is a member of the Clearfield County 4-H
Club. Jason, 15, belongs to thr, Snyder County FFA.
The contest was close—decldedby2o points. In the end,
with the score 150 to 130, th{ Yo& r County 4-H Swine Club
became the First Place Team at theXeystone Pork Bowl at
the Pork Congress on Wednesday In Camp Hill. From left to
right, Mike Stermer, Kim Franu, Steve Wherley, and Jenny
Sweltzer.
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would go out of his way to come
here tonight tells you what kind of
a fellow he is,” Harpster said.
Carter identified himself as a
farmer. His family has been farm
ers for eveiy generation starting
360 years ago. He recalled milking
cows and helping his father with a
milk and cream delivery route
within 10 miles of his home farm.
The former president declined
to talk about farm programs or
politics. Rather he told of his activ
ities as a private citizen trying to
lead an active, interesting and use
ful life. When he left the White
House, he said he was going to step
up to the only place higher than the
office of the president-private
citizen.
Using the Carter Center as a
base, Carter attempts to work for
world peace and human rights. At
the center, heads of state from the
Middle East are invited to sit down
and discuss how peace can come
to that area. To help in Soviet rela
tions, iht’Carter Center has been
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Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, February 24,1990
At the Holstein Banquet are: (I to r) William Nichol, executive secretary. Jimmy Carter, for
mer UniM,Stales president, and Wayne
president. r
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
and
ANDY ANDREWS
HERSHEY (Dauphin
Co.) —Two opponents in opposite
comets of the animal welfare ring,
here at the annual Keystone Pork
Congress, were non-violent But
each side took a few punches at the
other’s ideas of what should be
done for animal happiness in an
economically driven hog produc
tion facility.
Cathy Liss, Animal Welfare
Institute, Washington, DC, chided
industry sales for pushing installa
tions that cramped the natural
movement of the animals. And
with a slide of a farmer who had
trashed his farrowing crates in
favor of a more primitive opera
tion, she declared that “crates must
go” if farmers are going to keep the
respect of the consumer.
Dr. Stanley Curtis, professor of
animal sciences. University of Illi-
PSU Alumni Society Recruites
Students To Support College Of Ag
UNIVERISTY PARK (Centre
Co.) For members of Penn
State’s College of Agriculture
Alumni Society (CAAS), phoning
high school students who are
interested in attending Penn State
is not only pleasurable, it is also a
high priority. Recruiting top stu
dents to attend Penn State is just
one of a wide variety of projects
the Society has undertaken in an
effort to support and promote the
College of Agriculture. According
to CAAS President N. Alan Bair,
these phone calls' to prospective
nois, counter punched with the
accusation that most animal wel
fare groups only quoted European
scientific information and refuse to
include current US scientific data
in their literature.
“For 20 years, I have been inter
ested in animal behavior in our
production facilities. And I take
issue with welfarists who want to
take wholesale abandonment of a
production system that has
evolved in agriculture,” Curtis
said. “Clearly, these systems have
evolved when agriculture was
marching to the beat of a different
drummer, totally economic in
nature. Now society asks agricul
ture to be responsive to other fac
tors in our systems. And agricul
ture will, as always, act in a
responsible way, but we want to do
it in ways that win preserve the
economic benefits of the systems
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students have been effective. “I
have had some personal success
stories. These personal contacts
show that the College of Agricul
ture is a warm and caring college,
with a lot of real people who are
involved in agriculture and con
cerned about the best interests of
agriculture. We can show that stu
dents are not just a number, which
is sometimes the perception of a
large university,” Bair says.
The Society helps in getting out
good information about the prog
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Five Sections
Brubaker Named
Bafy Foundation
Conservationist
ANNAPOLIS, Md. The
Board of Trustees and the staff of
the Chesapeake Bay Foundation
announced the selection of David
R. Brubaker of Lititz. Pennsylva
nia, as Conservationist of the Year
for 1989. The award is being pre
sented to Mr. Brubaker in recogni
tion of his outstanding leadership
in the protection and wise man
agement of the Bay through his
position in the regional agribusi
ness community and as a member
of the Citizens Advisory Commit
tee to the Chesapeake Bay Execu
tive Committee.
As Executive Vice President of
PennAg Industries Association
and PennAg Industries Service
Corporation, Mr. Brubaker has
been a champion of corporate
social responsibility toward the
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$12.50 Per Year
David Brubaker