VOL 36 NO. 36
Governor Requests Disaster
Designation For 27 Counties
JOYCE BUPP
York Co. Correspondent
DOVER (York Co.)— John
Shearer, Jr., is a husky-built far
mer, used to wrangling bags of
seed grain and maneuvering large
equipment.
Thursday he knelt in a field of
crackling dead weeds and bone
dry soil, cradling in work-worn
hands a curled, limp, dying stalk
of com. Kneeling with the York
grain producer on the parched
land under a broiling morning sun
were Governor Robert Casey and
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agri
culture Boyd Wolff.
After examining the sparse
stand of wilting com. Governor
Casey announced that he would
immediately request from U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture Edward
Madigan a drought disaster decla
ration for 27 Pennsylvania coun
ties. A federal disaster declaration
would make drought-stricken far-
Chester County Holstein raffle calf with friends. Left to right, Cliff Gibble, winner;
Rodney Bare, breeder; Ken Umble, field day chairman; Becky Blank, dairy princess;
and Brandon Umble, leadsman.
Chester Holstein Raffle Calf
Going To Brethren Relief Sale
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
COCHRANVILLE (Chester
Co.) —The winning ticket in the
raffle for a registered calf at the
Chester County Holstein Field Day
was drawn for Cliff Gibble, Select
Sires representative. Since Cliff
Four Sections
mers in those counties, and 25
bordering ones, eligible for feder
al emergency disaster assistance.
“From the Maryland border to
the northern tier, we are seeing
tremendous crop losses from the
extremely high temperatures,
which hit earlier than usual, and
from the lack of rainfall.
“Based on the data Secretary
Wolff has been helping us gather
and this examination, we will ask
for a formal disaster declaration.
The production losses to date are
already estimated at $195 mil
lion,” the Governor said. “York
County is especially hard hit, as is
Cumberland County.
“A drought has a depressing
effect on the whole economy,”
said Casey, noting the related loss
of jobs, lower income for rural
business and increased food
prices.
Officials and farmers are com
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doesn’t have a (dace for the calf, he
announced he was going to donate
the calf to the Brethren Church
relief sale to be held on September
27.
The calf, a Black Star out of a
Melvin daughter was purchased at
the Harold Bare sale. Harold
deducted half the bid price for the
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, July 20, 1991
Lancaster County Poultry Queen Deb Wolgemuth, center left, and Alternate Bev
Cinder, center right, hold a get-acquainted luncheon for contestants participating in
the poultry queen pageant on August 2 at the Farm and Home Center, Lancaster. Mar
lene Enck, left, Diane Musser, right, and three other contestants will compete for both
county and state titles. See story on page 812. Photo by Lou Ann Good.
county association. A total of 750
tickets were sold at $1 each, and
more could have been sold if they
had been printed.
“Needless to say. the raffle was a
big success and we will want to try
it again,” said Ken Umble, field
day chairman.
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Maryland Dairy Princesses
Prepare For Competition
EVA MARTIN
Maryland Correspondent
FREDERICK, Md. Mary
land has six regional dairy prin
cesses competing for the state title
this year. They met recently for a
seminar on the beautiful campus
of Hood College in Frederick.
The campus setting was a great
place to become better acquainted
and discuss many pertinent sub
jects for their role if chosen Mary
land Dairy Princess. Dairy food
preparation, skit presentations,
public speaking and grooming
were some of the subjects pre
sented at the seminar.
Tonya Jean Broadwater
Tonya is a resident of Accident,
Md. and represents Allegheny-
GarretL She is the 17-year-old
daughter of Gary and Virginia
Broadwater.
Tonya graduated from Northern
Rogers-A lien Order
Approved In New York State
BATAVIA. NY Efforts by
the Regional Cooperative Market
ing Agency (RCMA) to obtain
higher milk prices for farmers
have paid off with the approval of
New York’s Rogers-Alien order
last week.
Based upon New York’s
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Garrett. High and plans to attend
college pursuing a nursing career.
For the past two years, she has
enjoyed being involved in SHOP
which is Students Helping Other
People. She is also treasurer of the
VJCA Club and Craft Club. Her
family owns 135 head of
Holsteins.
Dawn Margaret Downey
Dawn’s parents are Frank and
Carolyn Downey. They live on a
300 head Holstein/Jersey dairy
farm near Downsville, Md.
Dawn is 15 and attends Wil
liamsport High School. After gra
duation, she plans to attend col
lege and major m elementary
education.
This past summer she was cho
sen to attend the 1991 National
4-H Conference. She has been a
state public speaking champion.
actions, surrounding states have
raised prices, too, in efforts to
keep dairy farmers from bankrupt
cy during this period of severely
depressed milk prices.
“This is a historic decision for
dairy farmers,” Executive Direc
tor Carmen L. Ross said of the
vote that approved the Rogers-
Allcn order. “Farmers have made
their voices heard in establishing a
price for their milk. Establishment
of this order proves that if dairy
farmers work together through an
organization like RCMA, they can
accomplish their goals.”
It is the first time the Rogers-
Alien Act, passed in the late
19305, has been used to establish
statewide minimum milk prices.
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