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resources for future generations,”
Boyd said. “Let it be our legacy to
help this living national treasure
flourish into the 21st century as a
contribution to the on-going qual
ity of life rather than a monument
to past historical achievement.”
Among those who were recog
nized for support of the program
were Robert and Carolyn Wenger
and Joseph and Claudine Hess.
The Wengers, who own farms in
Honors Quality Milk
CINCINNATUS,
N.Y. Thomas Holl of Deßuy
ter, N.Y., was recently recognized
by tJnited Dairy Services for his
outstanding quality milk produc
tion for this past year.
Holl, a member of Otselic Val
ley Milk Producers Cooperative
Association, Inc., was presented
the award by James Patsos of
United Dairy Services at Otselic
Valley Co-op's Annual Meeting in
Cincinnatus, N.Y.
Otselic Valley Co-op dairy far
mer members are located in Cort
land and Chenango counties.
This is the third consecutive
year that Tom Holl has been the
recipient of this award. He
Lancaster Farmland
Manheim and Warwick Town
ships, were honored for extending
an original 25-year easement with
the county ag preserve board to a
perpetual easement with the trust.
The Hesses also put their
137-acre Strasburg farm into a per
petual easement with the trust
Alan Musselman, executive
director for the trust, said Lancas
ter has the opportunity to be an
island of success in terms of saving
the land. He said Lancaster has
received a gift and a check for fifty
dollars in recognition of his
achievement.
Otselic Valley Co-op is a mem
ber of United Dairy Services
located in Seneca Falls, N.Y.
United Dairy Services provides
marketing, accounting and legisla
tive services for small coopera
tives and agricultural
organizations.
United provides the award each
year to individuals in each
cooperative member association in
recognation of the outstanding
efforts made by its members to
provide quality milk going into
wholesome dairy products for
consumers.
Trust
things underway and other parts ot
the country are recognizing that the
county is securing a more perma
nent agriculture.
Mussclman announced that the
non-profit trust has now preserved
27 county farms totaling 2,500
acres. He said that the trust has also
assisted in preserving five farms in
conjunction with the Lancaster Ag
Preserve Board. He said the trust
has been able to find creative ways
to help farm families preserve the
land while satisfying family needs
in transferring land and saving
taxes.
Lancaster now has 131 farms
preserved and 260,000 acres in
restrictive agricultural zoning.
In addition to President Boyd,
other officers elected were Brent
Shunk, vice president; Phyllis
Whitesell, secretary and Paul
Wipple, treasurer.
New board members elected
were Zoa Kile and Ronald Kreider,
three-year terms, and Dorothy Lyet
and Dennis Jeff, one-year terms.
Renominated to the board were
Jeffrey Frey, Marilyn Lewis and
Paul Whipple, three year terms and
George Delp, one year term.
The Lancaster Farmland Trust
has 1600 members; 375 of them
attended the banquet.
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