30 YEARS AGO
-Vincent Becker, Lititz R 3, was
elected president of die Manheim
Young Farmers Association
Thursday night at a meeting in the
Manheim Central High School.
Other officers elected were vice
president, Mervin Shelly; secret
ary, Paul Kline; treasurer, Eugene
Hoover, and director of public
relations, Forney Longenecker.
•Society of Farm Women 22,
meeting in the home of Mrs. Jay
Landis, Lancaster R 6, recently
heard Mrs. Donald J. Brown,
executive secretary of the Lancas
ter County unit of the American
Cancer Society.
Mrs. Brown also showed two
films from the Cancer Society.
Your RmCredit Banker
Nobody Knowslhe Rekl Better
Sure, you’ll find Farm Credit bankers all
buttoned up, ready to talk short- or long-term loans,
mortgages and sophisticated lines of credit.
But underneath the shirt and tic, you'll find
the one thing the other banlrs don't offer. A follow fanner
Most Farm Credit loan officers were bom
and raised on farms and got their college degrees
from ag schools. Nearly all of them grew up with 4-H
and the Future Farmers of America.
And, if dials not cnouglv every single one of
our loon officers goes
through die toughest ag
lending training program
in America
KEYSTONE FARM CREDIT, ACA
THIS WEEK
Donations were made by the socie
ty of farm women to the American
Cancer Society and to the Lancas
ter Heart Haven.
Mrs. Donald Kepncr was co
hostess and led devotions. Roll call
was answered by “What we did
this morning.”
Next meeting will be Tuesday,
March 13 at 1:30 p.m. with Mrs.
Willis Rohrer of Smoketown as
hostess and Mrs. Clarence Rohrer
as co-hostess.
-Lancaster County Future Far
mers of America will join with
blue-jacketed farm boys all over
the nation next week in celebration
of National FFA Week.
Theme of the week this year is
FARMCBEDTFft
Nobody knows theMl better.
411 W. Roseville Road
Lancaster
(717) 291-1855
“Honoring Rural Opportunities.”
The phrase is part of the opening
ceremony of all FFA meetings and
comes in response to the presi
dent’s question, “Future Fanners,
Why Are We Here?"
The week is set each year to
include George Washington’s
birthday since he was, the future
farmers believe, one of the first
American farmers to use scientific
methods on his farm in Virginia.
Throughout the county, the 10
chapters of FFA will be presenting
special programs and making dis
plays tp call public attention to the
work of FFA and vocational agri
culture in the rural high schools.
The Future Fanners is a national
organization of farm boys studying
vocational agriculture in public
high schools.
-Lancaster Couunty tobacco
growers will set their own prog
ram. farmers were told Tuesday at
the fust of three county meetings
called by the Agricultural Stabili
That means when you talk to a Rum Credit
loan officer about any kind of ag loan, you wont have
to waste your time translating to someone who’s book
smart but farm foolish.
What’s more, because Farm Gxxlit loan
officers understand farming as well as drey understand
finances, drey re not only smarter, d\cy re faster. After
all, diey liavc die same loan closing authority as many
local bank presidents.
So when you need competitive rates or
creative options, see your
local form Gedit banker
Because nobody knows
the field better
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 22,1M2-A29
zation and Conservation commit
tee to explain the upcoming
referendum quotas.
“We have often heard Lancater
County fanners complaining that
western fanners set the policy for
Berks Seedling
Sale Under Way
LEESPORT (Berks Co.)—The
18th annual Tree Seedling Sale,
conducted by the Berks County
Conservation District, is under
way.
the district is apin offering a
wide variety of quality stock
3-year-old tree seedlings at a very
low price. Pre-paid orders will be
taken until March 26, 1992.
The pickup dates are Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday, April 16,17
the eastern fanners, but the deci
sion to accept or reject tobacco
marketing quotas will be up to the
fanners in Lancaster County and
nowhere else,” Raymond Connol
ly, Jr„ told the 40 farmers meeting
at the New Holland Fire Hall.
and 18. All orders will be picked
up at the rear of the Agricultural
Center across from Berks Heim on
County Road.
Varieties being offered this year
are Fraser Fir, Colorado Blue
Spruce. Douglass Fir, Norway
Spruce. Scotch Pine. White Pine,
Aifoorvitae, Black Locust, Cana
dian Hemlock, Red Maple, White
Birch. Mountain Ash, and Pachys
andra (ground cover).
To receive an order form, call
the Berics County Conservation
District at (215) 372-4657.
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