lanfcasiea&EafjßMftq VOL 37 NO. 29 Lebanon County Dairy Princess Karen Lentz and her dad, Bob, spend a few moments with the heifers they raise. After one year of dairy promotions, Karen will crown a successor at the pageant to be held at the Lebanon County Vo Tech on June 13 at 7:30 p.m. Turn to page 812 for a story about Karen by Lou Ann Good. William P. Campbell, Pennsylvania FFA President, 1931 Editor’s Note: The Pennsyl vania FFA Foundation, assisted by 18 former FFA state officers, has begun an ambitious search for former state officers their addresses, what they are doing now, and recording their remembrances as a state officer and their thoughts today about the FFA and what it meant to them to be a state officer. This article is in part the result of those searches. It is Inventor Believes Consumer Food Concerns Can Be Met With Combination Of Mass Production And Natural Health Methods EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing Editor LANDISVILLE (Lancaster Co.) Many proposals have come to the forefront in recent weeks because of the overwhelm ing public concern about the cnvi Dairy Issue Next Week Lancaster Fanning’s annual dairy issue will feature special sto ries and also messages from our advertisers. Farm interviews cojfli from area. And expdflp tiorf aid regular columns will be, io'place. |/\ / WatcnfoqiKxt week’s special tribute to farmdK Md agri-businesses who"helpj)rovide the consumer with all those good dairy products. PERIODICALS DIVISION h PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY 9 W 209 PATIEE LIBRARY UNIVERSITY PARK PA 16502-ISO2 Four Sections hoped that the Lancaster Farm ing's readers will be stimulated to aid in this search to find all the state FFA officers elected since 1931. If you know of a for mer state officer living in your area please either call Mary Jo Cancelmo, Foundation Execu tive Director (215) 648-0674 or write to the Foundation at Cal der Square, P.O. Box 10493, State College, PA 16805. Having the label “Oldest Living ronment, animal welfare, and food safety. John Albright, local entrepreneur/inventor, believes fanners need to be sensitive to con sumer concerns. One proposal is to use irradia tion to kill illness-causing bacteria in poultry meat The process involves passing food through a chamber containing rods of radioactive cobalt-60 or cesium-137 that destroy bacteria with gamma rays. To overcome the problem of drug contamination in the milk supply, another new proposal sug gests that cows be bred with lower white blood cell counts in their milk so that they have greater resistance to mastitis and therefore less need for treatment According to Dr. Gary Rogers, Pom State assistant professor of dairy and animal science, Pennsylvania dairy farmers lost more than $l3O million last year because of masti tis treatment and milk production (Turn to Pago A 24) Lancaster Arming, Saturday, May 30, 1992 State FFA President” circa 1931 is totally misleading for Bill Camp bell. Facing the eighth decade of his life. Bill Campbell puts most of us to shame both in physical and menial capacity. Expecting to interview a man in the twilight of his years, I instead found a “gentle” man who could easily pass for SO and whose philosophy on life could teach all of us valu able lessons on how to live life to (Turn to Pag* A 27) Gene Miller, Washington Boro vegetable grower, sprays a mist of a secret formula on crops. The project is part of informal research to see the effects of the formula on plant growth and the development of Insect resistance. Four Cows Killed In Late Night By Rifle Fire SMITHTON (Westmoreland County) About midnight on Sunday May 17, neighbors of Mike Hepler, a 22-year-old far mer, heard what sounded like fire crackers. The neighbors heard the loud exhaust of a dark, medium sized hatchback going up Route 31, which divides their property from Kepler's. Four more times the vehicle drove by, stopping once for about 30 seconds on the state road, pop ping off more explosives on the third pass. The explosives were shots from what police believe to be Russian AK-47 or Chinese SKS-47 mili tary weapons. Three cows were killed outright, one has since died. Four cows are recovering from the wounds suffered in the shooting. The whole herd and their owner are recovering from the emotional trauma. PennAg Industries Names 1992 Scholarship Winners EPHRATA (Lancaster Co.) PennAg Industries Association has announced its 1992 scholar ship award winners. The PennAg Scholarship fund was created for the benefit of the children of employees of PennAg members. The 1992 award recipients are Amy Neilson of East Greenville, Daniel Myers of Spring Grove, and Teresa Smith of Altoona. Amy, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Neilson, plans to attend Simmons College, Boston, where she will major in physical therapy or nursing. She will be graduated 609 Per Copy Killed were a registered Jersey, a registered Holstein, and a grade Holstein. Later, another Holstein, wounded in the incident, was put away by the veterinarian. The perpetrators "almost acted like they wanted to get caught,” said a puzzled Hepler as he tried to figure out what happened and why. "Why would anyone what to kill innocent animals?" State Trooper John Dickson ini tially investigated the occurrence. He and others recovered 40-50 spend shell casings, a bullet from one of the cows and a bullet from a house just down the toad from Hepler. After the Memorial Day holiday. State Trooper Dan Mam rose will continue the investiga tion for the vacationing Dickson. Police at Belle Vernon said when persons are caught, they could be charged with criminal mischief, (Turn to Pago A 29) in June from Calvary Baptist School, Lansdale. Daniel, the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Myers, plans to major in environmental sciences at Kutz town University, Kutztown. He will be graduated from Susquehan nock High School in June. Teresa is the daughter of Ken neth Smith, Martinsburg, and Janice Smith, Altoona. She will be attending Computer Learning Net work, Altoona, to study office sys tems technology. $19.00 Per Year
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