Farm-City Activities
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family farmer is passing the way of
the cowboy and the no-fcncc,
open-range rancher.
There are many involved in the
dairy business, in education, and in
investments who say that the fami
ly farmer is passing into history.
According to the U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture, families liv
ing on hums only represent about
1.8 percent or less of die total
SUM Sen. David Brightbill uilks to fanners about the
development of the Swatara State Parte, located In nothem
Lebanon County, as part of Farm-City week activities.
With a wagon load of achool children In the lead, Connie Hotter talks to the driver of
an H&H Tack Shop horse-drawn wagon, that was used to give rides to adults during
Farm-City activities In Lebanon County. _____
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The USDA’s own actions
ceasing to conduct the annual
survey of family hums because of
the diminished number and there
fore relevance may well be die
knell for a way of life that traces
back for thousands of years for
many existing cultures, especially
the ones which now call the
American continent home.
Today, agriculture is no longer
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These school chUdrsn pick their way around a mini-maze cut Into ground adjacent
to a several acre galnt dinosaur mass, as part of Lebanon County’s Farm-City
activities.
synonymous with the family form.
However, whether or not life on
the independent family farm may
be passing, Farm-City activities do
much to show people the truth
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