Bedford Farmers Hold Banquet
LINDA WILLIAMS
Bedford Co. Correspondent
BEDFORD (Bedford Co.)
‘Too often we are so shackled by
the negatives, we fail to see the
positives,” Keith Eckel, president
of Pennsylvania Farm Bureau told
the members of the Bedford
County Farmers’ Association, at
its annual spring banquet, held re
cently at the Northern Bedford
High School, in Bedford.
Eckel quoted an agricultural ex
pert who. in the early part of the
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to the citizens of Wayne County
this year.
To mark this occasion, the
Wayne County Extension staff
and board members are inviting
everyone to an open house at the
Extension office in the basement
of the Wayne County Courthouse
in Honesdale, on Thursday, April
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century, declared that the Ameri
can farmers could never grow
enough food to feed the growing
population. ‘They will not be able
to produce enough feed to feed the
horses it will take to grow crops
just for them, let alone the peo
ple.”
A negative prediction proven
wrong, Eckel said.
“Aid,” Eckel said, “we will see
more positive changes in agricul
ture from the 20th century to the
21st than we did from the 19th to
the 20th.”
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Extension agents will have ex
hibits set up to highlight educa
tional programs they are currently
working on. There will also be
free information available on such
topics as gardening, parenting, the
new food guide pyramid and food
labels, the 4-H program, food
safety, water quality, Lyme Dis
ease and much more.
For the history buffs there will
be a slide show featuring many
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Eckel said he firmly believes
that the American farmer pro
duces the best of all foods in the
world and he has tremendous faith
in the future of marketing these
foods.
He said the opening of world
trade will have a tremendous
impact on the exportation of food.
“Our main concerns will be
with the elitists ,” Eckel said. “The
animal rights groups, the food
safety advocates, they all want a
perfect type of world based on
emotional decisions.”
folks from the community at Ex
tension programs from the 30’s,
40’s, SO’s and 60’s. Also on hand
will be scrapbooks filled with pic
tures and articles of past Exten
sion activities to help folks take a
walk down memory lane.
Refreshments, including an an
niversary cake, fresh fruits and ve
getables, punch and coffee, will be
served.
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“Farmers today are being
shackled by regulations and po
tential regulations. Rut. responsi
bility should not cripple our pro
ductivity.
“Today,” said Eckel, “the
American fanner should be proud
of the fact that they feed all of the
250,000,000 people in the coun
try. export 35 percent of their pro
duct, and do it on less farm land
than was ever before available.
That is an envious statement for
any industry.
“Today consumers are spend
ing less than 12 percent of their in
come for food which is a drop of
25 percent in the last 10 yean.
‘Talk about health care!” Eckel
said, waving his hands. “Proper
nutrition is the number one step in
any health care program. Some
one is missing that point And,
while health care costs have in
creased 40 percent food has de
clined.
‘The success of the American
fanner has allowed us to pay for
the higher quality health cate we
have in this country.”
Eckel also urged Bedford
County members to support the
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau and to
get more members.
On the same note. Rod McKen
rick. Region 3 Organization direc
tor suggested volunteers going
door to door to obtain members.
Slate Director Howard Shaulis
said there ate presently 23.000
members in the commonwealth.
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“We make up 2 percent of the
population but we have a lot of
clout.” he said.
Norman Sollenberger presented
the legislative report and urged
farmers to make themselves heard
in Harrisburg. “We need to speak
out against strangling rules and re
gulations,” he said.
The meeting was organized and
chaired by Ken Mowry, president
of the Bedford County Associa
tion.
hi other business, Amy Mcar
kle, Bedford County dairy prin
cess madea plea for candidates for
the annual princess contest.
Other officers who attended in
cluded Fred Claycomb, vice presi
dent, Betty O’Neal, secretary, and
Pauline Yoder, treasurer.
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“A lot of people put a great deal
of time into this event,” said Walt
Wurster, dairy agent in Chester
County. “We wouldn’t have been
able to do this without them.”
Another general auction is sche
duled May 21 in Downingtown,
according to Wurster, More infor
mation will be available at a later
date.
“The Chester County extension
office would like to give a big
‘ thank you ’ to all who donated ani
mals and other supplies, and to
those who got it done,” said
Wurster.
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