Fruit
(Continued from Pago A 1)
A retail market, wholesaling
and pick-your-own are all offered
today at the Raab Fruit Farm near
Dallas town, encompassing a full
array of produce from early sea
son strawberries to late fall pump
kins and apples. Conservation
practices have long been com
monplace on the Raab land, where
strip cropping was implemented
years before it became a readily
accepted means of stewardship
and saving soils.
In addition being a forward
looking agriculturist, Joe Raab
held numerous leadership posi
tions within the local community
and political arena. He served nine
years as a supervisor in York
Township, and in 1968, was elect
ed a York County commissioner.
During his tenure as head of the
county board of commissioners,
both the 911-eroeigency system
and the county’s extensive park
system were initiated. In fact,
Raab is often affectionately called
the “grandfather” of the York
County Park System and the coun
ty’s newest park addition has been
York County's 1995 Ag Industry award \ylnner is York
Farm Credit. Accepting the honor for the ag lending
cooperative are Jay Rush, left, and Jim Sigler, right. Tony
Debrosky, center, made the presentation for sponsoring
Agribusiness Insurance Agency.
Profit
from winter
lime application
Grower, Ag
named in his honor.
Now retired from his beloved
fruit farming business. Raab has
passed the reins down to his chil
dren. Daughter Jane Lehman and
son Joseph B. Raab lease the Raab
Fruit Farm in partnership, with
114 acres owned and an adjoining
SO acres of leased land. Jane’s
husband, Gary, and Joe’s wife,
Candy, help with the farm when
not at their full-time jobs. Also
lending hands as needed are the
seventh generation, Joe and Can
dy’s children, Joanna, Chris, Lisa
and John, the eldest, at present a
full-time farm employee.
York Farm Credit was named
the 199 S Ag-Industry Award win
ner, for its long-time service to the
region’s farmers and support of
the agri-business community.
With corporate headquarters in
York and branch offices in sur
rounding counties, York Farm
Credit serves farm and rural home
lending needs in Adams, Franklin,
Fulton, Cumberland, Perry and
York counties. Membership in
cludes more than 2,300 farmers
across that area, governed by a
Lender Honored In York County
Fruit and vegetable producer Joe Raab, left center, accepts hie award as the 1995
York County Family Farm winner. The presentation was made by Jay Rush, right,
president of York Farm Credit, sponsor of the award. Family members joined him at
the podium for the acceptance.
board of directors elected by the
membership.
Under the management of pre
sident Jay Rush, York Farm Credit
also helps provide leadership and
support for adult and youth co
operative education efforts, com
modity and agriculture manage
ment training for farmers, vo-ag
and 4-H programs, scholarships
for ag students and ag-education
aimed at the consuming public.
One of York Farm Credit’s most
recent outreach efforts has been in
helping support the Ag In The
Classroom program, which edu
cates teachers about modem agri
culture.
Recognition was also extended
during the program to key partici
pants in several York County
farm-city events held through the
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Lancaster Firming, Saturday, February 4, 1995-A25
past year. Farm Visitation day
host was Bailey Farms, Spring
Grove R 2, which toured several
hundred visitors in November
through its large egg production
facility.
Farm-City Tour hosts recogniz
ed were Wayne and Barbara
Mummert, East Berlin Rl, Codor
us Fertilizer Service, owned by
George Williams, Codorus, Ger
ald and Norma Jean S termer. East
Berlin R 2, and Round Hill Foods,
Inc., New Oxford.
Four “teams,” each consisting
of one farmer and one non-farmer,
took part in the Ag Day Exchange,
in which the two participants of
each match-up take turns visiting
at each other’s place of business.
Exchangees were: Mark Ottemil-
(Turn to Pago A 26)
'V
!
Abe Lincoln Impersonator
James Getty entertained
attendees at the York Ag Rec
ognition dinner with tales of
the Lincoln adminstratlon’s
involvement with farm
issues.
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a body
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