Wenger Receives
Lancaster Century
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1995 winner.
Melvin Wenger, 82, founder of
Wenger Feeds, Rheems, began his
business career upon graduation in
1935 with a grocery store in Eli
zabethtown and became one of the
first to offer self- service. With this
background, in 1944, Wenger
boughta feed mill and in 1962 built
one of the first egg layer
complexes.
Over the years, the business
grew, and today a son and three
sons-in-law, along with more than
200 employees, manufacture bulk
feed with emphasis on the egg lay
er business. Wenger’s lifetime sup
port of agriculture was recognized
by the presentation of the Delp
award.
John Schwartz, director, Lan
caster County extension service,
introduced the 12Sth and 126th
century farms in the county.
The Woerth farm, located at
Nickel Mines in Bart Twp. is own
ed by Hazel Woerth. This 46.6 acre
farm was purchased by George
Woerth, Mrs. Woerth’s father-in
law. in 1895. The log and stone
house on the farm was built in
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Dr. David Kohl, professor of ag
finance and small business and
entrepreneurship at Virginia Pol
lytech, gave the keynote address.
“We do a lot of bellyaching in this coun
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spends only 10 to 12 percent of
their income for food. That’s down
from 19 percent in 1979.”
As a university professor. Kohl
said that one-third of his students
did not need to be in college. "We
are pushing our kids into college
too fast,” he said. “We need to
encourage vocational and techni
cal schools because if you look at
the next century, only 28 percent of
all jobs will need a college degree.
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education to be competitive and to
succeed.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 25, 1995-A25
Lancaster Century farm award winners, from left, Hazel
Woerth, Nickel Mines; and Darwin and Bernard Nissley, Mt
Joy.
down. There is nothing like seeing
a family succeed. You can measure
your success through your family.
“We honor the people who supp
ly us with the bounty of food and
with the bounty of employment
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