QUARRYVILLE (Lancaster
Co.) The Pennsylvania Pro
ducers Research and Development
Commission, a fledgling group of
566 farmers and agribusiness peo
ple in Southeast Pennsylvania,
held its annual meeting Monday
night at die Hoffman Building at
the Fairgrounds. The commission
was formed last year to provide an
avenue of foreign export trade for
local agriculture products and to
import products to be placed in dis
tribution channels in the U.S.
The prospect of large returns on
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accumulated began thawing. The
ground was frozen and then, over a
space of a few days, thawed out
Water from melting snow crested
over the creek that runs through the
hollow of the Shade Farm the
same creek leads about a quarter of
a mile to the Black Creek, a tribut
ary of the Susquehanna River
where it joins at Millersburg.
The “river” that went through
the hollow measured nearly SO feet
wide and acted like a plow to dis
lodge soil that broke away from the
sod after the sudden thavHAg.
Fortunately, gnus that lined the
creek worked to contain the soil
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Pennsylvania Export Commission Meeting Held
a small in vestment and the oppor
tunity to alleviate some of the eco
nomic encumbrances placed on
farmers in the current marketing
systems, brought an avalanche of
prospective shareholders rushing
lo beat the deadline last November
fir buying $lOO stock. Since that
time, the Commission has started
to open up some bade lanes with
die former Soviet Union, and offi
cials reported die shipment of
cream cheese and com oil as the
first sales made by the Commis
sion. In the next two weeks.
The streambank fencing work was
the key to containing the silt.
“ When you have a 40-50 foot
broad river running down over the
field, it’s bound to pull grass out,”
said Shade. “It doesn’t matter
what cover crops you have, it's
going to take some of them out”
Fortunately, the gutters weren’t
washed away and the contours
held. Some of the ground under
neath the waterways was taken
out.
For thecreek, there was exposed
soil pn some of the bunks.
The flooding reminded Larry of
the Tropical Storm Agnes flooding
of June 1972. But then, newly cut
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list of shipments scheduled to be
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President Lloyd Wclk reported
that the Commission has partici
pated in both the Pennsylvania
Trade Meeting as part of die State
Farm Show in January and the
Lancaster Chamber of Commer
ce’s trade meeting in February.
Wclk also reported that State
money is available to reimburse
the Commission for 50 percent of
expenditures spent to research and
develop foreign markets.
hay acted as a soil bpnier. In 1972.
the floods came at the beginning of
the “green” season, so much of
die water was absorbed and util
ized by the spring growth.
The ground then was “stabil
ized,” said Shade. “When the
ground is stabilized, it isn’t going
to wash near as quick as it does
when it thaws out real fast in the
spring.”
Shade said he was “really sur
prised" by receiving the Conser
vation Fanner of the Year honor.
‘ T didn’t think I did any better than
die neighbors. I didn’t gaout after
it, let’s put it that way.’’
Shade indicated that he always
“kind of shied away ’’from honors
such as Conservation Farmer of
the Year. With a laugh, he indi
cated that, as a result, “neighbors
are going to watch you like a hawk,
and if you mess up ’’
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Officials also announced that a
new stock offering is now being
made for SO more shareholders to
join the Commission at sl.oooper
share.
While the meeting was reported
as "positive,” Commission Secret
ary Bob Wenger said it should be
emphasized that these things take
time—maybe more time than
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Conservationists were honored for
their service to the DaUphin Coun
ty Conservation District here on
Tuesday evening at the Ag and
Natural Resources Center.
Ben Cooper, who has taught Sth
grade at South Hanover Elemen
tary school for 16 years, was hon
ored with the Outstanding Conser
vation Educator Award. Cooper
now teaches 6th grade math and
science at Lower Dauphin Middle
School.
During his career. Cooper has
always made environmental edu
cation an integral part of his curri
culum. His teachings model prin
ciple goals of environmental edu
cation. Under his leadership, Sth
grade student projects have
included fund raisers in support of
environmental projects and forest
land. recycling programs, wildlife
habitat improvement. Earth Day
activities, and the development of
a nature trail used by the entire
school.
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his educational achievements
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some of thosewhojoined the origi
nal Wenger said
that until you research die source
of products and go through the
hoops of export channels where
the work ethic may be different
than here at home, the whole pro
cess takes time.
About 200 shareholders
attended the meeting.
Honors
within the Upper Dauphin High
School, was honored with the Out
standing Environmental Educator
of the Year Award. The woric done
at the school with the natural
resources program, according to
the district, serves as a model to
other school districts.
The Special Recognition Award
for Conservation Awareness is the
Milton S. Hershey Middle School
of the Derry Township School Dis
trict In May this year. 6th grade
students, teachers, and patent vol
unteers will participate in a three
day outdoor education experience
at Camp Kenbrook. Since its
inception in 1989, Deny Town
ship’s Environmental Education
Retreat (DJE.EJL, for short) has
involved more than I,soostudents.
The interdisciplionary educational
experience, which includes wild
life and stream studies and pro
jects, astronomy, insects, orien
teering, recycling, teamwork
activities, and more, promotes
conservation awareness.
Larry Shade, profiled in this
issue of Lancaster Farming, a
dairyman from Elizabethville,
won Conservation Fanner of the
Year.