A26-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Auguat 3, 1996
Ag Showcase Demonstrations
The 16th annual ag showcase
day held in conjunction with the
Cecil County Fair ran into a down
pour of rain Tuesday morning. So
the highly anticipated field demon
strations of large farm equipment
had to be cancelled at Fair Hill
Farms across RL 273. The program
on farm safety was brought to the
grandstand at the fairgrounds.
Agriculture with 26 deaths per
100,000 workers is consistently
near the top in work related fatali
ties and five times the average of
all industries combined. Charles
Wood of the Maryland Fire and
Rescue Institute discussed how to
recognize and avoid many of the
potential farm-related hazards.
Frank Muller, chief of the Cecil
County’s Emergency Manage
ment Services, reviewed the
resources available in the county
should a farm-related accident
occur.
After lunch, served by the Farm
Bureau Women, equipment com
pany sponsors paraded their
machinery before the grandstand
Trust Awards $29,000
Grant To Del Val
DOYLESTOWN (Bucks Co.)
Delaware Valley College has
been awarded $29,000 in grant
funding by the trustees of the
W.W. Smith Charitable Trust for
students on its Doylestown cam
pus. This is the 19th consecutive
year the trust has supported Dela
ware Valley College.
In addition to providing grant
support to Del Val students at all
grade levels, the W.W. Smith
grant provides $5,000 for the
W.W. Smith Scholarship prize, a
special award given to one student
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Rained Out
and explained how their equip
ment worked. Later farmers were
given the opportunity to test drive
new tractor models on the hill
where it was not quite so muddy.
Ag Showcase Day has become
one of the pricmier places for far
mers to see new equipment of dif
ferent makes, working side by side
in the field. Equipment dealers and
ag service providers who partici
pate in makeing this event possible
include: Ag Industrial Equipment
Co.; Biggs, Inc.; W.N. Cooper and
Sons; Ben Haines Equipment Co.;
Hoober Equipment Company; and
Mid-Atlantic Agri-Systems. Other
supporting sponsors include;
Agway; Central Maryland Farm
Credit-Elkton; Hoffman Seeds-
Scheeler’s Service Center, and
Southern States-Rising Sun. The
Cecil County Fair Board; The Uni
versity of Maryland Cooperative
Extension Service: The Depart
ment of Natural Resources; and
The Natural Resources Conserva
tion Service are also involved in
the program.
in his or her senior year who has
previously benefited from the
trust’s generosity. These awards
will be presented in the fall semes
ter to students for the 1996-1997
academic year.
“We deeply appreciate the trus
tee’s decision to continue provid
ing scholarship grant support for
our students as well as continuing
the W.W. Wmith Scholarship
prize,” said Del Val Interim Presi
dent Dr. Joshua Feldstein. "This
support is vital if our college is to
continue to make higher education
Sen. Noah Wenger (R-36), right, and Rep. Tom Armstrong (R-98), left, recently pre
sented a check for $9,850 from the State Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Fair
Advisory Committee to Ken Myers, president of the Elizabethtown Fair.
E-Town Fair Receives Check
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Sen. Noah Wenger (R-36) and
Rep. Tom Armstrong (R-98)
recently presented a check for
$9,850 from the State Department
cf Agriculture’s Agricultural Fair
available to deserving students.”
For more information on the
W.W. Smith Awards to Delaware
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Advisory Committee.
The money will be used to build
a road and install asphalt at the Eli
zabethtown Fairgrounds.
“The Elizabethtown Fair is a
Valley College, contact Christo
pher S. Beadling, director of pub
lic relations, at (215) 489-2917.
tradition in Lancaster County,”
said Wenger. “If we want to keep it
running well into the future, we
have to make an investment in the
fairgrounds to make sure they are
well-maintained and up to date.
This state money will help keep the
fairgrounds in good condition.”
Armstrong said the state sup
ports agricultural fairs in an effort
to educate the public about the
importance of agriculture.
Members of the Elizabethtown
Fair organization joined the legi
slators at the Brethren in Christ
Church, Elizabethtown, to receive
the check.