LANCASTER, (Lancaster,
Co.) December 2 is election
day for Local Administrative Area
3. The communities in LAA-3 are
Bart, Colerain, Conestoga, Dm
more, E. Drumore, Eden, Fulton,
E. & W. Lampeter, Little Britain,
KUTZTOWN (Chester Co.)
Improved dairy had health, eco
nomic savings and improved
water quality will be highlights of
an afternoon farm tour slated for
the Cochranville-Atglen area in
southwestern Chester County on
Tuesday, October 29.
The tour will begin at 1 p.m., at
the farm of Lee and Sarah Kurtz
Cooperative Extension
Plans Annual Meeting
ERIE (Erie Co.) The Erie
County Cooperative Extension
Association will hold its 1996
Annual Meeting and Banquet on
Thursday evening, Nov. 7, at
Waterfall Restaurant
The evening will begin at 7 p.m.
with a social half-hour followed
by a buffet dinner at 7:30 p.m.
Cost of the dinner is $l3 per
person.
According to Carol Hcrberlein,
annual meeting chair, this year’s
guest speaker will be Jim Getty
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Elections Request Nominating Petition
Martic, Paradise, Pequea, Provi
dence, and Strasburg.
These communities will be
electing their representatives to
serve as community commit
teeperson for three years.
Eligible voters have the right to
nominate candidate(s) of their
Conservation Farm Tour Set
located on SR 10 about 4 miles
south of Parkesburg. Traveling
south on SR 10, it is the first farm
to the left after Cochranville
Grain. The tour will end by 3:30
p.m. at the farm of Ken and Mari
lyn Umble. Refreshments and
door prizes will be provided.
Featured at the Kurtz farm will
be a concrete barnyard pad, man-
who portrays Abraham Lincoln.
Getty has portrayed Lincoln in
historic Gettysburg since 1978.
He will tell about Abraham Lin
coln’s life and times and will
blend heritage, humor, and hope.
Reservations must be made by
Oct 17, by sending your name,
complete address, daytime phone
number, and check for $l3 to Erie
County Cooperative Extension
and mail to 850 East Gore Rdad,
Erie, PA 16509. If you have any
questions, please contact the
office at (814) 825-0900.
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choice by petition. Blank petitions
(FSA-669A5) may be obtained at
the county FSA office. Each peti
tion submitted must be;
•Limited to one nominee.
•Signed by the nominee, indi
cating willingness to serve if
elected.
ure storage structure and re
establishment of a vegetative cov
er in the exercise lots. Since these
improvements were made, Kurtz
reports his cows stay much clean
er and have fewer foot problems.
The concrete pad has reduced the
amount of labor for cleaning the
barnyard, and keeps manure sedi
ment and nutrients from entering
the Brandywine Creek. The man
ure storage structure reduced the
need for purchased fertilizer
because it facilitated nutrient man
agement by allowing manure
application at more optimum
times.
Streambank crossings and fenc
ing, as well as the use of rotational
exercise lots will be highlighted at
the Umble farm. Streambank
fencing was installed to protect
the banks of the stream and keep
the cattle out of the water. The
meadow is divided into four lots,
allowing the Umbles to rotate the
cattle from lot to lot based on
grass growth and soil conditions.
Rotating the use of the lots main
tains vegetative cover and keeps
the cows cleaner and more
comfortable.
Ken Wilson from the Chester
County Conservation District will
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The person nominated should
be currently engaged in the opera
tion of a farm or ranch and be well
qualified for committee work. A
farmer is eligible to be a county
present information on the overall
design and cost-share options of
the highlighted improvements.
Jerry Martin from the Pequea-Mill
Creek Project in Lancaster County
will introduce the “Farmstead
Evaluation.” The eight page book
let enables farmers to score the
degree of water quality protection
from nutrients and sediment pro
vided by their farmstead.
Kurtz and Umble have worked
closely with the Chester County
Conservation District installing
best management practices on
their farms. In addition to the
practices featured, strip cropping,
terracing, and waterways were
installed to reduce soil erosion.
Dairy Industry Leaders
Determine Key Initiatives
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) —A core leadership group of
the Pennsylvania Dairy Stake
holders met last week to deter
mine key initiatives which they
will recommend be undertaken to
increase the viability and expan
sion of Pennsylvania’s dairy
industry.
An outgrowth of several years
of meetings by approximately SO
major dairy industry stakeholders,
the key leaders agreed to form
several task forces to submit
reports to major stakeholders in
January 1997. If the larger stake
holder group approves the recom
mendations, a frill study will fol
low to suggest ways to implement
the proposals.
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FS A committee member if the far
mer lives in the LAA and is an
eligible voter. County FSA com
mittee members may not hold pos
itions in certain farm and com
modity organizations, if these pos
itions pose a conflict of interest
with FSA duties. These positions
include functional offices such as
president, vice president, secret
ary, and positions on boards or
executive committees. Additional
information of eligibility to hold
office may be obtained at the
county FSA office.
The duties of county FSA com
mittee members include:
•Informing farmers of the pur
pose and provisions of the FSA
programs.
•Keeping the state FSA com
mittee informed of LAA
conditions.
•Recommending needed
changes in farm programs.
•Participating in county meet
ings as necessary.
•Performing other duties as
assigned by the State FSA
Committee.
As the largest segment of agri
culture in Pennsylvania, the dairy
industry contributes $1.4 billion to
the economy. One task force will
study the impact of individual
dairy farms on local communities.
This group will also suggest ways
the dairy industry can work tow
ards fostering a positive image.
Another task force will identify
regulations that may influence
Pennsylvania’s competitive posi
tion regionally, nationally and
internationally.
According to N. Alan Bair,
director of dairy industry relations
for The Pennsylvania State Uni
versity, preliminary feasibility
reports will be presented to the
core leadership group on Decem
ber 20.
Core Leadership
Group members are-
Logan Bower, dairy
producer/PA Dairy
men’s Association; Earl
Fink, PA Association ot
Milk Dealers; Dean
Girton, Girton Manu
facturing Co., Inc.
Ralph Heffnei, lary
producer/Agway; Philip
Kimmel, Keystone
Farm Credit; Beveri)
Minor, dairy producer
Springhouse
Restaurant/PA Milk
Marketing Board (rep
resenting Leon Wilkin
son); Ivo Otto, dairy
producer/Atlantic Dairy
Cooperative (represent
ing Robert Dever); Bet
ty Reibson, dairy
producer/County Com
missioner; Robert
Thompson, dairy
producer/Milk Market
ing Incorporated (repre
senting Lewis Gard
ner); Richard Way
bright, dairy producer.
The Pennsylvania
Dairy Stakeholders
effort is supported joint
ly by Penn Stale Uni
versity and the Pennsyl
vania Department of
Agriculture. For more
information, call Bair at
(717) 948-6328.