Vol. 42 No. 39 This sign marks ttye horns of Pennsylvania’s State Dairy Princess Angela Werley. Her reign has changed DOlUlffy her life but also that of her parents, Philip and Donna werley, and siblings from left, Pam, Melissa, and Matt. To read about the Werley fami ly, turn to page 82. Photo by Lou Ann Good. Electric Deregulation Perspectives (This is the first part of a two part series about the deregulation of the sale of electric power in Pennsylvania.) VERNON ACHENBACH JR. Lancaster Fanning Staff HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Pennsylvania’s plan for the deregulation of electrical pow er generation is a move that appa rently had to be done, but how it Ag Horizons Educates Educators LOU ANN GOOD Lancaster Fanning Staff HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Information has doubled in the last eight years.- To keep up with the new information and to sort out what’s important is no easy task. On Tuesday, Ag Horizons held its eighth annual conference to educate educators. The all-day seminar held at Harrisburg Area New Holland Flock Has A.L Vaccine Can’t Be Used HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) A flock of 60,000 pullets that was granted official approval to move out of the quarantine area to New Holland was announced as having avian influenza (A.L) this week. The flock met the test require ments for movement from the northern Lancaster County quar antine area to New Holland, in the eastern part of the county, but somehow may have already har bored the virus, according to Dr. Phil Debok, chief of the animal health division of the Pennsylvania Four Sections plays out, and what it means to the agricultural and rural consumer is far from clear. An informal roundtable discus sion was held last week in Harris burg in the Capitol Building to pro vide a forum to specifically address concerns of the agricultur al, rural and agribusiness com munity in. Pennsylvania. The meeting, held as a variation Community College focused on frontline issues facing Southeast ern Pennsylvania and the expand ing agricultural horizons. Teachers, ag advisers, and extension leaders were some of the participants who heard about new technologies used to create new food items, about biotechnology to improve plants and animals, and about the vast network of compu- Bureau of Animal Health. Also, according to Debok, the A.I. vaccine was that was (Turn to Pago A 23) Ag Progress Issue Next Week Next week, Lancasltr Farming’s August 9 issue will pay special tri bute to Ag Progress Days with field maps, schedules of events, new areas of interest, and messages from our advertisers. This event is Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences’ showcase for research, educa tion, and new technology in agriculture. More than 300 commercial exhibitors will also display their equipmentand services to the public. You will want to make plans to meet with your fellow farmers at this large agriculture event at the Russell B. Larson Agricultural Research Center at Rock Springs, August 12 to 14. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 2, 1997 of a public hearing of the Senate Agricultural and Rural Affairs Committee, was requested and co sponsored by the Pennsylvania State Grange, whose members per haps face the largest uncertainties and potential cost increases and loss of service. A number of other groups and organizations attended: the chair- (Turn to Pago A 27) ter information. Dr. Roland Leach Jr., professor of poultry science of Penn State, shared his fascination with skeletal research in poultry and swine and how the findings arc being trans lated into human studies. “Biotechnology is defined as any technology that uses living organisms or processes to make or modify products, to improve plants or animals, or to develop microorganisms for specific use,” Leach said. While many people think of biotechnology as a new science. Leach said the concept dates back (Turn to Page A 35) Maryland Gov. Glendening Visits Ag Showcase Day EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing Editor FAIR HILL, Md. - Maryland’s Gov. Parris Glendening made a surprise visit to the Ag Showcase Day at the Cecil County Fair Tues day and told farmers that while he was making other stops in the county, the Ag Day stop was the most important because of the impact agriculture has on the state’s economy. It was the first time a governor had visited the fair, as far as local fanners and officials could remember. “Agriculture is most important in terms of the economy and what this means to our lifestyle,” Glen dening said. “This is our future, and it is the reason that working with the legislature, we got our Smart Growth program through and along with the Rural Legacy program, we will have SjjQjnoillion over the next five years tvhrchase development rights so keep their investment inWßanar In response to a question posed by one Maryland farmer to this reporter earlier in the week, Glen dening said he was aware of the local cluster zoning issue that has recently become controversial in Maryland’s Gov. Parris Glendenlng visited the Ag Show case Day at the Cecil County Fair, Tuesday, and Is shown here checking out the farm equipment. 128.50 Per Year Maryland. Cluster zoning allows more intensive development than one house per five acres. The idea is to contain the development in a smaller part of the developed prop erty while a majority of the land remains open space. But in the case of this farmer, who has sold the development rights to his farm, the proposed development of the adjoining farm will put the cluster of homes right beside his preserved farm, thus negating the real purpose of pre serving the farm. In a discussion over lunch, Glendening said the new Smart (spot) Growth program will limit state funding for infra structures to these projects such as building roads, sewers, and sidew alks and should help in these situa tions in the future. The governor also announced that he planned to sign a letter to President Clinton and Ag Secret ary Glickman Wednesday, to have Maryland declared a drought dis aster area. . “This is an interesting chal lenge,” Glendening said. “In some areas the crops are fairly good (Turn to Page A 34) 60* Per Copy
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