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Vol. 42 No. 52
David Fink, owner of Heldel Hollow Farm In Germansvllle,
Is a large-scale hay producer who serves on the Internation
al Market Development Committee for the National Hay
Association. See Fink’s work In this Issue's special section,
Foraging Around.
United Voice Raised For
Homestead Exemption
EVERETT NEWSW ANGER
Managing Editor
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
The Lancaster County commis
sioners called a news conference
Thursday morning to present
united support for a “yes” vote on
the Homestead Exemption referen
dum that will be on Pennsylvania’s
ballots next Tuesday.
All the commissioners, Paul
Thibault, vice chairman, who con
ducted the news conference, Terry
Kauffman, chairman, and Ron
Ford, agreed that the present
method of using only real estate
taxes to raise county revenues was
unfair and antiquated. They
emphasized that if an affirmative
vote is not achieved now, the
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Fall harvest is well under way, with reports of crop yields
greatly varied across the region because of weather condi
tions. For example, in areas of south central Pennsylvania,
the com crop is almost a total loss, while the southeast part
of the state has only 20 to 30 percent lower yields. Maryland
also has great variation from county to county. In some
fields the stalks were shorter, but the ears filled out, making
better silage than normal.
For'J. R. Arnold, Jefferson, Md., driving the tractor in the
photo, the crop was very poor. In fact, It took the corn
planted in the spring a month to sprout, and for most of the
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 1,1997
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Fanning Staff
LEESPORT (Berks
Co.) Janet Fishovitz of Free
dom was named the Pennsylvania
State Granger of the Year Tuesday
during the 12Sth All-Granger Ban
quet at the Lees port Farmers
Market in Leesport.
The awards banquet served as
the climax of the rural organiza
tion’s several days of festivities,
contests and events held as part of
its historic convention.
The banquet hall facility of the
livestock and farm products auc
tion business was filled by Gran
gers from around the state for the
Tuesday buffet dinner and awards
program.
For the days of the state organi
zation’s historic 125th anniversary
convention leading up to the ban
quet, most activities occurred
either at the Scottish Rite Cathed
ral in Reading, or at The Inn at
Reading, which served as conven
tion headquarters.
Twelve Berks County granges
served as convention hosts and
used the farmers market site as a
Pennsylvania Grange
Celebrates 125-Year History
$28.50 Per Year
change of venue. With the long
banquet hall, and six long rows of
end-to-end tables, a stage at one
end and a buffet line at the other,
the site seemed to suit well the 600
members in attendance.
State Grange Master William
Steel served as master of ceremo
nies and welcomed the members,
with Jean Hollabaugh providing
the invocation prior to dinner.
Poultry Accomplishments,
Plans Noted
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
At its annual banquet held at
Willow Valley Convention Center
on Tuesday evening, Lancaster
County Poultry Association noted
its accomplishments and offered a
peep into promotional plans for the
upcoming year.
Lancaster County Poultry
Ambassador Kendra Weaver
year the crop was expected to be a total loss. But on lues*
day, Arnold was harvesting the com on Joe Long’s farm,
and the field was at lebst providing some forage. Of course,
it took many more acres than usual to fill the silos. Many far
mers have already started to purchase forages In anticipa
tion of shortages next spring. The photo was taken along
Rt. 180, looking north, Just west of Jefferson, Md., at the
Junction of Rt. 383. Jefferson View Farm, owned by Charles
C. Smith & Sons, can be seen in the background. Photo by
E varan Nawawangar, managing adltor.
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Following the meal featuring
roast beef fillets and crab cakes, as
well as potato filling (a regional
culinary specialty) and other side
dishes, the program included a pre
sentation from Tom Gajewsld, a
staff member for U.S. Rep. Tim
Holden, who presented a procla
mation from the U.S. House of
Representatives recognizing the
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greeted the 350 members in atten
dance. She said, “Small family
farms, especially poultry farms,
are close to my heart since I come
from one.”
The 18-year-old daughter of
Keith and JoAnne Weaver, who
have a broiler operation in Rein
beldfit was presented with a $l,OOO
S(sffBfership in appreciation for
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