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through the 21st century were pre
sented with religious fervor.
Three generations of the Gerald
and Carolyn Martin family gra
ciously endured the fuss and intru
sion into their quiet farm family
life as part of their ongoing deter
mination that farming in Pennsyl
vania and especially in their little
comer of (lie universe will continue
in the future as it has in the past.
The Martin’s 80-acre home
place became the focal point of the
I,oooth preserved farm milestone
in the state Thursday morning.
Pennsylvania’s Agricultur Secret
ary Samuel Hayes Jr., hosted the
celebration on behalf of Gov. Tom
Ridge.
“There is tremendous competi
tion for the land,” Hayes said, “hi
the economic condition we are in it
is easy to be lured to sell the land
for something other than agricul
ture. As important as those other
purposes arc, we must never take
our eye off the most essential use of
this prime blessed land. We must
keep it for agriculture.
“It is a matter of public policy in
Pennsylvania to preserve farm
land. But it takes a private decision
by a farm family to make the prog
ram a success. The Martin family
has decided to preserve this farm
for today and into perpetuity to the
benefit of all of us. There is.no
question what this farm is to do. It
is to sustain the people of Lancaster
County, die people of Pennsylvani
a, America, and the world.
“This is a sterling example of
citizenship. The FFA moto
includes ‘living to serve.’ By the
action of the Martin family, they
are carrying out the high principle
of the FFA moto. They arc living as
farmers, but through their actions,
they are living to serve not mostly
KILE Barrow
Results
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HEAVYWEIGHT 1 Rattlesnake Mountain 2
Rattlesnake Mountain 3 Rattlesnake Mountain
CHAMPION BARROW ON-FOOT Wilson
Yorkshires
RESERVE CHAMPION BARROW ON-FOOT
Twin Maples Farm
BERKSHIRE
LIGHTWEIGHT 1 Innerst's Berkshires 2
Strohmer Bud
HEAVYWEIGHT 1 Innersts Berkshires 2
Innerst's Berkshires
CHAMPION BARROW ON-FOOT Innerst's
Berkshires
RESERVE CHAMPION BARROW ON-FOOT
Innerst's Berkshires
CHESTER WHITE
LIGHTWEIGHT Ken Wetzel 4 Family
MEDIUMWEIGHT Ken Wetzel 4 Family
CHAMPION BARROW ON-FOOT Ken Wetzel 4
Family
RESERVE CHAMPION BARROW ON-FOOT
Ken Wetzel 4 Family
HAMPSHIRE
LIGHTWEIGHT 1 Franklin Feeser 2 Clyde W
McConaughey, 3 Clyde W McConaughey
MEDIUMWEIGHT 1 The Brown Familv, 2
James Wetzel, 3 Clyde W McConaughey
HEAVYWEIGHT 1 Lavem Weller 2 Franklin
Feeser, 3 Jim Heckel
CHAMPION BARROW ON-FOOT The Brown
Family
RESERVE CHAMPION BARROW ON-FOOT
Lavem & Marilyn Weller
JUNIOR BARROWS ON-FOOT
JR LIGHTWEIGHT 1 Wmebark’s Hampshire,
2 Derek W Fetterolf 3 Debbie McAllister
JR LIGHTWEIGHT 1 Heather Stood! 2
Wmebark's Hampshire, 3 Lucinda Bray
JR MEDIUMWEIGHT 1 Tracie Stood), 2 Sarah
E Boyd 3 Michele S Fetterolf
JR MEDIUMWEIGHT 1 Nicki Smith 2 Derek
Fetterolf 3 Jodi Fetterolf
JR HEAVYWEIGHT 1 Sarah E Boyd 2
Russell Wilson 3 Michele S Fetterolf
JR HEAVYWEIGHT 1 Jodi M Fetterolf 2
Heather Stood), 3 Tracie Stoodl
CHAMPION JR BARROW ON FOOT Sarah E
Boyd
RESERVE CHAMPION JR BARROW ON
FOOT Tracie Stoodl
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State Celebrates 1000th Preserved Farm
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Samuel Hayes Jr.,
left, celebrates with Gerald and Carolyn Martin in recogni
tion of 1,000 forms preserved through the Pennsylvania
Farmland Preservation Program.
themselves but mankind. That is a
tremendous tribute to their fore
sight and citizenship.”
The Commonwealth has been
preserving farms since 1989 when
Governor Casey established the
Statewide Farmland Preservation
Program. Today there are 46 coun
ties throughout the State that have
farmland preservations programs
with 1,000 farms with 126,000
acres preserved.
Lancaster County is known
nationally for its leadership in
farmland preservation. Not only
did it develop the State’s first publ
ic farmland protection program in
1980, the Farmland Trust, a privat
ly funded farmland preservation
program has operated successfully
so that to date between these public
and private programs mote farms
The grand champion Chester White barrow is shown by
Anna Wetzel, Rossiter.
The grand champion crossbred barrow is shown by Doug 9 ran< * champion barrow on foot, a Spotted Swine, is
and Carl Catalano, Rossiter. * hown b y G,n 9 er ( K ®99) Fair - Bedford.
have been preserved through the
purchase of development rights
than anywhere else in the United
States. Today its program serves as
a model for the nation.
At the ceremony, William and
Lena Aaron, Drumorc, were hon
ored as the first farm owners to pre
serve their farm under the state
program. That was in November of
1989.
Noah Wenger, Leroy Zimmer
man, and Katie True were among
(he state congressional representa
tives that spoke. Ray Pickering,
state bureau director of farmland
preservation, recognized the Lan
caster County Agricultural Pre
serve Board. Gene Garber, board
president, accepted the
recognition.
Former Pennsylvania Ag Sec-
William and Lena Aaron, Drumore, were honored to have
preserved the first farm in the Pennsylvania Farmland Pre
servation Program back in 1989.
retaty Boyd Wolf and Amos Funk,
well-know father of the farmland
preservation movement, were
recognized.
The Farmland Preservation
Program is funded by a $lOO mil
lion bond issue approved by voters
in a referendum in 1987. Addition-
The grand champion Duroc barrow is shown by David
Holloway, Glen Rock.
ally, two cents of the state’s
cigarette tax is dedicated to the pre
servation program. Already the
celebrated benchmark has been
exceeded. As of the October Agri
culture Land Preservation Board
meeting, 1,002 farms totaling
125,947 acres have been preserved
in 41 counties.