Chester Extension Banquet
(Continued from Pep* A 36)
cities began to emerge at the turn
of the century. Not only that, but in
1908, President Theodore
Roosevelt appointed the first
Country Life Commission to study
two things: farm wives and chal
lenges, and “keeping the children
on the farm,” said Hanna.
In 1909, another survey showed
49,000 acres of com, 23,000 acres
of oats, 10,000 acres of potatoes,
with a total population of 109,000
people. In December 1912, the
Chester County Farm Bureau was
formed. In 1914, Congress estab
lished the cooperative extension
system, now in place.
In 1926, there were 350 mem
bers of the Mushroom Growers
Association of Pennsylvania.
Today, national mushroom con
sumption per person is four pounds
per person per year. Fresh
mushrooms make up S 3 percent of
total production, the rest is
processed.
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Pennsylvania’s share in national
mushroom production is 44 per
cent. Chester County is capitol of
mushroom production in the state,
noted Hanna.
The 1970 s saw a technological
boom with the introduction of arti
ficial insemination. In the 19905,
farmers are facing marketing chal
lenges and pressures of environ
mental controls.
There has been more develop
ment of the land in the last 25 years
than in the previous 300 years.
hi 1975, there were 1,800 farms
in the county. In the 19905, that
number has dropped to 1,200
farms. But agriculture production
is number two to Lancaster County
in the state.
In 1975, half the land was
devoted to agricultural production.
Now it is less than 40 percent
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ty, more farmers, including those
from Lancaster and other nearby
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At the banquet, several exten
sion employees were honored for
years of service.
Special recognition was given to
Trudy Dougherty, county exten
sion director, for 25 years with
cooperative extension.
Those achieving 10-year miles
tones included Pat Taws and Judy
Fromm, staff assistants at the
extension office. Also, Sarah Wal
lace, adviser to the EFNEP prog-'"
ram, was recognized.
Charles Wollaston, Maple
Lawn Farm, was honored for more
than 50 years of service to Exten
sion. In addition, new board mem
bers of the association, serving a
three-year term, are Jane Pepple,
Oxford, owner and operator of
Pcp-L-Lca Holsteins; Eric Miller,
Chadds Ford, president of Chadds
Ford Winery; and Sara L. Munoz,
part and community coordinator/
home and school visitor for South
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Katie M. Dixon were recently
named the winners of the
Maryland dairy scholarships
Each was the recipient of a
$4,000 scholarship. The awards
were presented at the dairy
awards program at the
Maryland State Fair.
The scholarships are avail
able to all Maryland dairy youth
who are currently enrolled or
have been enrolled in a dairy
project. The student must be
pursuing a four year degree in
any agricultural program in the
college of their choice. Entering
freshmen through entering
seniors are eligible.
Guyton is the daughter of
Wilmer & Joann Guyton of
Jefferson and is a junior Dairy
Science/PreVet major at Virginia
Tech. She has been very active
in school, community and 4-H
and FFA activities. She has also
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been involved with Holstein,
Brown Swiss and Guernsey
activities and is currently active
in the Virginia Tech dairy club,
judging team and Sigman Alpha
Sorority. She hopes to enter vet
school following graduation.
Dixon, a 1997 graduate of
Kent County High School, is
currently attending the
University of Maryland where
she is an animal science major.
An active 4-H’er, she is a mem
ber of Holstein, Guernsey and
Jersey associations and has
received many honors with her
animals showing at local, state,
and national shows. She was the
alternate Maryland dairy
princess for 1997-98, and the
1997 Maryland Guernsey queen,
the daughter of Keith Dixon and
Lee Hill Tolson, Katie’s future
plans include a career in a dairy
related field such as promotion
or a breed association.
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