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Vol. 44 No. 6
Farm-City Banquet Provides People Sense Of Community
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Fanning Staff
NORTH CORNWALL (Leba
non Co.) At least 650 people
attended the Lebanon Chamber of
Commerce Farm-City Banquet
Tuesday at the Lebanon Expo Fair
grounds in North Cornwall
Township.
The event is billed as the largest
such event in the state, and for
years has been popular in attract
ing support from many community
farmers, agribusinesses, area
businesses, families, legislators
and state commodity and promo
tional groups.
Farmers Union
Conducts Beef
Marketing Study
DAVID HIEBERT
Westmoreland Co.
Correspondent
MASONTOWN, (Fayette Co.)
The Pennsylvania Family
Farm Beef Study Steering-
Committee recently introduced
its marketing test and feasibili
ty study. The objective of the
effort, according to Robert C.
Junk, president of the
Pennsylvania Farmers Union, is
to increase farm income.
According to Don Fretts, a
production farmer and Fayette
County extension agent, this
effort could fulfill one of his
dreams. He noted that the pro
ducer gets about $.24 out of each
$1 the consumer spends on food.
Increasing the contacts for a
longer portion of the path to the
consumer will help increase the
return to the farmer. Currently
the production farmer gains
income from breeding up to
slaughter then turns the prod
uct over to others. This study
At the Mercer County 4-H honors night are from left, Ruth Woods presenting the Eli
zabeth Cooper Fellnagle Memorial Award to Mindy Travares, outstanding 4-H girl and
Tom Über, outstanding 4-H boy receiving the David Anderson Memorial Award from
Karen and Ken Anderson. See story Page A 25.
Four Sections
Henry Homan, semi-retired
Lebanon County radio news repor
ter, newspaper columnist, and per
sonality, served as master of
ceremonies.
State Dairy Princess Jennifer
Dotterer, Somerset County Lamb
and Wool Queen Casey Svonavec
(standing in for her cousin, state
Lamb and Wool Queen Heidi Svo
navec), Penn State Extension staff,
and representatives of the Beef
Council were present and mingled
with people, and had booths where
snacks and promotional offerings
were made during the social hour
leading up to the actual banquet.
suggests involvement with the
product right up to consump
tion.
The group, known as the
Pennsylvania Family Farm Beef
■©•operative, has come together
over the last year, sparked by a
$64,000 grant from the USD A
and some matching funds from
the Pennsylvania Farmers
Union and the Family Farm
Foundation. The total invest
ment in the study will go over
$lOO,OOO, including funds and
staff support from the
Pennsylvania Association for
Sustainable Agriculture.
At this point, the organization
is headed by a team of three co
chairmen, a secretaiy and includes
a steering committe of 60 or so
production farmers. The officers,
selected at one of the many meet
ings in the area, have been func
tioning since August 12. The
group includes Secretary Louise
D’lsidoro, Fayette County, and co
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 12, 1998
The banquet itself a buffet
featuring large grilled ham steaks,
cooked dried com, sweet potatoes,
green beans, etc. was prepared
tty Country Fare Restaurant, a
family style restaurant located in
Myerstown with strong agricultur
al tics.
Regular and flavored milk
Laszlo and Lana Mozes stand at the driveway marker of their Maple Leaf dairy farm.
Laszlo is one of the past presidents of the Pennsylvania Holstein Association. Photo
by Marsha Ann Chess, Mercer Co. correspondent
MARSHA ANN CHESS
Mercer Co. Correspondent
GREENVILLE (Mercer Co.) -
When 21-year-old Laszlo Mozes
arrived in the United States in
1957, he was alone in a strange
land. He did not know anyone
•md he did not “speak the lan
Finding the 'American Dream'
drinks were provided by long-time
county program supporter
Wengert’s Dairy.
For those unfamiliar with the
Lebanon Area Fairgrounds, sever
al years ago the Expo Association
invested in expanding the facilities
to accomodate a variety of conven
tions, while maintaining a strong
guage, but he went to work find
ing a job and learning English.
Today he owns and operates a
300-acre dairy farm near
Greenville.
Laszlo left his native
Hungary in 1957 following the
Hungarian Revolution, in which
he took part, for political rea
sons. Laszlo said, "I had to
leave." He chose to come to the
United States because, he said,
"I always thought I would like to
conje to the U.S. because there
were more opportunities than in
any other country. I'd heard a lot
about America."
When Laszlo arrived in the
U.S., he had no real destination
in mind. "I had no place to go,"
Special Pages/Advertising/News
Deadlines For Holidays,
Farm Show Issues
A number of special pages arc planned for Lancaster Farming in the
coming weeks. In addition, the Christmas and New Year holidays bring
special deadline schedules, too.
Next week we plan to have the semi-annual newsletter for Pennsylva
nia DHIA. Here the association will present their review of the year and
bring news of special interest to their members as well as to all dairy far
mers. In the Dec. 26 issue we dedicate a few pages to the introduction of
the Pennsylvania Young Fanner convention to be hosted by the Man
heim Chapter in early February. We will have registration forms and an
extensive review of the program.
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identity to agriculture.
One of the landmarks of the
entile grounds is a large high
ceilinged, convention and agricul
tural hall, designed to resemble a
large bank bam.
It can and does easily accommo
date large crowds, livestock shows
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he said. "I was single. I decided
to stay in Greenville because
somebody offered me a job."
Laszlo claims "it was easy to
adjust to living in America, easi
er to adjust to than the wars in
Hungary." He admits there were
some difficulties. "To start, it
was kind of hard. Imagine your
self (going) somewhere you don't
know the language or know any
body." He comments that it took
some determination to success
fully adjust and learn the
English language, which he did
by going to high school.
Laszlo married Lana and
they purchased the farm. Since
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