Deadline Announced for Farm and Home Scholarships
Lancaster County Farm and Home Foundation announces up to ten 1972 scholarships in Agriculture and Home Economics each worth 400 dollars. Funds come from the Esbenshade trust and foundation treasury. applications due May 2, 1972. Contact M. M. Smith, chairman, or senior guidance counselors for details.
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Lancaster County Farm and Home Foundation
Lancaster County
Farm and Home
Elmer L. Esbenshade
Farm and Home Foundation
Foundation
Treasury
M. M. Smith
William Counts
Quarryville
Robert Eshleman
Mount Joy
Thomas Erb
Lititz
Raymond Stoner
Lancaster
Arcadia Road
Farm Calendar April meetings and events
Farm Calendar lists events from April 17 to 19. Southeast County Agents' Association Spring meeting at Farm and Home Center on April 17 at 10 a.m. Fruit Growers and Honey Producers meet at Meadow Hills Dining House at 6:30 p.m. April 17. April 18 hosts Ephrata Young Farmers on Farm Machinery Rent vs Buy at Ephrata Area High School in the afternoon. April 19 features Ephrata Young Farmers Bowling Night at Ephrata Recreation Lanes at 7 p.m.
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Southeast County Agents’ Association
Meadow Hills
New Danville Pike
Ephrata Young Farmers Monthly Meeting
Agriculture Department
Ephrata Area High School
Ephrata
Young Farmers
DA Explains Clean Streams Law
Lancaster Farming quotes Lancaster County District Attorney Henry Rutherford on the Clean Streams Law. He notes penalties from 100 to 1000 dollars per offense for first violators and higher fines plus possible jail for repeat violations, and outlines complaint-driven investigations, notices to cease pollution, and possible injunctions to stop ongoing pollution.
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Lancaster County
Henry Rutherford
Rutherford
Lancaster Farming
Grassland and Solanco FFA Win Public Speaking Contests
Grassland FFA and Solanco FFA led the field in Lancaster County FFA events with top honors in parliamentary procedure and public speaking. Grassland FFA’s Ray Martin presided, followed by officers, while Solanco and Pequea Valley also placed. Area contestants advance to Brownstown and then Regional depending on results.
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Grassland Ffa
Solanco
FFA
Chester County
Brownstown
Vo-Tech School
Conservation District Holds Annual Contest
The Lancaster County Soil and Water Conservation District hosted its annual FFA public speaking contest and 4 H Conservation exhibits at the Farm and Home Center. Al Lutz Jr claimed first in exhibits with a conservation farm model. Wayne Foose took second with a splash board showing erosion. Michael L. Martin of Grassland FFA won the FFA public speaking contest for The Polluting Man, while Carl Caskey of Pequea Valley FFA placed second with Our Diminishing Forests.
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Lancaster County Soil and Water Conservation District
FFA
Farm and Home Center
al Lutz Jr
Millport Road
Lancaster
Wayne Foose
Quarryville
Michael L. Martin
Grassland Ffa
New Holland
Carl Caskey
Pequea Valley
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Lable
State Department of Environmental Resources
McSparran
Garden Spot High School
Solanco High School
Ray Martin
Larry Ressler
Wayne Martin
Dale Sensenig
Ken Groff
Melvin Horst
Sentinel
Ken Mull
Daryl Sensenig
Solanco Ffa
Wayne Kreider
Randy Clark
Bill Krantz
Bill Hershey
Gary Akers
Dave Bitler
Charles Coates
Bob Fite
Jere Skiles
Tom Denlinger
Don Miller
Charles Neff
Harry McConville
Mike Norris
Craig Frey
Sherman Hill
Representative Hill
John Myer
Red Lion High School
Ray Bickel
Lebanon County
Adolph Bensinger
Conservation District
Forests
Amos H. Funk
Lancaster County Soil Conservation District
Robert K. Mowrer
Soil Conservation District
Frank Lucas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Robin L. Moyer
Soil Conservation Service
Kenneth C. Deppe
Afton Schadel
State Soil and Water Commission
The
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