Young Farmers Banquet Names Garden Spot Officers
Garden Spot Young Farmers held their annual banquet at the Blue Ball Fire Hall. Walter C. Martin was sworn in as president for the coming year. New officers include Earl S. Weaver vice president J Kenneth Hershey secretary Norman Hershey treasurer and Harold Wissler public relations director. Members at large are John E. Campbell Dale Herr and Larry Weaver. William Fisher served as toast master as a film on national Young Farmer activities drew praise, highlighting the Ivan Yost family from Christiana. Eugene S. Eberly received a chapter trophy for outstanding service.
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Eugene S. Eberly
Eberly
Blue Ball Fire Hall
Garden Spot
Walter C. Martin
Earl S. Weaver
J. Kenneth Hershey
Norman Hershey
Harold Wissler
John E. Campbell
Dale Herr
Larry Weaver
William Fisher
Ivan Yost
Christiana
New Holland
Reber to Speak at Extension Meeting in Lancaster County
Dr. Norman F. Reber editor of Pennsylvania Farmer will be guest speaker at the Lancaster County Agricultural and Home Economics Extension Association annual meeting on Wednesday February 14 at 6 30 p.m. He will discuss public relations for agriculture and is a York County farmer and Elizabethtown College graduate.
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Norman F. Reber
Pennsylvania Farmer" Magazine
Lancaster County Agricultural and Home
Extension Board of Directors
Milk Dealers Protest Price Hearings In Harrisburg
Milk dealers from Lancaster County and around the state condemn the Shapp administration for using politics with consumer and farmer interests. The two day informal hearing in Harrisburg focused on prices paid to farmers and featured objections to a limited hearing format.
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Shapp
Commonwealth
Harrisburg
William J Deisley
Lancaster County Milk Dealers Association
Pennsyvania Milk Marketing Board
Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board
Harry
Farm Calendar Highlights County Yorkshire Events
Farm Calendar lists February events including the Pa Yorkshire Club Show at the Farm Show Building at 10 a.m. and the Pa Yorkshire Club Sale at 1 p.m. Also notes Fulton Grange meeting at Oaklyn and a Manheim Young Farmers Machinery Reconditioning Workshop afternoons February 12 to 16 at Yo-Ag Shop. Chester County Soils meeting at 7:45 p.m. covers Farm Field Maps in Yo-Ag room at Owen J Roberts High School.
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Yorkshire Club
Yorkshire Club Sale
Fulton Grange
Oaklyn
Manheim Young Farmers Machinery
Chester County
Owen J Roberts High School
Pennsylvania Senate to vote on land use tax referendum bill
The Pennsylvania Senate is expected to approve HB 3 on Monday, a referendum to amend the state constitution to tax land by use rather than speculative value. If ratified, the measure would appear on the May primary ballot after prior House passage, with farmers seen as main beneficiaries and other taxpayers potentially bearing higher costs to preserve open space.
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Pennsylvania Senate
Pennsylvania
State House
Senate
House
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J Lin Huber
Harry Kapleau
Huber
Lancaster
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Nina Cowell
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