Pennsylvania Dairymen Vote Referendum On Five Cent Milk Checkoff
A Lancaster Farming conference outlines a statewide referendum on a five cent per hundredweight milk promotion checkoff. Ballots due January 26 in Harrisburg. if approved, program starts around April. Cooperatives may vote as blocs, but individual ballots prevail.
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Lancaster County
N. Alan Bair
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Farmers urged tax relief to save Pennsylvania farms
E Chester Heim of the Pennsylvania Farmers Association told about 100 Lancaster County Farmers Association members at the Witmer Fire Hall that farmland tax assessments must be reevaluated. He urged selling the idea to nonlandowners and pushing for progressive tax law changes to prevent farmers from selling and harming local jobs.
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Miles Fry and hybrid poplars earn Keystone honor
At 75 Miles Fry remains an agricultural pioneer in Lancaster County. He will receive an Honorary Keystone Farmer degree at the Pennsylvania Farm Show on January 10. The Fry family farms over 300 acres near Ephrata with hybrid poplars expanding on 50 acres and crown vetch on 70. They raise hay on 150 acres and corn on 100, plus 100 head of cattle. The land runs deep in Fry history in the Frysville area.
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Lancaster County
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Morton Fry
Frysville
Farm Calendar Highlights Early January Meetings
The Fulton Grange hosts a round table on Farming Today moderated by W. Harold Graybeal in Oaklyn. The 57th Pennsylvania State Farm Show runs January 8 to 12 in Harrisburg, with several gatherings including the Garden Spot Young Farmer Welding course on January 10 at Garden Spot High School, and the Pennsylvania Poultry Federation banquet at Penn Harris Motor Inn. USDA Ornamentals Open House for Growers runs January 11 to 12 in Beltsville Maryland. The National Turkey Federation meets in Dallas, Texas. The Pennsylvania Egg Marketing meeting is set for January 12 at the Holiday Inn in Ephrata.
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Camp Hull
National Turkey Federation
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Dallas
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Usda Ornamentals
Beltsville
Pennsylvania
Holiday Inn
Ephrata
Farm Show Issue Schedule Appears On Pages Seven and Eight
A farm show schedule is listed across pages seven and eight with event times, exhibitor names, booth locations, and activity notes. Organizers remind attendees to check listings for daily demos and competitions.
James Kreider Master Farmer Named 1972 Honoree
Lancaster County dairyman James G Kreider aged 42 from Route 1 Quarryville has been chosen as a 1972 Master Farmer. He is one of six Commonwealth farmers honored by Pennsylvania Farmer magazine and Penn State Cooperative Extension. Formal remarks will be delivered January 9 in Harrisburg at a Master Farmer luncheon as Kreider joins the association of former awardees.
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