Mary K. Bettendorf, Librarian
Agricultural Library k
I!he Pexma. State University THC l y t ,
University Park^enna.
Vol. 111. No. 51.
Penn State Team
Out of Money
In Am, Royal Test
Penn State University’s meat
judging team finished 17th in
the American Royal intercol
legiate meat judging contest
October 21, in Kansas City Win
ning team m the 18 college and
university field as Oklahoma
State University’s squad which
had 2nd, 3rd and 4th high indi
vidual judges in> the match
David Topel, Lake Mills, Wise ,
of the University of- Wisconsin,
as named high individula of the
contest by virtue of a higher
‘icasons” score. While both Top
el and Jim Glower, Okla State,
had judging scores of 916 points,
Topel’s “reasons” score was 219,
to Glower’s 218
Ranking of all teams in the
contest was as follows Okla.
State, Wise. Umv., Kansas State,
Texas A&M, lowa State, Nebr
Umv., Kentucky Umv., Missouri
Umv., Mich. State, 111 Unlv,
Tenn. Umv., Ohio State, Minn.
Unlv., S. D. State Tech, Miss
State, Penn. State and N D Agn.
French Ag Leader Tours Area
M. Jose Peruchon, Marseilles, France is an energetic
gentleman who exudes great quantities of the Gallic charm
so famous in the south of his native land. He also happens
to be, but not by accident, founder and President de
L’Association Scientifique Bureau de la Nutrition Animale
de France.
The French Bureau of Animal
Nutrition which M. Peruchon
founded in 1945, immediately aft
er his country was cleared of the
German occupation is a coopera
tive research and information
oiganization of about 2,000 feed
manufacturers and millers
Last Thursday and Friday, M
Peruchon was in Lancaster coun
ty on a whirlwind inspection tour
of the local poultry industry.
Thursday morning he visited the
Martin Hatchery, Lancaster, to
observe the workings of a model
system. He had decided to visit
the Martin plant due to the fame
cf its locally developed J. B #1
Having left France on Sept. 15
for the World Poultry Congress
in Mexico City, the French scien
tist arrived in the U. S Oct. 1
He Visited the Universities of
Wisconsin, Md., and lowa, the
LSD A experimental farm at
Beltsville, Md., research centers
ol Purina at St Louis, Wallace’s
Faims in lowa, the Salisbury La
boratory in lowa, and arrived in
Lancaster from Washington D C
Calendar Racket
Brings Warning
Trooper William. J Devlin,
criminal detection specialist for
the Penna. Highway Patrol has
issued a warning to southeast
Penna, merchants, school officials
and particularly vocational agri
culture instructors to beware of
possible “bunco artists ”
Devlin’s warning followed ap
prehension of a team of “calen
dar salesmen” working this area,
making collections for “officials
FFA calendars” from FFA ad
visors.
Quarryville (Lancaster County) Pa., Friday, Oct. 31, 1958
MORE THAN 150 area farmers were present Wednesday
for the Annual Lancaster County Feeders’ Tour, which
visited eight county livestock farms. Here the tour is
shown at a trench silo on the New Holland Machine Com
on Oct. 22.
After his local inspection visit,
he left for Wilmington for a con
ference with DuPont chemists
and biologists, thence to Milford,
Delaware, where a friend had ar
ranged a tour of Delmarva broil
er region. From there he was to
head back to Wash D. C., thence
to New Jersey for a meeting
with Pfizer Corporation scientists
before returning to Marsailles
M. Peruchon explains his rea
sons for the somewhat extended
“vacation” tour of the nation’s
farming industry, by saying, “I
am here to learn everything I
can, in what time I have.’
One of his interests was in Am
erican purebred poultry strains
which are crossed to produce hy
bnd broilers and layers “We can
not import cross-breds into
France from any country We
may import purebreds only, and
make the cross in France,” he ex
plained.
He expressed appreciation of
the systems used locally by mod
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A number of area chapter have
reported giving the salesmen
large payments for their yearly
orders of the calendars, which
normally are supplied by one of
the extremely limited number of
reputable firms authorized to do
business in this line
Devlin urged all school officials
and merchants, if approached at
any time, to require credentials
and to remember if they are deal
ing with a reputable firm, pay
ment is usually made after re
gular billing procedures.
MEMORIZING EVERY detail, the French scientist assumes
the familiar position of the home plate umpire at a World
Series game, peering over Mrs. Rohrer’s shoulder in order
to observe her every movement in the de-beaking process.
At about this point someone observed, “He sure isn’t on a
vacation, that guy’s nor joking when he says he came here
to learn about our poultry business.” ' LF, PHOTO
New Winter Ag Courses at Penn State
Two-year winter courses are
the newest short course pro
grams in the College of Agricul
ture at the Pennsylvania State
University Training is now of
fered in farm equipment service
an dsales, ornamental nursery
management, and turfgrass man
agement.
This training is offered during
fpur 8-week terms covering a
two-year period.’The fall term
for each of the three options
runs from November 3 to Janu
ary 14, 1995. The spring term
runs from JFebruary 3 to March
28. From April to November, on
the-job training is encouraged.
“Most enrolees in the winter
pany’s farm near the Lancaster Airport. Floyd F. Coy,
manager of the firm’s experimental farms explained the
use of grass silage in the farm’s operation. LF PHOTO
course options are high school
graduates.” states David R. Mc-
Clay, assistant director of resi
dent instruction and director of
short courses in the College of
Agriculture. “A young man who
is not a high school graduate
may enroll if he is mature and
has some practical experience in
the field of his choice,” Dr. Mc-
Clay adds.
Students who enroll in the
farm equipment service and sales
option train for jobs as shop fore
men, partsmen, mechanics, and
salesmen. Thirty new students
are already enrolled for Novem
ber. Recent graduates had sever
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S 2 Per Year
USD A Supervision
Extends to 163
District Auctions
LANCASTER Approximate
ly 163 non-posted livestock auc
tion markets in the II northeast
ern states under the jurisdiction
of the Lancaster office of the
USDA Agriculture Market Serv
ice, Livestock division, will be
placed under the division’s juris
diction in coming weeks, pursu
ant to provisions of the Packers
and Stockyards act, according to
K. F Gnssel, district administra
tor of the act
Purpose of the provision is to
require registration of all mar
kets dealing in livestock in inter
state commerce and the posting
of surety bonds by the auctions
and all firms doing business on
the market
This piovides farmers with the
protection of a bonded market
and guaranteed payment for
stock sold there, Grissell added.
Soil Bank Heads
Switch Jobs Nov. 1
Howard J Doggett, Director
of the Soil Bank Division of the
Commodity Stabilization Service,
is transferring to the Foreign
Agricultural Service to accept an
overseas assignment, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture an
nounced. The transfer will be
effective Nov. 1.
Thomas E. Hamilton, at pres
ent Deputy Director of the Soil
Bank Division in charge of the
conservation reserve program,
will succeed Mr. Doggett as Di
rector. After this year, the con
servation reserve will be the
basic Soil Bank program. The
acreage reserve program will not
be continued beyond 1958.
Mr Doggett was raised on a
ranch m Broadwater County,
Montana, and still owns a large
ranch in Meagher County. His
home is in Townsend, Mont. He
is a graduate of the University
of Montana, he has been engaged
actively in ranching, business,
and agricultural services activi
ties.