• Hunter
(Continued from Page D
Stratton program at Vander
grift, was chief planning
technician at the Slickville
■OOC Camp, and served for
eleven years as soil conserva
tionist in Clarion county
In 1952 he was promoted to
area conservationist and had
charge of SCS work m 15
Northwest Pennsylvania coun
ties In 1955 he started a 4-
year tour with the Hamsbuig
office of the Soil Conserva
tion Service as assistant state
conseivationist
For more than two years
he was stationed in Greens
burg as Southwest aiea con
servationist, and in 1981 took
over the Southeast area of
fice at Lebanon where he
headed a staff of 55 soil tech
nicians
While with the Hanisburg
office he supervised the U S.
OP. L. 556) Watershed Pro
tection and Flood Prevention
MH 30 AVAILABLE AT
P. L, ROHRER & BRO., Smoketown, Po.
program in Pennsylvania. He
assisted in conducting a con
servation \ demonstration at
the 1957 National Boy Scout
Jamborpe at Valley Forge,
and was conservation chair
man for the 1958 National
Plowing Contest at Hershey.
• All-American Show
(Continued nom page 1)
Show Building, and will be
open to dany bieedeis in the
United States and Canada
His depaitment, along with
the Pennsylvania Faun Show
Commission and the Pennsyl
vania Dany and Allied Indus
tues Association, again will be
sponsor.
Cuthbeit Naim, Douglass
ville, PDAIA piesident, said
dany specialist at Penn State
Univetsitj, will be cattle su
perintendent, a position he fill
ed in 1984 Shaffer will be
ed in 1964 Shaeffer will be
chan man of the rules com
mittee, and will serve on the
health and premium-catalog
MH 30 Available at all AGWAY Stores and
Local Representatives in Lancaster Co.
committees, both of which are
headed by the show manager,
Harold R. McCulloch, of State
College.
With Shaffer on the rules
committee aie A. Reed Hayes,
Bellville, Merle E. Miller, Car
lisle, RD 3; Chester Raught,
Doylestown; Howard Weiss,
Myerstown, and Samuel G.
Yoder, Shoemakeisville, all
dairy taimeis.
Aides to Shaffer as cattle
supenntendcnt will be, by
bieeds Ayishne, John H Hol
beit, Bcdloid, and Guernseys,
Oiville A. Yoder, Towanda.
both county agricultural agents,
Biown Swiss, Sidney Bamaid,
Holstein, Donald L Ace, Jei
sey, D N. Putnam, and Milk
ing Shoithoin, Stephen B
Spencei, all extension dany
t.peciaJists, the Pennsylvania
Jtate Univeisity.
BROKEN BIT CLUB
by Maurina Meier, reporter
The Broken Bit 4tF Light
Horse and Pony Club met on
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 24, 1965
Friday, July 16, at the lead
ers’ home, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Risser, Stevens Rl.
There were 13 members pres
ent The group discussed their
trip to see Monty Foreman,
a great horse trainer, on Sep
tember 17-19
The club had a guest fiom
Ohio, Libie Holcomb, who
told some things of her 4-H
Club Miss Holcomb's hostess
for her stay in Lancaster
County was Janice Keeney of
Neffsville The 4-H Roundup
to be held at Click’s Show-
Ring on July 31 was also dis
cussed
The group was given some
hoises to judge and was
shown how to trim and
groom a hoise properly
The cluh officers are Ron
nie Roethei, president; Chuck
Risser, vice-president, Maun
na I Meier, secretary, Lois
Ph. 397-3539
Enck, treasurer.
The next meeting will be
held on Friday, August 20,
and all future meetings will
be on the third Friday of
each month.
Soy Protein Approved
As Binder In Meats
The U S Depai tment of
Agucultuie has amended Fed
eial meat inspection icgula
lions to peimit the use of iso
lated soy protein m sausage
and ceitam other meat pro
ducts USDA said the change
will lesult in a bi Odder selec
tion of these pi oducts avail
able to consumeis
The amendment which be
came effective on July 9
was pioposed in January by
the Meat Inspection Division of
the Consumer and Marketing
Service
Division officials explained
that various ingredients are
used in certain processed meat
products to bind the meat to
gether At the present time,
for example, consumers can
select sausage with cereals
added, or with dried milk pro
ducts added
By permitting the use of iso
lated soy protein, additional
product forms can be created,
thus increasing the selection
available to consumers.
In addition to sausage, the
amendment permits the use of
isolated soy protein in chili
con came, spaghetti with meat
balls and similar products, pork
with baibecue sauce, beef with
baibecue sauce, and cheese
furters.
The amendment further re
quires that when isolated soy
protein is used in these pro
ducts, they must be marked
arid labeled accordingly.
New Handbook Views
Bus-Killing Materials
A j evised handbook that
brings up to date U S De
paitment ol Agriculture sug
gestions for safe and effective
use of insecticides against
specific agncultuial and house
hold pests is now available.
Agriculture Handbook No
2SO, “Suggested Guide for the
Use of /Insecticides to Control
Insects Affecting Crops, Live
stock, and Households—l9Bs,”
plants treated with certain
chemicals
AH 290 advises that insecti
cides should always be applied
so as to minimise hazards to
beneficial insects such a*
again stresses the importance
of following duections and
heeding all precautions on in
sect) cide-container labels.
Users are told of the neces
sity of applying insecticides
properly in order to avoid
harmful residues on or in food
and feed crops and m live
stock They aie also urged to
wear protective clothing and
equipment as specified on the
container labels and to take
special care in handling
honey bees, and to avoid ad
verse effects on fish and wild
life .In order to aid state
specialists in developing focal
use recommentations, in
secticides are rated accord
ing to their toxicity to bees.
Warm-blooded animals, and se
lected species of fish.
Other information in the
publication deals with protect
ing insect parasites and pred
ators, effects of weather,
plant, and animal conditions
on insecticide treatment; cali
brating insecticide application
equipment; and the relation
ship of cultural, mechanical,
and biological pest control
methods to use of chemicals
for insect control.
It is available for $1 from
Supt of Documents, Gov't.
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