• Corn Contest
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contest average yield at 120 3
bushels, and average produc
tion costs at 59 cents per bushel
“The goal of the contest,”
Hackenberger said, "is to have
farmers learn what yields they
are getting under their normal
production practices, and to
become aware of the stiengths
and weaknesses m their pres
ent corn production piograms"
CONTRIBUTORS CITED
Several local farmers and
businessmen were recognized
for their interest and conlnbu
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In addition to a fried chick
en dinner and the awards, the
program included a demonstra
tion on furniture refinishing
by the Penn Manor FHA girls,
and a slide piesentation on the
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Penn State Agr.
Specialists To
Work In India
Working in India for two
years beginning Ibis July will
be a four-man team of research
and extension persons fiomthe
College of \gncullure at The
Pennsyhania State University
Objective of the Penn Statei s
will be to assist technicians in
Maharashtia State to inciease
food production undei a ,con
tact with the US Agency toi
International Dev elopm ent
(AID).
The lorn men aie agiicultui
al engineer Mark D Shav\
chief ot paity and adusoi foi
iaim machinery, extension
agronomist Claience S Biv
ner advisor lor agronomy and
seed improvement, extension
plant pathologist Carlton F
Taylor, advisor for plant pro
tection. and soil technologist
Roger Pennock Jr, advisor foi
soil and water management.
The team is the first to be
initiated under Penn State’s
new program of international
agricultural development, head
ed by Russell B Dickerson, as
sociate dean ot the College of
Agriculture. In March Dicker
son and Shaw went to Poona,
site of the team’s operations in
Maharashtra State, to set the
stage for the two year techni
cal assistance program
The Penn State team will
assist the Maharashtra State
Director of Agriculture in mo
bilizing the research and edu
cational facilities of AID and
other international agencies to
help achieve a rapid increase
in food grains production dur-
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