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Mark S. Hess
Mark Hess
Manager Of
Agway Unit
Mark S Hess a native of Lan
caster County, has been named
Unit Manager of the Gaiden
Spot Unit of AGWAY Lancas
ter, it was announced by R Art
Cochran, Area Manager
Hess succeeds Kenneth Emer
son, who has taken a position in
AGWAY’S Westein Division, as
Managei of a large retail stoie
and grain elevator at Geneva,
New York
In his new position, Hess as
sumes icsponsibility foi distn
bution of faim pioduction sup
plies through stores located at
Lancastei, New Holland and
Quanyville His headquaiteis
aie in Lancaster
Hess began his AGWAY ca-
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Prof Says
Slick Pavements
Doom Drivers
MADISON, WIS “If all
dnveis could see what I've seen,
theie would be few caieless
drivels on the load today,” says
Pi of Aichie H Easton, nation
ally known accident investiga
tor and Dnectoi of the Motor
Vehicle Research Laboiatory of
the University of Wisconsin
Refening to the grisly scene
he often encounteis when sum
moned to an accident site, Pi of
Easton said - “I ceitainly would
not want to foice people to see
tnese sights, but I often think
tr.at it would do some drivers a
world of good to see first-hand
the tragic consequences of
dunking and duung. a moment
of caielessness 01 inattention, or
a simple case of poor judg
ment ”
As Chairman of the National
Safetj Council’s Committee on
Winter Driving Hazaids, Pi of
reer in 1944 and has served on
local and legional Boards of
Dnectois, as manager of Feed
Operations and in charge of
Poultiy Conti act Pioduction
Sei vices throughout Pennsyl
vania
Befoie assuming his new
position, Hess had been man
ager of AGWAY’S Tobacco Mar
keting program He will con
tinue to supeivise this market
ing function
Youi Name
Easton is particulaily concern
ed about the added hazaids at
this time of year caused by ice
and snow-coveied pavements
and the lesultmg consequences
"Judging fiom some of the ac
cidents I’ve seen, many drivers
obviously have no concept of the
extiemely limited traction on
these sui faces Tests have
shown, for example, that the
b'aking distance on glaie ice
may easily be as much as nine
c. ten times the normal dry
pavement distance, meaning a
stopping distance of 150 to 200
ft at a speed of only 20 mph
compared with about 17 ft. on
diy pavement,” he explained
"Whenever the pavement is
snowy or icy, the best advice is
to first get the ‘feel’ of the road
This can be done by trying the
biakes or by accelerating care
fully to see whether the wheels
skid or spin. If the car has any
tendency to skid or ‘fish-tail,’
then it’s time to slow way down
and do all maneuvering—brak
ing, steering or accelerating
v.ith a veiy gentle touch,” ad
vised Easton
When asked whether special
traction devices, such as snow
tires and tire chains were help
ful under these conditions, he
icplied that the National Safety
Council’s tests showed that con
ventional snow tires were of lit-
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LITITZ, PENNA,
CHECKING ON THE POULTRY LAB. SITES are left
to right, Jack Huber and Claude Hess representing the Lan
caster County Poultry Association and Dr. Edward T. Mal
linson, Bureau of Animal Industry and Homer Bicksler, Pa.
Poultry Federation. The state representatives were in the
County to investigate the two proposed sites for the new
proposed poultry diagnostic laboratory being sponsored by
the local poultrymen. The sites visited Wednesday morning
were an acre plot located along Route 501 across from the
Lancaster Airport owned by John Huber and a lot near the
New Holland Boro line owned by Victor F. Weaver, Inc.
tie or no benefit on glaie ice
but that they provided about
half again as much traction in
loosely packed snow as regular
tires Studded snow tires, on the
other hand, materially improve
ti action on ice, providing about
three times the pulling ability
of regular tires and reducing
braking distances by 19 percent,
according to the test findings
For severe conditions on both
snow and ice, Prof Easton rec
ommended reinforced tire
chains He said that tests show
ed chains provided from four to
seven times the pulling power
of regular tires on snow and ice
and reduced braking distance on
glare ice by 50 percent.
“But regardless of the help
provided by these traction aids,”
concluded Easton, “drivers
should realize that performance
on snow and ice is nowhere near
that on dry pavement, and that
speeds must be shaiply re
duced.”
Com Stover
Has Potential
HARIRSBURG Coin stov
er represents an enounous po
tential as feed 01 bedding in
addition to boosting returns per
acre, a Penn State agricultural
engineer told members attend
ing the Pennsylvania Crop Im
provement Association annual
meeting at the 53rd Farm Show
Burton S Horne said stover
accounts for half the plant ma
terial produced in an acie of
coin and is usually left in the
field and considered a nuisance
when tilling and planting opera
tions aie being carried out
“Corn stover is an alternative
feedstuff when roughages are
expensive” Home said “and
can bo used as bedding when
stiaw "? in shoit supply”
M <he piosent tune theie are
fom methods of stovei letue
val, the ag engmeei said, and
each is lelativelv cheap to
ope. ite These include the coin
heat' con-bine with blower and
coli- ' on tiailei, flail-type for
age 1 - -ester, hay baler with
flail pu.kup type attachment,
and foi age combine The forage
combine is in the experimental
stage at two land-giant institu
tions
“The future of corn stover
usage will be dependent on
seveial factors including types In addition to the Secretary’s
ol feeding programs, basic crop address, the day’s program in*
il'ialdy, timing of corn harvest eluded reports of county presi
■vid stover retueval, and ma- dents and entertainment by the
rhine costs and field capabih- members of the Harrisburg
' ” the Penn State specialist Civic Ballet of which Caroline
onmnasized DeLone is artistic director.
L. F. Photo
Farm Women
Hold State
Convention
HARRISBURG The Socie
ty of Farm Women of Pennsyl
vania held its 50th annual con
vention January 13 and 14 in
Harrisburg with about 500 wo
men in attendance.
State Secretary of Agricul
ture Leland H Bull, paid spe
cial tribute to the Society 'on
this occasion and welcomed the
group to the 53rd Pennsylvania
Farm Show The Secretary re
viewed some of the many
changes taking place in agricul
ture and related fields He stat
ed that the Candy Law of 1887
was the first of Pennsylvania’s
consumer protection laws pass
ed
Secretary Bull pointed out
that the 1968 Federal candy
regulations, incorporates much
of this old Pennsylvania law.
He also stated that to handle
the requnements of the 1968
Pennsylvania Meat Inspection
Law, the Depaitment is con
ducting intensive training for
inspectors
“This protective service is a
characteristic of modern trends
that are affecting not only agri
culture but also the people serv
ed by agriculture,” the Secre
tary said He reminded the au
dience that “we must be ready
to meet the challenges of the
seventies if we are to keep our
agricultural economy sound and
keep pace with the progress of
Pennsylvania.”
Secretary Bull urged the So
ciety to join with other agncul
tuial gioups in supporting ef
foits to obtain adequate, mod
ern Faim Show facilities The
Farm Show has outgrown build
ings that were designed and
constructed in anothei day and
age and is seriously handicapp
ed by lack of space, he said.
Mis W F. Dummer, Thomas
ville, RD 1, York County, presi
dent of the state society, presid
ed at both the morning and af
ternoon sessions in the Forum
of the Education Building.
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