VOL. 16 NO. 2 fgris in the clothing construction 'group, of the Penn Willqw' Community 4-H- Club are shown early this week ’ wit&tMdarge:quilt, club members just completed aftet ■ brfphjch^l-r^---'ll.' - ?{' - H ” 1 ' ’'''“V r ; the original patches' in 196? and each' year members have carried on the pro ject. n> f . - Tfee project -was-rushed to completion .early this week.te.aelp meet the needs of a Conestoga RDI family, 3-Pay Milk School Set A three-day Milking School will be held at Pennsylvania State' ‘University, University Park Campus, December 8, 9 and 10. Members of the Exten sion staff and faculty of the College ©£ Agriculture will in struct ia a wide variety of sub jects which are aimed at im proving the techniques and skills cf milkers. The - subjects that will be taught during the three-day i school are; • Tuesday, December B—. The Dairy Industry Toddy; The De ■ velopment of the Mammary - Gland; How the Milking Ma -1 chine .Works; Cow Handling Psychology. Wednesday, December 9 Anatomy of the Udder; Air Flow and Vacuum, Hormonal Control of Lactation; Milking Labor Studies; Hormonal Con trol of Let Down; Milking Rou tines; Mastitis The Disease Thursday. December 10 Milking Systems; Maintenance ■of Equipment; Cleaning Princi ples; and Summary and Ques tions. Most of the classes will be held m Borland Laboratory ’ Registration fee for the course is ten dollars. For further in formation. contact the Agricul tural Conference Coordinator, ! 410 J. 0. Keller Building, Penn sylvania. State University, Uni versity Park, Pa.> 16802; phone 814-865-8547. - ’- ‘ Lancaster Man Gets Award James B Steie, 121 W. Rose ville Road, Lancaster, market research engineer for the New Holland Division of Speiry Rand, Inc, has been named re cipient of the 1970 Pennsylvania Giassland Council Award for “his outstanding contributions to the state’s grassland agricul ture ” Stere was presented the Coun cil’s annual award during the 11th Forage Conference held November 23-24 at Pennsylvania State University. James B. Stere, center, market re search engineer for thlN'lew Holland Divi sion of Sperry Rand, Inc., receives Penn sylvania Grassland Council Award from Dr. John B. Washko, professor of agrono Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December-5,1970 Mr. and Mrs. William Horn, who lost everything in a house fire about a month ago. ”, ' Shown,putting the finishing touches-on the quilt this week,,at, J the:horneiph'Mrs.;Jean,-Breneiseh, Conestoga ;' RDl{ cluborgknizatiqnleadenorHome Economics, are ' 'the fdjlo'wing Penn Willow ClubmerribhFs.'left to “fight r. Sue Martin;' Betsy’‘Miely, Linda' Heister,,*l)ebby_ Le- Fever, Elizabeth Lovett, Linda Nauman, and Donna' Lovett. Mrs. Clay Eshlenian, Pequea RDI, is organiza tional leader. Club members consider the work a com munity project. An international leader in the aieas of hay and crop drying, the award winner has been m strumental in designing many .new engineering practices adopt ed by Commonwealth farmers Active as a supporter of Pennsylvania Giassland Council activities since its oiganization, Stere has seived as a director and on various committees. He also has been a professional counselor to Penn State agncul lural engineeis and agronomists in hay diymg methods and pio ceduies. A native of Fleming, Centre of science degree m agncultuial engineering from Penn State and bachelor of science degree in en gineeimg from Camegie-Mellon Umveisity Stere joined the New Holland Division in 1955 .as product manager for crop dryers and as sumed his present position sev eral years latei. my at Penn State University and presi dent of the Pennsylvania Grassland Coun cil. At right is Dr. John E. Baylor, 'Penn State Extension agronomist. 52.00 Per Year Corn Meeting Slated Dec. 16 A county-wide meeting to provide the latest informa tion on the 1'971 corn crop outlook, with special empha sis on the leaf-blight situa tion, will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. December 16 at the Farm and Home Center. Among the topics to be considered will be studies of yield performance by the various hybrids and the hy brid cultural practices which can be used to help control the blight situation in 1971, according to Arnold Lueck, associate county agricultural agent Seed practices and seed supply, as it relates to the 1971 crop, will also be dis cussed, Lueck said. The corn root worm which was a major pest in Laneas-‘ ter County in 1970, also wiU be covered. The Lancaster County meeting is one of a series being held throughout Soufhr eastern Pennsylvania to as sist- farmers in evmuaJihg their hybrids, Lueck said. _ Although the 1971 corn crop situation is highly un certain because of the pos sibility of blight damage* progress is reported being made by the seed companies toward development of resis tant seed. The 1970 corn crop in Lancaster County is re ported one of the best ever by most Lancaster County farmers, local extension agents report. Farm Calendar Sunday, December 6 American Farm Bureau Fedeefr tion Annual Meeting, Hon* ton, Texas, December 6-li. National Young Farmer la. stitute, Wichita, Kansas, December 6-9 Monday, December 7 7:30 pm —Agway Tobacco Mai* keting Organization, New Holland Fire Hall. 1970 Farm Income Tax and SO I cial Security Short Course, Penn State University Campus, State College, De< cembei 7-11 Tuesday, December 8 1 pm —Lancastei County 4>H Beef Roundup, Lancaster Stock Yards. I Ipm —Toys Foi Christmas Pre» giam Faim and Home Ceo* tei 730 pm. Feeding Course, Ephiata Young Farmers, rational Aguculture Depart* ment 7 45 p m —Quality Milk Control Garden Spot Young Farm* ers, Vocational Agriculture Department Bpm —Lancaster County Farm* ers’ Association, Farm and Home Center. Three Day Milking School, Pena* State University Campus* December 8-10 (Continued on Page 6) j
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