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VOL. 16 NO. 24
P. Wilmer Dagen
Dogen Finishes'Course
P. Wilmer Dagen, 60 Main St,
Salunga recently completed a 20-
day study of social and economic
problems,of rural Pennsylvania
v. nich was administered through
the Pennsylvania, State Univer
sity 'pub--
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■ The course Dagen* successfully
completed is supported by a W.-
K ‘ Kellogg 'Foundation grant
vmch paid for the cost of his
studies.
Road Engineer
To Speak Here
Lewis Robinson, Pennsylvan
ia f Highway Depaitment engi
zp-er, has been invited to give the
latest information on highway
development and constiuction
ii Lancaster County, including
schedules and dates of highway
piogiams
Robinson is slated to be the
sneaker at 10 30 am Fuday,
Flay 14, at a meeting of the
Lancaster County Ruial De
velopment Committee, which is
chaired by Max Smith, Lancas
ter County agricultural agent
Pa. Poultry Extension Mobilizes to Solve Waste Problem
Penn State University Exten
sion Service has recently begun
a program to analyze and de
y -'lop solutions for the state’s
poultry waste disposal problems,
rhe Lancaster County Poultry
Association was informed Mon
ray.
Jay W Irwin, associate Lan
caster County agricultural agent,
said the purpose is to keep
Pennsylvania poultrymen in
hi siness.
The long-term potential threat
ci restrictions against pollution
rue now deemed so critical that
Extension poultry specialists and
many poultrymen and allied in
-ci istrymen believe top priority
mast be placed on solving this
pi oblein, Irwin explained.
Local Youths Place High
In Dairy Judging Contest
Both local individuals and
teams placed high in the annual
Invitational Dairy Cattle Judg
_ , . . ,
ing Contest sponsored by the
Penn State Dairy Science Club
at the .University May 1.
Robert Hess, Strasburg RDI,
was high individual in judging
Guernseys in the 4-H show.
I
, Joyce We_aver, Chestei- Coun
ty, was high individual in Ayr
shire and Jersey judging.
The; Solanco High School
team (from Quarryville placed
first ajmong 10 FFA teams com
peting. Teams members were:
Carl | Kreider, Randy Clark,
Kreider and William
Krantzr. The coach was Stephen
M. Leiser, vo-ag teacher.
Chester County and Lancas
ter County placed one and two,
among-12.4-H: judging-’ teams'
'Members of the'Chester County'
-team' I wer eU 1 "Susahf ’'"Weaver,’
Joyce - Weaver, Nancy Wollas
ton,- 'and James Wertz. The
coach was Glenn Shirk.
Members of the second place
Lancaster County team were.
Burnell Buchen, Susan Kauff
man, Raelene Harbold, Robert
Hess, and Rick Hess, all mem
bers of the Lancaster County
Holstein Club Mis Robert
Kauffman, Elizabethtown RDI,
was chaperone.
Chester County edged the
Lancaster County team with a
scoie of 1,219 to 1 213
New Plateless Planter
International Haivestei Com
pany’s new plalelcss corn planter
will be demonstrated Monday at
the Farm of Ivan Yost, Chris
tiana RDI Interested peisons
have been invited to drop aiound
between 10 am and 3pm to
see the planter, which works on
air For directions, Yost’s phone
number is (215) 593-5326
The Penn State effort will be
gin by evaluating the extent and
nature of the total waste problem
across the state.
This will include surveys and
research on actual costs of
equipment installation and main
tenance necessary to solve the
problem.
Workshops are planned
thioughout the state to leview
these problems With poultrymen.
Also, research is underway on
the possibility of recycling
“I think it is important that
agriculture take the leadership,”
Irwin said
“We’re trying to show that
farmers have to move in this
direction in order to preserve
their industry,” Irwin said.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 8,1971
While the Solanco FFA boys
did not win top honors in any
breed ’ th f bad , tbe st tea ™
score and Carl Kreider and
R anc jy Clark placed second and
third in the high individuals of
all breeds. In a real close plac
ing, Kreider was also third in
oral reasons in the FFA divi
sion.
The Solanco High School
Dairy Club was formed last faU
as an extra-curricular activity
The purpose of the Club is to
promote interest in dairying
and to expand or supplement
skills not learned in class. Other
members of the club include
Larry Aaron, Gary Ackers, Da
vid Bitler, Roger Cambell,
Charles Coates, Kenneth Glick,
William Hershey, and Fred Le
fever.
The judging was divided into
4-H, FFA’ arid Collegiate - divi
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Members of the winning Solanco FFA dairy judging
team recently at Penn State are - left to right, seated, Carl
Kreider and Wayne Kreider; standing, Randy Clark,
Stephen Leiser, advisor, and William Krantz.
Irwin said industry leaders
feel the Pennsylvania poultiy in
dustry will be much faither
ahead if it takes the leadership
in solving this critical problem
than if it waits until action is
forced upon it. Industry lead
ers, including Floyd Hicks, Penn
State poultiy specialist, also
stress that action must begin
now, five years from now may
be too late, Irwin explained
Primal y emphasis toward
finding solution will center
around the automated staring
and forced air drying system de
veloped by Di Glenn Bresslei
of Penn State. This system is
now receiving nationwide atten
tion and some other states have
now installed similar systems for
Editorial and Market
Changes Announced
Lancaster Farming this week announces two
changes m its format.
The editorial page has been moved to a new loca
tion and the market section has been expanded to three
pages.
Both changes are largely a result of gradually ex- '
panded market coverage which has made the tradi- ■
tional market pages, two and three, inadequate.
Because it was felt that the market section should
be kept together on adjoining pages, the editorial
page, which has traditionally been page four, has been
moved to a new location. Some markets will be moved
to page four. See markets on pages two, three and
four this week.
The editorial page has been moved to the fourth
page of the second section. Editorial page readers can
find it easily; it’s the same location as before, except
it’s in the second section instead of the first section.
' See editorials oh page 20 this week.
research and development, Irwin
noted. Some states are also re
ported shifting emphasis from
othei systems to the Biessler ap
proach
The system primarily involves
two aspects removing moisture
and removing odors from poul
try waste Under the system,
odors aie actually stopped be
fore they foim because the dry
ing process kills the bacteria
which cause the odois
This results in a light-weight
pioduct which is relatively odor
less Because the moisture has
been removed, there is less
volume of material to process
Irwin noted that one of the
key aspects of the new research
efforts is to develop means to
further process the dried waste
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Farm Calendar
Saturday, May 8
12 30 p m —4-H Walk-a-Tho».
Sunday, May 9
Mother’s Day
Monday, May 10
7 30 pm —Agiiculture Commit
tee, Lancastei Chamber of
Commeice, Chamber office.
Tuesday, May 11
8 pm—Manheim Young Farm
eis Association meeting,
Bmce and Dale Hershey
faim. Manheim RD3.
8 pm—Fuhcn Giange presents
State Giange Traveling
Gavel to Fiemont Grange,
Chestei County
Regional FFA Public Speaking
and Paihamentary Proce
duie Contest, Millersville.
Thursday, May 13
245 pm —Area FFA Leader
(Contmued on Page 5)
to make it into commercially
usable materials This would
help eliminate the need to dis
pose of wastes over a restricted
scope or area near the farm or
near lesidential areas.
One of the immediate objec
tives will be to get local poultry
men to commit themselves to
conveiting to the new drying sys
tem so that additional know-how
and experience can be gained.
Some operations in the county
already have successfully con
verted to the new system. As
further know-how is developed,
it is believed the system can be
even more successful.
The Association also reviewed
its place mat promotional pro
gram and considered possible ex
pansion this year.
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