Hess Bros, and Agway Stage
Popular Egg Hut in Rochester
Hess Bros. Farms, Ephrata and Agway furnished frozen tried serving omelets filled
EDI, and Agway cooperated to eggs. Both Hess Bros, and with fruit and topped with sour
stage an Omelet Hut-at the 7th Agway contributed financially cieam ”
Annual New York State Restau- by defraying the cost of PENB The consensus, though, was
rant Association Convention and literature that was distributed that fruit-filled omelets did in-
Exposition in. Apnl along with the omelets deed repiesent a great new
The Omelet Hut was sponsor- The convention goeis were in- menu idea that is both tasty and,
ed by the Poultry and Egg vited to relax with their omelets equally important, profitable.
National Board (PENS') and con- at tables and chairs set up in Fied G Sampson, executive
sisted of omelets filled with the Omelet Hut and to read vice president of the New York
peaches, cherries and sour PENB literature available at State Restaurant Association,
cream, or cheese with chives each table made a point of inviting PENB
The omelets were served to an Patricia Myles, PENB’s direc- back to next year’s event to be
estimated 6,000 leading New tor of home economics, reported, held in Syracuse
York State restauranteurs and “The reaction of the visitors to He remarked that the response
dietitians attending the event in the fruit omelets was more of to the Omelet Hut was so ter-
Rochester curiosity than anything else ” nfic that next year it could have
Hess Bros. Farms furnished She continued, “Many had even moie space in a “preferred”
the shell eggs for the omelets rever thought of let alone location on the exposition floor
Patton Retires As Extension Head
- Thomas H. Patton has an
nounced he will retire Monday
after more than 40 years with
the Pennsylvania State Univer
sity agricultural and - home
economics Extension. He has
been Extension director since
1964.
Dr. Russell E. Larson, dean
of the College of Agriculture and
director of the Agricultural Ex
Fesfival Slated June 12
The Lebanon Valley Poultry
Association annual broiler festi
val at Fredericksburg June 12
will be climaxed at 8 p.m by
the annual queen contest.
(Editor’s note - We regret that
our item last week on the festi
val listed the date as June 1 and
2. For those who plan to at
tend, please take out the “and”
and mark the calendai now foi
June 12.)
Dming the queen contest, win
ners of the cooking contest will
be announced and prizes award
ed
The chicken barbecue at Fire
man Park will run from 4-30 till
8 pm. The festival and queen
contest have been held at Fire
man Park every year since 1951
Richard I. Ammon, shown pointing in the left foreground, makes
a comment for his board' of directors during a recent tour of convention
facilities at the Concord Hotel, Kiamesha Lake, New York. The famous
Catskili Mountains resort will host “Northeastern ’7l”, Northeastern
Poultry Producers Council’s 40th anniversary convention September
22 to 24,
Ammon, formerly of Ephrata, is NEPPCO executive director.
Shown are: left to right, Hubert Ashley, Flanders, N.J.; James C,
periment Station, has been given
the added assignment of direc
tor of agricultural and home
economics Extension, effective
June 1.
Dean Larson’s appointment
was announced recently by Dr
John W Oswald, president of
the University, following appro
val by the Board of Trustees of
the University at Hershey.
President Oswald said Lar
son’s appointment will insure
close coordination of instruction,
research, and extension activi
ties in the College ot Agricul
ture
USDA Warns of Possible Potato Glut
In the new College organize- -
tion, an associate ' director for The -q s Department of Agii- ed on Febraury 10 that growers were to plant a total of 1,240,700
Agricultural and Home Econ- cu n ure has pointed out that the ot late summer and fall potatoes Statistical Reporting Service,
omics Extension will be appoint- 1871 late summer an( f fall potato reduce 1971 acreage by an aver- acres, slightly higher than the
ea and will also, serve as-. v asso_-, acrea g- e ' m tentiohs are*far m.fex- age ~of cent from the late summer and fall potato
date dean for Extension A .com- cess 0 £ nine per cent reduc- 1970 level, when a record crop acreage of 1970
mittee has been named to reeom- j- lon recommended by USDA in ot 282 4 milion hundredweight In some major producing
mend candidates for this post February was pioduced Growers are now States, intentions reported are
This appointment will parallel USDA said that if potato grow- obtaining relatively low puces foi inci eases of five per cent or
those of the associate dean foi ers carue( j ou t the planting in- for this crop more over 1970
Reseaich and lor Resident In- tentions reported as of March 1, The C&MS recommendations. With average yields, produc
struction the resultant oversupply of published in AMG-79, “1971 tion from an acreage equal to
Patton has been active in manv I )otatoes would cause marketing Summer and Fall Potatoes, that indicated by growers’ mten
oroamzations and has been difficulties in the 1971-72 Acieage-Marketmg Guides," are tions would exceed requirements
honored many times marketing season and reduce made to help growers plan pro- bj a wide margin This could be
growers’ Incomes duction to meet market needs, expected to result in prices to
A native of New Castle, he le- USDA’s Consumer and Mar
ceived his bachelor of science keting Se'vice had r°comm°nrl-
degree in dairy science from
Penn State in 1930
His master of science degree
in public administration was con
ferred by Harvard University in
1951
Patton began his duties with
the Extension Service upon
graduation fiom College as
assistant agricultural agent He
also served as county agent
and was named assistant direc
tor in 1943 of Extension activi
ties in all 67 counties
Weisel, Rosemont, N.J.; Ammon; Ray Williams, Wolf Summit, W. Va.;
Hendrik Wentink, of Pennfield Corp., Lancaster; Albert J. Russo, Hope
Valley, R.L; Lorain Basinger, Kenton, Ohio; Edwin L. Cook, Feeding
Hills, Mass.; Henry C. Schragger, Esq., Trenton, N.J.; Morris Burr,
Hampton, Conn.; Harry P. Metz, Belleville, Pa.; H. H. Frank, North
Branch, N.Y.; Burnell Warner, Union, Ohio, and B. B. Gehgan, New
York, N.Y.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 29,1971 —
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Second Section
Golden Delicious
To Be June 15
Solutions to maiketing prob
lems created by the rapidly in
creasing supply of Golden Deli
cious apples in eastern United
States will be discussed at a
special conference called for
Tuesday, June 15. at th“ Penn-
Harns Motor Inn in Harrisburg,
says a spokesman for the Penn
sylvania Department of Agricul
ture
Orville Carver, Director of the
Department’s Bureau of Markets,
said growers and other repre
sentatives of the industry will
be invited to the one day event
sponsored by the Department
and its Apple Marketing Ad
visory Council
Keynoting the conference will
be John B. Peters, President of
Mountain Orchard Cooperative,
Aspers, Pa., who in addition to
operating his own orchard, is in
charge of proem ement for the
Knouse Foods Cooperative
Noting that the production of
Golden Delicious ranks second
to Red Delicious only, Caivei
Gioweis’ intentions as of pioducers next and winter
March 1 as leoorted by USDA’s which would be substantially be-
In Oversupply,
Meeting Topic
said more than half of the Gold
en Delicious harvested in Ameri
ca are grown east of the Missis
sippi River
Calling the Eastern Golden
Delicious a unique and desirable
eating apple, Carver said, ‘lf
eastern growers can get together
and make the public aware of
these qualities, the Golden De
licious can become a valuable
variety to them If it is relegated
to the position of a processing
apple, its very existence may
become the curse of the indus
try ”
The conference program calls
foi reports on the marketing
situation in several major pro
ducing states in the east as well
as a discussion of marketing
problems at the wholesale and
retail levels
Chairman of the conference
will be Raymond Reiter, Market
ing Specialist for the Pennsyl
vania Department of Agricul
tuie
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