—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 29, 1972
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Pa. Vegetable Conference Program Announced
The 1972 Pennsylvania
Vegetable Conference, slated
February 7 to 9 at Pennsylvania
State University, has released an
agenda which shows the
following;
The annual business meeting of
the Pennsylvania Growers
Association will be held at 7 p.m.
February 6 at the Nittany Lion
Inn
Registrations are being asked
by January 31 to; Agricultural
Conference Coordinator, 410 J. O.
Keller Building, Pennsylvania
State University, University
Park, Pa. 16802.
Monday Program
The schedule Monday morning
is as follows
830 a.m., registration, 9:30
“College of Agriculture Today”
by H W Thoele, 10:30, “In
tegrated Use of Dried Poultry
Manure in Vegetable Produc
tion” by Ernest L Gergman, 11,
panel on “Recommended Sweet
Corn Production Practices for
Fresh Market” moderated by
Hoy G Creech and including the
following
Varieties and Herbicides by
Charles J Noll, Planting
Schedules and Populations by
Amos Funk, Millersville;
Diseases by Alan A Mac Nab,
Insects by Lloyd E Adams,
Nutrition by Cyril B. Smith,
Equipment by Donald R Daum,
Future by Roy G Creech
The Monday afternoon
program includes
1 30, “Effects of Air Pollutants
on Vegetable Crops” by Norman
L LaCasse, 2, panel on
“Marketing Vegetables”
moderated by William F.
Johnstone and including the
following'
Pick-Your-Own by Richard
McCloskey, Jamestown, Pa ;
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Roadside, Fred Funk, Miller
sville; Market Preparation
Burton L. Hetherington, Ber
wick, Pa.; Supermarkets, James
S. Tootham;. Legislation, Leland
H. Bull.
Following recess at 3:30, a
panel on Farm Labor will begin
at 3:45 under the direction of E. 1
M. Damon of the Pennsylvania 1
Food Processors Association,
York Panelists include:
Legislation by Leland H. Bull;
Unions and Strikes by Richard V.
Thornton of the National Council
of Agricultural Employes,
Washington, D D.; Compensation
by James S. Holt, Labor Camps
by Robert A Heilman, of the
Governor’s Committee on
Migratory Labor, Harrisburg.
During the 7 pm. Monday
buffet, Charles L Hosier, dean of
the College of Earth and Mineral
Sciences, will speak on “Man’s
Impact on His Environment.”
Tuesday Program
Darrell E. Walker will chair
Tuesday morning’s program
which begins at 9 a m. with “New
Varieties and Old Favorites” by
R William Hepler, 9:30, Keynote
address on “The Future m
Vegetables” by August E. Kehr,
chief of Vegetable Research at
the USDA Beltsville facility.
Following a 15 minute recess, a
panel will be held at 10:45 on
“Pesticides and Pest Control”
moderated by Delbert L Bierlem
and including
National Legislation by Robert
E Hamman, manager of the
Government Relations Depart
ment of Geigy Agricultural
Chemicals, Ardsley, N.Y.; State
legislation by Leland H. Bull,
New and Approved Insecticides
by Lloyd Adams, New and Ap
proved Fungicides by Alan A
"fITS" MANY MAKES and MODELS OF WIDE FRONT AXLE TRACTORS
OFF OR ON IN 3 MINUTES OR LESS
Mac Nab; New and Approved
Herbicides by Charles J. Noll.
Following lunch, E. M. Damon
will chair the afternoon program,
which begins at 1:30 with a.
“Review of Current Federal
Research in Vegetable Crops” by
Robert F. Hutton; 2, “Review of
Current Research in Vegetable
Crops at the Penn State
University” by Darrell E.'
Walker; 2:30, “Storage Design,
Environment and Management
for Vegetable Crops” by Joseph
A. McCurdy.
Following a 3 p.m. recess,
program will resume at 3:15 with
“Recent Nutritional Studies of
Sweet Corn and Green Beans” by
Cyril B. Smith; 3:45 “Potential
for Expansion of Vegetable
Crops” by William Hepler.
Two panels will be held. The
first on peppers will be
moderated by Peter A. Ferretti
and include John Held and Glenn
Lanke of Spread Eagle Farms,
Klingertown Pa ; Alfred T.
Skala, associate Luzerne County
agent; B Wayne Kelly, John S.
Boyle, and Richard McCloskey
all of Pen State
The panel on dry beans will be
moderated by Robert F. Fletcher
and will include - Larry Mc-
Closkey, Jamestown grower;
Charles Keiter, president of Tri-
Company Foods Corp.; Donald
R Daum, and Cyril B. Smith of
Penn State.
At the slide and film festival at
7:30 pm. Tuesday, Ernest L.
Bergman will present
‘‘Vegetable Production in
Bavaria, Germany” and Donald
Daum will present “Advances in
the Production of Vegetable
Crops.”
On Wednesday morning, Harry
Wolf will chair a program which
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will begin at 9 with “1971 Tomato
Project Report” by Robert F.
Fletcher, R. William Hepler,
Donald R. Duam and Richard W.
Poorbaugh.
Following a 15 minute recess a
panel will begin at 10:45 on
“Grower Observations of
Mechanization in Tomatoes”
moderated by Donald R. Daurn.'
Grower awards will be
presented at 11:15 and the award
winners will be interviewed at
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11:30. The meeting will adjourn
at noon.
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