*{~XJgift ft TMfi lloT* 1 ■ -". ? - V-# m/%smm/tm/ XfM?mi&B control aUatfawwvil.'More Harter, - area* resource memberships in’ Epsilon- - - recentlythrough hisinsight developmentegagept, and Sigma, . Phi, . national Miller is aVnative'of and efforts the ‘USDA Newton J. *grr assistant honorary Extension ,Ridgeway.JElkComity,:as is Pasture Laboratory at Penn Lebanon ageatncohstructed fraternity. ' his wife, the C. State started research in a methane gas generator Gorton. They are parentsofa Lebanon County on the using cow manure as a SO n i Bob, and a daughter, control of the clover root power source. The energy Carol, and hive four curculio which causes severe generated from his device grandchildren, damage to alfalfa stands. showed thousands of people % Miller had a leading role in at 1973 Ag Progress Days enlarging the Lebanon and 1974 Farm Show that County Dairy Heed Im- small tractors could be provement Association powered by this fuel and that program, helped establish hamburgers and eggs could the Lebanon Valley Poultry be cooked by this method. Association, and promoted Miller is a member of the numerous chicken bar- Pennsylvania and National becues. He also organized Associations of County s y ('Continued ylvania Association of .gricultural Agents, cbanon County’s extension ome economist, Alletta M. chadler presented a framed opy of a Pennsylvania enate resolution honoring Idler. The resolution was Produced by Mrs. chadler’s father, Senator Harence Manbeck. Marion Deppen and Dr, Tiomas B. King offered reeting from the Penn State Inoperative Extension ervice. And Warren Sucher, who chaired the ommittee in charge of Uie •arty presented a parting jft of a camera to Miller, unong the other gifts he eceived during the evening irere a fishing rod from SUenberger, and a model of i methane gas generator (filler helped develop and rhich brought national ecognition to the Lebanon lounty Extension Staff. Miller graduated from The Pennsylvania State College n 1930 witt a degree in igricultural economics, tfter graduation he was •ngaged in farming in Elk bounty and as an automobile ialesman. In 1937 he was ippointed assistant county igent to work in Perry, Jauphin, and Lebanon bounties. Later he also served in Schuylkill County, n his early years m Ex ension he combined the 4-H ivestock feeding program vith a marketing program, fhe result was the largest 4- 3 pig club and sale in Pennsylvania. He was appointed Tioga bounty agent January 1,1948. n July, 1948, he resigned to .trip mine for coal on the Strip tests prove it Cattle irefer Pioneer ® brand sor jhum-sudangrass hybrid over >ther brands That means hey’ll eat more make nore meat or milk Unbeat ,ble hot-weather pasture or ;reen-chop Can be planted >n diverted acres Treat your cattle to the orgluim-sudangrass hybrid hey like best 988’ SEE or CALL m PIONEER DEALER m PIONEER SORGHUM oneer is a brand name, numbers entity varieties • Registered trade tark of Pioneer Hi Bred international. »c . Oes Moines. lowa USA from Pige 1| home farm. Miller .returned to the Extension staff in 1949 as an assistant county agent at-large in Lebanon County. He was promoted to Lebanon County agent January 1, 1952, succeeding Alvin Berger. While in college, he took all the agricultural engineering courses his curriculum would permit. Because of his engineering ability, he was called upon to design labor saving machinery during World War 11. 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