Five Maryland agents honored
{COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
Ffre Maryland residents
received major honors last
month at the sixty-first
annual meeting of the
National Association of
County Agricultural Agents,
held Aug. 15-19 at Richmond,
Va.
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Bally, PA
Phone (215) 845-2261
H. Daniel Wenger
& Bro. Inc.
RDI, Hamburg, PA
Phone (215) 488-6574
Jim's Soles & Service
Oak Bottom RD Box 37
Quarryville, PA
Phone (717) 786-1533
Delbert T. Foster was a
national winner from
Gaithersburg, a native
lowan, who has been a
University of Maryland
County Extension
agricultural agent in
Montgomery County for the
past 20 years and chairman
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601 E. High St.
Elizabethtown, PA
Ph. (717) 367-1221
of the County Extension staff
since 1964.
Poster was the first
National Pride winner to be
selected by the NACAA, an
award based on a report
involving an over-all
program to promote
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Glenn E. Hurst
RD2, East Earl, PA
Ph. (215) 445-6865
Pen. W. Hostetter
RD2, Annville, PA
Ph.(717)867-2896
Lester B. 801 l
RDI, Lititz, PA
Ph. (717) 626-6198
agriculture in his county
during 1975-1976.
Robert E. Stansfield, Jr.,
who lives in the Centennial
development near Ellicott
City, was named as Nor
theast regional winner for
professional improvement
work in the realm of lawns
and gardens serving a
population area of 50,000 to
200.000 persons.
Stansfield grew up on a
Howard County farm near
Skyesville, and he holds B.S.
and MS. degrees in
agriculture from the
University of Maryland at
College Park. He has been a
Howard County Extension
agent since 1962 and
chairman of the County
Extension staff since 1966.
His previous Extension
service includes eight years
as a 4-H and agricultural
agent in Frederick County.
Dr. Russell J. Balge of
Reisterstown was honored
along with Howard County’s
Robert E. Stansfield, Jr., at
an Aug. 19 luncheon hosted
by O. M. Scott and Sons Co.
of Marysville, Ohio. Dr.
Balge was named Northeast
regional winner for
professional improvement
work in the realm of lawns
and gardens serving a
population area of more than
200.000 persons.
This was the first year that
this NACAA award had been
broken down into population
categories.
A native of Manitowoc,
Wis., Balge holds B.S. and
M.S. degrees in horticulture
from the University of
Wisconsin at Madison and a
Ph.D. degree in plant
science from the University
of Delaware.
He has been an Extension
horticulture agent in
Baltimore County since July
1,1973, serving the needs of
home gardeners and com
mercial nurserymen in both
Baltimore County and city
from the county agriculture
building at Cockeysville, up
the hill from the Texas fire
station.
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Having supported himself
since the age of 17, Balge has
a wide range of experience in
both horticultural and non
horticultural jobs. Several of
these positions have involved
landscaping and ground
skeeping.
The second Baltimore
County Extension worker
honored at last month’s
NACAA meeting was G.
Richard Curran, an Ex
tension agricultural agent at
the Cockeysville office since
March 1970.
A native of Collinsville,
DRILLING....
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Sept. 11,1976 —
Junior bull riders
featured
East or West Cowboys
start young. At the Cowtown
Rodeo Saturday night,
youngsters from the ages of
seven to 16 had a chance to
try their skills at riding the
proportionately small Brah
ma Bulls In the junior bull
riding competition, the time
for a qualifying ride is only
Pa. Curran holds a bac
calaureate degree from
Penn State.
Prior to joining the
Cooperative Extension
Service of the University of
Maryland, Curran was a
field supervisor for the now
defunct Hungerford Packing
Company at New Freedom,
Pa. and a field represen
tative for the Dim Cor
poration. The latter job
involved fertilizer and farm
chemical sales.
His Extension
achievements in Baltimore
County include organizing
the county weed control
advisory board, serving as
county chairman for the
statewide Farm Visitation
Day, coordinating activities
of the Baltimore County
Com Club, and conducting
educational programs for
grain producers, and
commercial fruit and
vegetable growers.
Curran served as finance
chairman for the second
annual Mid-Atlantic No-
Tillage Convention, held last
January at Hershey, Pa.,
and he is co-chairman for
next year’s event, scheduled
Jan. 7, 1977, at Gettysburg,
Pa.
Also honored at the Aug. 17
breakfast was Chester M.
Cissel of Centreville, an
Extension agricultural agent
in Queen Annes County since
1957 and chairman of the
county Extension staff since
1964.
Chissel was recognized as
Maryland winner of the
NACAA Distinguished
Service Award.
Professional activities
have included serving as
president of the Maryland
Association of County
Agricultural Agents in 1974-
75, being a director of the
Tri-County Community
Action Committee on the
Eastern Shore, and holding
membership on the Queen
Annes County Recreation
and Parks Committee.
He is an official judge for
the American Milking
Shorthorn Society.
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at rodeo
six seconds. The Brahma
Bulls weigh approximately
600 pounds as compared to
the professional bull of 1800
to 2000 pounds.
Total purse for the junior
bull riding was $25. Fifteen
contestants entered with
Johnny Graham of Penns
Grove, N.J., winning first for
$lO with a mark of 55.
Second, third, and fourth
place winners were Jeff
Morris, Randy Hiles, and
Johnny Harp.
Steer wrestling was tough
for the Cowboys, Saturday.
After having been used for
this event all season, the
Doggin’ Steer has become
educated. When he emerges
from the shute, he im
mediately knows how to
avoid the cowboy - stop dead
still!!! Harry Gerhardt, who
is presently holding second
in money winnings for this
event, spent 88.1 seconds in
chasing his steer around the
rodeo arena before suc
cessfully throwing it. Steve
Dubrovsky was luckier and
won the event in five seconds
for $201.83.
When Jo Ann Trost of
Lebanon rode into the arena
for the girl’s barrel race, she
had a look of complete
confidence. As the electronic
timer rolled, she raced to a
winning time of 18.06 seconds
with graceful ease. JoAnn
won $135.24.
Kaye Kirby of Woodstown,
N.J. again entered four
events. He won bare back
bronc riding with a mark of
60 and placed in the other
two riding events. Kaye’s
total winnings were $380.24.
Both the saddle bronc and
bull riding competition was
won by Grant Harris of
Cowtown, N.J. Grant’s
marks for the events were 58
and 75 respectively. Money
for the two events was
$333.20.
An audience of 2697 per
sons, including guests from
Costa Rica and France, were
on hand to see the 82
professional rodeo per
formers vie for the purse of
$2,470.10.
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