Corn & soybean clinic set for February 1, 2
JEFFERSONVILLE, Pa. - A corn and soybean growers
clinic and trade show will be held here at the Westover Inn
and Golf Club on Feb. 1 and 2. The two-day educational event
is sponsored by Southeast Pennsylvania Cooperative Ex
tension Services and is considered to be one of the finest in
the East.
A vegetable growers day is simultaneously planned for
Feb. 2, at the same place.
The trade show, comprised of 30 commercial exhibits, is an
opportunity for farmers to familiarize themselves with many
products and services they need to make their operation a
profitable business.
The corn and soybean presentations will be going on both
days in separate rooms. Those interested in listening to both
portions in their entirety should make plans to attend the
meetings both days. The program is identical for both days.
Reservations should be made at county Extension offices by
Jan. 25.
The program follows:
CORN-ROOM A
Chairman - James Haldeman
9:30 LET’S Go - Grower Survey
9:45 - ABC’s of Feeding the Com Plant, Henry Plate, Agway,
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10:15 - The Micrcnutrient Mystery, Dr. James Patterson,
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11:00 - Tillage for Top Production, Dr. Joseph McGahen,
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Noon - Buffet lunch
Chairman • Glenn Shirk
1:30 - A Great Grower Panel Speaks Irwin G. Engle, Chester
Co.; Sterling Raber, Lehigh Co.; Robert Meyers, Bucks
Co.; I. Newton Evans, Chester Co.; Moderator - Joseph
McGahen P.S.U.
2:30 Bugs Undermine Grower, Dr, Armond Padula, EMC
Corp.
3:00 - Wild Weeds - Johnson Grass and other Profit Takers,
Dr. Willis McClellan, P.S.U.
SOYBEAN-ROOM B
Chairman - Glenn Ellenberger
9:30 - Alert - Growers Survey
9:45 - Weed Problem Identification, Dr. Jim Luke, Ciba-
Geigy; Dr. Willis McClellan, P.S.U.
10:30 - Better Bean Grower Panel, Henry Wagner, Nor
thampton Co.; Herman Handwerk, Lehigh Co.; Stephen
Wicen, Bucks Co.; Moderator - John Yocum, P.S.U.
Chairman • Samuel Lewis
1:30 - Foliar Feeding - Yes or No, H. Bodenhom, Allied
Chemical
2:15- Diseases - Seed Borne, Dr. Martin M. Kulick, USDA
2:45 - Seed Vigor Is Important, Dr. Robert Yaklich, USDA
3:00 - Correct Culture - Vigorous Varieties, John Yocum,
P.S.U.
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Shelliamer wants ‘farmers’ department’
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Kent
Shelhamer, who became
Pennsylvania’s acting
Secretary of Agriculture last
week, told a group of
agribusiness men here on
Jan. 12 that his main concern
will be the welfare of the
state’s farmers. “But to keep
our farmers going, we need a
healthy system of
agribusinesses to support
them,” Shelhamer told a
meeting of the board of
directors of Penn Ag In
dustries Association.
Penn is a group of some 400
Pennsylvania agribusiness
firms, and the board was
meeting at the Penn Harris
Motel, just a short distance
from the Pennsylvania
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Shelhamer is the Columbia
County fruit grower and
former state legislator who
was favored by most farm
leaders to take over the
Department of Agriculture
when the controversial
James A. McHale was
ousted over a year ago.
The constitution, though,
forbids legislators from
accepting cabinet posts
during their terms of office.
After Shelhamer’s term
ended last month, he im
mediately joined the
Department.
He told the PennAg
directors that he feels the
Department has needed
strong leadership for many
years, and he hopes to
provide that leadership.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Jan. 22,1977 —
How to grow fully developed corn such as this
will be one of the things corn producers can learn
at the Corn and Soybean Clinic to be held Feb. 1
and 2 near Jeffersonville.
“The Department of
Agriculture has been idling
for too long,” Shelhamer
said. “It’s got to get back to
being the farmers’ Depart
ment. We still have a great
many responsibilities to
consumers, and I intend to
see that those respon
sibilities are carried out with
zeal. But I intend to focus
hardest on the farmers’
problems.”
Marketing is going to be
the cornerstone of his
programs to help farmers
get the best possible return
on their labor and in
vestments, Shelhamer
noted. He hopes to help
Pennsylvania farmers find
better ways to market grain.
Another way for farmers to
earn more is to sell fruits and
vegetables directly to
consumers.
Research is another area
Shelhamer hopes will im
prove. Ag research in
Pennsylvania benefits to the
tune of $400,000 annually
from harness racing
revenues. He expects to see
these funds channeled into
projects which will benefit
farmers. He also said he’d
like to see more com
munication and more
cooperation between
research efforts in Penn
sylvania and other states
and the federal government.
Shelhamer dealt briefly
with some of the fiscal and
regulatory problems that
agribusiness will be faced
with in the next five years,
and said that they will be
tough years. “My goal is to
see that things aren’t any
tougher than they have to be.
The Department and I will
be working closely with
agribusiness and farmers
and all of agriculture.”
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