—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Feb. 26. 1977
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Farm Calendar
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Region II of the PYFA hold
leadership training
conference at the
Brownstown Vo-Tech
School, 9:30 a.m. to 3
p.m.
Manheim Young Farmers
hold pesticide seminar at
the high school, 7:30 p.m.
Conrad Weiser Adult Far
mers meet. Subject: corn
variety selection
Red Lion Young Farmers
study new Pennsylvania
Motor Vehicle Code for
farmers, 8 p.m. at the
high school.
Tuesday, March 1
Lebanon County 4-H mall
display begins today at
the Boscov’s Mall and
runs through March 5.
Lancaster County Dairy
Day, Farm and Home
Center, 9:30 a.m. to 3
p.m. See details
elsewhere m this issue.
Pennsylvania Livestock
Day, J Orvis Keller
Bldg., Penn State
University, University
Park, 9:30 a.m. to 3 pm,
see details elsewhere in
this issue.
Sixteenth annual meeting of
the Maryland Council of
Fanner Cooperatives, 9
a.m. to 2:30 p.m at
Schrafft’s Restaurant m
the Quality Inn-Colony 7
Motor Inn complex,
adjacent to Fort Meade
on the Baltimore-
Washington Parkway
(Highway 295).
Annual dinner meeting of the
Howard County, Md.
Holstein Club
Hunterdon County (N.J.)
holds beef topics
meeting, at the Ex
tension Center, 8 p.m.
Manheim Young Farmers
hold pesticide seminar,
7:30 p.m. at the high
school.
Hunterdon County (N.J.)
Soils Conservation
District supervisors meet
at the Extension Center,
1 p.m.
Ephrata Young Farmers'
hold meeting on nitrogen
fertilization, 7:45 p.m. at
the vo. ag. dept., Ephrata
High School.
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Advanced Ag holds third
annual crops and soils
day, at the Holiday Inn,
Route 100, Lionville, Pa.
(south of Downingtown).
Programs begin at 1.
p.m. and 7:30 p.m. For
further information, see
ad in this issue.
Wednesday, March 2
Annual dinner meeting of the
Montgomery County,
Md. Holstein Club.
Contact Extension office
for further details.
Executive Committee of the
Hunterdon County (N.J.)
board of agriculture
meets at the Extension
Center, 8 p.m.
Lancaster County Con
servation District board
meeting, 7:30 p.m. at the
Farm and Home Center.
York County 4-H Council
meets at the Bair 4-H
Center, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 3
Annual dmner meeting of the
Baltimore County, Md.
Holstein Club.
Poultry education meeting
at the Farm and Home
Center 7.30 p.m.
Elizabethtown Young
Farmers hold meeting on
soil fertility and soil
fertilization, 7.45 in the
ag classroom.
Public meeting of the
Quittapahilla Creek
Watershed Project,
Room 12, Lebanon
County Building, Bth and
Oak Street, 7:30 p.m.
Citizens Opposing Red Creek
Dam meet at the Lan
dmgville Fire Hall, 7:30
p.m.
Manheim Young Farmers
hold pesticide seminar at
the high school, 7:30 p.m.
York County farmers meet
for NO-Till Round Table
meeting, Avalong Dairy
Bar, 10 a.m.
Friday, March 4
Twin Valley FFA holding
banquet at 7 p.m. in the
high school cafeteria.
Carroll County Holstein Club
(Maryland) holds annual
dinner meeting. Contact
Extension for further
details
Saturday, March 5
Second annual Central Shore
Home and Garden Show,
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at
Bergland taps consumers
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Secretary of Agriculture Bob
Bergland says he wants
consumers “involved in the
food policy decision-making
process within the depart
ment of agriculture itself,”
rather than simply being
advisors.
One action he might take
to make that possible, he
said, would be to add an
assistant secretary whose
job might be entitled
assistant secretary for food,
Operational and
maintenance tips
BOXSPREADERS
The apron chain should
receive special attention in
order to increase its life
through proper adjustment
ana regular maintenance.
Keep the chain adjusted as
recommended in the
operator’s manual A loose
chain can bend apron slats
and cause premature chain
link wear. Regular oiling of
the chain, depending on the
frequency of use, also will
increase chain life.
The belt drive should be
checked periodically to
make certain it is not over
tightened. A belt with tension
Easton High School,
Talbot County, Md. Show
also in progress
tomorrow (Sunday)
New Jersey Flower and
Garden Show opens at
the Morristown Armory,
runs through March 12.
Sunday, March 6
Central Shore Garden Show
continues. (See above)
nutrition and consumer
affairs.
“It is important to the
economic well being of all
Americans that we have a
strong, prosperous
agricultural community and
a well fed and well un
derstood consumer com
munity,” Secretary
Bergland told members of
the Paul Douglas Consumer
Research Center and the
Consumer Federation of
America at their meeting
here.
“That means we will be
that exceeds the manufac
turer’s recommendation
could result in overload
damage to the drive line,
which the belt is designed to
prevent
Lubrication of the sliding
parts of the PTO will guard
against universal joint
failure.
Always check for proper
hookup to the PTO to avoid
excessive bearing loading on
the end of the jack shaft.
A regular maintenance
check of all drive chains for
wear is important, too. Keep
them adjusted as specified.
In the interest of safety,
keep all shields in place and
only clean or lubricate the
spreader when the PTO is
disconnected.
broadening the base in the
department of agriculture to
involve consumers in the
decision-making process and
broadening our horizons
beyoud our own shores
because of the importance of
world-wide economic and
weather conditions on
american economic and
agricultural policy.”
But while he may add an
assistant secretary to
represent consumer
viewpoints within
agriculture, Bergland in
dicated he would cut back on
the consumer advisory
committees that already
exist within the department.
“I have looked at each of
these committees and find
that often times the voice of
consumerism is fragmen
ted,” he said. “Definitely the
consumers do not speak with
one voice through these
committees. So we will
probably reduce the num
bers of these committees in
order to have the voice of
consumerism speak more
clearly and more concisely
and be represented in the
decision-making process
itself.”