—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 16, 1977 106 Penna. hosting young Polish Fanners YORK, Pa. - Ten young the production oi ueef and fanners from Poland have dairy cattle, swine, poultry arrived in Pennsylvania and crops. Among this recently to begin a 13-month delegation is trainee, Zd stay with host families. Hie zislaw Trojanowicz, who is young people are living and living with the Irvin Rap working on farms while they poldt family, Glen Rock Rl. leam the latest methods in These young farmers will be paid by the host for the June is scheduled month for natl pork cookout DES MOINES, lowa - The nation’s best outdoor pork chefs will gather in St. Louis June 10-11 to demonstrate their culinary skills in the National Pork Cookout Contest. The contest, sponsored by the National Pork Producers Council, will be held at Northwest Plaza shopping center. “In the past, our national contest has been held at the American Pork Congress, our organization’s annual meeting,” Lou Lalko, NPPC Berks Farmers meet OLEY, Pa. The annual spring meeting of the Berks County Farmers Association was held April 1, at the Oley Vocational Technical School. Eugene Thompson, president of the Penn sylvania Farmers Association spoke to 160 people who were in at tendance. The work ac complished over the past year was the major topic discussed. District PFA Board member Arthur Hershey also addressed the group, as well as Jane Carson, from the State PFA office and Gary Gillispie, Farm Management and Business Analysis Service representative. William Myer, president of the Berks County PFA reported to the members on the recent COWAMP (Comprehensive Water Quality Management promotion director, said. •‘But the only people who got the see the contest were pork producers and their families. By bringing the contest to one of our image cities, we’re able to show con sumers how easy pork is to prepare andhow delicious it is on the outdoor grill.” The NPPC represents more than 80,000 pork producer families across the country. Its main function is to conduct fresh pork promotion and production research. Its promotion Planning) meeting held in Philadelphia. Other business was con ducted, by Harold Burgert. Burgert explained how policy development meetings are conducted and how the forthcoming suggestions are submitted at the State convention and hopefully adopted. Ap proximately two-thirds of the policies submitted by the Berks County committees had been adopted at the state convention. TRY A CLASSIFIED AD! work they do while they leam all aspects of the operation. The trainees will try everything from working with modem machinery to learning the 4-H program. The program includes technical training by contest program is built around 11 major metropolitan areas called “image cities.” St. Louis was one of the first NPPC image cities. The winner of the contest will receive an expense-paid two-week trip to Hawaii for two. First runner-up will receive $3OO plus a special gas grill. Second runner-up will receive $2OO and third runner-up will receive $lOO. To be eligible for the national contest, the con testants must have been selected by a state pork producer organization as its state’s pork cookout champion. Contestants must enter the national contes) with the same pork item anc recipe used in the state contest. The PROVEN Fickes MASTER- SILO SYSTHH Master-Matic is the proven automatic silage handling system first introduced m the eastern United States by Fickes over a year ago There’s no longer any need to enter the silo Once filled, the silo can be unloaded from top to bottom—automatically The Silo-Matic Continuous-door Unloader moves down the continuous doors to unload haylage, com silage or high moisture com It operates effectively, efficiently and without mechanical problems The Ftekcs-Mesler-Metlc Silo System offers you; CONVENIENCE—Puts an and to the chore of climbing the silo every few days TIME-SAVING—Keeps you out of the silo so you can spend your time to more profitable advantage CLEAN ENTRY CHUTE—Continuous door chute used for unloading Second chute doors remain In place always clean TRAVELING BELT 'PV-fc FEEDER FAST, HIGH VOLUME CATTLE FEEDING WITHOUT X SEPARATION • Smooth, Shp-Frool, Fixed Speed Drive 1 1- • Even Dietributton-No Feed Build-Up • Belt Glide* on Plywood Trays ‘ HflllH • Sett-Tightening. Setf-Cleaninc Feed Belt .Low Horsepower Requirements I • No Separation ol Mixed Feed* •Optional Automatic Revening Switch ■> - For Continoua Feeding specialists from Penn State University’s Cooperative Extension Service. The trainees will help bring about cross-cultural awareness by participating in 4-H and other community activities during their stay: The Poles are the third group to arrive from Poland, for a total of 230, in" an ongoing exchange between Polish farm youth and young Americans who have been active in 4-H. Nineteen U.S. delegates have returned from stays on state and , private farms in Poland, and four are expected to return in late Winter or early Spring. Another group of 15 American delegates are scheduled to leave for Poland this Summer. The exhange is designed to help increase food production through sharing of modern agricultural technology and enhance cross-cultural understanding among people of the two countries. The initial group of 100 Poles, who have nearly completed their 13-month stay on American host farms, will meet at the National 4-H Center here April 26 and 27, 1977, before their return to Poland April 28, 1977. Another group of 30 ItIMUTIC' CONTINUOUS-DOOR SILO UHLOAOCH Hus exduMve ualaadar desiga has ham in uk a* caounLam dear silas fee mart lhaa a year It Km haaa tharaughly tested aad ymW under faenvape-atiag aandittaM with hayhge aara silage and hi|b maiiture atm. 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