—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 6, 1877
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Penn State hosts Ag Progress Days Aug
UNIVERSITY PARK - If
you’re between the ages of 8
and 80, you will find many
activities and events of
special interest at the 1977
Agricultural Progress Days
scheduled for August 23-25.
The annual field days, one
of the largest outdoor
educational events of its kind
in the United States, will be
held at Penn State’s Rock
Springs Agricultural
Deutz does
THE BUCK - The air
cooled Diesels from Deutz
won two classes at last
Saturday’s Buck Tractor
Pulls, with Tim Stauffer of
Ephrata behind the wheel on
both occasions. Victories
came in the 5000 and 7000
pound super stock classes
with a Deutz 8006. The Deutz
is imported from Germany.
In Stauffer’s 7000-pound
run, he traveled a distance of
276 feet, five inches, beating
runner-up Marlin Brubaker
and his AC D-21 by nearly 12
feet. Coleman Wheatley.of
Bethel, Del., took third place
with a pull of 263-7.
Stauffer and Brubaker
battled it out a second tune
in the 5000 pound class when
the pair placed first and
second, respectively.
Stauffer’s Deutz beat
Brubaker’s AC 180 by 13 feet.
Dale Smoker placed third
with another AC 180.
The contests last week saw
two pullers go the full
distance. Les Houck did the
trick in the 7000 pound
modified class with an all
out charge from his twin
Dodge powered machine.
Greg Manners and Donald
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Research Center, nine miles
west of State College on
Route 45. Activities wdl run
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each
day. (Look for a preview of
Ag Progress Days in Lan
caster Farming’s Aug. 20
issue.)
“The theme for this year’s
Ag Progress Days is Food,
Energy, and Your Future,”
said Dr. Joseph D.
Harrington, Penn State
Landis placed second and
third, respectively.
Galen Spickler combined
his driving talents with the
power of an Allison Aircraft
engine to pull the sled the full
300 feet in the 9000 pound
open class. Dave Becker and
Les Houck placed second
and third, respectively.
In other classes, the
results were as follows:
12000 pound super stock
1. Tom Bedgar, Freeland,
Md., IH 856, 257-8; 2. Robert
Riggs, Brookville, Md.,
JD4320, 246-2; 3. Tom
Middleton, Ridgely, Md., IH
1066.
5000 pound modified
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1. Tom Middleton,
Ridgely, Md., IH 1066, 279-7;
2. Marlin Brubaker, 250-11,3.
Robert Riggs, JD 4320, 219.
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HokUng Cap.
agronomist and field days
chairman.
“It focuses on agriculture
and offers visitors the op
portunity to review the
present and look to the future
as progress in agriculture
continues to provide for the
people of the Com
monwealth, nation, and
world,” he points out.
Approximately 200
commercial companies will
twice
9000 pound super stock
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be exhibiting their newest
products.for fanning and
country living. On display
will J)e farm machinery,
buildings, farmstead
equipment, silos, and other
farm and home supplies.
“Demonstrations and
.exhibits on energy con
servation in and around the
home will be featured,”
Harrington said. “Activities
will center on solar and other
alternative heating sources
and new energy-saving
devices on small and major
appliances.
Forest resources activities
will focus on home and small
building insulation, energy
conservation home con
struction techniques,
firewood selection, and
proper use of wood burning
stoves.
Machinery companies will
demonstrate their newest
forage equipment including
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com silage harvesters, “big
package” hay balers and
stackers, and handling
equipment. Primary and
secondary tillage equipment
also will be featured.
A special program for
youth is being developed by
the planning committee, Dr.
Harrington notes. Areas to
be covered will include
rocketry, dog care and
training, nutrition, em
bryology, square dancing,
horticulture, child care,
bicycling, safety, and arts
and crafts.
Contestants will vie for
awards in two plowing
contests. On August 23,
county winners will compete
in the State Plowing Contest.
The following day, all
plowmen who have won state
titles this year and in the
past will compete in a
special contest to determine
who will represent Penn-
. 23-25.
sylvania in the U.S. Plowing
Matches to be held this Fall
in Illinois.
Ag Progress Days is
sponsored by the Penn State
College of Agriculture in
cooperation with numerous
agricultural organizations
and agencies.
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AT 11 A.M.
EVERY WEDNESDAY
12:00 NOON
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STABLES, INC.
Phone 717-354-4341
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