—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 4,1978
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Fruit and vegetable conference
HERSHEY - More than
100 commercial exhibits and
three days of convention
programs were featured at
the first ever joint meetings
of several fruit and
vegetable growers’
associations, held here this
week.
In progress from Tuesday
morning through most of
Thursday, the multi
organization event drew
enthusiastic crowds from all
over Pennsylvania and
adjoining states.
One of the major reasons
the event was so popular was
because of what it had to
offer. The program was
diversified, offering
something of interest to
Forage harvesters
topic of meeting
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Program will sponsor a
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justing, and maintaining the
forage harvester _ on
February 7, at 7:30 p.ih. at
the Sperry New Holland
Service Training Center.
Personnel from Sperry’s
Training Center will present
the program which will
include films, slides,
discussion, and actual
practice working on the
forage harvesters in the
training center shop.
This will be any op
portunity for good “hands
on” experiences in working
with equipment under the
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6,1978
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The organizations which
met here simultaneously
were the Pennsylvania
Horticultural Association,
the Pennsylvania Vegetable
Growers Association, the
Pennsylvania Grape and
Wine Producers Association,
and the state horticultural
associations of Maryland
and New Jersey. Sponsors of
the event were the Extension
and Research Division of
Penn State University’s
Department of Horticulture,
the Pennsylvania Vegetable
Growers Association, and
the Pennsylvania Food
Processors Association.
supervision of trained in
structors. It is not necessary
for a farmer to own a New
Holland harvester or any
forage harvester to benefit
from this type meeting. If
anyone works around or
operates a forage harvester,
operating safety and proper
adjustment is always im
portant.,
All area farmers are
welcome. The training
center is located on Route 23
at the west end of New
Holland, next to the new fire
station. Those attending
should enter the building
from the rear thru the shop.
Refreshments will be ser
ved.
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One fee otfei ed visitors the
privilege of attending all of
the meetings.
The concept of holding
such a joint meeting allowed
participating groups and
individuals to line up better
speakers while offering a
fme opportunity to work
together and discuss mutual
problems. Seminars which
focused in on the complete
growing spectrum were
offered.
This marked the first time
that such opportunities were
offered to horticulturists and
vegetable farmers. Prior to
this year, the vegetable and
horticultural conferences
were held at Penn State’s
University Park campus.
Some of the primary topics
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of interest which were
discussed and reviewed
processing,
wholesale and retail
marketing, OSHA
stipulations, pesticide ap-
plications, and virtually any
other area which is
significant in fruit and
vegetable management and
marketing.
The Pennsylvania
Vegetable Growers
Association, with only about
200 members, is of benefit to
several thousand more
growers in the stated ac
cording to the association’s
president, Paul Rowe, a
retired farmer from
Strasburg, Lancaster
County. Rowe believes that
the association’s research,
promotional, and
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educational efforts are for
the good of all vegetable and
fruit growers. In addition to
the above_ mentioned ser
vices, the horticultural and
vegetable growers
associations help direct
legislation in Harrisburg.
The Pennsylvania Vegetable
Growers Association has a
chairman on the legislative
committee in the state
capital.
The convention m Her
shey, held at the Convention
Center and Motor Lodge,
offered programs for the
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ladies as well. A ladies
auxiliary for the Penn
sylvania Vegetable Growers
became active and the group
looks forward to meaningful
contributions in years to
come.
There wasn’t a whole lot
the 3-day programs left out.
A sampling of presentations
includes mechanical tree
planters, dwarfing peach
rootstocks, estate planning,
blueberry diseases, growing
strawberries, tomato
processing, trickle
irrigation, and much more.
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