11 ag research projects approved
HARRISBURG - State
\ agriculture secretary Kent
' Shelhamer has announced
the approval of 11
agricultural research
project totaling $239,744. The
approval came from the
nine-member agriculture
research committee chaired
by Shelhamer, with funding
for the projects from a
$400,000 allocation from
horse and harness racing
revenues.
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Harold and Wayne Lesher of Way-Har Farms
in Berks County tell of their experience in using
The Lesher Brothers Dairy Set-Up.
“We feel
that hay is the best cash crop (return per acre) a
farmer can raise in this area today. We had 400 acres of hay last
year and we baled over 26,000 bales plus filling our 20x50 silo
twice with haylage. We baled very little rained on hay, but we did
bale a lot that was not fit to bale because of weather conditions. By
using Silo King we were able to bale the hay at a higher moisture
level which helped us to beat the weather and save more
nutrition."
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“We feed over 200 head of dairy livestock and sell the
remainder of the hay. Last year we sold over 200 tons, and to our
surprise we found very little mold in any of the hay; and it also
kept its color.”
“We have used Silo King 5 our of the past 6 years. We became
sold on Silo King after trying another preservative for one year.
The Silo King works and it is easy to apply by using the ’Gandy
Applicator on our baler.”
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IFT George F DeLong
225 West Woods Drive
W Lititz, PA 17543
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mr Earl B. Gmder
LL RD2,Manheim, PA 17545
Phone 717 665-3126
Shelhamer said that the
committee had approved six
new projects totaling
$155,594, and had approved,
pending additional executive
authorization, four more
projects of $66,191. An ad
ditional continuing project
was also approved at $17,959.
Shelhamer noted that
earlier in the year the
committee had approved 10
continuing research projects
at a total cost of $220,256.
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Silo King on baled hay.
Eastern Lancaster Co
Melvin Herr
RD2, New Holland, PA 17557
Phone 717-354-4977
Southwestern Lancaster Co
Ben Greenawalt
RD2, Conestoga, PA 17516
Phone 717-872-5686
Southern Lancaster Co
Henry OeLong, Jr.
RD2, Box 69
Peach Bottom, PA 17563
Phone 717-548-3471
He explained that the four
provisional projects would
be funded if the governor
gives his approval to spend
the balance of revenues from
previqus years which
remained in the research
fund revenues.
The new projects had been
discussed at the April 11
meeting of the committee
and were approved on May
11 in Harrisburg. Shelhamer
noted that these agricultural
Southeastern PA
Aldus R. King
RDi Box 67A
Atglen, PA 19310
Phone 215-593-5952
Berks Co.
PaulDDeßoard
Longview Road RD3
Boyertown, PA 19512
Phone 215 689-5365
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research projects become
more valuable each year as
new developments in
agriculture become a way
for farmers to meet the
continually rising consumer
demands for top quality
products.
“We hope that these new
agricultural research
projects will yield
maziumum benefits for our
farmers while minimizing
taxpayers costs,”
Shelhamer noted.
He added that five projects
went to Penn State, three to
Harold on his way to auction with a load of
their top quality hay.
Chester Co.
William Wmdle Marvin Meyer
RDI, Atglen, PA 19310 RD2, Box 157
Phone 215-593 6143 Annville, PA 17003
Phone 717 867-1445
Northeast Berks Co
Roger Heller
RDI, Robesonia, PA
Phone 215 693 6160
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the University of Penn
sylvania, one to the Catholic
Archdiocese of Philadelphia,
one to the Pennsylvania
Food Processors Association
and one to the Agriculture
Department’s Bureau of
Plant Industry.
The new agricultural
research projects approved
by majority vote of the
committee members are;
-Alleviating deer damage
to Pennsylvania agriculture,
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EarlH Moyer EL
RDS, Box 277 EL
Hagerstown, MD 21740 &
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Lebanon Co
SOUTHCENTRAL PA
a three-year project, Penn
State, $27,314.
--Development of
procedures for evaluation of
soil conditioners and plant
growth substances, a three
year project, Penn State,
$30,000.
-A fruit rot control system
for processing tomatoes, a
three-year project, Penn
State, $28,913.
-Optimizing production
and production efficiency in
dairy cattle by controlling
rumen fermentation, a
three-year project,
University of Pennsylvania,
$16,385.
-Natural mode of tran
smission of the bovine
leukemia virus (BLV);
development of a vaccine, a
three-year project,
University of Pennsylvania,
$33,500.
-Distribution, impact and
control of the dagger
nematode and the viruses it
transmits on apple, grape
and stone fruit in Penn
sylvania, a three-year
project, Bureau of Plant
Industry, Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture,
$19,482.
The four new projects
pending approval by the
governor include:
-Aflatoxin in eggs - a
potential human health
hazard, a three-year study,
Penn State, $20,000.
--Effects of selenium
deficiency on sperm of
stallions and bulls, a two
year project, University of
Pennsylvania, $20,018.
--Pennsylvania direct
marketing project, three
years, Catholic Archdiocese
of Philadelphia, $11,173.
-The effect of high tem
perature, short time
processing on the quality of
yield of canned mushrooms,
two years, Strasburger and
Siegel, Inc., $15,000.
A study of alternatives to
property taxation for
financing Pennsylvania’s
public schools by Penn State
was approved for $17,959 as a
continuing project.
Beekeeping
meeting set
SCHUYKILL HAVEN - A
beekeeping program
sponsored by the Schuylkill
County Cooperative Ex
tension Service will be held
on June 15 at the Penn State
University Schuylkill
campus. A movie entitled
“Secret in the Hive” will be
shown. Following the movie
a discussion on forming a
county beekeeper’s
association wfll be held.
The program will begin at,
7:30 p.m. For further in
formation contact Dale D.
Moyer, Schuylkill County
Cooperative Extension
Service, 717-385-3431.
Milk has a lot
It’s estimated that, during
1977, dairy foods contributed
only 11.1 per cent of the total
calories available in the U.S.
food supply, yet they
provided:
75 per cent of the calcium,
39 per cent of the riboflavin,
35 per cent of the
phosphorus, 22 percent of the
protein, 22 per cent of the
magnesium, 20 per cent of
the vitamin B-12,13 per cent
of the vitamin A value, 11 per
cent of the vitamin B-€, 9 per
cent of the thiamin (B-l),
almost all the vitamin D
intake and significant
amounts of niacin
equivalents.
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