—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 2,1978 122 Farm Credit Banks hold problem-sharing forum By JOYCE BUPP Staff Correspondent COCKEYSVILLE, Md. - In an effort to seek how they can best serve the needs of young fanners of the mid- Atlantic area, the Farm Credit Banks of Baltimore hosted a Young Farmers’ Forum on November 20 and 21 at the Hunt Valley Inn. Almost 30 local Farm Credit offices from Penn sylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia sent representatives to the problem-sharing forum. Participants were en couraged to offer honest and frank opinions about their borrowing experiences with the cooperative’s lending system. Laying the groundwork for better understanding of the member-owned credit system, Baltimore Farm Credit administrative personnel explained briefly the cooperative’s purposes, philosophy and operating methods. Chairing the forum was vice-president Donald L. Poultry nutritionist joins U. of D. staff Dr. William W. Saylor NEWARK, Del. - Dr. William W. Saylor, a specialist in monogastric nutrition from Butler county, Pa., has joined the research and teaching staff of the University of Delaware,’s department of animal science and agricultural biochemistry. Saylor, who holds both his Linde has high producing cow PETERBOROUGH, N.H - Lmdenhof N F Ferma, a seven year old registered Gurensey cow, owned by K. D. Linde, has completed an official DHIR actual production record of 17,300 pounds of milk and 824 pounds of butterfat m 305 Golf star Nancy Lopez says “Volunteer for the Mothers March on Birth Defects” call your local /TJ\ March of Dimes* THIS SPACE CONTRIBUTED THE PUBUSHE* Shiflet. David Martin, assistant director of training explained “Who is Farm Credit?” “Where does the Money Come From” was answered by Vice President and Treasruer Gerry Maynard. Regional assistant Vice- President Bon Byrd outlined details of “How We Make Credit Decisions” and Robert Carpenter, general manager of the Central Valley Federal Land Bank and Production Credit Association related his “Experiences with Young Farmers.” Then the floor was thrown open for a two-hour recommendations session. Three young farmer spokesmen were selected to condense and present a summary of that open forum to management and board members who attending the evening reception and dinner. The general consensus of the session was that the Farm Credit district is too conservative." Participants M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in animal nutrition from Penn State, also earned an un dergraduate degree in dairy science from the same in stitution. At Delaware, Saylor ex pects to conduct research on trace mineral metabolism in broilers - a subject related to this earlier work in Pennsylvania. Among other things, he may be studying the possible toxicity of trace elements ingested by birds raised on recycled litter materials such as shredded newspapers or recycled urban waste. “But my major emphasis right now,” says Saylor, “is on identifying the practical nutritional problems of the poultry industry on the Delxnarva peninsula.” According to department chairperson Dr. John K. Rosenberger, the nutritionist will also be teaching a basic course on feeds and feeding. days two tunes a day milking, according to The American Guernsey Cattle Club. The testing was super vised by Pennsylvania State University recommended that each local and district elect one young farmer to be an at large active voting member of the Board of Directors. Another suggestion was that each elected director be limited to two three-year consecutive terms. In an effort to continue evaluating the problems of young farmers, conferees And there is the right one. 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