18—Lancaster farming, Saturday, February 3,1979 William C. Gerhart, left, receives the 1978 Pennsylvania Plant Food and Protectant Educational Society’s "Man of the Year” Award from Dr. W. Wayne Hinish, Penn State Extension agronomist. Officials of the Pennsylvania Plant Food and Protectant Educational Society, elected at the organization’s recent annual meeting in Hershey, are from left: John G. Dantinne, of Lancaster Bone Fertilizer, Inc., Quarryville, president; Lynn D. Hoffman, superintendent of Penn State’s Agronomy Research Farm, vice president: Robert J. Thomas, manager of the Penn State Soil and Forage Testing Laboratory, secretary-treasurer; Ken Tomlinson, of the Lebanon Chemical Corporation, Lebanon, immediate past president; and Gerald Waldbiesser, of Eastern Industries, Inc., Temple, a director. Gerhart wins plant society HERSHEY - William C. Gerhart, State College, sales representative for American Cyanamid Company, has been named 1978 “Man of the Year” by the Pennsylvania Plant Food and Protectant Educational Society. Gerhart received the award at the society’s an nual meeting in Hershey as part of the Lome, Fertilizer and Pesticide Conference. According to Dr. W. Wayne Hmish, Extension CLAY COMFORT Sy BARN SYSTEMS A complete Clay Comfort Barn System includes Wider, longer comfort stalls, Clay ring drive, dual or single auger silo unloader - the quality machine for haylage and/or silage Clay super rugged barn cleaner - the tougher unit built to last years longer, with less service, Clay electric feed cart for easy, economical m-barn feeding; comolete Clay ventilation system, and Clay penwork and gates for every purpose Your Clay dealer can offer a world of knowledge m solving dairy barn problems. Call him today for help in planning profit-making, labor saving improvements in your dairy operation Your Clay Systems Dealer... Pushbutton Farming Specialist! ROBERT JANNEY Cochranville, PA 215 593-2365 STRAWSER FARM SUPPLY Star Route Mifflin, PA (Walnut) 717 436 6992 UMBERGERS MILLS RD (Fontana) Lebanon, PA 717 867 5161 TAM-AGRI EQUIPMENT CORP STANLEY’S FARM SERVICE Mountain Road RD 1 (Off Rt 125) Dillsburg, PA Klmgerstown PA 717 432 9738 717 648 2088 MERVIN MILLER BUILDERS 7 Keener Rd Lititz PA 717 626 5204 or 215 267 4483 KENNETH MARTIN RD 1 Fayetteville PA 717 352 2783 award agronomist at Penn State, awards committee chair man, Gerhart was cited for his contributions to the state’s plant food industry. The award recipient assisted with educational hay shows and agricultural field days, promoting ef ficient use of lime and fer tilizer and pest control. Gerhart also is active in the Plant Food Protectant Educational Society and Pennsylvania Grassland Council. He was a com- Give your cows .. . and yourself. . . Clay Comfort! Dairymen who put their ' Clay designed and equipped vns are doing just that 1 ery phase of dairying in a irt barn, with Clay Push tot )ivmg features, is ~n, dry, con up to extra ion, for both SHOWALTER IMPLEMENT Maugansville, MD 301 739 5687 301-739 5687 LAUREL FARM SUPPLY RD 2 Grantsville, MD 301 895 5567 GLEN STAHLMAN CO RD 1, Cash Valley Rd Cumberland, MD 301-777 0582 JOHN LEID& SON RD 3 New Holland, PA 717 354 0484 FREDCRIVELLARO FARM BUILDINGS 1590 Morgans Hill Rd Easton, PA 215 258 7584 GEORGE H ROSS, INC FARM BUILDINGS RD 3 Sunbury, PA 717 286 0043 mittee chairman for several Mid-Atlantic No-Till Growers Conventions which annually attract more than 1,000 fanners and industry representatives. A native of Northampton County, he received a bachelor of science degree m agronomy from Penn State in 1949. Sales representative for American Cyanamid company for 21 years, he received the company’s Golden Oval Award in 1963. •vide the extra iud dairymen 'dder injuries re certainly n you care igh to want the very best” R E SMELTZER EQUIPMENT CO RD 1 Centre Hall, PA 814 364 1419 WAYNEA FOGLEMAN FARM BUILDINGS RD l Milroy, PA 717 667-3416 WALTERS EQUIPVENT RD 1 Milan, PA 717 882-9522 GEORGE LAWTON 55 Woodland Ave WeMsboro, PA 717 724-3015 BILLS STAN, INC RD 1 Brogue, PA 717 927 6092 DALE OVERLY RD Hershey, PA 717 367-0189 W&J DAIRY SALES RD 2 Oxford, PA 717-529 2569
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