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Franklin Co. agent wins national award
UNIVERSITY PARK -
John Z. Shearer, Franklin
County Extension agent on
The Pennsylvania State
University’s Cooperative
Extension Service staff, has
been named national winner
of the Agricultural
Recognition Awards
Program, sponsored by
Ciba-Geigy and the National
Association of County
Agricultural Agents.
Shearer will receive an
expense-paid trip to Europe,
visiting farms, orchards,
vineyards, and other
agricultural establishments
Three FFA
contests held
LEBANON - Three hnnual
FFA Contests were held at
Cedar Crest High School on
May 4. The contests included
small engines, salesman
ship, and interview. Berks,
Lebanon, and Schuylkill
County FFA Chapters at
tended the contests.
The small engine contest
included a written test, a
pails identification test, and
a fifty minute repair session,
where the two member
teams must find a number of
defects prepared by judges
and get the engine running
smoothly. The Kutztown
team placed first in Berks
County, and fifth in the
Berks, Lebanon and
Schuylkill Area. The team
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He also will inspect Ciba-
Geigy headquarters in Basil,
Switzerland.
■The award winner will
leave for Europe from
Greensboro, N.C., June 20
and return to the United
States on June 30. He is one
of eight representatives of
professional agricultural
organizations to .receive the
European trip.
The objective of the Ciba-
Geigy Contest is to recognize
an Extension worker in the
United States who has
consisted of Dean Bruno and
Keith Flicker.-Dean Bruno
was fire highest ranking
individual for the county,
and Keith Flicker placed
third. Northern Lebanon and
Cedar Crest teams will at
tend the state small engine
contest at Penn State, June
12-14.
The salesmanship contest
includes the sale of certain
items such as herbicides,
axes, medicines, etc., to
judges of the contest. The
contestants are judged on
their ability to speak fluently
and know about the items
and their prices. Todd
Benjamin supported the
Kutztown Chapter in ibis
contest placing seventh in
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the BUS area. Sally Melot,
from Lebanon County Vo-
Tech School will attend the
state contest at Penn State
this June.
The third contest is judged
on the contestants ability to
perform a smooth job in
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formative job application.
Larry Shrawder placed first
in this contest and will go to
the state contest at Penn
State this June.
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ONCHAISINELDRAIN
developed and carried out
outstanding educational
programs in crop produc
tion.
Shearer was cited for his
educational program to
improve yields and profits
from growing quality alfalfa
in Franklin County.
During the past three
years, he presented timely
and useful production
related tips to growers in his
weekly news column. Major
portions of a monthly
newsletter, “The Franklin
Farmer,” were devoted to
alfalfa-related topics.
Shearer also Initiated an
.Alfalfa Growing Contest in
an effort to stimulate the
adoption of better production
practices. Collected in the
contest were yield data, cost-
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production figures, forage
tests, fertilization in
formation, and insect and
disease control data.
Yieltls obtained by the
winning contestant exceeded
seven tons per acre in each
of the three years.
He encouraged Franklin
County farmers to par
ticipate in the statewide
Grassland Awards
Program, a technique to
encourage better crop
production and utilization
practices. Franklin County
participants were declared
state winners in 1977 and
1978,
The award winner
developed numerous field -
demonstrations, including
.no-till seeding, variety
trials, and furadan for insect
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control. These demon
strations were used as the
focal point for numerous
educational meetings.
The Franklin County
Extension agent also
developed a TVA Demon
stration Farm Program,
encouraged participation in
hay shows at local fairs, and
promoted a comprehensive
soil testing program.
According to the Penn
sylvania Crop Reporting
Service, _average Franklin
County alfalfa have
increased from 2.87 tons per
acre in 1975 to three tons per
acre in 1978.
Additionally, numerous
growers have adopted-the
no-till seeding technique and
longevity of stands has in
creased by nearly one year.