A2B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 19,1980 USDA appoints members to American egg board WASHINGTON, D.C. - Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland has appointed nine members and their alter nates to the American Egg Board. The 18-member board administers the Extension staffers win news awards UNIVERSITY PARK - Seventeen members of Penn State’s extension service staff have been named state winners in the 13th annual Public Information Awards Contest sponsored by the National Association of County Agricultural Agents. The contest, conducted by the Pennsylvania Association of County Agricultural Agents in cooperation with Rohm and Haas Co., is designed to recognize excellence in the uses of mass media ap proaches in Extension teaching and information programs. Livestock auctioneer champion to be selected KANSAS CITY, Mo. - June 21st is the date, and the Templeton, California, Livestock Market is the place for the 1980 World Livestock Auctioneer Championship The Livestock Marketing Association sponsors the annual event, which is conducted by a subsidiary company, Livestock market Digest, Inc , to recognize the role of the professional auctioneer in livestock merchandising. Contest manager Gerald D. Nevms said he anticipates another record-breaking number of entrants. Last year 100 contestants from the US and Canada com peted in Brush, Colorado Terry Elson, Curtis, Nebraska, was named world champion and at age 22, is the youngest champion in the history of the event m its 17th year, Nevms said. Contestants are judged by a panel of livestock market owners on the criteria they look for when hiring an auctioneer Winners receive trophies STEEL FUEL STORAGE TANKS Capacity Dia 285 550 550 1000 1000 2000 PRICES FOB QUARRYViLLE HOWARD E. GROFF CO. Fuel Oil, Gasoline, and Coal 111 E. State Street, Quarryville, PA 17566 Phone: 717-786-2166 producer-sponsored national research and promotion program for eggs. Newly appointed members and alternates will fill vacancies !*•**• board Paul N. Reber, Mon tgomery County Extension agent and chairman of the state association’s public information committee, points out that all winners will receive cash awards. First place entries in each category will be judged regionally. Regional winners will vie for awards at the national level.' The winners by category are: Newsletter: M.M. Smith, Lancaster County, first; Paul N. Reber, Montgomery County, second; and Gordon D. Walker, Mifflin County, third. and merchandise prizes. Further information can be obtained from the Digest, 4900 Oak Street, Kansas City, Mo., 64112, telephone (816) 531-2235. The Championship will be held in conjunction with Livestock Marketing Congress ‘BO, an annual industry conference devoted to livestock economics. Now Is (Continued from 'Page AlO) spraying Johnson Grass m growing com without har ming the com plants The important thing is to get on the job and prevent these Johnson Grass plants from putting you out of business TO UTILIZE WOOD ASHES What have you done with your wood ashes this spring 7 Now that more folks are burning more wood we will have more ashes to use Our fertilizer folks say that we can use them on our fields or gardens with good success Wood ashes should help sweeten the soil and will add NEW UNDERGROUND Gauge Price 12 124 10 203 7 244 10 296 7 357 7 535 members whose terms are expiring. They are: North Atlantic states: W. Robert Park, Valencia, Pa., member, and Donald E. Horn. Ephrata. Pa . alter- News feature: Glenn A. Shirk, Lancaster County, fust; Vernon A Brose, Northumberland County, second; and Harold A. Holt, Snyder County, third. Radio program: Samuel M. Crossley, Potter County, first; Jay W, Irwin, Lan caster County, second; and Mary Jo Depp, Jefferson County, third. Black and white photo. Harold A. Holt, Snyder County, first; Paul N. Reber, Montgomery County, second; and David M. Cox, McKean County, third. Television program- Timothy G. Markovits, York County, first. Set of colored slides: Charles G. Replogle, Allegheny County, first; Nancy M. KadwiU, Mon tgomery County, second; and Guy H. Temple, area community resource development agent stationed in Union County, third. Direct mail. Paul N Reber, Montgomery County, first; Charles G Replogle, Allegheny County, second; and John Z Shearer, Franklin County, third. News column: Gordon D. The Time potash, as a fertilizer element Many gardeners have used wood ashes with success by working them into the topsoil before planting. They could be used in making a new lawn but not suggested as a top-dressing over an established turf. I can recall our home farm when a pile of brush was burned along the edge of a woodlot and on cropland, this area would grown corn larger and much greener than the rest of the field Wood ashes should be utilized in the soil Capacity Dia Gauge Price 4000 64" 7 901 10.000 96” %” 2436 Free Delivery on the Following 15.000 120” 5/16” 4769 20.000 120" 5/16” 5762 30.000 126” 3/8” 9526 nate. South Atlantic states; Roland Coles, Bent Moun tain, Va., and Ed Houston, Lumber City, Ga., mem bers; Norman Sanders, Walker, Mifflin County, first; Jeffrey W. Mizer, Snyder County, second; and E.V. Chadwick, Luzerne County, third. Contest judges were members of the Penn State College of Agriculture communications staff. NEDCO young dairymen attend dairy seminar SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Nearly sixty members and guests attended NEDCO’s Young Dairymen’s Organization semi-annual banquet, featuring a panel presentation by four keynote speakers who attended the National Milk Producers Federation annual meeting in New Orleans, La. NEDCO President Ed ward McNamara was also part of the Tuesday evening program, a key segment of the two-day dairy seminar held at the Sheraton Inn, Ithaca, N.Y. YDO President Charles Bratt, Baldwmsville, N.Y., presided over the opening business session wherein the delegates present voted on two proposed changes in the Rules of Organization Article V of the by-laws was amended, limiting a director’s term of office to no irnre than two rnrsccutive ATTENTION POULTRYMEN! 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Ashby, Clarksville, Term., and Gerald Holmes, Stonewall, La., alternates. years, and a proposed change in the procedure for electmg officers was tabled, after much discussion, until the fall annual meeting. “Expanding Milk Promotion m the 80’s” was the theme of the afternoon slide and movie presentation by James Arnold and Frank Gamsby of the American Dairy Association and Dairy Council of New York, Inc. Through this display, featuring ADA’s new spring and summer “Milk’s the One” promotional cam paign, the YDO’ers were able to see precisely how and where their advertising dollars are spent in the Order Two Milk-shed comprising New York, northern Pennsylvania, and western New Jersey. On hand also to provide an update of NEDCO policies and interests were NEDCO General Manager Robert Western states: Donald J. Long, Burbank, Calif., and Ernie T. Gemperle, Turlock, Calif., members; N.A, McAnally, Yucaipa, Calif., and Michael F. Bromley, American Fork, Utah, alternates. The egg research and promotion program is financed through producer assessments authorized by the Egg Research and Consumer Information Act of 1974. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service reviews the program budget, plans and projects to assure that it is operated according to law and in the public interest. Forsythe and Arthur Little, NEDCO economist, who spoke on the cooperative’s operations and market order activity, respectively. The Cornell University Teaching and Research Center in Dryden, N.Y. provided the setting for Wednesday’s scheduled tour session. The NEDCO young dairy farmers surveyed the entire dairy-related facility, concentrating on several research projects including methane generation, computer controlled dairy feeding and milk harvest systems. Milking time in the T & R Center’s modern double herringbone parlor wrapped up the tour, which was followed by lunch and dismissal. NEDCO Education Director Ralph Smith coordinated the two-day’s sessions and tour.
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