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Gamma Sigma Delta, the
honor society of agriculture,
cited outstanding alumni,
faculty, and students during
the chapter’s annual
banquet held recently at
Penn State.
Alumni honored for at
tainments, and taken into
membership, were Albert M.
Best, Director of Research
for Sperry New Holland at
New Holland, and Robert H.
Hodge, owner of Highland
Orchards, Inc., of West
Chester.
} A graduate of the class of
j 1942, Best is president of the
! American Society of
i Agricultural Engineers. In
! 1979 he led a delegation of
| engineers on a 21 day and
5,000 mile trip to exchange
mechanization technology
with industrial leaders of
J|ama.
Sperry New Holland he
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society honors Best of New Holland
has overall responsibility for
developing programs to
improve existing equipment
and for providing data to
support recommendations
on new equipment.
In the class of 1956, Hodge
owns and operates Highland
Orchards, along with his
family. The farm orchards
and roadside market are
diverse, large, and suc
cessful.
With the exception of
apples and peaches, nearly
100 per cent of the fruit,
sweet corn, and other
vegetables are marketed at
the 600 acre farm. The “pick
your own” system markets
strawberries, peaches,
nectarines, grapes, and
other crops.
A former Pennsylvania
Outstanding Young Farmer,
Hodge was named a Master
Farmer in 1980.
Honored for exceptional
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service m research with the
College of Agriculture was
Earl M, Kesler, professor of
dairy science. His research
with high-producing cows
was described as “setting a
standard for other studies
throughout the world.”
His findings in calf
nutrition have led to modem
feeding programs used
today. Some of his in
novative work includes use
of waste milk for feeding
calves, production of veal
with milk replacers, and
protein and cneigj levels for
high producing cows.
Honored for outstanding
teaching was James H.
Mortensen, associate
professor of agricultural
education. He is responsible
for Penn State’s un
dergraduate program for
young peole planning to
teach vocational
agriculture.
Cited for achievements
with the Cooperative Ex
tension Service was Richard
S. Adams, professor of dairy
science extension. He is
considered to be a national
authority on feeding dairy
cattle for maximum milk
production. The large in
crease in milk production
per cow in Pennsylvania
since 1960, it was stated, has
been influenced by his
teaching and writing.
Lon F, Fehr, of Pine
Grove, received the senior
scholarship award. Fehr is
majoring in horticulture.
The junior citation went to
each of three students,
Kathleen J. Schiever of R.D.
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mow may very well deter
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your lawn. Mowing the
Kentucky bluegrass/red
fescue type lawn closer than
Vh. inches gradually
weakens and eventually kills
the grass. The end result is a
thinned out lawn infested
with a variety of weeds.
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Penn State alumni honored for achievements and initiated into Gamma Sigma
Delta honor society of agriculture recently, were Albert M. Best, left, director of
research for Sperry New Holland at New Holland, and Robert H. Hodge, center,
owner of Highland Orchards, Inc., of West Chester. They are shown with Milton
C. Hallberg, right, retiring president of the society.
of St. Clair; and Laura L. into Gamma Sigma Delta
Weinberger of R.D.I Clinton, were Richard H. Fox,
Schiever is majoring in associate professor of soil
dairy production while both science; Robert 0. Herr-
Weber and Weinberger are man, professor of
majoring in animal agricultural economics;
bioscience. Roland M. Leach, professor
Russell C. Lloyd of of poultry science; David R.
Perkasie won the sophomore„ MacKenzie, associate
scholarship award. Lloyd is' professor of plant pathology;
majoring in general and Richard F. Stinson,
agriculture. professor of agricultural
Faculty members initiated education and horticulture.
dose mowing is
Close cutting neither looks
more attractive nor lessens
the number of tunes a lawn
must be mowed. Evenness of
cut rather than closeness
makes a lawn attractive.
Close cutting does not permit
the lawn to manufacture the
food it needs for building
strong deep root systems
and a dense sod.
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For the Kentucky
bluegrass/red fecsue type
lawn, the mower should be
set to cut the grass at a
height of IVz to 2 inches. This
includes Menon Kentucky
bluegrass. The 2 inch height
is the most desirable height
of cut during the year.
In contrast, certain types
of lawn grasses are well
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Elected officers for 1980-
1981 are: president, John H.
Zeigler, professor of meat
science; vice-president,
Manon R. Deppen, assistant
director of the Cooperative
Extension Service, Capital
Region; secretary-treasur
er, Thomas L. Memtt,
professor of animal science;
and historian, Samuel H.
Smith, head and professor of
plant pathology.
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Zoysia should be cut at a
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Mowing is necessary for a
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mower set at the correct
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