EB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 16,1980
ROCK SPRINGS - IH’s
Agricultural Equipment
Group has announced it will
sponsor a two and one-half
day hay and forage seminar
m cooperation with the
National Association of
County Agricultural Agents
on August 19 to 21, 1980,
during Ag Progress Days at
Penn State University.
EH is the first agricultural
equipment manufacturer to
sponsor a study tour seminar
for county agents in
cooperation with NACAA.
The seminar is designed to
help county agents become
more knowledgeable in the
production, handling and
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crops.
IH said it is sponsoring the
seminar because the com
pany shares a commitment
with county agents to help
the fanner improve ef
ficiency and productivity,
according to Flanders.
“The county agent is an
important link in production
agriculture,” he said, “and
we look upon him as a
partner. Our business is
highly technical and ever
changing and we welcome
this opportunity to ' help
further the knowledge of
those who will attend the
seminar. We, in turn, expect
to learn from the par
ticipants. In that way, both
county agents and IH will be
better able to assist the
farmer in the area of hay
and forage.”
Williams said the seminar
program will include visits
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to farms with outstanding
forage programs, a visit to
an IH XL dealership, at
tendance at Ag Progress
Days for the observation of
field demonstrations, forage
research plots, forage
handling equipment, and the
hay and silage show.
It will also include a visit
to the Penn State forage and
soil testing laboratory,
computer dairy feeding
program and milk testing
laboratory. Discussions will
focus on hay and forages in
the 80’s, hay as a cash crop,
hay packaging and
preservatives, farm
equipment now and future.
“Seminar leaders will
include IH, agri-business,
and Penn State authorities,”
Williams said
For the seminar, NACCA
has selected 15 participants
from a 12-state area in the
Northeast, including
Virginia, NACAA’s Firth
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said. Selection was based on
winning entries submitted
by eligible members of
NACAA describing their
responsibilities involving
forage production in their
county or area, their forage
marketing program and
plans to use information
from the seminar m their
work. The number of win
ning entries was limited to 15
agents from the northeast,
or 2 percent of the total
NACAA membership for
that region, Firth added.
The participants in the
seminar are. Edward L
Swecker, Co. Extension
Agent, Leonardtown, Md.;
Lester Bough, College Park,
Md.; Bruce Barbour, Cor
Extension Agent, Newton,
New Jersey; Harold L.
Lockhoff, Co. Extension
Agent, Huntingdon, Pa.;
James R. Grove, County
Agent, Madison, Va., and
Chapman L. Huffman, Area
Farm Management, Fen
castle, Va.
Also, Glen K Wildes,
Extension Agent, Alfred,
Me.; Paul E Rogers, Area
Farm Management
Harrmsonburg, Va ; Harold
N Repair, Co. Extension
Agent, Somerville, NJ;
Bruce P. Tellapough, County
Agent, Warsaw, NY
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lukemia. He also talked on
preventing radiation
damage with herbs.
At the meeting there also
were displays of solar power
and a talk by former Penn
sylvania State Climatologist
James Rahn, Camp Hill, on
planning and working a farm
around and with the
weather.
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Also, Kenneth R Maxwell,
Co Extension Agent,’
Mercer, Pa.; Dr. H. John
Gerken, Jr., Blacksburg,
Va , Bruce A. Marriott!
County Agent, Laconia, NH;
William L Coffmdaffer Co
Extension Agent,
Clarksburg, WV; and Tom
McConnell, Co. Extensior
Agent, Kmgwood, WV
Glenn Eshelman, a
Lancaster County
photographer, concluded the
three day program with a
slide presentation “America
the Beautiful.”
Among other activities
were all-natural food lun
ches and dinners, an aerobic
bouncing program in the
Messiah gym, and several
commercial exhibits which
offered natural foods and
homesteading tools.—CH