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Bob Kimble, left, manager of the Meat Animal
Evaluation Center at Penn State receives the Pa.
Swine Breeders Association Annual Award from
President Dennis Grumbine.
Swine breeders
honor Kimble
FARM SHOW - The
Pennsylvania Swine
Breeders Cooperative
showed their appreciation of
the efforts and support of
Robert Kimble, manager of
the Meat Animal Evaluation
Center at Penn State, by
presenting him with their
annual award during last
week’s Farm Show
The presentation was
made by Dennis Grumbine,
president of the Association.
Kimble has been working
at the Evaluation Center for
the past 14 years Prior to his
taking charge of the meat
evaluation, the Tioga County
native served as the Ex
tension Agent for Centre
County
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“At the Meat Animal
Evaluation Center, the
Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture works with
purebred breeders,
measuring their animals’
growth, feed conversion, fat
thickness and loin eye area,”
said Kimble “We are trying
to identify the genetically
superior meat animal
through these tests for beef,
sheep and swine ”
Kimble noted that in the
past few years, some of the
best animals in the history of
the Evaluation Center have
passed the test and gone on
the auction block
Kimble and wife, Garnetta
reside at R 5 Bellefonte,
Centre County
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Hamilton Bank supports
Agricultural Education.
On January 28th, Hamilton Bank will once again help to support the
annual York County Corn Day at the York County 4-H Center near Bair.
LANCASTER - The
Pennsylvania Pork
Producers Council will be
hosting the third Keystone
Pork Congress here on
February 19 at the Host
Farm Resort.
Pork producers from
around the Keystone State
will hear from various ex
perts in the hog industry on
key topics
Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture's Max A Van
Buskirk, Jr , V M D will be
on hand to talk to producers
about the status of
pseudorabies in the Com
monwealth,
James Yergler, president
of Heinhold Hog and Cattle
Markets. Inc of Indiana will
travel east to talk to the
Congress participants about
Ohio State’s Dennis Henderson will tell pork
producers about the potential and performance of
electronic marketing during the 3rd Keystone Pork
Congress.
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3rd Keystone Pork Congress coming
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hog production and
marketing
Ohio State’s Dennis
Henderson will help the hog
producers scan the future
and will talk to them about
electronic marketing’s
potential and performance
On a similar note, Frank
Graves of the Virginia
Department of Agriculture’s
Division of Markets will
discuss how the tele-auction
system works in marketing
and buying feeder pigs and
market hogs
Members of the Porkette’s
will be meeting to share
ideas on publicizing and
preparing pork products
The workshop sessions are
scheduled to begin at 9 45
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 24,1981—A19
a m with the awards
banquet scheduled to begin
at 6 30 p m
Guest speaker at the
evening celebration will be
Charles Plumb, a Viet Nam
War veteran and patriot
REGISTRATION & DINNER TICKET
RESERVATIONS
KEYSTONE PORK CONGRESS
February 19,1981
Host Farm Resort
Lancaster, PA
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Address
Pre-Registration
Individual $2.00
School Age $l.OO
Registration at Door
Individual $3.00
School Age $l.OO
Dinner $lO.OO
Total Remittance
Pre-Registration forms cannot be
accepted after February 12,1981
Pre-Registration passes can be picked
up at the registration desk
Banquet Tickets must be purchased by
February 12 and can be picked up at
the registration desk
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HAMILTON BANK
For more information on
the Congress and tickets,
contact Mark Nestleroth, R 5
Manheim, Lancaster
County Registrations must
be made by Feoruary 12,
1981
Zip Code
Make Checks Payable to;
Keystone Pork Congress
Send Reservations and
Banquet Reservations to:
MARK NESTLEROTH
R.D. #5
Manheim, PA 17545
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