Silo filling
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support of chapter activities were
presented to Robert Gregory, sales
manager for livestock feeds for
Pennfield Corporation, and Paul
Houck, president of the New
Holland Fair Association.
Approximately 175 members and
guests attended the banquet The
evening’s speaker was Michael
Ondik, deer research specialist at
Penn State, who presented a slide
program on Pennsylvania’s White-
Tailed Deer.—DA
DICK THORNBURGH Governor
Commonwealth of Pennsylvan
HARRISBURG Soil Scientists
of the USDA Soil Conservation
Service have walked over, map
ped, and classified the soil on 97
percent of the land in Penn
sylvania.
SCS State Soil Scientist Art Kuhl
reports 426,580 acres of land were
soil surveyed in 1980. The soil
survey is part of the technical
assistance provided by SCS.
Uses of the soil survey range
from farm soil management to
management of large areas of
THE THIRD ANNUAL
For further information contact Farm Show Office 71 7-787-5373
PENNSYLVANIA AGRICULTURE l;3 WE'RE GROWING BETTER
State soil info available on 97 percent of state land
ANNOUNCING
public lands to the construction of
houses in suburban areas. The
mam use of soil surveys can be
grouped under conservation
planning, land evaluation,
engineering uses of soil, planning
and conduct of research, and
general education on natural
resources.
In addition to mapping, soil
samples are collected and studied
m laboratories at Penn State,
Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation and SCS. These
PENNSYLVANIA
* Second Pennsylvania Swine Show
* Stock Tractor Pulls
i Friday night, March 6
i *Expo and Horsemen's Banquet
lorse Pulls
/ania Swine Sale
Expo Winter Volleyball Tournament
tests determine the ability of the
soil to produce crops, absorb
sewage affluent, support buildings
and roads, and many other uses.
The completed maps and
laboratory tests with in
terpretations are published on a
county basis as a sod survey
report
A total of 30 counties have
published soil survey reports.
Another 30 counties have com
nleted field mapping and are in the
process of publishing a county soil
FARM SHOW
COMPLEX
HARRISBURG, PA.
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incaster Farming, Saturday, February 21,1981—A23
Penrose Hallowell, Secretary
Department of Agriculture
survey report. Active soil mapping
is in progress in the remaining
seven counties.
For additional information on
soils and the sod survey, contact
the local Sod Conservation Ser
vice
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Phone:
717-394-3047
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