D22—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 11,1981
LANCASTER The Lancaster
County Extension Service Thur
sday began to review applications
for the position of county
agriculture agent
With the retirement of Max
Smith as County Extension
Maryland to hold first
wine, grape meeting
FREDERICK, Md - Maryland
Department of Agriculture and the
University of Maryland have
announced the State’s first Grape
and Wine Conference for Thur
sday, April 30 to be held at the
Frederick Sheraton off 1-70 and I
-270
Advance registration for the
dinner conference will be $l2 per
person until Monday, April 27 The
registration fee after that date will
be $l3 per person.
At this historic event, key
resource people from the
University of Maryland, Maryland
Department of Agriculture and
USDA at Beltsville, will outline
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Lancaster County to hire new
Director, one position on the ex
tension staff was opened.
Jay Irwin, county agent in
charge of farm managment and
poultry, was named to replace
Smith as Extension Director
their programs and functions
including the results of the first
official vineyard survey taken in
Maryland which is just being
completed
Also on the program, recom
mendations for 1981 on herbicides,
fertilizer and insect and disease
control will be made
The program will begin at 3.00
p.m with a keynote speech on
growing grapes in the East.
Following dinner, the group will
meet Maryland’s winery
operators Of much interest to
Maryland growers should be a
lively panel discussion by key
growers, from different
geographic areas of the State, on
their variety preferences and
experiences with growing grapes
The evening program will
conclude with an open meeting of
growers to entertain comments,
proposals or any other appropriate
subjects of interest to the general
grape growing industry
Make checks payable to
Maryland Wine & Grape Con
ference, and mail your reser
vations to; Maryland Wine &
Grape Conference, C/O Maryland
Department of Agriculture, Parole
Plaza Office Building, Annapolis,
Maryland 21401
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Irwin will continue to perform
his duties in those areas, but now a
new person is needed to take over
Smith’s responsibilities other than
his administrative duties ,
According to Irwin, the Ex
tension Service is reviewing ap
plications for a county agent with a
livestock background, and
preferably, a minor in agronomy
There should be no shortage of
applications for the position
the last time the Lancaster
Extension office interviewed for a
county agent’s position over 70
persons applied for the job
Irwin said the position is open for
either an assistant or an associate
level county agent
An associate agent would bring
more experience to the position,
but it may be more difficult for the
County to hire an associate agent
Because of the costs of moving,
buying and selling a home, and
other expenses, hiring such a
person probably would be more
expensive
the next step after the review of
applications is to call in those
persons who seem to qualify for the
job for a personal interview
No set number of personal in
terviews is planned, Irwin ex
plained, because some of those
with applications on file may have
found other employment
There is no time limit on how
long it could take before the new
extension agent will be hired
“We hope to have someone on
board within two month’s tune,”
Irwin said “But that depends on
the person’s availability.”
Irwin noted that a college
student may need tune to be
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