A2B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 17,1982
UNIVERSITY PARK - Henry
A. W. Gruber R 2, New Tripoli,
Lehigh County, has been named
the 1982 distinguished alumnus in
livestock of Penn State University.
He was selected by the Depart
ment of Dairy and Animal Science
at Penn State.
The honor goes to Gruber for his
contributions to agriculture, his
support and contributions to Penn
State, and his active support of
youth in agriculture, announces
Paul J. Wangsness, department
bead.
Gruber graduated from Penn
State in 1957 with a bachelor of
science degree in animal
husbandry. He will be honored at a
banquet following the 65th Little
International Livestock Exposition
April 24 at University Park. He will
also be recognized at the annual
Penn State Stockmen’s Banquet
April 23 in Boalsburg.
He has served on over 21 dif
ferent committees, both state and
local. He was president of the
Lehigh County Agricultural
Extension Board and chairman of
the Lehigh County Agricultural
Committee.
Gruber has been a director of the
Pennsylvania Livestock
Association for many years,
serving on the committee for youth
activities and the research and
development committee. For
service to the livestock industry,
he was named Livestock Man of
the Year in 1978. He has been a
member of the executive com
mittee of the Pennsylvania Meat
Animal Evaluation Station at Penn
State.
By appointment of the Penn
sylvania Secretary of Agriculture,
Gruber is a member of the
Agricultural Research Advisory
Committee which chooses and
guides research in agriculture as
sponsored by the Department of
Agriculture.
Gruber was largely responsible
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Penn State names Gruber distinguished alumnus
for establishing the Eastern
Pennsylvania Pork Producers
Association. He served for a tune
as industry director.
He is on the swine committee of
the Keystone International
Livestock Exposition held an
nually in Harrisburg. He is also a
nationally known swine judge,
having judged over 300 hog shows
from the east coast to Illinois and
from Massachusetts to Florida.
In 1959, Gruber joined the firm of
Arbogast and Bastian, Inc., an
Allentown meat-packing company.
He has served in several capacities
and is currently head of livestock
procurement. He also manages A
and B Farms, an extensive hog
raising operation.
Gruber has been an avid sup
porter of youth programs. He has
judged many livestock shows for
young people and has bought many
animals for Arbogast and Bastian.
He has won both the Lehigh County
4-H Alumni Award and the Penn
sylvania State 4-H Alumni Award.
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He became the third Penn
sylvanian ever to win the National
4-H Alumni Award, the Golden
Key Award, for outstanding ser
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YORK A subsurface (tile)
drainage system is only as good as
its outlet. And the investment of a
little time, paint, and a steel post
can help fanners protect sub
stantial investments in subsurface
drainage systems, according to
Lee B. Bentz, soil conservationist,
USDA, Soil Conservation Service,
York. ' >
The key to good subsurface
drainage system is a free flowing
outlet, says Bentz. However with
the passing years following the
original installation, many outlets
become “lost” or damaged.
Dense vegetation, silt from
flooding, livestock trampling,
snow plow damage, etc. all
combine to clog or obhviate the
outlet’s location. The result is a
drainage system that is less ef
ficient or ceases to function
altogether, he notes.
Evidence of a malfunctioning
drainage system includes a stream
of water that pops up in the field
where there was none before or an
area that remains wet long after
the rest of the field has dried out,
Bentz explains. To correct or
prevent this problem, the outlet
must be returned to a free flowing
condition.
But how do you find a “lost”
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Gruber is married to the former
Marsha Kissling of Royersford. ;
They have a son, Seth. The family '
lives on a small farm and raises
cattle and hogs.
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drainage outlets to new lan
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change hands or management.
“A small investment in tune and
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drainage system damage and
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