Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, November 27, 1982, Image 26

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    A26—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, Wovewbar 27,1982
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Friends of Extension Award from Alletta Schadler, Lebanon
County Extension director, chairperson of the awards
committee.
Douglas B. Beegle, left. Extension agronomist at Penn
State, was recipient of the 1982 New Worker Extension
Award presented by the Pennsylvania chapter of Epsilon
Sigma Phi, national honorary extension fraternity. Presenting
award is Robert N. Houston, Columbia County Extension
director, awards committee chairman. The award is
presented to a member of the Cooperative Extension Service
staff with two or less years of service and who has conducted
outstanding educational programs. Beegle was cited for his
soil fertility work and the development of effective teaching
aids to assist with his programming., A native of Roaring
Spring, Beegle was named to the Extension staff in March
1981.
SCHLESSMAN'S
PREMIUM SINGLE CROSSES
■ NEW: SX-650 - High Yielding, Good Standability, 110
Day, Short Stalk '
I NEW: SX-810 • High Yielding Good-Standability, 118
Days ★ Resistant to Carbona Race 3 Disease
■ SX-600 - Fast Dry Down Corn, Excellent Sheller, Excellent
Standability, 107 Days
■ SX-405A • Short Season, High Yield Potential 100 Days
★ Top 3 For The Past 3 Years At Penn State Trials
■ SX-520A - First Year in Trials, Placed Third, Class 2
105 Days.
ALFALFA
#1 in plot of 18 varieties including
Pioneer - Saranac AR - DeKalb
BOYD’S WETFOOT LOOKS BEST
WHOLESALE & RETAIL
BOYD’S SEED CENTER, INC.
306 lona Rd. f Lebanon, Pa. 17042
Phone: 717-272-8943
Baler Twine - Fertilizer
Gruber wins
Extension award
UNIVERSITY PARK - Henry
A. W. Gruber of R 2, New Tripoli,
has been named recipient of the
1982 Friends of Extension Award
presented by the Pennsylvania
, chapter of Epsilon Sigma Pin,
national honorary Extension
fraternity.
Gruber was honored at the
chapter’s annual meeting last
Wednesday on Penn State main
campus. He was cited for his
contributions to the Cooperative
Extension Service and the Com
monwealth’s agricultural in
dustry.
1983 TILLAGE & PLANTER PARTS
EARLY ORDER PROGRAM
If you order tillage or planter parts before
December 15th, you will receive 15%
Discount-Guaranteed Price.
Parts available for pickup March 15 thru April 15
Some Of The Available Items On This Program:
• MOLDBOARDS
• CULTIVATOR
SHOVELS
• PLOWSHARES • CHISEL PARTS
• LANDSLIDES • DISK BLADES
• OTHER SELECTED TILLAGES
PLANTER PARTS
S HUEY’S
l,wt 1 Ono, PA 17077
ALES Phone
ERVICE 7178654915
Alletta Schadler, Lebanon outstanding service to agriculture.
County Extension director, who he was elected by the Penn State
presented the award, pointed out College of Agriculture faculty to
' that Gruber, in charge of honorary membership in Gamma
procurement for Arbogast and Sigma Delta, honor society in
Bastian Meat Packing Company, agriculture. In 1982, be was named
Allentown, has purchased about $2 distinguished alumnus in livestock
million worth of 4-H animals at atPennState.
various state sales. Gruber has been a director of the
He has served on more than 21 Pennsylvania Livestock
different agricultural committees, Association, serving oh the
both state and local. He was committee for youth activities and
president of the Lehigh County the research and development
Extension „ Association >. and committee. For his service to the
chairman of the Lehigh County livestock industry, he was'named
agricultural committee. For his Livestock Man of the Year in 1978.
Hie award winner has been a
SUPER SPECIAL
RCA 8R 18" Plowshares
$ 8.50 each
Serving The Fanner Since 1914
IF YOU CAN'T MAKE
IT-GIVE US A CALL
WE WILL SHIP THE
PARTS TO YOU U.P.S.