VOL. 28 No. 37 Tuesday is Pa. forage/dairy day at Hershey Forage features inside Up in the rolling farmland of Centre County is found Penn sylvania’s Outstanding Forage Spokesman - Joe Hartle. Joe discusses his forage program that includes 140 acres of alfalfa, which us merchandised through his herd of Holstems with a21,000-pound average. The Kodale Research Center near Kutztown tn Berks County is studying the overseedmg of legumes into com to reduce soil erosion and to help increase the water-holding capacity of the soil. A 24 Peroxide - common bleach - can predigest and tenderize plant steins, stalks, straws, busks, hulls, cobs and even wood to possibly make these discards available as the livestock forages of the future. The Pennsylvania Forage and Dairy Day Program has a Jot to offer for everyone. Turn to highlights of the day-long program at Hershey, along with a list of the exhibitors and sponsors. D 10 Four Sections Pa. Forage Milton Hershey School Farms 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. July 19 Alfalfa plots, embryo transfers featured A 20 HEHSHE Y On the spot testing of forage sample by Fenn State’s near infrared (NIK) analysis unit and embryo transfer demonstrations by Era-Tran, Inc., are amoung highlights of the 1983 Pa. Forage-Dairy Field Day"”' '• v / With the theme, “Forage and Animal Management in Dairy Production,” Forage-Dairy field day will be held at the Milton Hershey School Farms on Tuesday. The event is jointly sponsored by the Pennsylvania Forage and Grassland Council, the Pennsylvania Holstein Association and Penn State University. According to A 1 Dugan, manager of the Hershey Farms, forage topics will include cutting management, manure and fer tilizers on alfalfa, pest control, and alfalfa variety yield tests. - The forage varieties, Dugan said, are divided into 10, one-acre plots. Each plot will be harvested for yield demonstrations, and forage samples will be analyzed for quality using Penn State’s NIR unit, he said. Botanical counts will also be taken to show the alfalfa grass relationship. Through on the spot testing, Dugan said, farmers can see for themselves the relationship bet ween visual quality and actual forage feed value. Farmers can A 28 Ummmm! This was National Ice Cream Week an event as dear to dairymen as June Dairy Month. In recognition of this week, look for several features inside cone . eater spoof, A 27; guernsey ice cream social, A 33; and homemade ice cream maker, 818. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 16,1983 BY LAURA ENGLAND then use such comparisons on their own farms, he added. The 10 different grass-alfalfa mixtures which will be used for testing are: pure alfalfa; alfalfa and Reveille perennial rye; alfalfa and Pennlate orchard grass; alfalfa and Clair timothy; alfalfa and Climax timothy; alfalfa and Saratoga Smooth Bromegrass; alfalfa and Rise reed canary grass; and alfalfa and Kentucky 31 tall fescue. All plots were planted last August. . 'Hie two remaining plots, planted this spring, are pure alfalfa and pure alfalfa with oats. Three other alfalfa plots will be .used for pesticide, fertility and maturity demonstrations, Dugan said. The pesticide plot is currently being treated with Cygon for potato leaf hopper. The plot has previously been sprayed during three growth stages ~ stubbie, four to six inches, and eight to ten inches, Dugan said. Laura England joins staff LANCASTER - Coming to Lancaster Farming this week as a new staff writer is Laura England, a Blair County native and recent graduate of Penn State. Laura, who received a bachelor of science degree in general agriculture during the spring commencement, emphasized journalism in her program. Having a strong interest in com munications, Laura combined her farm background and writing experience to prepare for a career in agricultural journalism. A 1979 graduate of Williamsburg High School, Laura began her college career at the Penn State Altoona Campus. There, she was editor and sports editor of the Dairy Day (Turn to Page A 37) (Turn to Page A3B) Al Dugan, program co-chairman and manager of Hershey Farms, stands in midst of one of alfalfa plots to be featured at Forage and Dairy Day on Tuesday. New Penn State head loses little time in meeting ag BY DICK ANGLESTEIN UNIVERSITY PARK - The new president of Penn State, Dr. Bryce Jordan is losing no tune in getting to know Pennsylvania agriculture. Laura England 17.50 per Year On the job only about a week. Dr. Jordan was one of the featured speakers at this week’s annual gathering of vo-ag teachers on the campus at Penn State. And later this month, Dr. Jordan will be coming to Lancaster County to meet Extension per sonnel and visit the University's Southeast Research Farm near Landisville. In his talk to the vo-ag teachers, Ur. Jordan stressed the continued support that will be shown fur agricultural education and said the College of Agriculture will remain committed to work with and aid vo ag teachers. The new Fenn State head was introduced by Sam Smith, Dean of the Ag College. Smith emphasized the crucial period now in which our society is transforming from an industrialized basis to one of in formation and electronic com munications. He also cited the challenge lacing all in ag education. Agricultural graduates have fallen (Turn to Page A2S)
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