DlG—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 24,1983
Miller selected for committee
HARRISBURG A member of
Sen. Edward W. Helfrick’s staff
has been personally invited to
serve as a member of the Penn
sylvania Agribusiness Award
selection committee by the state’
Secretary of Agriculture.
According to Helfrick, Sheila
Miller, who serves as research
analyst to the Senate Agriculture
and Rural Affairs Committee, will
be helping to select the
agribusiness firm which excelled
in the promotion of Pennsylvania
agriculture through the “We’re
Growing Better” or “Keystone
Pride” logos. This year six firms
have been nominated as can
didates for the annual award, in its
fourth year.
In asking Miller to serve,
Secretary Hallowell stated in a
letter: “Your knowledge and in
volvement in Pennsylvania’s
agriculture/agribusiness industry
makes you ideal for the Penn
sylvania Agribusiness Award
selection committee.”
Miller is a graduate of Penn
State’s College of Agriculture and,
with her husband, operates a
purebred beef farm. She has been
a member of Helfrick’s Harrisburg
office staff since April 1983.
Previous to her employment with
the Senate, Miller was editor of
Lancaster Farming newspaper.
She was also an employee of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
Soil Conservation Service from
1974-79.
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“With agriculture being our
state’s number one industry, I am
proud that the Secretary has
chosen one of my staff people to
help select the firm which best
helped the public to recognize the
vital role agribusiness plays in the
Commonwealth’s economy,” says
Helfrick.
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MIDLAND, Mich. - Dow
Chemical U.S.A. has announced
Verdict herbicide as the
trademark for its new
postemergence soybean and cotton
herbicide.
Verdict herbicide will be the
trademark for Dowco 453, the
experimental name currently used
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Horsepower from 12 to 29 PTO. Hydraulic shuttle
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And more.
PENNSYLVANIA
BENEDICT’S FORD TRACTOR
R.D.2
Wellsboro, PA 16901
717/724-2839
BERKLEIGH POWER EQUIP.,
CO., INC.
10 S. 2nd Ave
W. Reading, PA 19611
215/370-6506
NORMAN D. CLARK A SON, INC.
Honey Grove, PA 17035
717/734-3682
PAUL W. HISTAND CO., INC.
697 N. Main St., Box 795
Doylestown, PA 18901
215/348-9041
KELLER BROS. TRACTOR CO.
R.D. m, Lebanon, PA 17042
717/949-6501
730 S. Broad St,
Lititz, PA 17543
Herbicide name picked
for
active
the
haloxyfop-methyl.
Verdict herbicide is expected to
be approved for limited use under
an Experimental Use Permit
(EUP) by the Environmental
Protection Agency in 1984.
Verdict is said to control annual
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MARSHALL MACHINERY, INC.
R.D. #4
Honesdale, FA 18431
717/729-7117
O.C.RICE, INC.
104 N. Mam St.,
P.O. Box “C"
Biglerville, PA 17307
717/677-8135
RISHEL’S SALES A SERVICE
R.D. § 2, Spring Mills,
PA 16875
814/422-8826
State College, PA 16801
814/238-7788
SEBRING’S POWER HOUSE
North Fifth At Ave. “C”
Stroudsburg, PA 18360
717/421-8980
STRALEY FARM SUPPLY, INC.
1760 East Canal Road
Dover, PA 17315
717/292-4443 or 292-2631
THOMAS POWER EQUIPMENT
So. Penna. Ave., Box 546
Avondale, PA 19311
and perennial grasses in soybeans
and cotton. Specific weeds con
trolled include giant foxtail, wild
proso millet, quackgrass, john
songrass and bermudagrass. The
herbicide is highly selective to
grasses and can be applied to
broadleaf crops without injury.
ingredient,
TRACTOR PARTS COMPANY
355 Central Road
Bloomsburg, PA 17815
717/784-0250
MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS
1320 Route 38
Hamesport, NJ 08036
609/267-6100
PONIATOWSKI BROS. EQUIP. CO.
Route 31 & Church Street
Flemmgton, NJ 08822
201/782-3514
AG-IND. EQUIPMENT CO., INC.
1207 Telegraph Road
Rising Sun, MD 21911
301/658-5568 & 398-6132
215/869-3542
ARNETTS GARAGE
Rt. 9, Box 125
Hagerstown, MD 21740
301/733-0515
NEW JERSEY
MARYLAND