Hinish UNIVERSITY PARK - W. Wayne Hinish was named the 1984 recipient of the National Limestone Institute’s Distinguished Service Award for outstanding contribution to American agriculture because of his noteworthy accomplishments and leadership. “His exceptional!} fine record of administrative service, with 30 years of experience in Extension, and an in-depth knowledge of Pennsylvania and its agricultural community make him very deserving of this award,” said Samuel H. Smith, dean of the College of Agriculture and director of the Penn State Cooperative Extension Service. “His effective leadership has been of great benefit, not only to the Extension personnel located at University Park but also to those located in each of our 67 counties.” Currently serving as associate director of Cooperative Extension Service, associate dean of the College of Agriculture, and professor of agronomy at Penn State. smartweed Then pick Banvel herbicide... the Big Plus...to do the job. 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INC. ■afota using any past c da >aad the libai Smoketown, PA PH: 717-299-2571 receives Limestone Institute service award national identity, and a strong forum through which sound agronomic practices can be promoted. Hmish was honored for his work with the Institute as its consulting agronomist. During his tenure in this position, he provided valuable guidance on agricultural matters to the members of the Institute, and to the limestone industry as a whole. In addition, Dr. Hinish assumed an active role in educating farmers and others of / veivetleaf pigweed the agronmic value of agricultural limestone. Along with these distinctions, Hinish received the “Man of the Year Award” in 1977 from the Pennsylvania Plant Food and Protectant Educational Society, was a 1978 recipient of the “Ex tension Award” presented by Gamma Sigma Delta, and received the “Extension-Industry Award” from the Northeast branch of the American Society of Agronomy. Hinish has been assi. NORRISTOWN Montgomery County Conservation District will hold a Conservation Tillage Conference on Tuesday March 13, at 10 a.m. at the Family Heritage Restaurant in Franconia. The restaurant is located on Route 113 approximately % mile north of where Route 113 passes over the northeast extension of the turnpike. Exhibits and coffee and donuts will be available at 9:30 a.m. This year the Conservation District will be leasing out three pieces of conservation tillage equipment for farmers to try. The Sunflower Banvel dean Montgomery plans conference SOMETHING TO CHOW ABOUT. L LOW CLASSIFIED RATES WITH EXCELLENT RESULTS! PENNSYLVANIA POLLED HEREFORD ASSOCIATION IE & GOLD SPRING SAL BL SHADY LANE SALE BARN, Quarryville, PA (V* mi. west of Quarryville, off Rte. 372, on Oak Bottom Rd.) 28 FEMALES ★ 5 BULLS THE GET & SERVICE THESE BREED LEADERS * ROCKY BANNER * JUSTIFICATION * VINDICATOR * PROUD LAD * K 47 UBl * SPECIAL EDITION * PROGRESSOR * JURYMAN * FRAMEWORK * TOP GUY OR CATAL CRAIG PETERSON Box 62 Abbottstown, PA 17301 717/259-0250 and associate director of the Penn State Cooperative Extension Service for the past two years. Prior to that he was assistant dean and assistant director for ad ministration, management and training for the Penn State Ex tension Service. He has been a member of the faculty since 1954. A native of Curryville, Blair County, Hinish graduated from Penn State in 1951 with a bachelor of science degree in agronomy. He received his master of science equipment includes a John Deere and an International 4 row no-till corn planter and a 10 ft. wide Tye no-till drill. The program will begin with a review of no-till in Montgomery County in 1983. Types of crops no tilled in the county will be discussed along with problems and successes. Edward Brzostek of the USDA Soil Conservation Service will show a slide show on crops no tilled last year. Joseph Way, County Agent, will discuss managing no-till/minimum-till, including fertilization, herbicides and insects. Equipment dealers will show short films and discuss operation of their no-till equip ment. Maynard King, Conservation District Manager will explain the County’s 1984 no-till equipment lease and technical assistance program. Evelyn Yeagle, Executive Director of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service will review their agricultural cost-share program. The morning session will con clude with a panel of farmers that have no-tilled in the county. They will share their no-till experiences. Lunch will be off the menu at your own expense from 1 to 2 p.m. at which time planter signup and ANNOUNCES 1984 MARCH 17th - 3:00 PM FEATURING: •GS: degree in 1953 and his doctor ot philosophy degree in 1955, also from Penn State. During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy as a pilot. In 1963, Hinish took a leave of absence for one and a half years to serve a chief agronomist on an agricultural development project in West Pakistan. He is married to the former Janet Emigh of Roaring Springs. They are the parents of two children. exhibits will again be available for review. After lunch, William Van Fossen, Technician with SCS, will discuss and show slides on how to plow in your own conservation practices. A film covering no-till and minimum till narrated by Peter Meyers, Chief of SCS, will be shown. The film shows many pieces of equipment and Mr. Meyers’ viewpoints on them. Tanya Mason, Soil Conservationist with SCS, will conclude the program with a slide show on where and why conservation practices are needed. Robert E. Little, John Deere Dealer in Zieglersville, and Erb and Henry Inc., International dealership in New Berlinville, are sponsoring a portion of the meeting. Some no-till equipment will be on display outside. For further details or directions please call the USDA, Soil Con servation Service at 279-1178 or the Montgomery County Conservation District at 278-3618. Please support GRADING -12:00 Noon Tom Debrosky Bill Holloway AUCTIONEER Ken Brubaker 215/696-5483 SALE DAY PHONE 717/786-2750 SEE OUR ADDITIONAL AD IN THE CLASSIFIED SECTION OF THIS ISSUE PAGE C 42