A3o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 17,1984
Pa. Game Commission
UNIVERSITY PARK - For his
many years of conservation work
and outstanding contributions to
the wildlife cause, Kenneth
Goodwin, Penn State head of
poultry science, was awarded the
Pennsylvania Game Commission’s
Senior Wildlife Conservation
Award on March 6.
“It is only on rare occasions that
we feel we are justified in
presenting this award, and this is a
special moment in the Game
Commission’s history,” said
Eugene Nelson, assistant chief of
game management, Pennsylvania
Game Commission, who presented
the award.
“Dr. Goodwin has served in his
present position for 17 years,”
Nelson said. “The Game Birds
Industry was rather small and just
beginning to expand when he
guided and encouraged his three
divisions, the Farm, Resident
Research Department, and
Poultry Extension, to cooperate
and qssist not only the Penn
syvlania Game Commission but
the Commercial Game Bird In-
Beef field
MT. AIRY, Md. - Carroll
County, Md. beef cattle producers
will have an opportunity on
Saturday, March 24, to see
demonstrated the proper use of
good cattle handling facilities at
the Beef Cattle Handling Field Day
at Dr. Emmett Full’s Back Acres
Angus farm, 3950 Twin Arch Road,
Mt. Airy, Md.
The Field Day held in
cooperation with Dr. Full and the
Maryland Cooperative Extension
Service is open to anyone in
terested in learning more about
cattle handling equipment and
seeing demonstrations on cattle
identification techniques, im
planting with various growth
stimulants, and castration using
the new non-surgical chemical
method. This will be the first time
honors Goodwin
dustry with our many and varied
complex problems.”
Among other services to the
Commission, Goodwin made
available the help of the farm staff
to hatch all of the wild turkey eggs
for one season when the com
mission’s incubators failed to
function.
Goodwin, who plans to retire in
June, has been head of the Poultry
Science Department since 1966.
Under his direction, the depart
ment has provided programs in
resident education, research and
Extension that are designed to
meet the needs of a rapidly
changing agricultural technology.
A native of Ossining, N.Y., he
earned a bachelor of science
degree in agriculture, master of
science degree in animal genetics
and histology and a PhD in animal
genetics from Cornell University.
Before coming to Penn State, he
was a geneticist at Kimber Farms
Inc. in Fremont, Cal. and at
Heisdof and Nelson Farms in
Redmond, Wash. In 1975, he was a
day slated
Maryland cattlemen will have the
opportunity to see this new
castration method demonstrated.
Other topics on the day-long
program includes a talk on heifer
selection and evaluation using
performance records and visual
appraisal of animals in Dr. Full’s
herd. Many livestock equipment
and health supply companies will
have displays set up at the Field
Day.
A roast beef luncheon will be
served at noon. Pre-registration of
$2.00 per person (children under 12
free) is encouraged and should be
mailed to J. William Clark, Ex
tension Agent, Agricultural
Science, 9811 Van Buren Lane,
Cockeysville, Md. 21030.
Registration at the Field Day will
be $3.00 per person.
Food and Agriculture Organization
consultant in Bangalone, India.
Goodwin has served as Director
of the Poultry Science Association,
associate editor of the Poultry
Science journal, a member of the
Industry Relations Board and a
member of the Board of Directors
of the World’s Poultry Science
Association.
He is a fellow of the American
Association for the Advancement
of Science, a member of the
American Genetic Association, the
Genetics Society of America, the
American Institute of Biological
Science, Sigma Xi, honorary
research society, Gamma Sigma
Delta, honorary agricultural
fraternity and Epsilon Sigma Phi,
honorary Extension fraternity.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Dale
Morns, Agronomist with the
Maryland Department of
Agriculture, Turf and Seed Sec
tion, was recently honored “For
his outstanding contributions to the
seed industry and Maryland
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Com
modity and farm storage loans
disbursed in March by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s
Commodity Credit Corporation
will carry a 9-7/8 percent interest
rate, according to CCC Executive
Vice President Everett Rank.
The new rate, down from 10
percent, reflects the interest rate
charged CCC by the U.S. Treasury
in March, Rank said.
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The Pennsylvania Game Commission, presents the com
mission’s Senior Wildlife Conservation Award to Kenneth
Goodwin, Penn State Head of Poultry Science. The award is
given only on rare occasions. Dr. Goodwin received the award
for his many years of conservation work and outstanding
contributions to the wildlife cause.
agriculture” by the Maryland Crop
Improvement Association.
In his congratulatory remarks,
Secretary of Agriculture Wayne A.
Cawley, Jr., said “This is another
example of a job well done by a
member of this Department. You
are a credit to the Turf and Seed
Program”.
Cawley also expressed a feeling
of extreme satisfaction that
members of the State’s
agricultural industry do take
notice of the excellent work being
done by his Department and are
thoughtful enough to publicfy
acknowledge the efforts of its
individual members.
Morris was bom in York, Pa.,
raised in the Beltsville area of
Prince George’s County and
graduated from High Point Senior
High School. In 1976 he received a
Bachelor of Science degree with a
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major in Agronomy from the
University of Maryland where he
was a member of the Phi Eta
Sigma honor society. Prior to
joining the Maryland Department
of Agriculture staff in 1978, Dale
was employed with Giant Food,
Inc., and as a federal grain grader.
As the Turf and Seed Section
Agronomist responsible for the
seed certification work in
Maryland, Dale has shown a
dedication to his assignment that
has resulted in a steady increase in
the certified acreage grown in
Maryland while maintaining high
standards of quality. He willingly
and enthusiastically devotes long
hours when necessary to get the
job done.
Dale, his wife Veralynn, and
their young son Christopher, make
their home in the Laurel area of
Howard County.
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