Ag advisory board appointments made in Md.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. Ten management, ornamental hor
agricultural organizations have ticulture, and turfgrass
named representatives to a farm management,
program advisory board for the The institute’s farm program
Institute of Applied Agriculture at advisory board will concern itself
the University of Maryland in with the first two curriculum
College Park. areas, Dr. Seibel said. It has ap-
In addition, two Maryland pointed five committees to deal
farmers are serving as members- with the following areas of con
at-large, according to Ronald J. cem; including recruitment and
Seibel, institute director. The lAA visibility of the institute, facilities,
is a two-year technical program in scholarship, curriculum, and in
agriculture and related industries, temships for students including a
preparing students for specific job bank for permanent em
occupations in farm production ployment.
and management, agribusiness A major question to be ad
"I'd Quit Farming Before
I'd Give Up My Steiger"
“A lot of people think you need 1,000
to 1,500 acres to justify owning a
STEIGER, but that’s just not the case.
I’ve been farming 400 acres with my
Cougar since 1979, and with the money
J I have invested in this tractor, I’ve
Bob Miller, Lebanon, PA, Farms 400 Acres »WW'regretted the PUTChaSB for a
With The ST-251 Cougar 111 He Purchased minute.
From C.B. Hoober In 1979.
BECAUSE STEIGER INCREASES PRODUCTION - • •
“Hitching an anhydrous tank
to my 15-tooth chisel, I can chisel Amjj
and apply nitrogen in one step at
a rate of 10 acres per hour. Quite
a time and labor saver, this
tractor.”
CUT COSTS..
Per Acre
AND DECREASES REPAIRS...
“I’ve had no repair expense whatsoever, except routine maintenance.”
AND MANEUVERS LIKE A 2WD TRACTOR...
“Size is not a problem. No problem getting in and out of small fields
with the larger 4WD tractor.”
H STEIGER CAN ANSWER YOUR TRACTOR
PROBLEMS EVEN IF YOU DON'T FARM 1,000 ACRES
ALL NEW AND USED
PRODUCTS BACKED
BY
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PARTS
& SERVICE
“As a comparison with my 2WD
tractor pulling a 9-tooth chisel
coTte and no anhydrous tank, I found I
was using 2 gallons of fuel per
acre. With my current Steiger
set up, I am actually using only
1.25 gallons per acre.”
.2 WE
STEIGER
dressed is “How can we maintain former state master of the Grange,
strong programs in tight times? ” Other board members are:
Advisory board officers are: Harford county - Wilbur B.
Chairman - Richard F. Price, Pearce, Perryman, partner in a
Phoenix, a Baltimore county dairy family-owned sweet com growing
farmer and member-at-large. and processing operation. Pearce
Vice-chairman - Bert Waybright, represents the Maryland Farm
Gettysburg, a dairy farmer Bureau,
representing lAA alumni; Baltimore - J. Robert Frazee,
C, Rodman Myers of Thurmont, Gardenville, assistant vice
a Frederick county dairy farmer, president for association super
had acted earlier as interim vision, Farm Credit Banks of
chairman. He will serve as past Baltimore, headquartered at
chairman on the executive com- Sparks (Baltimore county).
mittee. Myers represents the Baltimore county -
Maryland State Grange. He is a Shea, Timonium,
Says Bob Miller, Lebanon, PA
STEIGER
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Department’ of Agriculture at
Annapolis.
Howard county - William p,
Brendel, Daisy, a livestock
producer and board member-at
large.
Frederick county - John L.
Morris, Braddock Heights,
secretary of the Maryland
Holstein-Friesian Association, Inc.
Washington county - Ray M.
Johns, Leitersburg, a farm
equipment dealer and vice
president of the Mar-Del-Va Farm
Power and Equipment
Association.
Prince Georges county - Kevin
Maxwell, Mitchellville, a
vocational agriculture teacher at
Crossland high school near Camp
Springs. Maxwell represents the
Maryland Vocational Agriculture
Teachers Association.
Charles county - H. Travis
McPherson, Manjemoy, an Ex
tension tobacco agent in Charles
county. McPherson represents the
Maryland Association of County
Agricultural Agents.
Out-of-state - Robert W. Bryan,
vice-president for member and
public affairs, Southern States
Cooperative, Inc., headquartered
at Richmond, Va.
Committees of the institute’s
farm program advisory board are
expected to meet throughout the
spring and summer. The next
meeting of the entire board is set
for Tuesday, Oct. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in
the Institute of Applied Agriculture
conference room on the College
Park campus.
Due to the weather, this past
week’s conservation demo
program in Lebanon County has
been rescheduled for 1 p.m.
Tuesday at the intersection of
Evergreen Road and South Lincoln
Ave., near the Cedar Crest High
School.
The program is being held by the
Cedar Crest FFA in cooperation
with the Lebanon County Con-
servation District and Soil Con-
servation Service.
For more information and the
specific times of demonstrations,
call Karl Hellerick, Lebanon
County Soil Conservation at 272-
3377.