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American Agri-Women review activities, legislation BY JOYCE BUPP meeting, with a review of affiliate Staff Correspondent chapter activities and pending ag- WASHINGTON, D.C. related national legislation. American Agri-Women met in York Agri-Women Gail Mc- Washington April 9 and 10 for the Pherson, New Park, and Joyce annual mid-year planning Bupp, Seven Valleys, represented Patti Zee, New Jersey fruitgrower, distributes Resource Guides to AAW members. , 24” - */« H.P. FAN /j w/Hanger, Cord, Motor, Grill & jMjk;! Switch Ti SALE $129.00 *99“ Galv. 36" FAN V 4 H.P. w/Energy Efficient Motor Reg Price $330 00 SALE ‘269” ZjX Alum. 36" Shutters ( Reg $90.00 W TOv i SALE $ 69’ 5 American Cool Air Member of AMCA Heavy Duty 60" Agricultural CEILING FANS *57.00 • 5Yr Warranty • Aluminum • UL Approved Construction • 5 Speed Control Agstar Stainless Steel Rotary & Fenceline hd A, "v ’if Feeders M V S Plastic Pan Wastes Drainage System for Farrowing Crates above without woven wire flooring Two frames ere show with plastic pans , lomed together The *1 _ frame in beck has a t.ii mH farrowing crate in Side view of pen position atop the showing collars that woven wire flooring loin adjacent pans Flex-Auger Systems, PVC Tubing, 2”, 3", 4" Diameter Systems yyC Suspension /Feed utei // Hooks J Drop Curved II Auger I| Tub * Bin Boot Z li I Pennsylvania at the sessions, neid at the Capital Holiday Inn. Following business sessions, AAW hosted a congressional reception at the Rayburn Building and members made individual visits to their district House and Senate representatives. An update on the AAW Resource Center included the distribution of a revised Agriculture Education Resource Guide, compiled and edited by New Jersey orchardist Patricia Zee. The Guide is a 35-page, paper back compilation of printed materials and audio-visual aids available for teaching about the nation’s agriculture industry. It is geared especially toward use by educators, consumers and spokespersons for agriculture. Sources of the hundreds of ag related educational aids range from private ag-business cor porations to government agencies, and from agriculture commodity groups to lending firms. Most of the printed literature listed in the resource guide is available either free of charge or at relatively low cost. AAW’s Resource Guide can be used as an information tool for teaching Ag in the Classroom, a USDA top priority educational program for teaching students an appreciation of American FEED BUNK * Polyethylene Bottom Reg * • S'/iFt. Bunk „ Sale *129 OO Reg. $93.00 SALE *76*» ba ’ e UV,W Metering \fDirect Drive Drop or Belt Drive Box Power Unit Feed Level Switch isaJ Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 28,1984-815 agriculture. Thirty-eight states are now in volved in integrating Ag in the Classroom into their educational curnculums, according to Mildred Schultz, Michigan, an AAW vice president and chairman of the education committee. Clarion Venango County starts search for Dairy Princess CLARION COUNTY - The 1984 Clarion Venango County Milk Promotion Committee has begun its search for a Dairy Princess. To qualify for competition, participants must : • be the daughter of a dairy farmer. • be 17 to 22 years of age • have completed her junior year of high school by June 1984 •be a Clarion or Venango County resident. Any girl interested and qualified should contact Linda McHenry at 275-2342, Janice Henry at 275-3740, or Polly Keefer at 473-3529 before April 28,1984. This year, instead of askmg non farm businesses to sponsor this program, the Milk Promotion Committee is asking dairy farmers to financially support it. The Dairy HYDRA / AUGERS jfJMf For Trucks & Gravity Wagons^^ Ideal For Fertilizer Spreading Reg. SALE 6"xl4' Gravity Box Auger $624.00 *559.95 B"xl4’ Gravity Box Auger . $868.00 *779.95 1 6"xl4'Truck Auger . . . .$823.00 *739.95, Above Models Come With Tube & Auger Hyd. Motor, Hopper, Variable Delivery Speed & Spout, Heavy Duty or HD (IT Available on Special Order) Agriculture Education Resource Guides are available, at $2.00 per copy, from Patricia Zee, AAW Resource Center, Route 1, Box 398, Glassboro, New Jersey 08028, or by contacting Gail McPherson, Penn’s Agri-Women, Rl, New Park, 17352. Princess travels to schools, grocery stores, and farm and non farm meetings to promote dairy products. She also does many radio commercials. In addition to the Dairy Princess pageant, the Milk Promotion Committee will be active at the Clarion Mall Promotion on June 1 and 2. It will also sponsor an ice cream social in the mall parking lot from 5 to 9 p.m. on June, 2 proceeding a square dance. To support these activities write a check payable to “Milk Promotion Committee” and send it to Polly Keefer, R 2 Rimersburg, PA 16248. 36" PORTABLE FAN, Vi HP 10,000 CFM - 20 Ft. 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