A36—lincastf Funning, Saturday, May 12,1954 Little Acres (Continued from Page A2O) This year provided the culmination of the production award with Michelle winning the coveted Brunges Award for high production in the youth division. In fact, this was the first year that all three Lusks won production awards, bringing home first, fourth and fifth places. Lisa also claimed second prize in the National Pot O’ Gold Sale. Production is not their only forte. This family, has won many shows also. Their winnings include many District 4-H Champions. Both T.i.«m and Michelle have won the Championship of the Pennsylvania All-American Junior Show. Type and production combine to identify the goals of this family for the future. They hope to continue to breed cattle that do well at the milk pail and on the tanbark. Their Computer service to be available NEWARK,' Del. Delaware farmers will soon be able to access Grassroots America, the new on* farm videotex service introduced to the nation earlier this year. Hailed as the country’s newest farm management tool, Grassroots is a joint venture of three major farm cooperatives (Agway, Inc., Cenex and Southern States Cooperative, Inc.) and Videotex America. In turn, Videotex America is a joint ven ture of The Times Mirror Company and Infomart, a Canadian videotex system. The service was in troduced Monday, March 12, to farm and agribusiness groups at a Washington, D.C., media con ference. According to University of Delaware extension farm management specialist Don Tilmon, Grassroots is scheduled to go on line in Delaware around July 1. A member of the system’s data base advisory committee, he hails it as a valuable new tool for area farmers. Users will be able to access thousands of electronic pages of constantly updated news, weather, market and management information any time of day or night. Bruno Leps, general manager of Grassroots America, describes the system as “the nation’s first full* color, full-scale, two-way in teractive videotex service, based on the new NAPLPS (North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntex) videotex stan dard.” The service can be accessed by way of a simple converter attached to a subscriber’s television set, microcomputer or stand-alone terminal. However, if possible, Tilmon recommends the use of either an IBM PC or Commodor 64 computer because of their greater flexibility in handling data. Users can store market charts and in formation on discs for future study. The Delaware Cooperative Extension Service will use the system as a vehicle for disseminating information to farmers. Besides providing instant access to market and production in formation, Grassroots offers in teractive farm and financial management programs and electronic mail. It also has a full scale on-farm banking and shopping capability. With the service, farmers will have access to weather forecasts in the form of full-color maps for a 50-mile radius of their farms. They will also have access to con tinuously updated futures markets with charts and graphs, local elevator prices, market analyses, research reports, government bulletins, equipment reviews, plus chemical, seed and feed data, and more. All this information will be in one place, always up-to-date and immediate plans include coor dination of their breeding program so more cattle freshen at the right time for specific shows and/or sales. Another family goal is to finance college educations for these teen agers. Lisa will graduate from high school this year and plans to enter Penn State University majoring in Dairy Production/ Pre-Veterinary Science. With Michael being very accomplished in the athletic field and Michelle involved in many school activities, one wonders how they find time to invest so much effort in a dairy operation. Connie sums up this family’s attitude. “Jerseys are worth it! We enjoy working with them and that makes the effort worthwhile.” Lusk’s Little Acres plans to con tinue in the “small but mighty” frame of mind. available when needed right at home. Grassroots farm management programs include a mortgage calculator, a sprayer cost calculator, farrowing returns calculator and dozens of others. A unique feature of the service is that a major part of the cost of providing and maintaining its computerized farm management data base is borne by agribusiness who sponsor programs, generate content and provide constantly updated information on their products and services. The result, says its developers, is a com petitively priced service for the farm user. Grassroots America will be introduced in a three-state area Maryland, Delaware and Penn sylvania in midsummer. In 1985 it will be expanded to other agricultural areas of the U.S. YOUR HOLLAING DEALER C.K. WILEY & SON INC. 101 S. LIME QUARRYVILLE, PA. PHONE (717) 786-2895 ‘Dutch’ Lusk (Continued from Page A2O) could get together more often and knew each other better.” The result seemed to be a very high number of junior members. Dutch has trucked many junior members and their animals to district and state shows. This role has spanned many years. In the recent past most of his time has been devoted to helping his grandchildren. He bought calves PMMB, Farm Show reviews HARRISBURG - The Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee will meet on Wed nesday, May 16 at 9:30 A.M. in Room 459, Main Capitol to for malize a plan for conducting the sunset review for the Pennsylvania Farm Show Commission and the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board, along with any other business to come before the committee. On Wednesday, May 23, public hearings will be held by the Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee to hear testimony as to whether or not the Pennsylvania Farm Show Commission and the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board should continue. The public hearing for the Pennsylvania Farm Show Com mission will be held at 9:30 A.M. in Room 459. The public hearing for the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board will be held in the same room, beginning at 10:30 A.M. Anyone wishing to testify at either or both of the public hearings must register by con tacting Sen. Edward W. Helfrick’s office at 717/787-8928, 185 Main Capitol, Harrisburg, PA 17120. Deadline for registration is 4:30 P.M., Monday, May 21. Prior to testifying, each person must submit ten written copies of their oral presentations. MOW YOUR HAY WITH THE NEW NH MODEL 499 This 12 foot Model 499 Haybme® mower-condi tioner gives haymakers all you’ve been asking for Takes only seconds to switch from swath to windrow Patented Rolareel header and chevron rubber conditioning rolls offer the ultimate in cutting and condition- MuHln mg And dual sickles assure top capac- IfSol ity in tough conditions This one s got it ait* for his grandchildren at the Pennsylvania Jersey Calf Sale in Bedford several years ago. This was the start of Jerseys for his son, Bob’s family. Although walking and riding are painful due to ar thritis, Dutch supervised his grandchildren showing at the state show was recently as two years ago. represents the hope the Lusks have to cattle which combine production and type herd prospect. This jersey calf continue breeding for an outstanding AND Most Wonted Dutch thrives on Jerseys. He has kept up to date with Jersey ac tivities and sees a bright future for the Jersey breef* “There used V more Jerseys than Holsteins, ,