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
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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.
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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, ,<e said. “I see
Jerseys making a comeback. The
value is there, and it’s proven
more with protein pricing. That,
along with the fact that feed costs
are decreased, makes the Jersey
cow a valuable investment.”
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