*34—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, May 19,1984
Md. research
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make even greater strides.
Today’s agreement, a supplement
to the 1957 Memorandum of Un
derstanding between USDA’s
Agricultural Research Service and
the University’s Agricultural
Experiment Station, enables our
two institutions to share expertise
and facilities in this important
area.”
“I am proud of the highly ef
fective working relationship
between tlie Land-Grant
universities and the Department of
Agriculture, ” Secretary Block
stated prior to signing the
documents. “It has proven itself
many times over in the search for
new techniques to feed, clothe and
shelter the men, women and
children who inhabit this earth in
rapidly increasing numbers.”
Following the ceremony,
Secretary Block and others in
attendance were taken on a tour of
the BARC facilities.
The USDA’s BARC installation
encompasses more than 7,000
acres and employs 400 senior
scientists at its Beltsville,
Maryland location, about 15 miles
northeast of Washington, D.C. This
research facility represents about
Ag deed seminar slated
LANCASTER The Lancaster
County Agricultural Preserve
Board and the Lancaster County
Bar Association are co-sponsoring
a half-day seminar on agricultural
land preservation deed restric
tions. The seminar will be oriented
to attorneys, accountants,
bankers, estate planners, land
appraisers and farm organization
leaders.
The preservation deed
restriction program options will be
discussed in detail, with emphasis
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one-sixth of the USDA’s nationwide
Agricultural Research Service
(ARS), according to the Center’s
associate director, Dr. Essex
Finney.
Tour attendees were guided
through the Center’s orchards and
conservation tillage areas, as well
as a portion of the animal science
facilities where several ongoing
research projects were explained.
One project involves the attempt
to identify the sex of sperm. Ac
cording to Dr. Finney, this
capability would be worth an
estimated $7OO million a year to the
livestock industry.
In another area of the
reproduction laboratory, visitors
watched on closed circuit
television as researcher Robert
Wall used micro-injection to in
troduce sperm directly into an
unfertilized swine ovum. Ac
cording to University scientists,
such techniques improve
reproductive efficiency and permit
the introduction of selected
characteristics from one in
dividual into the offspring.
Other research carried on jointly
by BARC and the University’s
Agricultural Experiment Station,
involves the use of monoclonal
antibodies in the diagnosis of virus
on tax and estate planning im
plications.
The seminar is planned for
Friday, June 15, from 8:30 a.m. to 1
p.m. at the Brunswick Inn, Lan
caster. Luncheon is included in the
$12.50 fee. Registration is' open
until Wednesday, June 13.
Registration forms are available
from the Lancaster County
Agricultural Preserve Board of
fice, 50 North Duke Street, Lan
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Otticiais took on as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture John Block (center, foreground)
prepares to sign a Memorandum of Understanding providing for cooperative
biotechnical research between the USDA and the University of Maryland. Flanking the
Secretary are (left) Assistant Secretary of Science and Education, Orville Bentley, and
Or. John S. Toll, president of the University of Maryland.
types. Breakthroughs in this area
have led to the rapid diagnosis of
avian influenza, and may also be
used as control measures for insect
pests such as the gypsy moth.
The day’s tour concluded at
Beltsville’s National Agricultural
Library, where Secretary Block
was introduced to the library’s
computerized full text data base.
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During closing remarks
following the tour, Secretary Block
noted that the 1985 budget provides
for additional funding for the areas
of biotechnology and biogenetics.
“In the mid-70’s we were
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Secretary Block concluded. “This
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through which agriculture may
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\ Width
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60’ 215 323 432 540
70' 251 376 504 630
80’ 287 431 576 720
90’ 323 485 648 808
100’ 359 539 720 900
110’ 395 593 792 989
120’ 431 648 864 1080
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140’ 503 755 1008 1260
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