A34-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 15,1984
Alfred College holds Dairy Day
Some participants in the second annual "Alfred Dairy Day" hosted by Alfred
State Agricultural and Technical College gather here to discuss the program. From left
are William Edington of Gainesville, student moderator for a panel discussion on the
topic “Feeding and Managing Over 20,000-Pound Herd”; panelist Dennis Smoker of
Genesee, Pa; Russell Giesy, Alfred faculty member and program coordinator; panelist
Ronald Button of Jasper Rl; and Gary Snyder of Randolph, representing Farm Credit
Service of Olean, who spoke on "Maximizing Income Over Feed Cost.” College officials
said 92 persons attended the program, a substantial increase over last year when at
tendance was 60.
Alfred team gets ‘late’ title
ALFRED N.Y. - The good news
came a bit late, but it still was
welcomed by the dairy judging
team at Alfred State Agricultural
and Technical College.
The team competed at the
Eastern States Exposition in
Springfield, Ma., this fall and went
home with the second-place
trophy.
They returned the prize a few
days ago, however-in exchange
for the championship award.
Expo officials discovered a
scoring error long after the terms
had departed and subsequently
notified Alfred coach Russ Giesy
that the new tools gave Alfred the
judging title.
The figures showed Alfred with
2,117 points, compared to 2,092 for
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College. Prior to discovering the
error, judges had awarded
Morrisville first place and Alfred
second.
“I can’t say I was too surprised
to learn of the error,” said Giesy.
“I know the scores were extremely
close and in fact I had some doubts
that the original totals were ac
curate.”
The coach also said he was
“extremely pleased” to win the
first-place prize because “the
team did such a superb job during
the contest.”
There was also good news from
the judges for two of Alfred’s team
members-Dale Covert of Freedom
and Elizabeth Harkenrider of
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Covert exchanges his third-place
award for the first-place prize as
the highest scoring individual in
the contest (736 points).
Harkenrider, instead of fourth,
finished third with her 695 total.
The third member of the “newly
crowned” championship team was
Ann M. Luno of SpringviUe who
was seventh overall. Tyler J. Hill
of Cattaraugus RD 2 was the
alternate.
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Rural Caucus organized
YORK - State Rep. John H.
Broujos, of parts of Cumberland,
York, and Adams counties, is a
charter member of the newly
formed House Democratic Rural
Caucus. The caucus was formed to
be a source of information and
forum for issues affecting the
growing number of Democrats
representing rural districts.
“I want to insure that rural
Pennsylvania get its fair share of
revenues and legislation,” Broujos
said. “Farmers’ legislative in
terests include the environment,
education, economic development,
tax reform and the delivery of
services.”
The caucus was formed Nov. 28
and elected Rep. Ken Cole of
Adams County the chairman.
A member of the House
Agriculture Committee, Broujos
has been active in farm legislation.
He sponsored the prompt payment
for poultry bill, which got all the
way through the House and the
Senate Agriculture Committee,
missing a final vote in the Senate
and in the rush of year end
legislation.
At the formation of the Caucus,
Representative Cole said,
TUNKHANNOCK - Silver Lake
Farms of Shickshinny, Luzerne
County, has received an Award of
Merit for Superior Achievement
from the Pennsylvania Depart
ment of Agriculture, according to
Regional Director Russell Gunton.
“The farm and egg packing
plant owned and operated by
Stanley Ftorkowski and Sons are a
shining example of Pennsylvania
agriculture at its finest,” said
Gunton. He praised the firm’s
consistency in maintaining high
standards at its egg packing
facilities.
Silver Lake Farms is the only
one of 62 participants in the
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“Although many of the rural
members have worked together on
various legislative initiatives, we
felt it was time to formalize the
process. By creating this caucus,
we will be better able to explore
areas of common concern and
bring in experts in these areas to
help us develop effective solutions
to our problems.”
Cole said the rural members
have more in common than
agricultural concerns. He said the
participants at the first meeting
expressed interest in a wide range
of issues including the en
vironment, education, economic
development, tax reform and the
delivery of services.
“Agriculture plays an important
role in most of our districts,” Cole
said, “but we also share concerns
in the full spectrum of state
government issues. Although
many problems are of statewide
importance, rural areas have a
unique outlook on many of these
issues.”
Cole added that rural viewpoints
on local tax reform and issues
affecting local governments must
be considered in any statewide
plan for action.
Program to be honored this year.
Under the PA Certified Egg
Program, operators agree to pack
eggs that meet higher standards
than those specified by state law.
The Luzerne County firm
produces all the eggs they market
to consumers, restaurants and
institutioas in the Wilkes-Barre,
Scranton and lower New York
State area.
In making the presentation,
Gunton said, “Silver Lake Farms
deserves this honor. As a
progressive member of the state’s
number one industry, the company
has assumed a leadership role in
the production, packing and
marketing of a quality product.”
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