ALFRED With summer fast annual Ag Summer Weekend approaching, Alfred State Camp for youth ages 14 to 19 is Agricultural and Technical College scheduled July 12 to 14 on campus, has announced that its second The weekend is a joint venture of teenagers is scheduled for July 12-14 at Alfred State Agricultural and Technical College. 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Deadline is June 12 to register for the three-day event during which a variety of agriculture related laboratory instruction sessions will be offered under supervision of college faculty and staff. „ Besides professional instruction, the weekend cost of $55 includes two nights’ lodging in a college Hunterdon FLfeMINGTON. NJ - The annual search is on for young women to compete in the 1985 Hunterdon County Dairy Princess Contest. The title sounds im pressive. .and the responsibilities assumed by the princess for the year of her reign are significant. She becomes Hunterdon County dairy industry’s ambassador and promoter of milk and dairy products through a variety of activities. She appears at milk promotions in malls and super markets across the state, speaks to many school audiences, civic and service clubs. To be eligible to compete in the Hunterdon Contest, you must be 17 to 24 years of age, single, and have some dairy farm background. 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Lab sessions from which young people may choose during the weekend include the following Milking procedure, arc welding, oxy-acetylene cutting, hay- tool fundamentals (I and II), tractor operation, swine breeding, dairy nettle hreedme nest control, dairv dairy princess contestants needed Judging is based on a number of qualities, including appearance, personality, ability to speak in public, knowledge of dairy far ming, milk and dairy products. In the contest a winner and runner-up are chosen. Both will compete in the state contest, which is held during Flemington Fair. The Hunterdon contest is scheduled for Sunday, June 9, during Dairy Farm Open House on the Ernest Kuster farm Raritan ’B5 winter wheat crop up HARRISBURG Based on May 1 conditions, Pennsylvania’s 1985 production of winter wheat is expected to be above 1984 levels, according to the Pennsylvania Crop and Livestock Reporting Service Acreage to be harvested is forecast at 215,000 with a yield of 39 bushels per acre. 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The judging will take place a day earlier; crowning, though, will be part of open house day. Any questions on the dairy princess program should be ad dressed to Mrs. Schwab, or to the Cooperative Extension Service office. We’ll see that you get the application form. Deadline for dairy princess applications is Friday, May 31 7,740,000 pounds. Pennsylvania, Type 41 acres harvested were 7,700 with an average yield of 1,900 and production of 14,630,000 pounds. Hay stocks on Pennsylvania farms as of May 1 totaled 966,000 tons, 412,000 tons above last year’s level. U.S. winter wheat production is forecast at 1.97 billion bushels, four percent less than last year’s production of 2.06 billion bushels. Total 1984 U.S. tobacco production was 1.73 bilbon pounds, 21 percent abqve 1983 production. All hay stocks on farms as of May 1 totaled 26.86 million tons, 33 percent above that stored on May 1,1984. 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