UNIVERSITY PARK - Penn State this week hosts the largest outdoor showcase of university programs and agricultural technology in the East. More than 75,000 people attended Ag Progress Days la'st year-and they weren’t just farmers and researchers! There’s something for every member of the family at the an nual event. Penn State family living specialists and Extension home economists have developed a computer exhibit with four com puters to give visitors hands-on experience. Financial planning and farm stress management are among the topics covered in the specially designed computer programs. Demonstrations are scheduled in the College Agriculture Building on a rotating basis throughout each of the three days so visitors will have ample opportunity to see each one. A sort of “cozy comer” will be in the “Ask The Experts” Tent where families can relax while children use crayons to draw their own “memory” of Ag Progress Days. Computers UNIVERSITY PARK - Visitors returning to the 1985 Ag Progress Days during August will notice something new. This years theme, “Growing With Computers,” in volves computer demonstrations under the roof of a new building. “The College of Agriculture has always had carefully planned displays,” says Dr. John Skelly, professor and head of the Department of Plant Pathology and chairman of Ag Progress Days’ special display committee. “But this year, we thought it would be appropriate to pick a theme that would cross department lines and create a real show for the college’s benefit. This will bring people inside.” Computers, Skelly says, involve all the College’s depaijpients, “They represent the modern technology that farmers use,” he adds. “We hope visitors will recognize the computer as the major tool it is to the farm system POURED REINFORCED CONCRETE C • Giro • Ret; • Grav • Rec • Slat' • Base Buil -ip* * ■oiL We are qualified to handle any poured concrete job you may need. 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The family living exhibits are one of many places at Ag Progress Days that you can get a taste - literally - of what Penn State and agriculture are all about. Visitors can also stop by the Red Bam at the top of the exhibition area where students in the College of Agriculture will have Penn sylvania produce on sale in the Country Store. Fruit and juices, milk and cookies and lots of other edibles will be there. in business management, en vironmental control and disease prediction.” Among the computerized displays inside the College’s building are: • An office automation system, including demonstrations m electronic mail and laser printing, from Extension Computer Ser vices. • A soil information center from the Department of Agronomy that will demonstrate techniques in infrared forage analysis. • An animal evaluation system that uses ultrasonics to measure lean and fat in live animals, from the Department of Dairy and Animal Science. • Programs that can help far mers establish the optimum size for a bulk tank, the cost ef fectiveness of a heat reclaimer system and the best milking systems, also from the Depart ment of Dairy and Animal Sciences. D FOR DURABILITY in new Near the main information booth Ag Student Council will offer french fried mushrooms, hot sweet com, hot dogs and plenty of ice cold drinks. In addition, many service organizations will have food booths with sandwiches, soups, broiled chicken and all the extras for lunch. After a taste break, visitors with children will want to see the 4-H tent with its food and nutrition exhibits and various demon strations. Children can join in the festivities with barn games and turtle races. (The speedy turtles, respectfully named Head, Heart, Health and Hands, will be provided by 4-H.) 4-H’ers will give demonstrations of rabbits, goats and sheep in the afternoons. Mornings, the Shavers Creek Nature Center will host a special predator exhibit featuring owls, snakes and hawks. If you’re interested in more animals-stop by the Dairy and Livestock tent to see the deer and beef cows. Meanwhile in the lecture building you’ll find entertainment- building • Software on insect management from an “Extension Office of the Future” from the Department of Entomology. • Electronic “tools” for decision making, covering everything from food preservation to auto care costs to mental stress, from both the Southeast Region’s Extension Family Living program and state Extension family living specialists. • Displays on computer mapping for natural resource management and gentic research on Christmas trees from the School of Forestry Research. •An answering service from Extension’s Plant Disease Clinic that enables visitors to solve common plant problems through easy computer programs. • A system of poultry industry controls, from the Departments of Poultry Science and Ag Engineering. |i Grain Bin Prices Rolled Back Tol97BLevels Stormor has announced one of the most exciting *.r a limited w ® are offering 1985 quality sales events ,n the history of the company S °rmor gram bins at 1978 prices Stormor is rolling back the prices on their entire f tor ™ r b,ns offer heavy duty all-steel construe line of field proven Stormor gram bins tlon ,or years of Spendable, maintenance free „ service See us today for complete details and a free, no-obligation quote LOUCKS GRAIN EQUIPMENT, INC. 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Tickets are free, and are available at the conservation tent. A bus will transport people to the woodland and wildlife demon stration area. Buses will leave every hour, on the hour f ro m 11 00 to monitor grain condition YORK - With more than 53,917 bushels of loan grain stored on York County farms, York ASCS chairman Harry Wolf recently urged producers to continue to check the quality of their farm stored grain to assure that it remains in good condition. “Proper maintenance of farm stored gram-whether it’s in the grain reserve or under loan-is the full responsibility of the farmer,” he said. When wheat or other grains are stored on the farm for extended periods, regular in spections are required in order to detect insect infestation or grain deterioration. The market value of infest slant wheat may be sub reduced if the insect See Us At AG PROGRESS DAYS Located On W. 6th Street foot-stomping music the whole family will enjoy-string bands will provide live entertainment at noon in the lecture building. Regular features at Ag Progress Days will include the Pasto museum with antique home and farm implements, tours of agronomic and horticultural research plots, conservation areas and all the latest agricultural equipment. Look in the schedule for field demonstrations to see the machinery at work. a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The woodland tour will be a walking tour lasting about one hour. Soil and water conservation tours will leave from the con servation tent every 20 minutes from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This tour is a riding tour with optional unloading stops. The tour lasts about one-half hour. Persons taking this year’s soil and water conservation tour will received a free packet of black-eyed susan seeds as a part of the 50th An niversary of the National Soil Conservation Program. ASCS urges farmers damage is sufficient to lower the grain quality. Wolf said ASCS is currently inspecting random samplings of wheat, oats and barley in the reserve. Where problems exist, producers will be instructed to recondition the gram, rotate it with new crops or repay the loan. “Farmers should not rely on our spot checks as a substitute for their regular inspections, however.” Farmers are also reminded to obtain ASCS authorization before comingling rotating, moving or selling gram under loan. Penalties will be imposed when the grain is removed or disposed of before repayment or before a release authorization is obtained from ASCS. A 1978 i\ nil I H, RO #l2 Box 307 York, PA 17406 (717) 755-2868
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