VOL. 30 No. 47 The All American the best of the best A new dairy princess, and the best examples of all the dairy breeds...that's what the All American Dairy Show has come to mean to the state, and even to the Northeast. For Lancaster Farming’s exclusive same-week coverage of this Extension agents from across U.S. meet in Hershey HERSHEY - More than 1,000 county agricultural agents are converging on this central Penn cvlvania resort for the 70th annual meeting of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents. The convention, which opens Sunday and continues until Ihursday, was four years in the making, according to I Lancaster r »unty extension agents Glenn ■Shakand Jay Irwin. In addition to hearing a variety “1 high-level speakers, the agents ill have the opportunity to learn about central Pennsylvania agriculture by participating in s °nie of the 20 tours that have been ‘'theduled by planners of the event. ihe tours, which will be hosted b\ agents from the respective f "unties, include a total of 84 stops i" I en counties. The convention may well be the largest in the organization’s history, despite the fall date, which, it was thought, would deter families with children from at tending, said Shirk, Instead, many agents and their families have registered, pushing total attendance well above 2,000 Four Sections and requiring spillover ac comodations at a variety of hotels and motels throughout the area. Speakers for the event include Governor Dick Thornburgh and USDA officials like Dr. Mary Nell The Hershey Lodge and Convention Center, the site of next week’s convention of county extension agents. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 28,1985 Greenwood, Administrator ot the Extension Service, and Richard Rankin, Deputy Administrator for Management. Other speakers include: • Charles M. Kittrell, executive exciting event, review pages A 22 to A 24. For coverage of the coronation of Elizabeth Heald of Centre County as Pennsylvania's 1985 Dairy Princess, turn to pageßl4. vice president of Phillips Petroleum Co. • Bryce Jordan, president of Penn State University • Russell G. Mawby, chairman of the board and executive officer §7.50 per Year of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation • Jim Meston, Director of Human Resources, Westinghouse Headquarters In addition to the formal sessions and official business, the con vention will also feature a full slate of “professional improvement sessions,” on a variety of topics, including farm income, rural development, urban programs, youth activities and ad ministrative management and public relations Sites on the tours include agricultural highlights like the Sperry-New Holland Assembly Site, in New Holland; the Em-Tran embryo transfer facility in Elizabethtown; Atlantic Breeders Cooperative in Lancaster; Penn field’s feed and poultry operations, Rodale Organic Farm; and the extremely modern Frey Dairy Farm near Columbia. Other tours include locations of general interest, like Seltzer’s Lebanon bologna plant, San Giorgio’s pasta plant, Utz’s Potato Chips factory, the Betty Groff Farm and Three Mile Island nuclear power plant.
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