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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Three wasted crop residues into high
companies have been licensed by quality cattle feed.
the federal government to use a The process, in which crop
new chemical process developed * residues are treated with a solution
by a U.S. Department of of hydrogen peroxide so that cattle
Agriculture researcher for con- can digest them, is being patented
verting indigestible and often by USDA and licensed through the
Franklin CIA elects officers
Newly-elected officers of the Franklin County Crop Im
provement Association are (seated, I'to r); William Swailes,
Willow Hill, president; Wayne Kuhns, Chambersburg, vice
president: (standing I to r): Wayne Beidel, Newburg,
secretary; Kenneth Schoenberg, Shippensburg, state
director; and J. Nelson Wengert, Chambersburg, treasurer.
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New chemical process mates crop
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Service. It was invented by J.
Michael Gould, a biochemist with
USDA’s Agricultural Research
Service at the Northern Research
Center in Peoria, HI.
“The leaves, stalks and stems of
crops like corn, wheat, oats, rice,
and barley pack a lot of car
bohydrate energy in the form of
fibrous cellulose,” said Gould.
“Normally,” he explained, “the
cellulose can’t be efficiently
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Wayne County Extension elects new officers
HAMLIN - The annual re
organizational meeting of the
Wayne County Cooperative Ex
tension Executive Committee was
held at J and J Lounge, Hamlin, on
Jan. 7.
New officers elected for two
year terms were as follows:
Robert Muller Sr., president; Fred
Nordenhold, first vice-president;
Philip Gottschalk, second vice
president; Marjorie Marshall,
secretary; Susan Rickard,
assistant secretary and Attorney
Jeffrey Wander, treasurer.
New members of the committee
who were elected at the annual
meeting in September were in
troduced. They are; Marjorie
Marshall, Shirley Reed, Betty
Mang, Leon Reed, Debbie Bryant,
Joseph Kromoasky. and Louis
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residues digestible
digested by cattle. A plant sub
stance called lignin glues cellulose
fibers together and shields them
from bacteria in the animal’s
digestive tract.
“But treating the residues with
hydrogen peroxide dissolves the
lignin so that the digestive bacteria
can reach the fibers.”
Gould said that hydrogen
peroxide can also be used on crop
residues to facilitate the
production of industrial-grade
ethanol.
Mang. Catherine Johnson, Louis
Mang, and Joseph Krompasky
were honored for having served
four years on the committee.
Jeffrey Wander and Louis Mang
were appointed to represent the
group on the Regional Extension
Executive Committee. Dale Teeple
and Lewis Locklin will serve as
alternates. Jeffrey Wander was
recently appointed by the Regional
Executive Committee to serve as
an alternate delegate to the
Pennsylvania Council of
Cooperative Extension
Associations (state Executive
Committee). Robert Muller was
appointed a member of the annual
meeting committee of the state
association.
Earl Simons, Wayne County
commissioner, and Reg Wayman,
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Ann Whitehead, patent <
dinator for the agency, said
rights to the commercial m
Gould’s invention have
granted to Food and
Breakthru, Madison, Wis.; |
Agricultural Products, St. {
Minn.; and Interox An«
Houston, Tex. A fourth comp
Southwest Bio-energy, Q,
N.M., will probably be licem
use the process in the near ft
She said that the compania
pay a royalty to the govemnu
chief clerk, Wayne County (
missioners’ Office, attended
meeting and spoke to the gt
They reported on county gov
ment activities including
waste disposal, disas
assistance, Delaware River B
issues, storm water manages
Lake Wallenpaupack Water
Management District, gypsy n
revenue sharing and the co
budget.
The next meeting of the
tension Executive Committee
be held Feb. 3 in the Exten
Office. It will be the an
planning meeting at which
priority problem areas m
county will be identified to pro
a basis for the staff to uo
planning Extension activities
programs.
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