Grain drying meeting scheduled in Lancaster
LANCASTER - Area farmers
will have a chance to learn ways to
increase their profits in com
production when grain experts
gather in Lancaster on March 7.
The Grain Drying Conference,
sponsored by Pennsylvania Power
& Light Co. and the Pennsylvania
Cooperative Extension Service,
Southeast Region, will be held
CREAMERY - Bill Hayes,
longtime agronomist with the Soil'
Conservation Service Mid-West
Region will speak at 7:30 p.m. on
Feb. 26, at the 4H Center in
Creamery. Mr. Hayes is a
nationally recognized expert on
ridge tillage farming and is the
author of “Minimum Tillage
Farming” and “No-Tillage Farm
ing”.
Mr. Hayes will appear at a
course being offered by the
Cooperative Extension Service and
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from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the
Lancaster Farm and Home
Center, near the intersection of
routes 30 and 72.
The main speaker will be Bruce
McKenzie, professor of
Agricultural Engineering at
Purdue University, who will speak
on energy-efficient drying of
shelled corn and proper
Hayes to speak
on ridge tillage
the Montgomery Conservation
District. The course will be opened
to all farmers and individuals
interested in hearing Mr. Hayes
for that evening only.
“Montgomery County farmers
have widely adopted No-Till
Farming” according to Bill
Steuteville, Course instructor.
However, ridge farming, which is
especially good for heavy wet soils
such as are found in the county, is
still untried here.
For further information, call the
Conservation District at 489-4506.
State
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management of com in storage.
McKenzie has advised farmers
across the country on grain drying
and feed systems layout for more
than 30 years.
Jon Carson, assistant professor
of Agricultural Engineering at The
Pennsylvania State University,
will address the group on drying
conditions in Pennsylvania, and
he’ll talk aboitt safety.
Farmers interested in new
markets for high-quality corn will
benefit from a panel of local com
buyers who will describe their
quality requirements. Panel
members include representatives
of a pet food company, a com chip
maker and a grain merchant.
The conference costs $5, which
includes lunch. Registration for
the conference should be made by
Feb. 28. Forms can be obtained
from county Cooperative Ex
tension Service offices in
southeastern Pennsylvania.
Dauphin Co. to hold
Ag Center benefit auction
HARRISBURG - Commitments
for consigned or donated items are
now being accepted for Dauphin
County’s second annual Ag Center
Consignment Auction scheduled
for April 5, at the Grate
Fairgrounds. Farm equipment,
tools, lumber, household goods,
lawn and garden implements,
antiques and other collectibles will
be accepted.
The auction is held for the
benefit of the future Dauphin
County Agriculture and Natural
Resources Center. The Center will
be located on the northeast comer
of the intersection of Routes 325
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and 225 in Middle Paxton town
ship. The Center will be available
for public meetings and provide
offices for the Dauphin County
Conservation District, Dauphin
County Cooperative Extension
Service, and the U.S.D.A. Soil
Conservation Service (SCS) and
the Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service (ASCS).
If you have items to donate or
consign contact; Ron Kopp,
Middletown, 994-5028; James
Lesher, Gratz, 365-3419; Merv
Adams, Millersburg, 692-3076; or
the Dauphin County Conservation
District, 558-1090.
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