Even though you can count the
number of dairy farms in
Delaware County on your fingers,
and, even though the number of
acres occupied by condominiums
is greater than the number of acres
occupied by field corn and
soybeans, Delaware County has a
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present
The Second Annual %
Northeast Trade Show
Resorts International Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Sunday, November 9,1986
2:00 Northeast Trade Show Kick-Off Speaker: Donald L.
Shiflet, Senior Vice President, Farm Credit Banks of
Baltimore, presents "A Lender’s Perspective of
Agriculture in the Northeast Today and Tomorrow.”
3:00 Visit over 90 exhibitors as the show floor opens for
the day.
3:00 Receive FREE Cholesterol Screening.
6:00 Exhibitor booths close for the night. Common hospitality
hour opens on the show floor.
Monday, November 10,1986
7:30 EggPAC Breakfast
9:00 Professor George B. Walter from Lawrence University
presents "No Man Is An Island." x
9:45 Suzanne S. Harris, Ph.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Food and Consumer Services, USDA, speaks on
"U.S. Food Consumption Trends and Cholesterol
Education"
10:30 Attend your choice of two "can’t miss” workshops:
"Leasing and Agriculture A New Environment,”
presented by Jay M. Swanson, National Marketing
Manager - Agriculture, of John Hancock Leasing Corp.,
Boston, MA; “Insuring Your Enterprise - In A Changing
Marketplace,” presented by William Fox, Jr., President
of Balis & Co., Inc., Philadelphia, PA
11 :00 Over 90 exhibitors once again bring the show floor
to life.
11:00 Free Cholesterol Screening resumes.
1:00 Luncheon carts open on the floor.
4:00 The floor closes. Adjournment.
Dozens and Dozens of Opportunities
DON'T MISS THEM!
For rpore information, contact:
Christine Bushway
Northeast UEP
(603)868-2824
Pre-Registration Form
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admission to the show for both days
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Hood Observes Delaware County Agriculture
large agricultural industry ac
cording to Jeff Jabco, Delaware
County Extension Agricultural
Agent. Recently, Penn State
University’s new Dean for the
College of Agriculture visited
several of the agricultural
businesses in the county.
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Lamartine F. Hood assumed his
duties as the tenth dean of the
College of Agriculture on March 1
of this year.
Dean Hood grew up in Bucks
county and received his B.S. and
PhD from Penn State in dairy
science and food science,
Bruce Limpert
Wengers Feed Mill
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Resorts International Hotel
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Sunday, November 9,1986
2:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Monday, November 10,1986
7:30 to 4:00 p.m.
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respectively.
Hood comes to Penn State from
Cornell University where he was
director of the New York State
Agricultural Experiment Station
and associate director for research
in the College of Agriculture and
Life Sciences. He was responsible
for Cornell’s research and ex
tension programs involving the
production and processing of fruits
and vegetables. Hood went to
Cornell in 1968 as an assistant
professor of food science.
Part of the Dean’s job is director
of Pennsylvania’s Cooperative
Extension Service, which offers
informal education programs of
The Pennsylvania State University
to the residents of the Com
monwealth in family living,
agriculture, 4-H and the Expands!
Food and Nutrition Education
Program. Penn State is an af
firmative action, equal op
portunity employer. The extension
service is “cooperative” because
appropriations are allocated from
the Delaware County Council, the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
and the federal government.
Most rural communities
associate the extension service
with the “county agent” who gives
agricultural advice. Delaware
County has a large agricultural
industry in greenhouse production,
the tree service and lawn care
industries, and nursery/garden
Rockey Marks 25 Years With PSU
UNIVERSITY PARK -
Assistant to the director of
agricultural short courses Melvin
B. Rockey has been with The
Pennsylvania State University for
25 years.
Starting as an assistant registrar
in 1961, Rockey transferred to the
College of Agriculture in 1964. He
coordinates short courses and
conferences in agriculture.
“The College of Agriculture
works with state program leaders
for the Cooperative Extension
Service, academic departments,
and agricultural industries to
develop educational programs for
practitioners and consultants. We
coordinate them with those offered
by the rest of the University. This
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center operations. Dean Hood, his
wife Emetine, and Jim McKeehen,
Regional Assistant Director for
Southeast Pennsylvania visited
several of the county’s agricultural
enterprises. McKeehen is
Delaware County’s former
Agricultural Agent.
Mostardi’s Greenhouse and
Garden Center, Newtown Square,
was the first stop of the day. The
garden center, greenhouse and
outdoor chrysanthemum
production was shown by Steve
Mostardi, owner. The next stop of
the day was lunch at The Scott
Arboretum of Swarthmore
College. Judy Zuk, director of the
Arboretum, and her staff were
hosts to Delaware County ar
borists, William Johnston and John
Ward, and the Dean’s group.
Following lunch and a tour of the
arboretum, a visit was made to
Wedgewood Gardens, Glen Mills,
and was hosted by owner Joseph
Hoplamazian. Wedgewood Gar
dens in primarily a wholesale
greenhouse operation, growing
foliage, bedding and flowering
potted plants.
Dean Hood enjoyed visiting
some of the agricultural operations
in Delaware County and, as was
told by Jim McKeehen, “we
wanted the Dean to see some of
Pennsylvania’s agriculture other
than cows.”
system has worked out well,” says
Hockey. In all, Penn State offers
more than 450 programs for
professional development.
Among the most popular short
courses in agriculture are the Tax
Week Workshops, the Ice Cream
Short Course and the Penn State
Turfgrass Conference.
“Workshops in farm management
have been an area of growth lately
and this year we have nearly 25
programs scheduled,” he says.
Rockey received a bachelor’s
degree in general agriculture and
a master’s degree in agricultural
economics, both from Penn State.
He is involved in many college and
community activities.
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