A3B-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 15,1986
Schultz Brothers Top
Columbia County DHIA
BY HELEN KELCHNER
Columbia Co. Correspondent
ORANGEVILLE - At the recent
DHIA banquet in Orangeville,
several Columbia County
dairymen were given awards for
outstanding production and herd
management.
Schultz Brothers Farm of RD 9
Bloomsburg was recognized for
having the high fat herd average.
Frank Jurbala of Rohrsburg had
high herd average in milk
production.
Dick Yule, president of
Columbia County producers,
garnered two awards for most
improved fat and most improved
herd average production. Yule
State Farm/City Kick-Off
BY EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
CHAMBERSBURG The State
Kickoff Banquet was held here at
Wilson College Tuesday evening
under the banner Pennsylvania-
The Farm City State. Featured
speaker was Pennsylvania
Agricultural Secretary Dr.
Richard E. Grubb.
Dr. Grubb said the Farm/City
Program organized in 1955 brings
about a better understanding of the
rural and urban segments of the
state population. “Our un
derstanding of each other is so
critical,” Grubb said, “because of
the high rural population we have
in Pennsylvania. Over 3% million
citizens live in what is classified as
rural areas. We have farmers and
nonfarmers who are backyard
neighbors. They share common
interests and they share common
resources.”
“The timing of Farm/City Week
is also important,” he said. “At
this time of year we are in harvest
time and it’s appropriate that we
use this occasion to pause and
reflect on the bounty of our earth.”
In looking at the history of
farming, Grubb said it didn’t
change very much from the time
the settlers arrived in America.
For several hundred years, horse
power and man power dominated
the work force. Change really
came around 1920 and the next 30
years were called the
farms in R.D. 1 Millville.
John Turofski of R.D. 1
Catawissa received a special
award for low somatic cell count.
Ken Stackhouse, Columbia
County DHIA Supervisor-Tester
for nearly 40 years, was recognized
for his long years of service and
dedication to the dairy industry.
Representative Ted Stuban was on
hand to present the award and
recognize the retiring Stackhouse
for the fair and honest methods he
employed over the years.
Dick Yule announced that Janet
Smith would replace Stackhouse as
the new DHIA tester in Columbia
County.
mechanization era of agriculture.
Animal and man power were
replaced by the gas engine and
electricity.
In about 1950 to 1980 another era
came into being. This era is called
the chemical use era. Antibiotics,
growth hormones, improved
fertilizers and improved pesticides
dominated this period of
agriculture.
All these changes had a profound
impact on our agricultural
production. The result was that ag
production outpaced all other
industries. Now we are looking at
the biotech/information tech era.
Grubb said he believes this new
era will advance agriculture even
faster. “The new biotechnology
and the computer age will have a
tremendous impact on how. we
farm,” he said.
Penn State,
STATE COLLEGE - More than
a bowl game’s at stake when Penn
State and Pittsburgh clash here
Saturday (Nov. 22) at Beaver
Stadium. The winner also takes
home a four-foot trophy and $l,OOO
in scholarship money presented by
the Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion
Program.
A replica of the old fashion milk
can, the bronze trophy will be
presented to the winning coach by
dairyman Jim Harteis, Eben
sburg, chairman of the program’s
advisory board.
jvolved in PR 's Conservation Award are (left to right): James Huber - Chair. Lane.
Co. Commissioners: Don Smith - PP&L Area Manager; Brent Shunk - PP&L Co. V.P.
Lancaster Division; Amos Funk - Chair. Agriculture Preserve Board; Alan Musselman -
Director Agriculture Preserve Board.
National Conservation Award
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The
Pennsylvania Power & Light
Company has been named a
recipient of an American Farm
land Trust Achievement Award
for Excellence in Agricultural
Conservation. The award was
made today by AFT Trustee
William Reilly, president of the
World Wildlife Fund/Conservation
Fund, during a ceremony at the
National Press Club in
Washington, D.C.
The AFT Achievement Awards
are given annually to honor in
dividuals and organizations that
have made outstanding efforts to
conserve the nation’s agricultural
resources. American Farmland
Trust is a private, non-profit “PP&L’s action, taken without
Pitt Play For Milk Can Trophy
“We dub this game the ‘Penn
sylvania Dairy Classic’,” Harteis
said, speaking for the 4,000 state
dairymen who support the state
promotion program.
The “milk can” trophy also
could symbolize the 1986 state
football championship. Penn State
PP&L Co. Gamers
organization
cause.
PP&L was cited for its actions to
protect nine adjoining farms in
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
from development. Before a
planned sale of the property, the
company placed conservation
easements on the land, restricting
it to agricultural use. The
easements protect 636 acres of
unique, highly productive
agricultural land in an area under
growing development pressure.
The property is the second largest
contiguous tract of land under
permanent protection in Penn
sylvania.
picked up it’s first “milk can”
when the football team beat
Temple September 6.
“By winning a second one
Saturday,” Harteis notes, “the
Nittany Lions can claim the
mythical championship of Penn
sylvania.”
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Compacted soil comes from heavy
machinery traffic over a period of
years. Traffic compacts the top soil
forming hard pan beneath the surface.
Water is unable to seep through the hard
pan and instead drains down the
compacted tire lanes,carrying away
valuable top soil and chemicals.
The root system is deprived of its natural
soil enviomment and has access to only
the moisture above the hard pan and
between compacted areas. Compacted
soil lacks the necessary air and moisture
for effective material decomposition.
This can leave your soil deficient and
pastures drought prone. Compacted soils
are caused by ever increased stocking
rates and you, as a farmer, must take
remedial action or suffer the
consequences.
The AER-WAY inter-tine cultivation ani
shattering effect relieves compaction
across the treated areas. These changes
in the soil profile enchance 3 IT,
water and fertilizer movement as
well as provide an improved
environment for root elongation.
compensation or tax advantage, is
a significant contribution to
agricultural land conservation,”
said AFT President Grossi. “It
serves as an outstanding example
for other corporations who care
about the future of our agricultural
resources.”
Other AFT Achievement Award
recipients are: Peter Myers,
Deputy Secretary, USDA, for his
work on behalf of the Conservation
Title of the 1985 Farm Bill; the
Maryland Agricultural Land
Preservation Foundation, in
recognition of its exemplary
program to protect, the state’s
farmland from development;
Merton Timmerman, for his 12
year, voluntary effort to develop
local farmland preservation policy
in St. Croix County, Wisconsin;
Sister Laura Noy, Project Director
of Minnesota’s
Program, which has taught over
110,000 school children the need to
protect agricultural land; and the
Land Trust Exchange, for im
proving the effectiveness and
capacity of local conservation
groups.
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