A22-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 15, 1987
PA All-American Opens Sept. 21 In Harrisburg
"Dairy Distinction" best
describes the 24th Pennsylvania
All-American Pairy Show sche
duled for September 21-23 at the
Farm Show Complex in
Harrisburg.
The strength and vitality of the
dairy industry is supported through
competition and activities at the
Industrial Uses For Com
MINNEAPOLIS If you had
bought a new Plymouth car in
1937, and CMA had been used as a
deicer on all the roads during the
succeeding SO years, your car
would only now be starting to
show signs of rust, the crowd at the
recent 1987 National Com Grow
ers Association Com Classic in
Minneapolis was told.
Dr. Lawrence Hudson, senior
project manager. New York State
Energy research and Development
Authority, told com growers how
corn-based CMA and other new
products made from com grain and
com stover are emerging through
the efforts of several research
programs.
Among the most promising are
biodegradable plastics, calcium
magnesium acetate (CMA), petro
chemicals from sugars, sugars
from cellulose (cobs, husks and
stalks), lignin chemistry, and com
cob-derived ignition improver for
alcohol-diesel engines.
Hudson pointed out CMA is
effective, non-corrosive and envir
onmentally safe. The major draw
back at this time is cost, but new
estimates show even that problem
could be overcome.
All-American. Exhibitors from 26
states and Canada will vie for over
$84,000 in premiums and blue rib
bons in six dairy divisions.
The caliber of competition is
indicated by the fact that three
national shows are scheduled for
this year. Open and junior divi
sions will be held in the National
Show Great Promise
Currently, small-scale CMA
production from commercial ace
tic acid and dolomitic lime costs 40
cents per pound. According to the
SRI report, large-scale production
would drop the cost to 27 cents per
pound. Large-scale production
from com syrup fermentation and
same-vessel reaction with dolomi
tic lime (with com at $2.40/bu.)
would put the price at 19 cents per
pound. The price would drop even
further, according to SRI, with
large-scale production from com
using halophiles, 14 cents per
pound, or from com stover using
halophiles, to 13 cents per pound.
Hudson pointed out that at a cost
of 13 cents per pound, com-based
CMA would be cost efficient for
use by cities and states without
raising taxes. This also takes into
account the savings in time and
expense for road and bridge repairs
and maintenance which would
have occurred with the use of salt.
If CMA was adopted on a wide
basis, about 10 to 20 million tons
could be used each year which
would require up to 700 million
bushels of com.
Hudson also asked com growers
if they would like to make pesti
Guernsey Show, the Eastern
National Brown Swiss Show and
the Eastern National Holstein
Show.
The show’s coordinators have
worked hard to bring the best of
dairy industry to the PAADS.
They have changed the schedule
cides from their ownproduct, not
ing that com stover can be pro
cessed to make pesticides, phar
maceuticals, adhesives, cosmetics,
plastics, fabrics, ethanol for fuel
blending, nylon and castings.
A 10 percent ethanol-blended
gasoline is available for cars, and
now “every major diesel engine
manufacturer is looking at ethanol
to meet the new pollution stan
dards by 1991,” said Hudson. He
told the group that Cummins
Engine Company and Daimler-
Benz have operated several
hundred diesel vehicles in Brazil
on ethanol with ignition improver.
“Com growers may benefit
through new demand for com cobs
as a feedstock for ignition
improver,” Hudson noted.
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this year to better accommodate
exhibitors and improve the judging
competition for all participants.
A new Junior Dairyman’s Con
test will' honor individual state
winners and top-placing 4-H and
FFA teams who best combine their
judging and management skills
with knowledge of the dairy
industry.
Opportunities to socialize in
between the competition will be
offered for members of the dairy
industry at the Pennsylvania Dairy
Princess Coronation on September
19 and the All-American Banquet
on September 21.
Once again the Invitational
Youth Judging Contest will offer
college students the chance to
match wits and dairy judging skills
to earn prestige among their
national peers. The Pennsylvania
Junior Dairy Show and the Pen
nsylvania 4-H and FFA Dairy
Judging Forum also offer our
youth the opportunity to improve
their judging and exhibiting
abilities.
The entry deadline for PAADS
competition is August 21. A $lO
late fee will be charged for entries
postmarked between August 22
and September 3. Exhibitors’
information is available from the
livestock office at the Farm Show
Complex by calling
717-787-2905.
Cumberland has eliminated Hie
grill to give birds better access
to feed, and to keep them from
becoming trapped in Hie pen.
i Pans are easy to install,
dean and service. r
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Adult
Turkey
Feeder
NORTHEAST AGRI SYSTEMS, INC.
FLYWAY BUSINESS PARK
139 A West Airport Rd. Lititz, PA 17543
(717) 569-2702
It's From
Following is the schedule for
activities, which are all free and
open to the public.
Monday, Sept. 21
8 am- Invitational Youth Judging
Contest
8 am- Pennsylvania Junior Dairy
Show
7 pm- All-American Banquet,
Sheraton East Harrisburg
7 pm- Invitational Brown Swiss
Show
Tuesday, Sept 22
9 am- National Guernsey Show
9 am- PAA Milking Shorthorn
Show
10 am- Junior Dairyman Contest
10 am- Pennsylvania 4-H and FFA
Judging Farm
Wednesday, Sept. 23
9 am- Eastern National Brown
Swiss Show
1:30- Pennsylvania State Jersey
Sale
Thursday, Sept 24
9 am- PAA Jersey Show
Noon- Eastern National Holstein
Show (dry cow, calf, heifer and
bull classes)
1:30- Pennsylvania Elite Ayrshire
Sale
7 pm- All-American Holstein Sale
Friday, Sept. 25
9 am- Eastern National Holstein
Show (milking classes and
groups)
9 am- PAA Ayrshire Show
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