Delaware 4-H’ers
Robert Cooper
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Sussex County 4-H’er Robert
Cooper (16) will join the Delaware
delegation to the National 4-H
Congress in Chicago early next
month. The Seaford youth plans to
pursue a career in business man
agement. He won his trip with a.
successful citizenship project,
sponsored by the Coca-Cola
Foundation.
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Charles Carlson
Camden 4-H’er Charles Carlson
(19) selects lumber for another
construction job- a spin-off of the
successful wood science project
which will take him to Chicago
early next month as a Delaware
delegate to the National 4-H Con-
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gress. Carlson, who is currently
studying architectural engineering
at Delaware Technical and Com
munity College’s Terry Campus in
Dover, plans a career in architec
ture or construction. Since gra
duating from high school in June,
1986, he has helped in his father’s
carpentry and roofing business.
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Manual
Farming And
Environmental Needs
Disposing of manure, fertilizing
fields and at the same time staying
within state environmental guide
lines, is a challenge for Pennsylva
nia farmers.
To help them, the state Depart
ment of Environmental Resources
and the Cooperative Extension
Service have developed a com
prehensive Manure Management
Manual for Pennsylvania.
The benefit of the manual to
environmental efforts has been
recognized by the State Conserva
tion Commission. The commis
sion recently gave its Special Ser
vice Award to the manual’s editor,
Penn State professor of agricultur
al engineering Robert Graves.
The manual demonstrates how
DER’s environmental protection
requirements can be integrated
into ordinary farming operations,
and describes basic manure man
agement alternatives. It ties in to
the Chesapeake Bay program in
the Northeast, which is trying to
reduce polluting nitrate run-off
into rivers and the bay.
The manual provides informa
tion and state guidelines for most
livestock operations typical in
Pennsylvania. It includes eight
booklets: manure management for
environmental protection; field
application of manure; and sepa
rate booklets for manure manage
ment for dairy cows; swine; poul-
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Tim Wilson
Georgetown 4-H’er Tim Wilson
(17) will head for Chicago early
next month as a Delaware delegate
to the National 4-H Congress. His
trip is being sponsored by Case IH
and Purina Mills, Inc. While pur
suing his prize-winning agricul
ture project, Wilson made more
than $9,000 profit raising swine,
tomatoes, peppers and watermel
ons. He hopes to become a mason
and farmer.
Balances
try, beef, veal calves, and one for
horses, sheep, goats and small
animals.
“Having the manual available in
eight separate booklets gives spe
cial attention to each of the areas,”
Dr. Graves says. “The manual is
written in plain language, and is
easy for farmers to use. While it
isn’t a legal document, it clearly
states the guidelines that the state
wants farmers to follow.”
The manual was prepared by a
technical committee that included
several Penn State’s College of
Agriculture faculty, as well as U.S.
Soil Conservation Service special
ists, and representatives from the
state Department of Environmen
tal Resources, the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture, farm
organizations and the state legisla
ture. It was produced by Penn
State’s Agricultural Information
Services.
The manual is available at DER
regional offices in Norristown,
Wilkes-Barre, Harrisburg, Wil
liamsport, Pittsburgh and Mead
ville. The contents of the manual
are also on PENpages, the statew
ide computer network operated by
Penn State’s College of Agricul
ture. For information on how to
access PENpages with a home
computer, contact your county
Cooperative Extension office.