016192 1799 PERIODIC 1 -,? A n cTATF»IN tVFW& ' ! 7 Si p &Rtot pft VOL. 35 NO. 39 ROCK SPRINGS (Centre Co.) A wide range of agriculture-related programs Irom animal welfare to conserva tion to biotechnology will be part of the 22nd annual Ag Prog ress Days sponsored by Penn State’s College of Agriculture, August 14-16. Held at the university’s 1,500 acre Russell E. Larson Agricultur al Research Center at Rock Springs near State College, the ihree-day event attracts lens of thousands of people from farms, small towns and large cities. To allow more people the chance to visit Ag Progress Days, hours for the event have been ex tended. Ag Progress Days will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday August 14 and 16 and from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, August 15. “We hope to see many first time participants take advantage of after-work hours on Wednes day,” said Keith Stevens, assistant to the dean for alumni relations This Week’s-tesue Features Full Ag Progress Days Preparation Coverage The Robert Hartung family gathers around the “Rohart rock” that they brought with them when they moved from New Jersey to Franklin County In April 1989. Sea ted on the rock are Robert Hartung holding grandson Brandon Beldel, and wife Kathy holding grandson Benjamin Beldel. In the back are Curtis Carbaugh, Hartung’s hired man; son Thomas; daughter Susan Beldel and her husband Brad; Robert Hartung Jr. and his wife Debbie, holding Heather. Hartung Family Hosts Franklin Club BONNIE BRECHBILL Franklin Co. Correspondent MERCERSBURG (Franklin Co.) Recent “immigrants” to Franklin County hosted this year’s Franklin County Holstein Club’s Field Day. The Robert Hartung family of Mercersburg moved here from Belvidere, New Jersey Six Sections Ag Progress Days To Open August 14 The crowd on Main Street during Ag Progress Days. For the map and schedule to locate events and exhibitors, turn to pages El 7-24. and special events. “We also want to give travelers some additional time to tour the facilities.” This year’s theme, “Food and Environmental Quality: Preparing in April 1989. Robert Hartung, Sr. runs the operation in partnership with his two sons, Thomas and Robert, Jr. Farming at Rohart farm is a family project. Wife and mother Kathy, who sells real estate, feeds Calves and does the farm’s book keeping. Robert Jr. is the field Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 11,1990 for the 21st Gentry,” will highlight many of the issues that will face Pennsylvania and the world in the years and decades to come. “Ag Progress Days is an oppor man, and his wife Debbie feeds calves and does the registrations. Thomas is responsible for the cows. Daughter Susan Beidel, who farms with her husband near Newburg, is the accountant for her parent’s operation. Hired man Curtis Carbaugh, who “came with (Turn to Pag* A5O) 50C Per Copy tunity to show visitors the many ways that agriculture touches our lives today, and to look to the fu ture,” said Dr. Lamartine F. Hood, dean of Penn Slate’s College of Egg Marketing Program Fails In Referendum HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) A proposal to establish a mark eting program for Pennsylvania eggs failed to muster sufficient votes for enactment in a referen dum conducted in late July. State Department of Agricul ture officials said that although 57 perccntjaf the producers balloting approved the program, they own ed only 43 percent of the laying Pa. Pork Producers Council , .National Board Announce Election KUTZTOWN (Berks Co.) The election of pork pro ducer candidates for the 1991 National Pork Producers delegate body will take place at 8 p.m., Thursday, August 16, in conjunc tion with a board of directors meet ing of the Pennsylvania Pork Pro ducers Council at the region VI office of the Pennsylvania Depart ment of Agriculture in Summer dale. All Pennsylvania pork pro ducers are invited to attend. Pennsylvania Century Farm Owners Recognized HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) Thirty farms were recently designated by the Department of Agriculture as official Pennsylva nia Century Farms, according to Slate Secretary of Agriculture Boyd E. Wolff. “We are pleased to honor these farm owners for their dedication and contributions to our agricultur al heritage. The farm family is still $15.00 Per Year Agriculture. “We want to show visitors the scope of issues that their College of Agriculture is ad dressing and how the research (Turn to Pag* A5l) hens represented by those voting. For passage, the proposal had to attract a majority of the voles cast and those supporting it had to own a majority of the laying hens. Ballots were mailed to 118 pro ducers who each owned 30,000 or more laying hens. The results were tabulated Aug. 1 by a teller committee. Any producer who is a resident of the state and has paid all assess ments due under the national 100 percent checkoff may be consid ered as a delegate candidate and participate in voting. Nominations will be taken from the floor at the lime of election For more infor mation, contact the Pennsylvania Pork Producers Council, RD 2, Box 219, Kutztown, PA 19530, (215) 285-6519. the backbone of our state and nation, and we are firmly commit ted to the preservation of our farm land resources,” he said. The Century Farms Program was established to help publicize the strengths and durability of our farm families and to stress the importance of agriculture to all citizens of the Commonwealth. To (Turn to Pag* A 49)
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