<■- 161,2 „ u MTs. VOL 36 No. 12 To take advantage of the very mild January weather earlier this week, Jack Coleman, driving tractor, and Fred Ranck took the opportunity to bale a load of corn stalks for bedding. The photographer caught up with the operation off Cherry Hill Road south of Paradise in Lancaster County late Tuesday as the all-day clouds rolled off to the east just in time to allow the late afternoon sun to break through on this picturesque farm scene. Many tourists that come to Lancasterto see the local farms also get this view because the Strasburg Rail PDPP Hires Manager, Seeks To Maximize Effect Of Promotion VERNON ACHENBACH JR. Lancaster Farming Staff' HERSHEY Dauphin Co. New faces will be involved in statewide milk promotion, Biotechnology Impacts Vegetable Growers, Consumers ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Farming Staff HERSHEY (Dauphin Co.) Imagine a world where Three-year-old Adam Fincke and his two-year-old sister Caroline enjoy cider and apples at the Vegetable Confer ence held In Hershey. The children's parents are fruit grow ers Doug and Talea Fincke of Montgomery Place Orchards In Redhood, N.Y. Five Sections according to announcements made Monday at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program (PDPP). In its fourth year, the PDPP is an tomatoc* don’t have to be picked when green for transport, where they can freshen on the vine and then be trucked, with no softening. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 2, 1991 organization funded by milk pro ducers in the state. The state is divided as to how funds are fun neled from dairy farmers to rep resentative dairy promotion right to the grocer. Imagine seedless peppers. Imagine strawberry batches that can survive even the harshest frost, never having to endure gray mold or the ravages of insects. Because of recombinant DNA, Jay Irwin Announces Retirement EVERETT NEWSWANGER Managing Editor LANCASTER .(Lancaster Co.) —“I guess my philosophy of life could be summed up with what I often say,” said Jay Irwin, retiring Lancaster County Agent. “When you give, forget it, and when you receive, be sure to remember the gift.” And people who know and have worked with Irwin over the past 24 years will tell you Irwin lives his State Auctioneers ’ Group Holds Gathering HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) — A recent gathering of some 250 auctioneers from across the commonwealth at their annual convention in Harrisburg was road runs through the farm between this bailing operation and the farm build ings. No wonder these visitors often come again. The Coleman family farms 150 acres to support their Cherry-Crest Regis tered Holstein herd that includes current high production and show award winners. The herd average is over 22,000 m, 850 f, 720 p. Photo by Everett Newswanger, Managing Editor. efforts. The PDPP receives funds through the cooperative efforts of milk promotion agencies in Pen nsylvania, except for the Middle AUantic Milk Marketing Agency, or the use of biotechnology to genetically manipulate plant var ieties, growers may soon sec those possibilities turn to reality. Use of technology Right now, according to Dr. Bill Romig, who represents DNA Plant phdosophy. Irwin announced his retirement from the county’s top extension post this week. “As long as you are smiling and laughing, you can go on,” Irwin said. “ I enjoy people, and those I have worked with in agriculture and on the extension staff arc won derful people. Because the people in the ag community are so nice, the decision to retire is a hard one. But the good staff in the county (Turn to Page A 24) highlighted by a championship bid calling contest, “fun” auction, naming of the state auctioneer of the year, and the honoring of hall of fame recipients. The four-day 50c Per Copy One of the new faces with Pen nsylvania dairy promotion is 28-year-old Brian Ross, who has been hired as program manager. (Turn to Page A 27) Technologies (DNAP) in Cinna minson. New Jersey, growers can expect to sec the use of technology in some varieties of carrots, celery, com, rice, tobacco, and tomatoes. Those plants have characteristics event lured auctioneers seeking to be the best bid caller in the state, auction enthusiasts hoping to find a bargain during the public sale $15.00 Per Year (Turn to Page A 29) Jay Irwin (Turn to Page Al 9)
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