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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
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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.
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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
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Jay Irwin
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