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VOL 36 No. 40
Crowds gather for the tillage demonstrations at Ag Progress Days on
Wednesday. The three-day exhibition held at Rocfcsprlng was sponsored
EVERETT NEWSW ANGER
Managing Editor
ROCKSPRING (Centre
Co.)—Two presidents, an FFA
Forage Expertise For
Herdsman Of The Future
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
ROCKSPRING (Centre
Co.) The dairyman of the
future will walk out to his pad
docks to let his herd back to the
holding area for milking.
While the cattle are moving
ahead of him, he will kneel down
to inspect the grasses in the pad
dock just grazed.
Depending on the height of the
plants, their condition, the time of
Ag Progress Examines Methods,
Benefits Of Irrigation
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Fanning Staff
ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.)
Want crop quality? Manage the
water.
INDEX
Sec. A... Market Reports
& General News.
Sec. B... Women’s News,
Public Sales & Mailbox
Market.
Sec. C.. Business News
& Classified 4-36.
Sec. Declassified 1-3.
See Story Index Page A 3.
Four Sociions
Presidents Address Ag Progress Luncheons
president and a university presi
dent, were among the speakers at
luncheon meetings at Ag Progress
Days this week.
the year and the weather, he will
make a decision to cither continue
to graze the paddock with his high
producing herd, bring in his lower
producing herds, let the pasture
regenerate itself, or to increase the
stocking rate.
To the dairyman of the future,
such considerations will be second
nature, according to researchers.
There are other things this future
herdsman will contemplate.
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“I am very distressed by the fact
that homemakers go to the grocery
store and buy California produce
that’s lying there right alongside of
Pennsylvania produce, and the
only difference is quality,” said Dr.
When the well’s dry, we know
the worth of water.
Ben Franklin
Albert R. Jarrett, Penn State pro
fessor of ag engineering. “But out
there they manage all of the water,
and they get the quality because
they manage the water.”
Jarrett spoke to visitors on
Thursday afternoon at an Ag Prog-
(Turn to Pago A 24)
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 17, 1991
Mark Timm, national FFA pres
ident from central Indiana, spoke
about the future of agriculture at
Youth Day on Wednesday. And
Joab Thomas, Penn State Universi
ty president, addressed the govern
mental luncheon on Thursday.
Timm said young people have
the ability to see what die future
holds. But he said the top selling
slogan on T-shirts showed an atti
tude problem. In Japan the top sell
ing slogan is “We’re Number 1.
But in the United States the top
selling T-shirt says “Underachiev
er and proud of it”.
“We have an attitude problem
Little people like the lambs at the Huntingdon County Fair. This fair draws more
than 1,000 head of livestock and dairy animals and has a tradition of family participa
tion through! the annual fair week. In the photo, left to right, Katie Runk, Hanna Runk,
Jay Elle Smith, Dustin Runk, and Dewey Runk. See more Huntingdon Fair photos on
Page A-20 & 21.
by Penn State’s College of Agriculture. This year’s theme was “Ag Science
Touches Your Life.” Photo by Evontt Nawawanger, managing editor.
with that," Timm said.
“We should be proud of the vis
ionary thoughts we have. The
Ag Progress Touches
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.) —
“Ag science touches your life,”
Penn State’s 1991 Ag Progress
theme promised.
And the largest outdoor agricul
tural exposition did touch thou
sands of peoples lives from August
13 to 15.
Although the official count was
60* Per Copy
future of America is in agriculture.
But in education, we need to rede
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not in by the time this paper went
to press, according to a Penn State
electronic technician who has
worked a number of the events,
there were more cars Wednesday
parked in the fields than there has
been for half a decade.
Tours, exhibits, and demonstra
tions focused on how agricultural
research helps not only farmers but
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19.00 Per Year