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VOL. 37 No. 3
Kinsley Family Protects
Farmland In York Co.
YORK (York Co.) On Sun
day, November 24, at the Annual
Farm Visitation Day run by the
York Chamber of Commerce and
the York County Farmer’s Asso
ciation, the York County Farm
land Trust presented Bob and
\nne Kinsley certification for
ihcir participation in the Farmland
Registry Program.
Farmland Trust President Stan
ley E. Brown presented the Kins
leys with their certificate nolirig
ihc importance of farmland pro
tection m York County and the
significance of voluntary dedica
tion to land preservation. The
Chemical, Sight Analyses Determine Forage Quality
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming StafT
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
If there’s a magic formula for
generating successful forages and
obtaining top animal production,
research at Penn State may shed a
Recipients of awards for 10 or more years as 4-H leaders are, from left, middle row,
Brian Shorley, Sandra Shorley, Barbara Perry and JoAnn Wojzswillo. Holding her
placque is Lila Newhart, foreground, who won a 20th year leader pin. In back Is Berks
County Prison Warden George Wagner, who won the Clover award.
Berks County 4-H Top Participants
CONNIE LEINBACH
Berks Co. Correspondent
LEESPORT (Berks Co.)—The
most anxiously awaited award of
the dozens given out at the recent
4-H Recognition Night was the one
for the best 4-H club banner.
Of all the beautifully rendered
banners decorating the 4-H com
Egg Marketing Association Dissolves
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
Pennsylvania Egg Marketing
Association (PEMA) is dissolving
after 40 years of serving the egg
industry.
While PEMA board members
Four Sections
Trust’s Executive Director Julie
Ann Gustanski congratulated the
Kmslcys on being the first farm to
formally enter the Registry Pro
gram.
Currently the Farmland Trust is
in the process of evaluating eight
other York County farms for the
Registry Program including Earl
Brown Orchards, Inc. in Logan
villc; Glen Stone Farms in Glen
Rock; Hollenthal Farms in Air
villc; Black Moore Farm in Dills
burg; Miller Plant Farm, Inc., in
York; John D. Miller Farm in
York; and Codorun Farms in
York.
PFGC Annual Forage Conference
few' clues.
But the clues are as varied and
unique as farming itself. The for
mula involves choosing the right
kind of forage based on livestock
and their needs, determining for
age quality by chemical and sight
munity center, it was the one
crafted by the Leesport 4-H that
caught the judge’s eye with its
simple but carefully rendered quilt
design incorporating the 4-H
symbols.
The banner for the Sheep and
Lamb 4-H Club, “Flying High with
Ewe,“ came in second, and the
say it is disappointing to terminate
the organization, they agreed that
the changes in the egg industry
have resulted in dwindling
membership.
Robert Trout, vice president of
PEMA, said that when the organi
zation was established in 1951, its
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 30, 1991
In the photo, left to right, are Anne, Bob, and Molly Kinsley; Irvin Allott, board mem
ber; Stanley Brown, president; and Ann Gustanski, executive director.
analyses, the soil and environment,
nutrient makeup, and a combina
tion of these factors.
More than 250 attended the 31st
annual Pennsylvania Forage Con
ference on Tuesday. At the confer
ence, topics ranging from deter-
Eastern Berks 4-H Dairy Club ban
ner depicting Holsteins in a farm
pasture came in third.
Berks County Prison Warden
George Wagner was awarded the
Clover Award, given to a person in
the community who supports 4-H
throughout the year.
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primary purpose was to market
eggs, provide cartons at reduced
rates to members and report delin
quent accounts to protect mem
bers. Although the egg industry in
the state is now larger than ever,
the actual number of egg proces
sors has been reduced to a few
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mining quality forage and grass
selection to managing soil and feed
nutrients were discussed.
Also, outstanding forage pro
ducers were recognized at the Pen
nsylvania Forage and Grassland
Council (PFGC) meeting.
For those wishing to get the
greatest degree of milk in the pail,
producers must first obtain high
quality forages, according to Dr.
Larry Chase, dept of animal sci
ence, Cornell University.
Reserves Placed On
State Ag Budget
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) The state’s agricultural
and related agencies have been
targeted by the Casey administra
tion to have more than $2 million
withheld from their budgets, pend
ing several legislative and eco
nomic events.
The Legislature approves a
budget for the governor’s consid
eration. The governor is free to
Maryland Holstein Scholarships
FULTON, MD The Scholar
ship Committee of the Maryland
Holstein Association has set Jan
uary 1, 1992, as this school year’s
deadline for submitting scholar
ship applications. These scholar
ships have been made possible by
the generous donations of Mary
land Holstein breeders and
friends.
The scholarships that are cur
rently available are two $5OO Uni
versity of Maryland College of
Agriculture scholarships, two
$5OO University of Maryland In
stitute of Applied Agriculture
(two-year program) scholarships,
two $5OO scholarships to students
enrolled in agriculture at the col
lege of their choice.
Applicants must be .Maryland
residents and must have earned a
4-H or FFA Holstein project. All
applications will be considered.
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Forage quality depends on pala
lability, digestabiltiy, nutrient con
tent, energy, and other factors that
ultimately foster a relative feed
value (RFV) determination
which is only one measure of for
age quality. Factors such as crude
protein (CP), digestible dry matter
(DM), and dry matter intake
(DMI) are figured into the calcula
tion. Also, acid detergent fiber
(ADF), neutral detergent fiber
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change it, through his line-item
veto authority, before signing off
on it to finalize the document.
However, the governor, through
his political appointees, specifical
ly Michael Hershock, secretary of
the Office of the Budget, can with
hold funds or not authorize spend
ing of those funds. The governor
also controls the filling of jobs
within those agencies that fall
under his purview.
(Turn to Page A3B)
and winners will be notified in
early January.
Please write or call the Scho
larship Committee Chairmen for
an application: Judy and Charles
lager, 8115 Murphy Road, Ful
ton, Maryland 20759 (301-725-
6751). Then mail in your applica
tions by January 1.
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