Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, February 01, 1992, Image 33

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    Open House At Penn State
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) —The Agricultural and Bio
logical Engineering Department at
Pom State University will be par
ticipating in the 1992 Engineering
Open House on Saturday, Febru
ary 22.
The Department will be open
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to conduct
tours of the various activities in
the department and to discuss
career opportunities in agricultur
al engineering.
Exhibits describing activities in
die department include spray dry
ing of coffee, juice extraction
from fruits, computer vision sys
tems for fruits and vegetables,
timber bridge model, beam test
ing, hydroponic lettuce produc
tion, plant tissue culture system,
rainfall simulation, physical prop
erties of foods, expert systems for
frost protection, agricultural
machinery systems, and agricul
tural safety.
Bus tours to Agricultural Engi
neering leave from parking lot
Brown A behind the Mechanical
Engineering Building at 10,10:30,
11,11:30 ajn. and 1,1:30, and 2
p.m. All visitors will be treated to
free cider and University Cream-
See Your
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Dealer
AirviUe
Farmers Equip. & Supply Inc.
Bechtels ville
Miller Equip. Co.
Chambersburg
Stouffer Brothers, Inc.
Cochranville
Stoltzfus Farm Service
Columbia Cross Roads
Columbia Cross Roads Equip.
Easton
Fancy Furrow Farms Ag. Equip.
Gettysburg
Yingling’s Implement Inc.
Greensburg
J & M Machinery Co. Inc.
Hughesville
Farnsworth Farm Supplies
Indiana
Hulls Farm & Lawn Equip.
Klingerstown
Stanley’s Farm Service
Manhcim
G & D Farm Equip.
Middlebury Center
Houghtaling Garage
New Oxford
Thomas E. Sibert Farm Equip.
Ono
Shuey’s Sales & Service
Somerset
Lincoln Supply & Equip. Co.
cry ice cream.
Agricultural engineering
involves the application of engi
neering principles to all phases of
agricultural production, food pro
cessing, and management of our
natural resources. Agricultural
engineers work in research, deve
lopment. design, testing, manage*
ment, sales, and education.
Areas of emphasis within agri
cultural engineering include;
• Soil and water management
for efficient crop production,
waste handling, and environmen
tal quality.
• Food engineering for process-
Two-State Dairy Day
Set For Feb. 6
HARTLEY, Del —The annual
Delaware-Maryland Dairy Day
will be held Wednesday, February
S, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the fire
hall in Hartley, Del This confer
ence, co-sponsored by the
Cooperative Extension systems of
the University of Delaware and
the University of Maryland, is free
and open to anyone regardless of
race, color, sex, handicap, age or
national origin. Lunch will be
provided.
worked fields, too .
White 6100 planters
have gainedawell deserved
reputation for planting with
incredibly accurate spacing
at precisely the right depth.
Our short 18" acrody
namically designed seed
drop and independently
acting walking beam gauge
wheels see to it. And our
low-pressure, air metering
* system and edge drop seed
ing, handling, packaging, and
storing food products.
• Structural systems for effi
cient livestock production, food
storage, and plant production.
• Machinery design and sys
tems management for agricultural
production, food processing, con
struction, and forest industries.
For further information contact
Dennis E. Buffington, Profess®
and head, Agricultural and Bio
logical Engineering Department,
250 Agricultural Engineering
Building, University Park, PA
16802, (814) 865-7791
Dr. Stephen Emanuele, a dairy
professor at Rutgers University,
will give the keynote speech. He
will address cation and anion as
they relate to the nutrition of dairy
animals and discuss how the right
feeding rations can help die dairy
farmer avoid mineral imbalance in
high-producing cows.
For more information about the
conference, call Dr. George F.W.
Haenlein at the University of
Delaware at (302) 831-2523.
disc singulates seeds to
avoid doubles or skips.
Best of all, the row
splitter and wide array of
attachments allow you to
plant in nearly any field
condition-no-till, min-till
or finely-workcd—with
row widths ranging from
15" to 40".
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