iancasier^fcarmitiq Tn Nil lIIHIriI VOL 37 No. 16 New Officers, Award Winners Named At Maryland Holstein Convention EVA MARTIN Maryland Correspondent NORTHEAST, Md.— The annual convention of the Maryland Holstein Association was held this week at the beautiful Sandy Cove Bible Conference Center on the banks of the North East River with Cecil County serving as host William Allen, chairman of the nominating committee, conducted the election of new officers. Oren PVATA Needs Your Help HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) The Pennsylvania Voca tional Agriculture Teachers Asso ciation (PVATA) has about 160 members, all teachers or teacher educators of agriculture. Generally, the purpose of the organization is to provide leader ship and support for agricultural education instructors and their stu dents, statewide. For the first time officially, the group has hired a lobbyist to furth er their goals for better agricultural education within the entire school DHIA Annual Meeting Set HERSHEY (Dauphin Co.) The Pennsylvania Dairy Herd Improvement Association’s fourth annual meeting is set for March 6 and 7 at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center. The conven tion theme this year is “Let DHIA Many Factors Determine High Corn Club Yields Lloyd Zook, a hog and beel farmer In Oley, left, was honored with first place In the three-year average class for shelled corn by the Pennsylvania Master Corn Growers Association Five-Acre Com Club. The award will be presented at the 1992 Pennsylva nia Com Conference on Tuesday at the Embers Convention Center in Carlisle. At right is Zook’s wife, Ruth Ann. Photo by Andy Androw*. PERIODICALS DIVISION PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY W 209 PATTEE LIBRARY UNIVERSITY PARK PA 16802-1802 s Four Sections Bender from Accident will serve as president Vice president will be Charles lager from Fulton and Anita Hill of Emmitsburg will serve as secretary/treasurer. Progressive Breeder Registry Awards for 1991 were presented by Thomas Dum, consultant from the National Holstein Association. Maryland breeders who received this award and the number of years they qualified were: Maple curriculum —to create better “agricultural literacy” among all Pennsylvanians. Previously, the group had a legi slative action committee and it realized some measure of success with certain issues but having fulltime ag teachers serve as lob byists is a difficult situation, at best Those wishing to join the orga nization, or donate funds to sup port its legislative efforts, should call G. Lowell Morton at (717) 867-1970 r-or write to Morton at 1068 E. Main St, Annville, 17003. Help Round Up Your Profits.” On Friday morning, meetings for new local committee members and directors will be held from 8:00 a.m. until 11:45 a.m. The (Turn to Pag* A2O) Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 29, 1192 Lawn Farms, Inc., Fulton, 24 yrs., 22,009 m; Marlin Hoff, New Windsor, II yrs., 22,843 m; Carl L. Bender, Accident, 9 yrs., 23,226 m; Joseph A. Schwartz beck. Union Bridge, 8 yrs., 23,321 m; Del-Myr Farm, West minster, 7 yrs., 22,375 m; Donald L, Wilcom, Ijamsvilie, 7 yrs., 22,572 m; My Lady’s Manor Farm, Inc., Monkton, 6 yrs., 22,373 m; University of Maryland, Ellicott, 6 yrs., 25,045 m; Jason & Donna Myers, New Windsor, 5 yrs., 23,377 m; Dennis E. Savage, Keymar, 2 yrs., 23,783 m; Savage- Leigh Farm, Knoxville, 2 yrs., 23,491 m; Wayne E. Schrock, Grantsville, 2 yrs., 24,721 m; Roy W. Crow, Kennedyville, 1 yr., 23,352 m. Jeff Myers, chairman of the Breed Improvement Committee, presented the production awards (Turn to Pago A 24) Nutrient Management Aired At Forum LITITZ (Lancaster Co.) Nutrient management laws and regulations arc certain to play a bigger role in agriculture in the years ahead, Michael Brubaker told a breakfast meeting of the Agricultural Issues Forum held at Kreidcr’s Restaurant. What con cerns the agricultural community is that nobody knows exactly where the regulations will come from, nor what they’ll say. Brubaker, a Lititz agronomist who is the Forum’s managing New officers, left to right, Charles lager, vice president, Oren Bender, president, and Anita Hill, secretary-treasurer. director, was summing up a fast paced 45-minutc meeting in which an attorney, a solid waste marten* gcr, a county agricultural agent, a conservationist, an environmen talist and a legislator/farmcr, in addition to Brubaker, presented their sometimes conflicting views of House Bill 496 and the larger issues surrounding it. After an introduction by the meeting chairman, Jay Howes, manager of agricultural services for the Lancaster Chamber of ANDY ANDREWS Lancaster Fanning Staff OLEY (Berks Co.) Seed salesmen, take heed—you have to consider the many varied condi tions of a farmer’s land before you can close the sale. And it is a combination of fac tors, including soil conditions, fer-, tilization programs, management practices, and weather patterns that go into a successful com crop. “I think some farms will grow different types of seeds better than others,” said Lloyd Zook, a hog and cattle farmer in Oley. “Sales reps will argue with me on that, but I think that I can do better with Pioneer seeds on this place than I can with any other company." That’s Pioneer hybrid 3241, which netted Zook first place in the three-year average class for shelled com harvested from a less than three acres sample. Zook obtained a three-year average of 185.3 bushels per acre off of 1989 and 1990 yields (average for 1991 was 201.8 bushels per acre). Five-Acre contest Zook will join others who will be honored with awards by the Pennsylvania Master Com Grow ers Association Five-Acre Com Club contest at the 1992 Pennsyl vania Com Conference on Tues- 60s Per Copy Commerce and Industry, Lancas ter attorney Jay Humphries called a “gentle” approach to nutrient management. In today’s agricultural parlance, “nutrient management” means controlling how, when and were to spread manure on farmland. HB 496 would require Pennsylvania farmers to have nutrient manage ment plans drawn up to provide guidelines for the disposal of ani mal manure. (Turn to Page A 36) day at the Embers Convention Center in Carlisle. While Zook said that other seed companies provide good seed, after several years of trying diffe rent varieties on his land and under his growing conditions. Pioneer proved the best About 3-4 acres is dedicated to com test plots on the Zook farm, which he maintains “because it tells me where Pioneer is at with their numbers, and it gives me a good idea of what’s available to plant next year.” But variety alone won’t neces sarily make a winner it was a host of factors, from planting to harvesting, that created a winning combination. Blessed with rain Weather factors in to the equa (Turn to Page A 22) INDEX Sec. A... Market Repons & 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. 19.00 Per Year
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