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Evaluation, Leesport Fanners
Market, Leesport, 6:30 p.m.
irm and Home Foundation annu
al meeting, Lancaster Farm and
PA
BERSHEY (Dauphin
.) —The 81st Annual
n vention of the Penn
vania State Associa
i of County Fairs will
held in conjunction
h the Pennsylvania
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Two Convenient Locations
608 Evergreen Rd. * RD 2 Box 271
Lebanon, PA 17042 East Earl, PA 17519
(717) 270-6600 (717) 354-0584
WE CUSTOM DESIGN SYSTEMS FOR YOU
National Conference in Syracuse, NY
Livestock Fanners, Forage Producers, Farm Advisors, Feed
Dealers, Veterinarians, and Industry and University Specialists
Thirty prominent agriculturalists from around the United States and Canada will
give educational presentations and answer questions on topics including:
•variety selection • the truth about additives •troubleshooting
•mycotoxins • coping with wet forage nutrition problems
•choosing silos • inventory management 'managing human, environmental,
•plastics disposal ‘preserving silage and economic factors
Registration is $l3O if received by February 5 and includes the conference, evening discussion sessions,
a lunch, refreshments, a copy of the proceedings, and a pass to New York Farm Show to be held
February 25-27. The conference will be held at the Sheraton Inn Syracuse, 15 minutes from the
New York Farm Show Call (315) 457-1122 for room reservations, and ask for the conference rate
NRAEi
Home Center, 6:30 p.m.
Composting poultry and large ani
mal carcasses workshop, 191
Franklin Farms Lane, Cham-
Fair
Association
State Showmen’s Asso
ciation in Hershey, Jan
uary 21-23, 1993.
Headquarters for the
Convention will be the
Hershey Lodge and
Convention Center in
Silage Production
from Seed to Animal
February 25-25,1993
For a free program brochure, aSR>
call NRAES at (607) 255-7654. C 3
NRAES, the Northeast Regional Agricultural Engineering Service, is sponsored by
Cooperative Extension of the twelve northeast states and the District of Columbia.
Hershey, PA. Over 1500
fair people, from 115
agricultural fairs in
Pennsylvania, with
some additional repre
sentatives from neigh
boring states, will be in
For
bersbuig, 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
Pa. Holstein Southcentral Champ
ionship planning meeting.
Western Sizzlin Steakhouse,
Harrisburg, 10:30 a.m.
Bradford County Holstein annual
meeting. North Towanda
Methodist Church, North Tow-
Northeast Winter Dairy Manage-
To Meet
attendance. A large
trade show representing
all segments of the fair
and entertainment in
dustry will also be a part
of the Convention.
Keynote speaker will
be Mr. Gordon Conklin
of Ithaca, New York,
Editor Emeritus of the
American Agricul
turalist Magazine, a
leading farm paper in
the Northeast. A grad
uate of Cornell Univer
sity, Mr. Conklin has re
ceived many awards at
the national level.
Educational sessions
and workshops will be
available to assist fair
people. Friday evening
will be the Fairmcn’s
Banquet, and Saturday
evening will be the
Showmen’s Banquet.
Also on the agenda is
the selection of the 1993
PA State Fair Queen,
chosen from among 40
girls representing their
fairs. Also featured will
be the honoring of a Fair
Person of the year, a
President’s Award, and
the election of new of
ficers.
Present officers of the
Association are; A.
Wayne Readinger of
Fleetwood, President,
Fr. John Mignot of Du-
Bois, Vice President/
Chaplain, and Beverly
Snyder Gruber of New
Tripoli, Secretary-Trea
surer. In addition, the
Association has a 25
member executive com
mittee.
ment School (West). BPO Elks
Lodge, Meadville, thru Jan. 21.
Northeast Winter Dairy Manage
ment School (East), Holiday
Inn, Oneonata, thru Jan. 21.
Dairy MAP, Family Time Restaur
ant, York, 9:45 a.m.-3 p.m.
Urban Forestry Workshop, Capris
Restaurant, Lake Wallen
paupack, 8:30 a.m.-2:45 p.m.
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Relative Maturity: Early Group IV
■ Topped 1990 yield trials in Lancaster
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Feb. 2.
Dairy MAP, Mercer Extension
Center, also Jan. 27.
Dairy MAP, Somerset Vocational
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