Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, January 30, 1993, Image 35

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    Penn State Clubs
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) The Penn State Dairy Sci
ence Club and the Penn State
Block and Bridle Club will be
sponsoring the fourth annual Ani
mal Products Spectacular from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Febru
ary 6, at die Nittany Mall in State
College.
This event promotes the impor
tance of animal products and their
nutritional values to consumers.
There will be many displays and
people on hand to talk to shoppers
about animal products.
Food samples and door prizes
will be given throughout the day.
Secretary of Agriculture Boyd
Wolff and his wife Peggy will
help judge the cooking contest
which starts at 11:30 a.m.
Others, such as Lamartine
Hood, dean of the College of
Agricultural Sciences, and com
modity queens will also be in
attendance.
Pick up a free jacket with qualifying purchase from participating sales representatives.
PIONEER, brand products are sold subject to the terms and conditions of sale which are part of the labeling and sale documents.
"Registered trademark of Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Des Moines, lowa, U. S. A.
Edward and Gertrude Flitcraft received the service to A.l.
award.
Make a point to save 6%
on all brand products.
This year Pioneer Days is bigger than ever.
Why? Just check out the performance of Pioneer products in 1992.
Then consider the superior agronomic service and support that only Pioneer can offer.
Then put a pencil to it. You’ll see how big six percent can be.
Sire Power Has Turn Around Year
(Continued from Pago Al) competitive in the A.I. industry.
f "Radical changes arc being
tnbutor to Sire Power s sales for made in ouf industry « Kutz said.
many years. “in Wisconsin a holding coopera-
Sire Power s financial statement structure has developed
for the year showed a 9.5 percent between an A-L organization and
increase in income, and a. 1 percent wisconsin DH ia. This was
increase in expenses But die board done with d, c bought that ulti
of directors concluded the dollar mate iy there will be long range
distribution to the average patron savings for dairymen. If this is true,
would not have been sufficient to dien this structure deserves consid
warrant the expense incurred in eration here in the East .
making the distribution, so the net “ Nat ional DHIA will decide in
income was paid into reserves, March if state boundaries limiting
which contributed to an increase in competition between DHl’s will be
equity of $299,000. dropped or maintained. Whether
General Manager DuWayne this is a positive or a negative
Kutz reported that the closing of direction, only time will tell. How*
the Frederick, Maryland, facilities ever> j n a u of agriculture, the buzz
over the past two years has given WO rd is efficiency, and possibly
the association improved efficien- competition in the DHIA system
cies of operation. No additional w |]i help to gain some efficiency.”
employees were added as the bulls j n awards program, Edward
and all operational activities were Flitcraft was named the recepient
transferred to Tunkhannock. 0 f Sire Power’s annual service to
Kutz said the future calls for Sire A I award . Ed and his wife Ger-
Power to sample and maintain a trade received a plaque from Presi
large enough sire program to be dem Ricka rd.
B-13^
PIONEER.
( j BRAND'PRODUCTS
■arming, Saturday. January 30, 1993-A35
Lancaster
Fifteen college
students from Sire
Power’s membership
areas were presented
$5OO scholarships.
The applicants were
required to submit a
scholarship applica
tion form that was
screened by each
sales division’s scho
larship committee. In
addition a $2,000
scholarship was
awarded in memory
of Lew Campbell,
Sire Power’s past
general manager.
The Lew Campbell
Memorial Scholar
ship was presented to
Rebecca Sonnen,
Richland.
Other scholarship
winners were: from
the Northeast sales
division, Melanie
Eachus, Woodslown,
NJ; Robert O’Toole,
Loysville; Kirk Sat
tazahn, Womelsdorf;
Scott Youse, Oley;
Jeffrey Pirrung,
Ulysses; Steven
Dietrich, Germans
ville; Teresa Hill,
Lebanon; Kevin
Smith, Milton;
Andrew Morley,
Genesee; and Shel
ley Harshbarger,
Mifflintown.
In the Maryland
sales division are
Jennifer Trout, For
rest Hill; Heather
Hamm, Clarksburg;
Bardley Morris,
Chestertown; and
James Allen,
Jefferson.
William Pratt,
South Point, Ohio,
was from the West
Virginia sales
division.
Bed &
Breakfast
Gct-A-Way
in the
Dutch Country.
Quiet on the farm,
see cows and
horses in barn.
Close to Strasburg
Railroad
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