Penn State Educates GAY BROWNLEE Somerset Co. Correspondent SOMERSET (Somerset Co.) It was called a legislative event Its goal was to educate local law makers in how their communities can access Penn State Agricultural Sciences research through the Penn State Cooperative Extension service. Lamartine F. Hood, dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences, and several agricultural-related PSU professors joined local co operative extension officials, county commissioners, and a slate representative for the event. Robert An tram, Marie Kieffer, and Robert Brown, extension offi cials. hosted a lunch for 14 at the Penn Alps Restaurant, Grants vilie, Md., that was punctuated with a dessert of maple yogurt, a popular new item in the 1993 Farm Show food court. The creamy product links the dairy and maple industries of Somerset County. It was discuss- ed briefly by local native and Penn State student, guest Julie Maust, who has a summer internship at a local dairy. Dean Hood used a video pre sentation to illustrate the import ance of the cooperative extension to the local community regarding the precious natural resource call ed water. Private citizens and food pro- ELECTRIC GAS PORTABLE STATIONARY ELECTRIC: 1 TO 10 HP 1 TO 10 GPM UP TO 3000 PSI GAS: 5:5 TO 13 HP 2-9 GPM UP TO 2000 PSI USES; INDUSTRIAL - CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY FANS - BALE ELEVATORS - BALE WRAPPERS AND OTHER FARM MACHINERY Box 56, RR 1 Atglen, PA 19310 215-593-2981 cessing industries can access the latest research from Penn State through the cooperative extension for practical water-system im provement measures. They can learn how to recycle, conserve, and purify the water they use, plus develop an aware ness of potentially dangerous con taminants in their water sources, such as lead content, bacteria, and pesticides. "You know the key is the exten sion service is really the window to the community,” said Hood, “because of access to the largo* university for help in answering questions from the private sector.” Dr. Harvey Manbeck, from the department of agricultural and biological engineering, using col or slides, and passing samples of his product around the group, dis cussed the little-known market now opening for the Pennsylvania hardwood industry, specifically yellow-poplar, red maple, and red oak. He talked mostly about Glulam products taking small-sized pieces of lumber and gluing them together to make bigger pieces, which he said are actually stronger than a single piece of equal size to those glued together. Professor Manbeck said Glu lam lumber is so strong that it ap pears to have great promise for some types of highway bridge MANUFACTURED BY afßeiler Hydraulics Lawmakers On Benefits Of Ag Dale Jeffrey, left. Is explaining to officials how stream water was diverted and cool ed in underground piping before passing through the fish nursery in photo. From photo center to front to right, Julie Maust, Eric Lowe, David Mankamyer, Lamartine Hood, Rep. William Lloyd, Robert Brown, Robert Antram, Harold Ott, and Harvey Manbeck. construction. “We have quite a lot of confi dence that it will work,” he said. However, according to Manbeck an infrastructure must be develop- Mon. thru Fri 7 AM - 5 PM ed. In other words, from the for ests to the manufacturers and builders using lumber products, it must be realized there’s a market waiting for Pennsylvania hard PoweA Unite 252 North Shirk Road New Holland, PA 17557 717-354-6066 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 5, 1993*09 wood products. They have excel lent construction capability, ac cording to Manbeck. “We have the potential to create jobs,” he said. Manbeck said that standards are being developed for Glulam lum ber products. Testing is being done on them for strength, heat and cold, and waterproofing, he said. Dr. Larry McCormick, asso ciate professor in the Penn State School of Forest Resources, talk ed about pear thrips research which began following the 1988-1989 discovery of the harm they were having on sugar maple trees. Pear thrips are miniscule insects which attack the succulent leaf buds of certain trees, such as the sugar maple. In Somerset County, it has done great damage to these natural producers of the sugar wa ter each springtime, because ma ple syrup and commodities start with the tree sap. Because of Penn State forestry and entomology research, McCor mick said they have successfully documented information about the thrip’s life cycle, potential for damage under certain conditions, and population dynamics. 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