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Vol. 38 No. 40
Ag Progress Days Scheduled August 17 To 19
ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.)
Farmers, agribusiness persons,
educators, politicians, and Penn
State alumni are among the many
visitors expected to attend Ag
Progress Days here at the Russell
E. Larson Agricultural Research
Center.
The free event, sponsored by
Penn Slate’s College of Agricul
tural Sciences, will take place next
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day at the site on Rt. 45, nine miles
southwest of State College. Last,
year, the exposition attracted about'
This scene of an Ag Progress Dsys post is rsprssentstive of what is expected next
week when the 1993 show is scheduled to feature 300 commercial exhibitors as well
as many educational demonstrations and farm organization meetings. In addition,
field demonstrations will give farmers the opportunity to see competitive farm
machines in slde-by-sida operation.
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40.000 visitors to the three-day
event, and this year, program orga
nizers indicated that as many as
50.000 could attend.
“Coming to Ag Progress Days
is like visiting a major university,
a museum, a petting zoo, a horse
show, a farm equipment show and
mote all in one spot,” said Robert
Oberheim, Ag Progress Days,
manager. “No matter what you’re
interested in, there’s something
here to interest you.”
The theme of this year’s event,
“Conserving Our Resources
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 14,-1993
Through Science,” highlights the
efforts of agricultural scientists
and farmers to preserve water and
soil quality while providing a safe
and abundant supply of food.
Educational displays in the Col
lege of Agricultural Sciences Ex
hibits Building will highlight the
importance of clean drinking wa
ter for consumers. Exhibits will
focus on groundwater movement
and quality, community water
supplies, maintaining a private
well, household water testing and
treatment, water conservation, and
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other topics.
History buffs can see what life
was like during agriculture’s
“muscle power” era by visiting the
Pasto Agricultural Museum,
which showcases more than 300
rare and antique farm and house
hold implements. Visitors also can
see the latest agricultural equip
ment at more than 300 commer
cial exhibits. Many machines will
be demonstrated in the field at the
event.
Children can see old-time toys,
musical instruments, puzzles and
dolls at Kids Back Then, a pro
gram that will run continuously in
Warning Labels Now
Mandatory For Raw,
Partially Cooked Meats
EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
WASHINGTON. D.C. AU
raw or partially cooked meat or
poultry sold in America after
October IS must be labeled with
safe handling instructions. The
government ordered the labeling
this week through the U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture (USDA)
because of a food poisoning out
break in the West last January and
to fulfill the requirements of settle
ment of a lawsuit initiated by
Jeremy Rifkin’s “Beyond Beef
Coalition."
The western outbreak of food
National DHIA,
Holstein Association
Hold First Joint Session
MADISON. Wis. The direc
tors of the National Dairy Herd
Improvement Association (NDHI-
A) and the Holstein Association of
America agreed to initiate a series
of eSfforu designed to raise the
quality of data used in the U.S.
genetic evaluation program. This
agreement was reached July 31
during the first joint session ever
$19.75 Per Year
the Ag Progress Days Youth
Building. They also can partici
pate in games and stunts, and can
leant to make toys from common
items.
Storyteller Jan Kinney will en
tertain children and adults in the
College of Agricultural Sciences
Exhibits Building Theatre. For
more than SO years she has been
collecting stories, with more than
200 in her repertoire. She will ap
pear for a half hour to 45 minutes
each day at noon.
Animal lovers can see live
owls, hawks, turtles and snakes at
the Shaver’s Creek Environmental
Center exhibit. Happy Valley
Friendly Farm, an educational
center and petting farm, will give
visitors a chance to touch and bot
tle-feed calves, lambs, kid goats,
chicks, bunnies and miniature pot
bellied pigs.
Horse lovers can visit the
Equine Exhibits Tent, which has
displays and equipment from vari
ous segments of Pennsylvania’s
$4 billion horse industry. The
equine educational program fea
tures breed exhibitions, training
clinics, riding demonstrations and
draft horse hitches and carts.
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poisoning that was traced to under
cooked hamburger left several
children dead and hundreds of peo
ple ill. The parents of a 17-month
old boy who died from an E. coli
infection during the western out
break appeared at a news confer
ence with Agricultural Secretary
Mike Espy to emphasize the
required label’s message:
“Some animal products may
contain bacteria that could cause
illness if the product is mishandled
or cooked improperly.” the warn
ing says. “For your protection fol-
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held between the two boards. The
efforts arc expected to include
other segments of the industry,
such as the Purebred Dairy Cattle
Association, DHIA Affiliates,
USDA and artificial insemination
firms, in strengthening the co
operative agreements in place in
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