EIS-Uneast* Farming. Saturday, August 14,1M3 ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.) Water. It’s consumed, altered and wasted, but it’s never gone for good. It’s vital to life and a luxury. Although it takes on many forms, it’s not always where we need it, and it’s costing us more. It’s in the news all the time, but it’s some thing we often take for granted. This summer. Pennsylvania’s largest outdoor exhibition will feature water and water quality displays for homeowners and the general public. Ag Progress Days is an annual event held by Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. This year, a series of ex hibits on basic groundwater sup plies and water movement, wells and water testing, water usage and conservation options will be on display in the College Exhibits Building at the Ag Progress Days site near State College. The three day event runs August 17-19. One display area will include a state precipitation map and water conservation devices for the home. Experts will be available to discuss costs and savings associat ed with various water conserva tion measures. Visitors may be surprised to see how much water is actually used each day in an average household. The College’s Laurel High lands research project in south western Pennsylvania will also be featured to show how contamina tion of surface and groundwater in one area can affect water supplies miles away. A groundwater flow model using sand, gravel and dyes will demonstrate how groundwa ter flows through a variety of soil , A v V ■> / ' ♦ ATX. NEW STOLTZFUB CUS6I SPREADERS FEATURES: Ground-driven drag chain Hydraulic spinners (No PTO) Walking-beam suspension Banding deflectors Water Quality Issues At Ag Progress and rock strata. For the many visitors to Ag Progress Days who rely on wells for their drinking water, maps will be available showing well fields and aquifers in Pennsylvania. In formation on well siting, state re gulations, new well construction and repairs, and water testing will be provided. An interactive com puter program, Drinking Water Event Features New ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.) Several new production agricul ture exhibits related to conserva tion will be featured at Penn State’s 1993 Ag Progress Days, August 17-19. The theme for this year’s event is "Conserving Our Resources Through Science.” "Numerous exhibits, demon strations and research tours will highlight progress on important is sues facing today’s farmers,” said Dr. Lamartine F. Hood, dean of the College of Agricultural Sci ences. “A major emphasis this year will be conservative plans, nutri ent management and on-farm composting,” said Robert Ober heim, Ag Progress Days coordina tor in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. Concrete manure bunkers, com post turners, and a manure com posting pad will be displayed above West Twelfth Street, post the horse arena. The composting pad construction will demonstrate what is approved by the Soil Con servation Society and the Pennsyl- *K y? *p* '' STOLTZFUS (215) 286-5146 Solutions, will be available for die public to try. Included is practical information on identifying and dealing with common contamin ants found in water. Information will also be avail able on the impact of recent nutri ent management legislation on Pennsylvania farmers and steps producers and others are taking to protect our water supplies. vania Department of Environ mental Resources. The display will feature com post turners that handle a variety of compostable materials, such as food processing waste, animal manure, leaves, and grass clip pings. Also shown will be a recycling machine that chops triple-rinsed plastic pesticide containers into one-fourth-inch squares. The ma chine is designed to be transported easily from site to site. “This technology could present a business opportunity to someone who wants to purchase a machine and recycle used plastic jugs gen erated from the agricultural indus try,” said Oberheim. “The chop ped plastic can be sold back to the pesticide-container industry, which recycles the plastic into new jugs.” The College of Agricultural Sciences Exhibits Building will feature water-quality topics along with workshops covering nutrient management, conservation plan ning and pesticide education for A- a/Ma/l ™ll h. an P®"" SMB’S A 8 Prop® BB Da y S An added attraction will be an more than 500 acres of aquarium with native warm water dis | mn md demonstrations fish, complete with infonnaoon young m 6 old alike . It about each spwies. jj held at the Russell E. Larson M always Penn State College A^cultura] RcscMch center at of Agnculuird Sciences faculty Spring. nine miles 80uthwest andsttffwiUbeonhandtoanswer s £ oll on Route 45. individual questions concerning 9 « 5 Tucs . state, local or individual water d mday wit g extend ed concerns, and a of pubhca- 8 p m y on Wednesday, uons will be available. Admission and parking are free. Production pesticide credits. Field demonstrations will show practical aspects of these topics, including use of boom and air-as sist pesticide sprayers, deep tillage and use of row cultivators in low growing field crops. Nutrient management demon strations will cover land applica tion of manure, spreader rates and calibration techniques. About 30 new commercial ex hibitors from across the United States and Canada are expected at the event this year, representing a wide range of products. “Some of the new manufacturers will dis play electrical farm equipment. Wheel Track Adjustable: 72 to 120” • 30” drag chain • 300 cu. ft. hopper • Walking-beam suspension • Spreads wet lime and fertilizer also. Ag Progress Days “Conserving Our Resources Through Science” IE Post-Emerge Sprayers Exhibits planting and tilling machinery, new tractor lines, equipment modifications and farming sup plies,” said Oberheim. Penn State’s Ag Progress Days features more than 500 acres of educational and commercial ex hibits, tours and machinery de monstrations. It is held at the 1,500-acre Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center at Rockspring, nine miles southwest of State College on Route 45, August 17-19. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, with extended hours of 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday. Admissions and parking are free. \*£r s*2i ♦ ■> V, • 60 ft. booms • 600 gallon tank • 4 wheel hydrostatic drive • Air bag suspension ,7* p ! f»f
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