Farm Show Highlights Laurel Ridge Conservation Efforts UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) Pennsylvania’s Laurel Ridge attracts tourists from around the world to enjoy the area’s hunting, fishing, hiking, skiing, and boating. The 330-square-mile area contains six state parks as well as the Seven Springs and Hidden Valley Ski resorts. The ridge also provides potable water to a large section of south western Pennsylvania, and area residents are concerned about the effects of real estate development on the region’s natural resources, Cheese Carving Salutes Dairy Industry HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) The dairy bam is the place to be at the 1994 Pennsylvania Farm Show. Visitors can make their own dairy television commercial and win prizes. They can also observe one of the world’s great est wonders, a cheese carving saluting Pennsylvania’s dairy industry. Creative spirits can pre register to make a dairy commercial at the Farm Show. 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People will also be able to register at the dairy booth throughout the week of Farm Show, January 8 to 13, 1994. Commercials will be taped from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily except Sunday. On Sunday, commercials can be taped from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Special props including dairy mites. “This new approval will be a major convenience to hog pro ducers,” said Dr. Edward A. Bor aski, senior director of U.S. Tech nical Services for Merck, “be cause it’s the first feed additive registered to control both internal and external parasites of swine. The in-feed control of external parasites will eliminate the need for a separate mange treatment.” “Ivomec Premix is mixed at a standard inclusion rate of 1.8 grams per ton of complete feed,” said Del Birkhofer, associate pro duct manager at Merck. “The standard inclusion rate eliminates the need to calculate a special mixing formula for different Water Quality An IMPORTANT Ingredient In tock Management Martin Water Conditioning Co. SPECIALISTS IN FARNt WATER TREATMENT Researchers in the college are developing a computerized geo praphic information system (CIS) that will enable users to quickly access and analyze information about Laurel Ridge soils, water, land use and other characteristics. The system initially will be used in water supply and well-head protection planning. “A GIS makes it easier to exa mine the many interrelated factors affecting natural resource man agement,” said Dr. Rick Day, director of Penn State’s Land Analysis Lab. “Layers of geopra product cartons will be available at the dairy booth for filming. A special studio is being created to provide a “dairy” background for the commercials. All participants will receive a videotape copy of their performance and Farm Show visitors will actually see the com mercials live in the dairy bam. 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RUBBER does not rust. “SHOW SPECIAL TO ATTENDEES” phically referenced maps, with associated statistics and data, are stacked in a computer’s memory to perform complex assessments of a region’s natural resources.” The Laurel Ridge GIS will include data layers detailing fea tures such as the region’s soils, topography, geology, land use, water, oil and gas wells, timber find coal resources, and water quality research information. “Planners, citizens and others will be able to use the GIS to recom bine data layers to more effective ly predict the environmental booth’s activities. In addition to the commercial studio, the Part ners’ booth will be the site of the first Farm Show cheese carving. The display will be created by Richard Alford, from Akron, Ohio, and will offer a tribute to the state’s dairy industry. Approxi mately 40 pounds of cheese will be used to build the display. 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Bedford Rd., Hastings, MI 49058 Phone: (616) 945-5300 impacts of current and future development," Day said. "Maps displaying different information for example, watersheds, wells, water and sew! er lines, soils and topography _ can be superimposed on the CIS’) computer screen to show how var ious factors might combine to affect the region.” Eventually the system will allow local planners to identify areas with available groundwater resources and to simulate the impact of imposed well sites and other projects. “The ability to simulate the impact of proposed changes in land use will help avoid environ mental damage and legal con flicts,” Day said. ‘The system also will be used to help identify and protect sensitive groundwater recharge areas frpm contamination.” At the Penn State exhibit at the Farm Show, visitors can see for themselves how a GIS works. A computer demonatration will show how easily the system can layer different types of informs-r tion, while educational exhibit will detail the scope and goals of the project. \ At the end of the project, the! GIS will be transferred to and maintained by local officials in the! Laurel Ridge area. Day and other; Penn State GIS experts will train, future users of the system in work-! shops held at the Penn State and in; the Laurel Ridge area. , The 1994 Farm Show will open to the public on Saturday, Jan. 8,1 and will close on Thursday, 13. Hours are 8 a.m. to 9 p.mA Saturday, Monday, Tuesday andj Wednesday; 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.j Sunday: and 8 a.m. to 4 p.nJ Thursday. Parking is $2 and! admission is free. !
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