EVERETT NEWSWANGER
Managing Editor
LANCASTER (Lancaster
Co.)—Three charter members of
the Northeastern Society of Agri
cultural Research Managers were
honored Tuesday night at the annu
al meeting of the 20 year-old orga
nization. The society started in a
small schoolroom in Allentown
with six members, and the three
original members still part of the
organization are Larry Thetford,
Ciba-Geigy Corp.; Lynn Hoffman,
Penn Stale University, and Wil
liam Varano, Agio Systems, Inc.
Thetford said he has pride in the
organization because of the scope
of its development and the friend
ships, purpose and interchange of
management concepts that the
organization has promoted. The
development of personal contacts
at what he called “middle manage
ment” has allowed the organiza
tion to be at the forefront of signif
icant safety, health and personnel
issues.
Hoffman stressed the need for
attention to the little things in man
agement and called for these little
things to be part of future programs
of the society. The contacts at the
meeting and the side issues dis
Ag Research Managers Honor Members
At the Northeastern Society of Agricultural Research Managers are from left, Larry
Jordon, president; Larry Thetford and Lynn Hoffman, charter member honorees, and
Daniel Winch who made presentations.
cussed many times did more good
than the main issues on the
program.
Hoffman said that at the begin
ning he wrote letters to every
experiment station and agronomy
department chairman, and coached
them to send someone to the meet
ings. The people who came never
went away with wasted time or
money. People were sent home
ready to do a good job.
‘fincrtlaf ftßhfay 3.~TWviC?7
Jennifer Yocum, Ciba Geigy,
told what it was like growing up on
a research farm. Yocum has first
hand information because she is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Yocum, who head the Penn State
University Southeast Field
Research farm at Landisville. Ms.
Yocum said she wanted to be like
her dad and followed him around
the farm. “1 learned things as a
child that other students don’t learn
until later in their educational stu
dies,” she said. “The research farm
is the best place for children to
have show and tell.”
Yocum also learned some of the
drawbacks that included the tedi
ous process of gathering data. But
since she learned to do the mono
tonous jobs as a child, she is better
able to accept this part of her work
now.
‘There is nothing like a research
farm to gain practical experience
you can’t learn in a book,” Yocum
said. “You get introduced to all
areas of agriculture. And this helps
you to know what you want to do
and what you do not want to do.
You also appreciate the value of
data and how you obtain it. Grow
ing up on a research farm helps you
adapt to different circumstances,
and you get to meet many profes
sional people.”
Yocum concluded her slide pre
sentation by thanking the research
centers for the work they do with
students and encouraged everyone
to continue to provide this hands
on experience.
The three-day program included
various topics of interest to
research farm managers. The orga
nizMion now includes 96
members.
WHAT’S AHEAD FOR
CORN & SOYBEAN
• We Deal In Futures And Options
• Our Only Business Is Commodity Futures
And Options
• Same Location And Principals For Over
20 Years .
• When Buying options, your risk is limited
to the loss of the premium paid plus all
transaction cost. Buying futures and options
have inherent risk and should be done
only with risk capital.
FOR INFORM A VON... LITER A TURE..
CHARTS... PLEASE CALL
215 : 821-8111 800-543-8939
LEHIGH VALLEY FUTURES INC.
Suite LL6, 2200 Hamilton St., Allentown, PA 18104
Tha ikk ol lou In trading lutura* and option* on lututa* can Da
■ubttantlal. Fututa* and option* trading may not ba »ull* a lor
avatyona. You thould oaralully corahJar tha rl*k* In »ght ol your
tlnnnclal condition In dacldlng wtiathar to trada.