D4-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 8, 1994
Penn
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Each spring, college stu
dents from Pennsylvania to Maine
gather for the Northeast Student
Affiliate (NESA) of the American
Dairy Science Association and the
American Society of Animal
Science.
This year’s meeting was held
during the last weekend in Febru
ary and hosted by Penn State’s
Dairy Science and Block and
Bridle clubs.
Sarah Johnson and Shannon
Peterman co-chaired the event.
Mdl Announces Century
Farm Program
ANNAPOLIS, Md. Gover
nor William Donald Schaefer an
nounced the creation of a Mary
land Century Farm program to re
cognize Maryland farms that have
stayed in the same family for a
century or more.
“Our century farm families
need to be recognized. They repre
sent a durability and love of the
land that is the heritage of Mary
land,” said Governor Schaefer.
“Agriculture continues as Mary
land’s leading industry because of
the hard work, dedication and in
novation of our long time farm
families.”
The Maryland Century Farm
Program will honor families
whose farms have been in the
same family for more than 100
consecutive years, contain at least
10 of the original acres, and gross
more than $2,500 annually from
the sale of farm products.
“I urge all those who think they
may qualify to fill out an applica
uon. Century families will partici
pate in an annual awards cere
mony and receive a certificate
from the Department of Agricul
ture and recognition by the gover
nor,” said Maryland Secretary of
Agriculture Robert L. Walker.
Applications may be obtained
from the Maryland Department of
State Garners First Placings At NESA
which began with registration and
a social in the Agricultural Sci
ences and Industries Building.
Institutions represented at this
year’s meeting included Universi
ty of Connecticut, Cornell Univer
sity, University of Delaware, Dela
ware Valley College, University of
Maine, University of Vermont,
Vermont Technical College, and
of course, Penn Slate.
Competition began on Saturday
with a judging contest. Students
judged a total of eight classes,
including 3-year-old Holstein
Agriculture, 50 Harry S. Truman
Parkway, Annapolis, MD 21401,
or from local cooperative exten
sion service offices.
cows, American Quarter Horse
yearlings, Dorset yearling ewes,
market hogs, Simmental heifers,
Leghorn laying hens, hams, and
frankfurters.
Penn Stale students garnered the
first six placings and eight of the
top 10 individual placings.
Nineteen four-person teams
competed in the judging contest,
with Penn Slate taking first, sec
ond. and third. The following stu
dents made up the Penn State
teams (individual placings shown
in parentheses): First place A
Team included John Penny (2nd),
Daryl Bomgardner (10th), Brenda
Mahaliak (3rd), and Cathy Pavels
ki (sth); second place B Team
included Tom Gibney (6th), Andy
Mclntire, John Foster (13th), and
Chad Henry (1st); third place C
team included Scott Myers (4th),
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sented a talk, “Stray Voltage and
Its Impact on Cows and
Lactation.”
In the final two competitions of
the weekend, Penn State also
emerged victorious. Henry Zerby,
a dairy and animal science major
with dual minors in International
Agriculture and Poultry Technolo
gy and Management, was selected
as the NESA outstanding senior.
This is the second time in three
years that a Penn State student has
been recognized with this honor.
In overall outstanding team
competition, Penn State placed
first, second, and fourth, overall,
distinguishing Penn Slate as the
outstanding student affiliate chap
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be held at Cornell University.
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