816-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 12, 1994 VERNON ACHENBACH JR. Lancaster Farming Staff NORTH CORNWALL (Leba non Co.) Delbert Voight seemed a little shell shocked last week, in his office at the Lebanon Agricultural Center last week. The new agronomy extension agent seemed caught between tak ing telephone messages and talk ing to people about upcoming events and activities, and digging through reference bodes seeking answers to questions about weed pests to production crop farming. vdnon tension agent, jcusses uses of pesticides with a client of the extension service. Building To Snow? If You Have... Replace That Building With A e MORTON BUILDING 50 YEAR SNOW WARRANTY This warranty is not pro-rated and covers materials and labor. Backed by a 5-A-l rated Dun & Bradstreet Co. INVEST YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY WISELY Lebanon’s Extension Void Filled By Vb/< A bundle of branches, labeled and cut for a demonstration were lying on the floor between his desk and chairs presumably intended for office guests. Also evidently ongoing was a project of going through an office that was left idle for more than a year with the retirement of Denis Hoke, former Lebanon County extension agent. He had already gone through a lot of the old files and made a num ber of “discoveries” about the county’s agronomy extension Have You Lost A WITH NO WEIGHT LIMIT BUILDINGS, INC. Excellence Since 1903 CONTACT: 3368 York Rd. P.O. Box 126, Gettysburg, Phillipsburg, PA 17328 NJ 08868 717/624-3331 908/454-7900- Call ar wrlta May 4 onA 7il « e llBaateaaly,aaA for aura ManaaHaa 1-800-447-7430 1-MM2MWI In his office, Delbert Voight takes a phone message while In the middle of advise, preparing for meetings, and trying to get the office up to running work, but there is much more to do. come from working outside and -At the same time, he was telling from tossing heavy bags of seed his opinions and recommendations and fertilizer that makes him look based on his knowledge as a holder like a Midwestern farm boy. of a master’s degree in agricultural Or maybe its the photographs of education, and on his experience as huge equipment that he used in « custom crop production manager lowa, such as equipment to air flow responsible for the start-to-finish soybeans, huge boom sprayers of thousands of acres of com and with balloon wheels, and fertilizer soybeans in lowa. equipment that would have a tough The young married man, with a time making a turn around in a typ football player’s build and ical Pennsylvania com field, shortcropped black hair, said pco- The truth is, he was bom and pie somehow think he’s from the raised in Sussex County, New Midwest. Jersey, where his father was a man- It’s true he’s lived in lowa for ager for the local Agway several years, finishing his mas- Cooperative, ter’s degree at the lowa State Uni- And while, to the average versity and then going immediate- American, the mention of New ly to work full time as a crop pro- Jersey hasn’t conjured images of duction specialist for Cenex-Land rural bliss fa* some time, there is O Lakes. He personally was still a strong agricultural element in involved in the fertilizing, planting the Garden State. It is an element and protection of 12,000 to 15,000 that Voight was exposed to as he acres of com and soybeans. grew up. Perhaps it’s his red-cheeks that His father used to raise between seven to 10 registered Holsteins to sell as dairy replacements as an annual sideline business, and from that “Del,” as the Lebanon com munity is beginning to call him. WATER FILTERS hi also got jobs milking cows in the area. “1 was milking cows in the area since I was old enough to pull a teat,” Voight said, and adding that starting in fifth grade, he was also heavily involved in 4-H. His father’s work with the Sus sex County Fair also got him involved in helping with the fair. In the meantime, he met and married Lori, the former Miss America Angus, who also happens to be the daughter of Penn State University professor Dr. Erskine Cash, well known in Pennsylvania agriculture because of his work in beef production. In Voight’s office last week, during a short time when he was uninterrupted, he took some cucumber seeds arid planted them in a container he filled with soil that was purposefully contami nated with a soil pest which typi cally attacks and destroys seedling plants. He was planting the seeds so that they would sprout and begin to die off just in time for a scheduled tele- 10” Sediment filters for grit, sand, particles, dirt, etc. Micron Sizes 1. 5. 10. 20. 30, 50, 100 128 qly. • $1.99 ca. case lot 80 qty. - $2.25 ea. 40 qty. - $2.50 ea Mfilr WATER SYSTIMt giving order. (Turn to Pago BIT) 742 E. Lincoln Ave. Mycrstown, PA 17067 Call (717) 866-5388
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