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Vol. 39 NO. 40
Ag Progress Days To Show What’s New In Agriculture
ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.) —
Attractions ranging from a food
safety game show to a remote
controlled tractor rollover to an in
sect petting zoo will be on display
at Ag Progress Days, sponsored
by Penn State’s College of Agri
cultural Sciences, Aug. 16-18.
This year’s theme, “Penn State
Ag Progress Days begin 9 a.m. on Tuesday at the Russell E. Larson Agricultural
Research Center in Rockspring. This premier educational event salutes the progres
sive nature of agriculture in research, extension, and industrial adaptation to the
needs of farmers and the environment. The exposition annually draws 300 exhibitors
and 50,000 people.
This Ag Progress Issue of Lancaster Farming has schedules of daily events, stories
of introduction to events, a layout of the grounds, and messages from the exhibitors.
In addition, regular features, markets, and coverage of events are included.
Ag Progress Days conclude at 5 p.m. on Thursday.
Bomgardners Take Premier Breeder,
Exhibitor At Lebanon Fair
VERNON ACHENBACH JR.
Lancaster Farming Staff
NORTH CORNWALL (Leba
non Co.) The John and Mar
Amanda Martin holds the halter of herwlnter yearling and
her ribbon for winning the first place best-bred ar\d owned
youth division ribbon and award. Also shown Is second
place Alicia Martin, and third place Jesse Bomgardner.
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Ag Sciences ... We’re More
Than You Think!,” centers on
food safety. The exposition is held
at the university’s 1,500-acre Rus
sell E. Larson Agricultural Re
search Center at Rockspring,
near State College.
‘Thanks to research and exten
sion, the United States has the
garet Bomgardner family, owners
of Loving Meadows Farm, in north
Annville, were named premier
breeder and exhibitor of the Leba
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 13, 1994
most abundant, least expensive
and highest-quality food in the
world,” says Dr. Lamartine F.
Hood, dean of the college. “To en
sure safe, plentiful supplies in the
future, we must continue to find
ways to economically produce and
process foods with fewer harmful
bacteria or potentially harmful re
non Fair Holstein show last week.
The family also showed the
reserve grand champion Holstein
and the junior champion, along
with several first place animals in
their classes.
The grand champion Holstein,
senior 4-year-old Dale-Pride
Blacks Kasmira, a Blackstar
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Wessner Shows Kutztown Swine Champion
ANDY ANDREWS
Lancaster Farming Staff
KUTZTOWN (Berks Co.)
“Mom picked out the hog for us.
She always picks out our hogs.”
Kutztown Fair Market Swine
Show Champion Stephen Wessner
said that his 191-pound
Hampshire/Yorkshire gilt, from
the heavyweight class, was picked
by his mother, Barbara, from Rab
er Farms, New Tripoli.
Stephen, 19, who works for his
father, Harlan, looks forward to
many more shows this year,
including Allentown, the Key
stone International Livestock
Expo, and the State Farm Show.
Show judge Ron Trostle,
Trostle Livestock, Red Lion, said
the heavyweight hog was the
“longest-sided and leanest” of all
the hogs in the ring. “I feel this pig
is probably the largest of the three
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siducs.”
Eating unsafe food can put con
sumers in jeopardy and visitors to
Ag Progress Days will get a
chance to test their knowledge of
agriculture and food safety on
SciQ, a “Jeopardy’Mike game
show played daily at 11 a.m. and 2
p.m. in the College Exhibits
Building Theatre. Admission is
free. There will be an evening
show Wednesday at 6 p.m.
WZWW radio team Jeff Brown
and Steve Jones will host the show
Tuesday and Wednesday. Rick
Kauffman, associate extension
agent in Berks County, will host
the Thursday shows.
Exhibits and demonstrations in
Farm Link A 27
Rollover Demo A2B
Crop Info A 36
Field Crop Tours A4l
Family Activities B 2
Conservation Issues C 29
Scheduled Tours D 5
Animal Agriculture D 7
Dairy & Poultry Dll
Machinery Demos El 7
General Information El 7
What’s New for ’94 El 7
Events, Layout El 8
Exhibitor List E 23
Equine Education E 35
Hay Classes .... E 35, E3B
Manure Composting F 4
(Please see general'index on Page A 3.)
Stephen Wessner, New Tripoli, left, was awarded champ
ion market hog on Tuesday at the Kutztown Fair. At right is
show Judge Ron Trostle.
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the College Exhibits Building will
show how research and education
help'to reduce pesticide residues,
increase processing safety and im
prove home food-handling tech
niques. Penn State faculty and
staff will be present to answer
questions.
Safety on tractors is the focus of
another demonstration as experts
in agricultural engineering operate
a 35-horsepower, remote-controll
ed tractor on slopes of varying an
gles. By observing the tractor un
dergo side and rear overturns, visi
tors can see the cause and effects
of rollovers while learning import
ant prevention tips.
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