Ag Progress Days To
(Continued from Pago A 1)
In the pre-trator days before
farm mechanization, farm work
was accomplished by “muscle
power.” At the Pasto Agricultural
Museum, visitors can examine
items ranging from a 175-year-old
hand-powered apple peeler to a
milking machine powered by foot
pedals. Other items on display in
clude cooking pots, wash tubs,
scrubbing boards, rug beaters, ice
cutting equipment and even a gas
engine iron.
Young and old alike might find
the Insect Petting Zoo in the Fami
ly and Youth Exhibits Building a
worthy destination. The zoo fea
tures a beekeeping display offer
ing honey samples and such multi
legged attractions as walking
sticks, ladybird beetles and hiss
ing-cockroaches. Llamas are on
display at the Dairy and Livestock
Tent and ostriches can be seen at
Exhibits Building 1.
“Kids Back Then,” running
continuously in the Family and
Youth Exhibits Building, features
Bill Metzel, a storyteller and folk
tradition expert, who will enter
tain youngsters by showing old
time toys, vintage musical instru
ments and dolls. Storyteller Jan
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New Jersey
Columbus
Reed Brothers Equipment
Pennsylvania
Airville
Farmers Equip & Supply
Bechtelsville
Miller Equipment
Belleville
Ivan J Zook & Sons
Bloomsburg
William F. Welliver
Carlisle
Carlisle Farm Service
Easton
Fancy Furrow Farm Ag Eq.
Gettysburg
Yingling's Implement
Honesdale
Marshall Machinery
Klingerstown
Stanleys Farm Service
Manheim
G & D Farm Equipment
Middlebury Center
Houghtaling's Garage
New Oxford
Thomas E. Sibert Farm Eq,
Oakland Mills
Peoples Sales & Service
Ono
Shuey Sates & Service
Somerset
Lincoln Supply & Equipment
Kinney will perform in the Col
lege of Agricultural Sciences Ex
hibits Building Theatre every day
spinning stories for a half hour to
45 minutes.
Other displays sure to tickle a
child’s fancy include the Happy
Valley Friendly Farm, next to the
Family and Youth Building.
Calves, lambs, goats, chicks and
pot-bellied pigs will be on display.
Shaver’s Creek Environmental
Center will show wildlife such as
owls, hawks, turtles and snakes at
its tent. Oh yes, Smokey Bear is
sure to be seen wandering the area
all three days.
Other family-oriented exhibits
include horse events, crafts dis
plays, and food booths offering
tasty treats from fried mushrooms
to University Creamery ice cream.
Gardeners and homeowners can
visit the Landscape, Lawn and
Garden tent to harvest knowledge
on plant and insect problems from
faculty and extension agents. Visi
tors can even bring in samples (in
good condition) to be diagnosed.
Farmers can see the latest in
planting, harvesting and tractor
technology at state-of-the-art de
monstrations. Precision planters
and a high-tech tomato and pepper
Show What’s New In Agriculture
ress Days.
harvester will be demonstrated. In an alternative to excess manure features more than 500 acres of
addition, demonstrations on hay problems. educational and commercial ex
mowing. baling and bale handling Research tours will reveal Penn hibits. The Russell E. Larson
and intensive grazing for sheep State’s scientific forays into dairy Agricultural Research Center is
arc scheduled. [pouter '*■ mite „f
Farm technology also extends urban conservation, forest ste- State College on Rente 45. Hoots
to manure, as the manure com- wardship,* composting, stream 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and
posting display above West corridor management and inte- Thursday, with extended hours on
Twelfth Street attests. These com- grated crop management Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
mercial-size bins show producers Penn state’s Ag Progress Days Admission and parking are free.
The new White 445
Chisel Plow makes comply
ing with residue guidelines
and requirements easy.
Options like rippled coulters
and chisel points set at 15"
spacing leave lots of residue.
Concave coulters and twisted
shovels set at 12" spacing
leave less residue. And these
are just a few of the combina
tions available.
Our deep-till shank option plans,
rips hardpan by tilling 4" to
6" inches deeper than chisel
shanks. This reduces A
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A crowd gatheres on Main Street at noon where good food is a tradition at Ag Prog-
compaction problems. And
our leveling bar option
provides a smoother surface
for your
next pass,
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there's a White Ro m Ciop Ctilli \ aloi sat e
model designed foi high speed
with the options to match
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Field Crop
Research Tours
Scheduled
ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.) Ongoing
research projects such as growing a living mulch
to prevent weeds in com and using tiny worms to
control insect pests in potato crops will be show
cased on free bus tours at Ag Progress Days,
sponsored by Penn State's College of Agricultur
al Sciences. August 16-18.
Thirty-minute tours of the college’s horticul
ture, plant pathology, agronomy and entomology
research farms and the USDA Pasture Research
Laboratory will highlight dozens of projects
designed to enhance food safety as well as
increase production yields, reduce reliance on
pesticides and conserve soil and water.
Visitors to the event at the Russell E. Larson
Agricultural Research Center at Rock Springs
will discover how agricultural research works to
improve food safety and food quality while also
enhancing farm efficiency and protecting the
environment. The theme of the event is “Penn
State Ag Sciences... We’re More Than You
Think!”
Researchers have planted the ground cover
crown vetch and legume crops to act as a living
mulch for corn crops. Ideally, the mulch allows
the crop to grow to maturity and after harvesting
conserves soil as a ground cover.
University entomologists are using nema
todes, tiny parasitic worms present in soil, to
control the Colorado potato beetle. The nema
todes prey on the beetle larvae, preventing the
adult insect from infesting the crop. Researchers
are also experimenting with the use of propane
flame treatments to control adult insects that
have emerged after dormant winter.
Some of the other projects featured include an
experimental windbreak that prevents orchard
trees from becoming misshapen by winds, test
plantings of pest-resistant southern com and
tomato varieties to see how such crops adapt to
Pennsylvania, and clear plastic canopies
designed to prevent damage by spring frosts.
Tour riders also will see how Christmas trees
resist various types of diseases and observe how
alfalfa has grown in a field that was last plowed
in 1968. At the USDA Pasture Research Laborat
ory, visitors can see several varieties of grasses
used for cattle grazing. One species. Puna chic
ory, is undergoing grazing trials.
Hie Clarke Kerr Apple Variety Museum is
also on the tour route. The orchard museum dis
plays about 120 varieties of apples.
Tours are offered every 20 minutes from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. all three days of the event. Tours
continue until 6 p.m. during extended hours on
Wednesday, August 17.