Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Ortobw 22,1W4-A2l
Berks Extension Reports Year’s Accomplishments, Goals
(Continued from Pag* At) FaUer said that agriculture con- arca with bushes, trees, vegetables,
had been removed from the home tinues to be the focus even though and flowers. Members then
because of improper care. Bonil- the program is in a different envi- (earned to arrange bouquets with
la’s bilinqual abilities played an ronmenl. Kids, he said, love the the flowers they grew and try to the
important part in her ability to projects and respond in the same vegetables that reflected the
teach cooking on the local televi- manner that rural members do. In diverse tastes of the neighborhood.
sion channel. Many of the families the urban program, 4-H members (~ working with soil and plants,
received 28 hours of food did container gardening and even die students also learned about M/Mk
instructions. beautified vacant lots by earthworms, lady bugs, spiders fIES
Rick Kauffman, John Falter, gardening. an d insects.
and Grace Webber reported on One vacant lot needed to have Judith Schwank, county exten
their work with the urban 4-H 11 dump loads of trash removed sion director, reported that the vac
program. before the children could plant the has been
work together to provide expanded
Hector Penn
professor pathology
biotechnology, helped the
ence grasp the research being done
to develop new products by using %|n<r - **£ h *
roots. For example, toothpaste v a » *> :ft 'i IpH
with an anti-plaque compound and •v~w‘V*.vlJ »
infection S^mve° extension 0 home economist, and Bob Lelby present the
Biotechnology enables scien- award,
lists to isolate plant embryos and
transplant them in other plants for resistant genes into suceeding gen- sa id. The new technology carries
mutation and engineer genes that orations of the plants. lots 0 f promise and some dangers
carry resistant viruses. Introducing “Biotechnology is a partnership s ; nce many of the studies are own
a single resistant gene into a plant between scientists, sociologists, e d by chemical companies that can
will continue to carry the virus economists, and farmers, Flores decide how to engineer plants.
Extension director Judith Schwank, right, talks with John BllttCriTlOrG S COW
Falter, extension assistant for urban 4-H, Grace Webber, (Continued from Page A2O) JR BEST THREE: I.Dave, Bar Miller; 3-YR-OLD: 1 Amanda Buttermore;
teacher and 4-H volunteer, about the urban 4-H program. Hunter of Wa shin«on Countv 2.James McQuaide a.james McQuaide
Hunter, of Washington County. JR 2 . YR^jLD . uames McQuaide. 4-YR-OLD: 1 .James McQuaide; 2.Wil-
VMK . In other the fair cele- 2 Wi || jam Buttermore liam Buttermore
irejvn I PfyfßKfe bra ted its 40th anniversary by SR 2 . YR _o LD: I.James McQuaide; AGED COW: I.J.W. Buttermore;
■■■■iVlWl ■ dedicating a new structure on the 2 .Stacy Frye 2 Andrew Ciesielski
fkAfUll I \llr//s/j 160-acre fairgrounds, located
Secret
attendance for the
ceremony. ■/ “
; I|| I Westmoreland
, !Mj m I g ■■■ Dairy Show
- VI M \g SPRING McQuade;
winter Ebert;
' * Hudson
1 Jfl mm J’ FALL CALF: I.Dave and Bar Miller;
mM 'imn m 111 / 2 James McQuaide, 3.James
McQuaide
;■ [ikjjf 1 11/ il SUMMER YEARUNG: I.Kathy Hud- 1 i H
II son; 2.William Buttermore jfck/ J I
| ,ji | ; , SPRING YEARUNG: I.Dave and Bar Bf g 1 ■
La ■l* J eE il a «. m. Miller; 2.J.W. Buttermore B I
6n & Sll lind WITNER YEARUNG: I.Jarred Frecu- A H
j] | I [ T I I a.Jenny Vance I fli
AGVMAYi nPi'Pli 1 5 HI IH )U lllf i r fall yearling: t.Dwight steel From the left, Kathy Hudson shows her grand champion
i a 3 nUi i-I ric i ior im I JR GET: 1 Kathy Hudson; 2James Holstein of the youth division, while Elizabeth McQuaide
riu uu oiml vi McQuaide shows her reserve grand champion.
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