Gun Show At Lancaster Farm & Home Center LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) Hunters, collectors, shooters, outdoorsmen, and Americana buffs will be heading for the 36th annual Gun Show, sponsored by the Lancaster Muzzle Loading Rifle Association, to be held at the Lancaster Farm and Home Center on Saturday, March 11 and Sun day, Match 12. The show will be open from g a.m. to S p.m. Saturday, and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. Admis sion is $3. For 36 years, the association has sponsored this show of 100 BCS Recognizes Stauffer Wes Stauffer, left, of Wes Stauffer Engines & Equip ment, Ephrata, accepts a plaque from Dean Walker, salesman for Stull Enter prises, BCS Distributor, in recognition as the second largest dealer for BCS Equip ment In 1994. Stauffer has been selling the BCS tiller line since 1986. This all-gear drive, no belts or chains system allows quick change of many attach ments, Including two blade PPI Announces Director NORCROSS, Ga. Dr. Thomas W. Bruulsema is joining the staff of the Potash & Phosphate Insti tute (PPI) as Eastern Canada and Northeast U.S. director. He is responsible for the agronomic research and education programs of the Institute in the region. “We are proud to welcome Tom Bruulsema to the organiza tion,” said Dr. David W. Dibb, president of PPI. “He has excellent credentials as an agronomic scien tist and proven skills in working with people.” A native of Ontario, Bruulfcma was active in the operation and management of his home farm for several years during high school. In 1983, he graduated with distinc tion from the University of Guelph with a bachelor’s degree in agri culture, then completed his mas ter’s degree in crop science in 1985. From 1986 to 1990, Bruulsema and his wife, Elizabeth Anne, worked as volunteers in Bangladesh, he as a research agronomist, she as a family nutri- Future Ag Will Be Integrated Into Global Food System HONOLULU, Hawaii “No agricultural cooperative meeting here today will be unaffected by the inevitable emergence of a 21st century agriculture. Most will be completely transformed,” said C.T. “Terry” Fredrickson, chair man of the board of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, at the 66th NCFC annual meeting. Fredrickson said this new agri culture will be shaped as never before by the forces of biological and information technology, mar ket coordination and integration, plus displays. Featured for sale or display will be firearms dating from the American Revolution and the Kentucky Rifle era to today’s modern hunting mag nums. For the hunter, shooter or col lector, the show includes equip ment, ammunition, decoys, sup plies, or just about anything to make the sport more enjoyable. The collector will rind military accoutrements from the Civil War to the World Wars, as well as anti que powder horns, flasks, bullet molds, and restoration parts. mower, cutter bar, snowb lower, sweeper, and chipper/ shredder. tion adviser. After returning to North Amer ica, Bruulsema studied and con ducted research from 1991 to early 1994 at Cornell University. Fol lowing completion of require ments for his doctorate, he moved to the University of Minnesota. As a research associate studying fer tility management of soil spatial variability, he worked with Dr. Gary Malzer. In his new responsibility, Bruulsema will direct PPI pro grams in the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfound land. His region will also include Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and the New England states. MILK. IT MESA BODY GOOD. innovation, and entrepreneurship. “It will no longer be a domestic industry to which exports are important, but a fully integrated part of a global food system,” he said. “The relationship between the agriculture of the next century and government will be dramati cally'changed from what we have come to know.” The NCFC chairman, who is also chief executive officer ol Agrißank, FCB in St. Paul, Minn., said, “In a curious, ironic way, we will return to the very dawn of For ATLANTA, Ga. Massey Ferguson® 300 Series cab and footstep tractors, in 60,70,80 and 95 PTO horsepower models, are available with a new 18 Speed shift transmission that excels in row crop and field work. “The 18 Speedshift transmis sion provides a total of 18 forward and six reverse speeds, with eight speed ratios in the 3.S to 8.5 mph working range plus excellent gear overlap. This increases producti vity for jobs such as primary and secondary tillage, cultivating, planting, chemical application, harvesting, mowing, and baling,” said Wilfred Boyle, director. Mas- New GEORGETOWN, Del. Newly released information com piled by Delmarva Poultry Indus try, Inc. (DPI), the nonprofit trade association working for the con tinued progress of the Delmarva Peninsula’s poultry industry, shows the chicken industry con tinues to grow, providing major employment opportunities and in creased economic contributions to the area. Broiler production last year to taled 604,523,000 birds, up 5.4 percent from 1993, while the num ber of pounds produced rose 7.7 percent to reach 2,995,394,000 pounds. Each bird weighed an average of 4.95 pounds, which is heavier than the national average. Unlike some industries on Del marva, the poultry industry re- United Soybean Board Realigns Program ST. LOUIS, Mo.—At its annu al meeting in St. Louis, the fanner members of the United Soybean Board (USB) realigned the prog ram and operating committee structure. The new structure now allows each of the program committees to deal directly with all issues affect ing their areas. According to Barry Mumby, who was reelected USB chairman at the meeting, the rea lignment will make the USB com mittee structure even more goal oriented. “The USB mission has always been foremost in our minds as we utilize checkoff dollars,” Mumby said. “This new structure stream lines our operations while allow ing each of the program areas international marketing, domestic marketing, new uses, production to control essential elements that affect reaching their particular goals.” He said the new structure cre ates more flexibility and gains involvement from a broader range modern national agricultural poli cy in this country.” He drew a parallel stating that cooperatives were the first signifi cant policy solution put forward by agriculture, and the first to be embraced by policymakers. “The challenges confronting agricultur al producers competing in a world food system will at least be equal ly daunting, but cooperatives will have an opportunity to play a larg er and more important role than ever before,” he said. “That role will be limited only by the bounds Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 4, 1995-D5 New Transmission Massey Ferguson Massey Ferguson 300 Ser ies cab and footstep tractors, In 60, 70, 80 and 95 PTO horsepower models, are available with a new 18 Speedshift transmission that excels In row crop and field work. sey Ferguson operations. The MF® 18 Speedshift trans- Figures Show Importance Of Poultry Industry mained strong in 1994. More than 21,000 were directly employed in the industry, while thousands of others on Delmarva had jobs be cause of the poultry industry’s presence. These 21,000 earned more than $389 million, a tremendous amount of money in a small area such as Delmarva. Last year, there were 2,800 growers and 6,000 chicken houses on the peninsula. Growers and poultry companies spent $72 mil lion on capital improvements in 1994, providing another signifi cant economic and employment contribution. The poultry industry creates a built-in market for local grain and soybean farmers. Most of the com, soybeans, and sorghum rais ed by local farmers is used by the of fanners on issues critical to the “This modification of the coin success of checkoff programs. mittee structure will help the In addition to the realignment board to do a better job of invest or the program committees, the j ng fanner checkoff dollars,” said strategic planning function was Mumby. “We live in a time of assumed by the Executive Com- change, and that is especially true mittee. The Audit and Evaluation, f or soybean farmers. And, while Budget and Finance, and Com- we have a good plan, it’s not pliancc and Credentials commit- carved in stone. We’ll make tees continue to be comprised of changes wherever they are neces board members who also serve on sary t 0 do a better job.” program committees. Ag Communication Veteran Named To Meat Board CHICAGO, 111.—Sharlet Brown has been promoted to director of research/meat science information for the National Live Stock and Meat Board. Br6wn started her career in agricultural journalism while still in school and joined the .Meat Board in 1988. Brown will be in charge of all Meat Board research and meat science information disseminated to producers, packers, processors, of our imagination and our ability to maintain a favorable public pol icy environment for cooperatives.” To address these new chal lenges, the co-op leader announced that NCFC and its member cooper atives would be forming response teams composed of farmer direc tors capable of communicating directly with members of Congress on important issues. “More than ever, the political system will be listening to its constituents. Those who are organized will get theii message heard. Those who aren’t, won’t,” he said. Tractors mission utilizes one reverse and three forward synchronized gears, three synchronized ranges, and a two-speed powershift to achieve 18 forward and six reverse speeds. On-the-go speed changes are made without clutching, and all shifts are fully synchronized for maximum comfort, convenience, and productivity. A synchronized reverse gear is located opposite the first forward gear to provide for easy straight line shuttle shifts. This improves forward-reverse cycle times for applications such as loader work, moving round bales, tight head land maneuvering, and utility work. poultry industry. In fact, it is necessary to bring in grain from other areas to meet the poultry in dustry’s growing needs. DPl’s 1994 figures show that 24 million bushels of soybeans, 70 million bushels of corn, and 997,000 bushels of sorghum, with a farm value of $344,673,000 were used for poultry feed. Processed and ready for market, the 604,523,000 broiler chickens were valued at $1,413 billion. “The economy of every com munity and business on Delmarva is positively impacted by the poul try industry as these figures clear ly illustrate,” said DPI President Dr. Douglas K. Marvil. “Our in dustry continues to expand, which benefits everyone on Delmarva. The work done by DPI helps that growth.” Sharlet Brown other industry, segments, acade mia and scientific audiences. In addition, she will spearhead industry information efforts for Meat Board lamb program. .She will also continue tp be director of pork information, which involves overseeing the pork consumer information, youth education, industry com munications, and state relations programs. A South Dakota native, she grew up on one of the nation’s leading sheep ranches.
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