PCA Sets Awards Banquet
PORT MATILDA (Centre Co.)
Pennsylvania Cattlemen’s As
sociation (PCA) annual member
ship meeting and Cattlemen’s
Awards Banquet will be held at
Toftrees Resort Hotel in State
College on Friday. March 31, at 6
p.m.
The election of directors, pre
sentation of annual reports, ap
proval of the 1995 budget, and any
other business which may be pre
sented, will occur during the ban
quet
LANCASTER (Lancaster
Co.) —On Saturday, March 18,
Penn Slate is sponsoring an all
day landscaping program intended
for novice gardeners as well as
professional landscapers, for
designing an entire yard or creat
ing the specialty flower bed at the
Farm and Home Center.
The symposium will feature
nationally recognized horticultur
ists Steve Frowine, vice president.
White Flower Farm, Litchfield,
Conn.; Bruce Hellerick. regional
horticultural specialist with the
Brickman Group; Marilyn Daly of
Mid East UDIA Hosts Annual
Meeting At Dairy Spectacular
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Dairy
producers will learn more about
value of their investment in
product promotion at the opening
luncheon of the 1995 Ohio Spring
Dairy Spectacular.
Mid East United Dairy Industry
Association, the advertising and
promotion organization for Feder
al Orders 33 and 36, will host the
luncheon and annual information
meeting Thursday, April 6, in the
Circle Building on the Ohio Slate
Fairgrounds. Registration begins
at 10:30 a.m. Lunch will be served
at 11 a.m. and is free to those in
attendance.
The 1995 PCA nominating
committee chairman is Erskine
Cash, Windcrcst Farm, RDI, Box
373, Centre Hall, PA 16828, (814)
364-9184. Nominations for direc
tors should be sent to Cash before
March 10. Please include the nom
inee’s address, phone number, and
type of cattle operation.
The 1995 PCA Awards Com
mittee Chairman is Frank Darcey,
Jr.. Spring Bottom Farm, 1198
Bullfrog Road, Fairfield, PA
17320-9124 (717/334-1903).
Penn State Sets
Garden Symposium
Rosewood Farm, Dallas town. Pa.;
and lulianne Schieffcr, Penn Slate
forestry agent.
The morning begins with “The
Elements of Landscape Design,”
presented by Perry Morgan, assis
tant professor of landscape con
tracting for the Department of
Horticulture at Penn State Univer
sity. These professionals teach
how to select, plant, and care for
trees, shrubs, perennials, and
annuals to build that landscape
plan. Lepidoptcrist Rich Mikula
from Holc-In-Hand Butterfly
Farms, creator of the “Butterfly
Emporium” for Dollywood, pre-
' Mid East UDIA management
will share how their team of mark
eters, dietitians, home economists
and communicators build demand
for dairy products and make a dif
ference for the dairy industry.
Topics to be addressed include the
new fluid milk advertising cam
paign, Milk. Help Yourself; work
shops to help retailers and restaur
ateurs to increase the demand for
milk through proper care and
marketing, school breakfast prog
rams to benefit children and
increase milk demand, nutrition
education and health professional
programs to help consumers make
Please forward nominations for
Commercial Cattleman of the
Year, Seedstock Breeder of the
Year, and Industry Service
Awards before March 10, along
with a brief biographical sketch of
the nominee and an explanation
why hc/she should receive this
honor.
Please forward your reserva
tions as early as possible to RDI,
Box 83. Port Matilda. PA 16870.
The cost of the banquet is s2s*pcr
person.
sents ideas for attracting butter
flies to your garden. During sever
al breaks, certified massage ther
apist Janice Eastman offers
techniques to avoid muscle aches
and pains due to gardening.
The symposium is sponsored by
Penn Stale, The Lancaster Center,
Cooperative Extension, Lancaster
County, and Master Gardeners of
Lancaster County. Cost for the
day is $33, and includes continen
tal breakfast, lunch, and up-to-lhc
, minute hand-out material. Call the
extension office at (717) 394-6851
for information or for registration.
dairy products a part of their diets,
and efforts to respond to media
and consumer crises involving the
image and safety of dairy
products.
The information meeting will
conclude by 12:45 p.m. as the
Ohio Spring Dairy Spectacular
events begin at 1 p.m. Dairy pro
ducers in Federal Orders 33 and
36 will receive an invitation to the
annual meeting. Others interested
in attending may RSVP at least
seven days in advance by calling
Mid East UDIA at (800)
292-MILK.
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday. March 11. 1995-A25
PCA Cattlemen’s Awards Banquet & Annual Membership Meeting
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Cattlemen’s Breakfast & Educational Conference
Friday. March 31
6:00 p.m.
PCA CATTLEMEN’S AWARDS BANQUET &
MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Toftrccs Resort, Stale College, Pennsylvania
NOTE: A block ol moms is being held at Toftrccs
at a special rale of $69 for reservations made prior
to March Ist. Reservations made after March Ist
will be at the prevailing rate. Call 800/252-3551 (in
PA) or 800/458-3602 (outside PA).
Saturday April 1
7:15 a.m.
8:00-9:00 a.m.
CATTLEMEN’S BREAKFAST, Toftrccs Resort
EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE REGISTRA
TION, Agricultural Sciences Bldg Lobby, PSU
ORIENTATION & INTRODUCTIONS, 101 Agricul
tural Sciences Building
9:00 a.m.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
•The National Non-Fed Beef Quality Audit, 101 Ag Sciences
• Boh Calf Quality: Impacts on Ftxxl Safety, 111 Henning
• Cattle Feeding Budgets; Steers vs Heifers & Holstein Bed,
324 Ag Sciences
9:15 & 10:00 a.m.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
• Zero Tolerance: Impacts on the Cattle Feeding Industry,
101 Ag Sciences
I0.15&11:00 am.
• Weaning Methods for Bed Calves, 324 Ag Sciences
LUNCH: Keystone Rib-Eye Steak Sandwiches, Ag Sci
ences Building Lobby
12.00 noon
TRANSFER TO PSD BEEF-SHEEP CENTER
CATTLEMEN’S PRODUCTION WORKSHOP;
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
• Castration methods
•, Identification’ car lags, Irec/e branding, tattoos
• Implanting growth promotanls and dehorning
• Vaccination schedules lor the cow herd
12:45-1:00 p.m
1:00 - 4.00 p.m
• Injection sites, vaccine safely, using pour-ons
• Lilc cycle rations lor the heel herd
• Condition scores, udder exams, and mouthing heel'cows
Co-sponsoredby the Pennsylvania Cattlemen's Association, its Affiliates, anti
the Dept, oj Dauy <£ Animal Science, PSU
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