820-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, March 25, 1995
American Dairy Association Recognizes Dairy Promoters
N.Y.—The American Dairy
Association and Dairy Council,
Inc. (ADADC) named Lori Shaw,
1993-94 Delaware County Dairy
Princess, and her court as the
Robert S. Turner Dairy Promoters
of the Year. Presented at the New
York State Dairy Princess Pageant
on Tuesday, February 21, this
award recognizes a New York
Countian who has done an out
standing job of promoting the
dairy industry. Selection is based
on the number and kinds of prom
otional activities conducted
throughout the year.
Achieving 633 promotions,
Shaw was assisted by Nichole
Schaefer, alternate dairy princess,
and dairy ambassadors, Jo Lissa
Kenyon, Michele and Sandra
Schaefer. They performed 98
school programs, recorded 457
radio and television public service
announcements, wrote 15 news
paper articles, attended 16 farm
Late Blight Threatens
Home Gardens
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)—State Agri
culture Secretary Charles C. Brosius is asking
home gardeners to inspect their plants and help
stop the potential spread of late blight disease on
potato and tomato crops in 1995.
“Late blight fungus caused the Irish potato
famine of 1845,” Brosius said. “We want to help
farmers and gardeners stop this disease before it
gets a chance to threaten the 1995 commercial
potato and tomato crops.”
New strains of the fungus have developed
tolerance to a fungicide that has been effective
for more than a decade. In 1993, late blight was
found only in home gardens in Pennsylvania, but
in 1994, these new strains, combined with weath
er conditions favorable for disease development,
caused crop failures totaling between $4 and $4.5
million in Erie and Potter counties.
This disease also occurred in most areas of the
United States and Canada where seed potatoes
were produced, so low incidence of the blight
fungus could accompany seed potatoes this
spring.
The disease can occur at any time during the
season when humid, rainy conditions occur, so
gardeners should inspect their plants daily for
brownish to purplish-black spots on leaves, leaf
stems or stems.
Under favorable conditions, the disease deve
lops rapidly. If late blight occurs on potato or
tomato plants, spores of the blight fungus can
move quickly to neighboring gardens or tp com
mercial crops, resulting in crop loss.
Plants with symptoms of late blight should
immediately be buried to avoid spread of the dis
ease. Gardeners should contact their local county
extension office to obtain the late blight manage
ment ciruclar for home gardeners.
meetings and participated in 37
other special events.
This year, the Promoter of the
Year Award was presented in
memory of Robert S. Turner, who
served 10 years as president of
ADADC and seven years as presi
dent of the national organization.
Then called the American Dairy
Association, the national organi
zation merged with National
Dairy Council under his leader
ship, creating the United Dairy
Industry Association as it is
known today. According to the
1981 fall issue of "Promotion
Focus,” Bob convinced many peo
ple that “milk promotion is not
just advertising. It’s a total promo
tion concept”
Bob believed that local dairy
promotion was an important part
of the “total promotion concept,”
and is the reason this award is pre
sented in his honor. The outstand-
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ing efforts of the Delaware Coun- by the Turner family and promotion organization represent
ty promoters were acknowledged ADADC. ing dairy farmers in New York,
with a trophy and $5OO, provided ADADC is an advertising and New Jersy and Pennsylvania.
From left: Michelle Schaefer, dairy ambassador; Sandra Schaefer, dairy ambassa
dor; Nichole Schaefer, alternate dairy princess; and Lorle Shaw, dairy princess,
receive dairy promoter awards.
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