C2-Uinci«tw Farming, Saturday, April 8, 1995
DAIRY AND
ANIMAL SCIENCE
FOCUSING ON
THE FUTURE
Daniel R. Hagen, Head
Department Of
Dairy And
Animal Science
The Department of Dairy and
Animal Science of the College of
Agricultural Sciences at The Pen
nsylvania State University is
undergoing extensive change.
Over the past few years, the
department has experienced seri
ous financial problems. Those
problems resulted largely from a
reduction in funds without changes
in the size of the department’s
programs in resident education,
extension education, and research.
Over the past six months, the
faculty have developed a solution
to the immediate problem and are
developing a long-term plan for
the department. The immediate
financial solution calls for reduc
ing the number of animals at each
animal unit—dairy, swine, horse,
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sheep, and beef to the number
required to meet our programmatic
needs. Those reductions will lead
to a reduced labor force, but will
not close any farm or eliminate any
species.
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unfold. Dr. Stanley Curtis stepped
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Now that the big department store
is moving in, the fair is moving
out.
Sometime in the next few
months, construction will begin on
a Montgomery Ward store in back
down as head of the department to
assume responsibilities in research
and teaching. Dr. Paul Wangsness,
an associate dean in the College of
Agricultural Sciences and former
head of the department, served as
acting head during February.
Effective March 1,1 was appointed
to serve as interim head until a per
manent department head is
recruited.
The faculty are currently deve
loping a strategic plan for the
future to focus our resources on
specific priority programs. Clear
ly, we will not be able to do every
thing we have done in the past.
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of the Reading Fairgrounds Mall,
farmer site of the Reading Fair.
Also tentatively planned is a car
rcpur centcr on the ground where a
barn housed dairy and beef ani
mals for exhibit at the fair.
As a result, the Reading Fair has
jtlans to move, in 1996, to a
'7O-acre site in back of the Berks
' County 4-H Center, off of RL 183
near the Berks County Extension
Center. At the site will be a series
of exhibit bams and parking for
thousands of fair visitors.
If everything goes right, said
Wayne Readinger, agriculture
chairman and publicity director of
the fair, the first fair at the new site
will be held in September 1996.
The land, owned by the county, is
being leased until March 1996.
The Reading Fair this year will
be held at the Kutztown Fair
grounds from Sept. 25-OcL 1, a
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announced date. A contract was
established for a one-year term,
according to Readinger.
According to Dave Souders,
fust vice president of the fair,
plans are to tie the proposed facili
ties to the 4-H center and to hold
various fundraising and other
activities at the site. Initially,
according to Souders, under phase
one of construction, a pole bam
measuring 60-feet by 310 feet will
be built, he said. Lata-on, in phase
two, the bam will be expanded
another 100 feet. In phase three,
the pole building will measure 60
feet by 610 feet, he said.
Now. the land for the site in
Bern Township is under review by
the state DER (they are looking at
the effects on the streambed that
flows at the eastern end of the land)
and a study is being undertaken by
PennDOT on traffic flow into the
area. Traffic will enter from the
Hilltop Road side of the proposed
site.
In the next several months, a site
plan will be drawn up. Plans arc for
a modular layout that will have
modules that connect to the main
complex. Modules will be set aside
for aspects of .the fair such as the
rides, the exhibition area. The
Grange Cookery, and other
aspects, according to Souders.
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By 1996, the fair
committee hopes to
have at least the main
phase of the pofebuild
ing up, according to
Souders. When it is fin
ished, the new site will
house enough facilities
and parking area for
approximately 2,700
cars.
Plans are still “in the
rough yet,” said Rea
dinger. The fair agricul
tural chairman said that
30 years ago, if fair
grounds were needed,
there was no problem
getting them. These
days, permits are neces
sary to build any types
of facilities in the
county.
Already, the Reading
Fair committee has sec
ured water and sewer
permits for the site.
Souders indicated
that contributions are
welcome to help defray
costs for the new build
ings. The plan keeps
admission and enter
tainment free for the
Reading Fair.
For more informa
tion, contact Dave
Souders, (610)
370-3473.