Efi-lancMter Farthing, Saturday, August 12, 1995
Lessons On Conserving
ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.) —
Seeking informaton on preserving
a wetland? Are you wondering
how to generate income from your
woodlot without harming wild
life? Or are you considering whe
ther composting can be integrated
into your farm operation?
You can find answers to these
questions and other conservation
issues at Penn State’s Ag Progress
Days, August 15-17.
Buses will depart daily from the
Conservation Education Tent on
West 11th Street to take visitors
on various tours demonstrating
conservatiort techniques.
The stream corridor manage
ment tour centers on how stream
crossings and streambank fencing
can improve natural waterways.
Growers Committed
To Soil Stewardship
ROCKSPRING (Centre
Co.) —Growers Fertilizer Solu
tions will sponsor an exhibit at the
27th annual Ag Progress Days,
sponsored by Penn State’s College
of Agricultural Sciences, August
15-17.
Penn State faculty and staff will
offer exhibits and presentations to
help agricultural producers reduce
soil erosion and protect ground
water supplies by complying with
new soil conservation and nutrient
management regulations.
Displays for consumers will high
light the importance of clean
drinking water, water conserva
tion, water testing and proper well
construction.
Going along with that theme.
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Demonstration sites for construct
ed wetlands also are featured.
Buses leave at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
A walking tour concentrating
on forestry and wildlife will high
light small woodlot management
Topics such as harvesting trees to
generate income, forest regenera
tion and road and trail mainten
ance will be addressed. A special
demonstration will explain how to
use warm-season grasses as a
wildlife cover. Buses to the walk
ing trail leave daily every hour
starting at 10 a.m.
On the agricultural conserva
tion tour, farm operators can learn
how conservation practices can
protect soil and improve water
quality. Crop residue manage
ment, contour stripcropping, crop-
Growers will emphasize its long
standing commitment to soil ste
wardship. For 40 years, Growers
personnel have been in the fore
front in the process of re
educating American farmers in
ways that promote good healthy
soil stewardship.
Penn State’s Ag Progress Days
is held at the Russell E. Larson
Agricultural Research Center at
Rockspring, nine miles southwest
of State College on Route 45.
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Natural Resources At Ag Progress
land terraces, waterways and wa
ter diversions will be covered. De
monstrations of a forage chicory
pasture and livestock grazing also
will be featured. Buses leave daily
at 1 p.m.
The on-farm composting tour
offers information on recycling
manure and other materials. Visi
tors can see composted farm waste
at various stages. Compost will be
turned during the 10:30 a.m.,
12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. tours. In
addition, finished poultry compost
will be shown in a poultry mortali
ty composting bin. Buses leave
hourly from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
A variety of conservation edu
cation programs also are featured
daily in the tent, including “Faces
of the Future,” a five-minute video
that details children’s often-hu
morous opinions about conserva
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Rocksprings, nine miles south
west of State College on Route 45,
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p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, with
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