E24-Unc*star Farming, Saturday, Auguat 12, 1995 Look For these Exhibitors At The 1995 Ag Progress Days (Continued from Pago E 23) Tam Systama Taurus Svc Taejet - Northeast Telmark, Inc Tlco Mfg Todd Farm Equipment Truck Equipment USD A, CFSA Universal Dairy Equipment, Inc University Area Joint Authority University of PA General Information About The 1995 Ag Progress Days Show (Continued from Page El 7) Buildings, Tents and Exhibits Information Booth Main Street, at the top of the hill Questions? Whether you’re trying to find an exhibitor, a tour or something to eat, the answers are at the Informa tion Booth. There’s information on all Ag Progress Days activities as well as a lost and found. Visitors Center Main Street at W. 4th Street Looking for lodging, local restaurants, area attractions or things to do on the Penn State University Park Campus? You’ll find information and directions here. Ag Alumni Pavilion Main Street, between W. 11th and W. 12th Alumni can check in, meet old friends and see alumni developed exhibits. There’s also information about attending the College of Agricultural Sciences. Free ice water and apples while supplies last! College of Agricultural Sciences Exhibits Build ing and Theatre Main Street, between W. 9th and W. 10th (near the farmhouse) Landscaping Your Home Whether you plan to sell your house in the near future or live there into your golden years, having a beautiful land scape can improve its market value and make it a nicer place to live. Through interactive exhibits and demon strations, you can leant how to improve your home’s landscape attractively and affordably, whether you do it yourself or hire a contractor. See how computer-assisted landscape design lets you visualize what your landscape will look like five years—or twenty years—in the future. Leant how to select and care for ornamental plants and turfgrass. Penn State faculty and staff will explain the steps of landscaping; taking an inventory of site charac teristics: establishing and renovating lawns; constructing walkways, decks and other hardscape features; choosing plants and other materials; and adding the finishing touches to a completed landscape. SclQ Test your horticultural IQ in this fun event, patterned after a television game show and hosted by local media celebrities. Contestants and audience members alike can win prizes including home horticulture publications, Penn State Creamery ice cream and SciQ T-shirts. The game will be played in the College Exhibits Building Theatre daily at 11:00 and 2:00, with an additional show Wednesday at 6:00. Admission is free, but arrive early, since seating is limited. Storyteller Jan Kinney Jan Kinney, master storyteller and writer of award winning short stories, spins her yams daily at noon in the College Exhibits Building Theatre. Landscape, Lawn and Garden Tent West 11th Street, next to the College Exhibits Building Whether you’re a homeowner, gardener or grower, Penn State faculty and cooperative extension agents will help solve your plant and insect problems. Advice is available on indoor and outdoor plants, turf, flowers, tree fruit, small fruit and vegetables. Learn about Penn State’s Flower and Vegetable Trial Gardens and the All Ameri can system of plant improvement and selection. Also see examples of annual flowers that have been selected for trial in the All American process at Penn State. Exhibits Building 2 Main Street, between W. Bth and 9th Exhibits include crafts representing Pennsylvania’s rural heritage. Quilts, woodcarving, pottery and more will be showcased. Several artisans will display their handiwork and discuss their crafts businesses. Penn State Coopera tive Extension publications, many of them free, also are available here. See what agricultural courses are offered through Penn State Independent Learning, and find out what the Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health is doing to help improve access to quality health care. ES DLT2 ETI ES W6 EI WS ET3 WIO W9 DLT2 Tears Tickets are required. Get free tickets for research tours at the com crib at the top of Main Street. Free tickets for conservation-related tours are available at the Conser vation Education Tent. General Research Leave from the corn crib at the top of Main Street This 30-minute tour gives you an overview of research conducted by Penn State’s Departments of Agronomy, Entomology, Horticulture, Plant Pathology and the USDA Pasture Research Lab. Buses leave every 20 minutes from 10:00 to 3:00, with tours until 6:00 on Wednesday. Potato Research Leave from the corn crib at the top of Mean Street Visit Penn State’s horticulture, plant pathology and ento mology farms and see the latest potato research. Variety trials, and studies on insect, weed and disease control will be featured. This 90-minute tour departs at 12:30 on Thursday, Agricultural Conservation Leave from the Conservation Education Tent See how various conservation practices affect the envi ronment. Learn about crop residue management, contour striperopping, cropland terraces, waterways and diver sions. A forage chicory pasture and livestock grazing demonstration also will be featured. Buses leave daily at 1:00. Forest Stewardship Leave from the Conservation Education Tent This walking tour highlights small woodlot stewardship in action: harvesting to generate income and benefit wild life, forest regeneration, road and trail maintenance and natural succession. The importance of warm-season gras ses as a wildlife cover will be explained. Buses to the walking trail leave daily on the hour from 10:00 to 3:00, with additional tours at 4:00 and S:00 on Wednesday. Composting Leave from the Conservation Education Tent Could composting have a place in your farm operation? This tour can help you answer that question. See a com posting pad and compost at various stages, from fresh to cured. In addition, finished poultry compost will be shown in a poultry mentality composting bin. Buses leave at the bottom of the hour from 9:30 to 3:30 each day. Compost will be turned during the 10:30,12:30 and 2:30 tours. Wetlands and Stream Corridor Management Leave from the Conservation Education Tent Learn how stream crossings, streambank fencing and a constructed wetland can help you better manage your streambank corridors. Buses leave at 10:00 and 2:00 daily. Family and Youth Exhibits Building West Bth Street Hiss back at a hissing cockroach in the insect petting zoo, find out what 4-H and FFA have to offer, or become a part of the computer world. Science and education come to life in the Family and Youth Exhibits Building. Exhi bits are designed to be intriguing and fun for young and old alike. Twenty-minute Macintosh computer classes designed for young people and beginners are offered every half-hour from 10:00 to 3:30 daily, with additional classes until 7:00 on Wednesday. Explore Penn State’s computer network—PENpagcs—and check out our World Wide Web home page. The Video Comer offers a place to relax and watch videos about bees, bats and more. An exhibit about women in science also can be found here, as well as information from the Pennsylvania Ag Awareness Foundation. Young People’s Tent Just outside the Family and Youth Exhibits Building is a cute-n-fuzzy, sleek-n-slimy combination that’s sure to please animal lovers of all ages. The Happy Valley Friendly Farm brings the cute-n -fuzzy with their baby animal collection, and Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center adds the sleek-n-slimy with owls, hawks, snakes and turtles. University Realty, Coldwell Banker WS Unverferth Mfg. Co., Inc W 6 V&M Hydraulic ETI Van Dale W 4 Vermeer Mfg. Co W 4 Vlgortone Ag Products DLT2 VK-E-Men Co DLTI Volunteers Overseas Coop EBI Wengers Farm Mach W 5 West Agio, Inc DLTI West Virginia Fence Corp EBi Westfalls Systemat WlO Wetsel Seed E 6 Wood-Mlzer Northeast W 2 Woods Equipment Co W 4 Young’s Livestock Wli Zelor Tractor W 2 Zimmerman Irrigation E 5 Zimmerman Mfg. Corp W 2 Zimmerman, Paul B W 9 Crop and Soil Science Tent East Slh Street Leant about crop production and management, soil fertil ity and testing, nutrient management, pest control, weed identification and more. The state’s best hay samples are entered in the Hay Show. Specialists from the Pennsylva nia Crop Management Association and Penn State’s Departments of Agronomy, Entomology and Plant Pathology will answer your questions. Plot demonstra tions feature weed control, soybean varieties, herbicide resistant com and soybeans, com plant population and forage grass species. Conservation Education Tent West 11th Street In Partnership With People for a Healthy Land Learn how federal and state agencies help Pennsylvania citizens protect the state’s natural resources. You’ll find information here about conservation-related tours, field demonstrations and workshops. Daily programs include: 10:00 a.m. Video: Faces of the Future Slide Show: Lines on the Land 11:00 a.m. Pasture Management Program and Demonstration 12:00 noon Video; Land of the Ringnecks 2:00 p.m. Pasture Management Program and Demonstration 3:00 p.m. Coordinated Resource Management Program 4:00 p.m. Video: Pennsylvania's Black Bear Pasto Agricultural Museum Main Street, between E. 9th and 10th Journey back to the time of our agrarian ancestors as you trace technological progress through agriculture’s “muscle power era.” More than 300 antique farm r.nd home implements, many in working order, are on dispiay in this hands-on museum of rural life. College Exhibits Tent Main Street and W. Bth St. Exhibits feature the Northern Appalachia Leadership Ini tiative on Cancer, and the AgrAbility Project and Office of Vocational Rehabilitation. Equine Exhibits Tent Main Street, behind the Special Events Building Educational and commercial exhibits and demonstrations will showcase Penn State's Quarter Horses, and teaching program, 4-H and therapeutic riding and driving prog rams, horseshoeing, feeds, various breeds and miniature horses. Video presentations will highlight equine educa tion and careers as well as various aspects of die commer cial horse industry. Equine Educational Program Horse Arena, Main Street behind the Special Events Building This program emphasizes the $4 billion horse industry's contribution to Pennsylvania agriculture and highlights Penn State’s teaching, cooperative extension and youth programs. Clinics are subject to change. The tentative schedule: Tuesday, August 15 10:00 a.m. Breed Clinics 1:00 p.m. Handling and Training Clinic 3:00 p.m. Breed Clinics Wednesday, August 1( 10:00 a.m. Breed Clinics 1:00 p.m. 4-H Mounted Flag Presentation Handling and Training Clinic 2:30 p.m. Breed Clinics • Therapeutic Riding Demo 4-H Drill Team Exhibition 4:00 p.m. Breed Clinics 6:00 p.m. 4-H Mounted Flag Presentation 4-H Drill Team Exhibition • Breed Exhibitions and Draft Horse Driving Demonstrations Thursday, August 17 10:00 a.m. Breed Clinic 1:00 p.m. Handling and Training Clinic 2:30 p.m. Breed Clinic
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