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Look For these Exhibitors At The 1995 Ag Progress Days
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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