Field Day
(Continued from Page A 32)
research station.
Research provided by Dean
Kohler, intern at Reading Bone
Agway, examined how shorter
planting depths affected corn
height
Also, research examined com
row widths. A “pinwheel”
demonstration of various row
widths, including 15-, 30-, 36-, and
40-inch rows, was provided. Rows
were hand-seeded with Agway
792 at VA -inch depth on May 8.
According to Mark Chegwid
den, Agway intern, at the wider
rows, stalk and cab sizes increase.
Experts Brief
(Continued from Pago A 44)
and be strong in declaring their
position and provide the justifica
tion and reasoning and supporting
facts.
The final speaker was G. Terry
Madonna, director of the Center
for Politics and Public Affairs, a
political science professor and a
pollster at Millersville University.
In central Pennsylvania news
media, he is frequently cited as a
source of information concerning
national, state and local politics.
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At (he narrower rows, while the
cob and stalk sizes decrease, there
are more plants per space which
may result in greater yield.
Seventeen different research
plots examined forage varieties
and quality, the global positioning
system and precision farming,
seed depth and spacing, a weed
screen. Roundup Ready and STS
soybeans, post- and pre-emergent
herbicies on soybeans, com and
com herbicide varieties, sorghum
varieties, and soybean varieties
and inoculant. Also, Messicks pro
vided farm equipment
demonstrations.
Ag Educators
He addressed how public policy
is formed, how it is measured and
what are its influences.
His opening statement probably
best summed the development of
public policy. In joking with a
member of the audience, he said
that, as a member of the audience,
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control.
“He who controls the micro
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Junior 3-Year-Old: t, Seth
Oerr (Reserve Senior ahd Re*
serve Grand Champion): 2.
Maty Anna Clouser (FRA): 3
Lynne Rearick (FFA).
Senior 3-Year-Old: 1. Jessi
ca McMurtne; 2. Mary Anne
Clouser (FFA); 3. Gregory Mc-
Murtrie. *
Four-Yesr-Olds: 1. Lynne
Rearick (FFA); 2. Damein Don
ough.
Five-Year-Olds; 1. Lynne
Rearick (FFA): 2. Averin Don
oi'gh.
AYRSHIRE
Spring Calf: 1 Cassandra
Houser.
Fall Calf; 1. Charles Llnei
(Reserve Junior Champion)
Summer Yearling: 1. Rand
Fogleman.
Fall Yearling; 1. Charles Lin
er (Junior Champion and Re
serve Grand Champion).
Dry Cow 2 Years and Over
1. Rae Ann Fogleman (Reserve
Senior Champion): 2. Randl Fo
gleman; 3. Roberta Fogleman
Senior 2-Year-Old: 1. Rae-
Ann Fogleman (Best Bred and
Owned).
Six Years and Older: 1
Roberta Fogleman (Senior and
Grand Champion).
HOLSTEIN
Spring Calf: 1 . Ken Connelly
(Junior Champion and Reserve
Best Bred and Owned); 2. Seth
Ulmer Jr.; 3. Jennifer Keller
man.
Winter Calf: 1. Stephanie Ul
mer, 2. Dianne Glock, 3. Jere
my Stackhouse.
Fall Calf: 1. Tara Kocher; 2
Rhonda Mummah; 3. Lon Con
nelly.
Summer Yearling; 1. Aman
da Fraley: 2. Alanna Judy; ?
Brian Saltzurg
Spring Yearling: 1. Amanda
Fraley (Reserve Junior Champ
ion); 2 David Glock: 3 Ben
Clomngor.
Winter Yearling: 1. Emily
Cloninger; 2. Krista Byers
(FFA); 3. Ben Cloninger
Fall Yearling: 1. David
Kocher, 2. Ronald Hough Jr.
(FFA): 3. Lon Connelly.
Dry Cow 2 Years and Over:
1. Dianne Clock; 2. Danielle
Mummah: 3. Tarra Kocher.
Junior 2-Year-Old: 1. David
Kocher (Reserve Senior and
Reserve Grand Champion); 2
Tara Kocher; 3. Tammi Deibler.
Senior 2-Yaar-Old: 1 Ryan
Connelly: 2 Ronda Mummah
3 Amanda Myers
Junior 3-Yaar-Old: 1 Buck
Gates; 2. Brandi Rimmey
Senior 3-Year-Old: 1. Dan
ielle Mummah, 2. Geoffrey
Fredd; 3. Chanty Royer
Four-Year-Old: 1. Angela
Stackhouse.
Flve-Yaar-Old; 1. David
Clock; 2. David Kocher, 3 Ryan
Connelly
Six Years and Older: 1.
Ronald Hough (Senior and
Grand Champion): 2 Dianne
Clock (Best Bred and Owned in
Holstein division and over all
breeds), 3 Emily Clonmger