A2O-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 22, 1996
A PROPOSED
NEW UNDERGRADUATE
MAJOR IN ANIMAL,
DAIRY, AND
POULTRY SCIENCE
AT PENN STATE
W. D. Weaver, Jr.
Prof. & Head
Dept, of
Poultry Science
A new effort is under way at
Penn State University to develop a
single undergraduate major
between the departments of dairy
and animal science and poultry
science.
The new major would not alter
the overall administrative structure
of the two departments, but would
rather combine the undergraduate
recruiting, advising, and instruc
tional efforts to better serve the
students and the industries inter
ested in students trained in the ani
mal sciences.
While the proposed curriculum
would maintain a science option
for students interested in graduate
and professional schools and other
careers requiring more in-depth
instruction in the biological sci
ences, an increased emphasis
would be placed on the manage
ment and business aspects of ani
mal production, processing, and
marketing.
To aid the Curriculum Commit
tee in its task of developing the
curriculum, the two departments
have commissioned a survey of
recent graduates of the three ani
mal science oriented curricula
poultry technology and manage
ment, dairy and animal science,
and animal bioscience in the
College of Agricultural Sciences.
The survey has been designed to
assess the importance of a number
of life- and career-oriented skills
that students were, and in some
cases possibly should have been,
exposed to in the classroom while
at Penn State.
Further, the survey will provide
graduates with an opportunity to
evaluate the effectiveness of their
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a.m.
Rye Cover Crop and Com Silage
Field Day, John and Todd Ishler
Farm, Spring Mills.
Friends of Ag Breakfast, Sheraton
Inn. Dover. Del.. 7:15 a.m.
Saturday June 29
PYFA Summer Conference and
picnic, Leesport Farmers
Market.
Clarion-Venango dairy princess
pageant, Snyder Valley Farms,
Parker, 3 p.m.
Crawford County dairy princess
pageant, Ist United Methodist
Church, Cambridge Springs, 8
p.m.
Washington County dairy princess
pageant. County Fairgrounds,
Washington, 6:30 p.m.
Octoraro Creek Nature Walk,
baccalaureate program in prepar
ing them to perform in their chosen
career fields and in society in
general.
Other sections of the survey
address extracurricular activities,
internships and other work experi
ences, and student employment. In
each of these sections, alumni are
asked to indicate their levels of
involvement and how participa
tion (or lack of participation)
impacted on their overall collegi
ate experience while at Penn State.
Finally, the graduates ate asked
to provide some general informa
tion on their first employment after
graduation and on their present
employment
Who is better able to evaluate
the value and relevance of an
undergraduate program than
recent graduates from that prog
ram who are working in the mark
etplace? Unfortunately, many in
academia fail to realize that with
undergraduate education, colleges
and universities are actually pro
ducing products fora marketplace.
To ensure that the needs of the
marketplace are being met,
academia must periodically survey
the marketplace, which is repre
sented by its recent graduates, to
determine if the formal (course
requirements) and extracurricular
portions of the college experience
are appropriate and meet student
needs.
The joint Curriculum Commit
tee from the departments of poul
try science and dairy and animal
science will be receiving the
results from the survey later this
and will consider the
comments from the recent gradu
ates very carefully as it goes about
developing a new curriculum for
the new proposed undergraduate
major of animal, dairy and poultry
science.
My next article, which will
appear later this summer, will
summarize the results from the
alumni survey. For more informa
tion, contact Bill Weaver, (814)
865-3411.
❖ Farm Calendar*:*
meets at Ken Shoemaker’s
House, Kirkwood, 9 a.m.,
Md. Organic Food and Farming
Association annual summer
social, Ecofarms, Lanham,
;e Day, Sterrett Faim, Venan-
Forai
OARDC’s Southern Branch.
WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass.
The S4th New England Sheep
Sale is hosting the National Cor
riedale Sale for the third time this
year on July 19-20 at the Big E.
Agricultural Complex.
The New England Sale is spon
sored by the New England Sheep
and Wool Growers Association
and is held in conjunction with the
Northeast Youth Sheep Show.
The sale, to date, has well over
250 head entered representing IS
different breeds, with more than
100 head of Corriedale sheep con
signed. Top breeders from all over
the United States are bringing
sheep to the sale.
Post entries are always wel
comed. In conjunction with the
New England Sale, -the Second
Downs Nor’East Production Sale'
will also be held.
Thursday evening, July 18 at 6
p.m. will be when things get
kicked off with the National Cor
riedale Junior S|iow. This show is
sponsored by the Corriedale
Breeders and the National Corrie
dale Registry. Juniors from all
over the country will be participat
ing. Rebecca Bull, a Corriedale
breeder from New York, will be
officiating the show. For entry in
formation, contact Keith Cham
berlain at (419) 281-2714.’
Things get started on Friday,
July 19, at 9 a.m. with the showing
of the sale sheep. The National
Corriedale Sale Show will be first
with Helen Swartz of Centralis,
Mo. judging.
Jim Jaggcr from Greencastle,
Ind. will place the other breeds in
the New England Sale in the fol
lowing show order Cheviots, Co
lumbias. Polled Dorsets, Homed
Dorscts, Montidales,
Natural Colored*, RamboujUets,
Romneys, Black Romneys,
Shropshires, Southdowns, Suf
folks, and Tunis. At 5 p.m. to 7
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p.m. that same day, the NESWGA
will put on a family barbecue that
will feature grilled lamb. Reserva
tions must be made ahead for this
event by contacting Launie York,
140 South Shelboume Road, Shel
boume, MA 01370 or by calling
her at (413) 625-2424 on or before
Monday, July 14. The cost for the
barbecue will be $9 for adults and
$5.50 for chilrcn. Also at 5 p.m.,
the New England Sheep and Wool
Growers Association will hold its
annual meeting in the Agricultural
Complex.
At 7 p.m. Friday evening the su
preme champion selection show
for the sale will be held. The breed
champions vie for top honors and
a $lOO cash award that is pre
sented to the supreme champion
ram and supreme champion ewe
of the New England Sale. Also at
this time a Scotch Auction is held
for raising funds for the NESW
GA Scholarship Fund. Several in
teresting items are donated, tickets
sold, and drawings made. All pro
ceeds go directly'into the NESW
GA Scholarship fund that supports
two college scholarships every
year.
Immediately following the su
preme selections, an ice cream so
cial is scheduled. Sugarloaf Dor
sets of Kingfield, Maine are pro
viding the free ice cream and all
the toppings for this event. All
sheep herders and friends are wel
come.
Also on Friday evening the Na
tional Corriedale Sale Banquet
and Meeting will be held at their
sale headquarters at the Ramada
Inn, West Springfield. The cock
tail hour will start at 6:30 p.m. fol
lowed by dinner at 7:30 p.m. For
price and ticket information, con
■ tact Charles Franklin, (860)
974-0690.
The New England Sheep sale
will start at 9 a.m. with Russ Jack-
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son, Seneca, 111. calling the Na
tional Corriedale Sale. The other
breeds will be sold following the
Coniedales by Dan Schlichter of
Washington Courthouse, Ohioj
The sale order will be as follows:
Polled Dorsets, Homed Dorsets,
Romneys, Black Romneys. Natur
al Coloreds, Columbias, Ram
bouillets, Cheviots, Hampshires,
Suffolks, Southdowns, MontA
dales, Shropshires, and Tunis. Pri
ot to the start of the sale buyer re
gistration will take place and a
buyer’s raffle will be held. Sale
credits of $2OO and $lOO will be
raffled off to help buyers toward
the purchases of their animals.
At the conclusion of the New
England Sheep Sale, the Second
Downs Nor’East Production Sale
will take place. Don and Debra
Hopkins of Scituate, R 1 and
Splendorview Farm of Cumming
ton. Mass, has gotten together to
offer 35 head of quality young
Southdown breeding stock for
sale. The sale offering will be
listed within the New England
Sale Catalog.
Immediately following the
sheep auctions there will be a used
sheep equipment auction held.
This event has grown since its in
ception a few years ago to where
there is a lot of useful equipment
being consigned. Any sheep re
lated item may be sold through the
sale and consignments are taken
up to early Saturday morning. The
net proceeds from this auction
goes to the Northeast Youth Sheep
Show to help sponsor its ever
growing youth show that is held
the same weekend following the
sales and into Sunday.
For further information on the
activities and sale catalogs; con
tact Debra Hopkins, 1125 Daniel
son Pike, North Scituate, RI
02857, (401) 647-7281.