Conserving Natural Resources At Ag Progress ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.) — Visitors to Penn State’s Ag Prog ress Days can get tips on identify ing trees, find information on pre serving a wetland, or discover how to compost at the Conserva tion Education Tent from Aug. 13-15. Buses will depart daily from the Conservation Education Tent on West 11th St to take visitors on various tours demonstarting con servation techniques. The compost and milk waste handling tour will run hourly from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.. The tour of fers information on recycling manure, milk waste from dairy operations and other materials. Compost will be turned during tours at 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. In addition, visitors will see a demonstration of bow milk waste can be stored and dis- liberdome Incorporated Iributed to a vegetative filtering system that is environmentally safe. A walking tour concentrating on forestry and wildlife will high light woodlot management Top ics such as harvesting trees to gen erate income, forest regeneration, and proper woodland manage ment will be addressed. Partici pants should dress comfortably for this walking tour, which will run hourly from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The wetlands and stream corri dor management tour focuses on how stream crossings and stream bank fencing can improve natural waterways. Demonstration sites for constructed and restored wet lands are also featured. Buses leave at 10 a.m. and 1 pan. On the agricultural conserva tion tour, farm operators can learn how conservation practices can P.O. Box 11 Lake Mills, Wl 53551 (414) 648-8376 protect soil and improve water quality. Crop residue manage ment, contour stripcropping, wa terways, and water diversions will be covered. Buses will leave daily at 11 a.m. Several workshops will be of fered daily. “Our Common Trees” is a tree-identification workshop for elementary and middle-school students and their parents. An other workshop, “BayScapes,” teaches environmentally sound landscape management tech niques to homeowners in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. A variety of conservation education programs are featured daily in the tent, including presentations on pasture management, white-tailed deer and the use of living cover in crop production. The schedule includes; • “BayScapes,” workshop, 10 ...madttbVa&t a.m., August 13 only. • “BayScapes,” video, 10 a.m., August 14 and IS. • Pasture Management, work shop, 11 a.m„ 2 p.m. daily. • “Our Common Trees,” work shop, noon daily. • Permanent Living Ground Cover in Crop Production, work shop, 1 p.m. daily. • “Pennsylvania White-Tailed Deer.” video. 3 pan. daily. Seven agencies will be located in the conservation tent: Chesa peake Bay Education Office, Cen ter for Rural Pennsylvania, De partment of Conservation and Na tural Resources’ Bureau of Forestry, USDA Farm Service Agency. Pennsylvania Associa tion of Conservation Districts. Pennsylvania Public Utility Com mission and USDA Natural Re sources Conservation Services. For more information, call (800) PSU-1010 through August IS. Or, if you have access to the Internet, visit Ag Progress Days on the World Wide Web: http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/CA SHOME/APD/APD.HTML. HERNIA? I No hernia is unrepairable, even after gj several previous failed attempts. We 0i specialize in outpatient hetnia H] repairs, and most patients are able to gj return to full work with-in several tfl days : PLEASE CALL COLLECT OR WRITE «| FOR MORE INFORMATION $ MID RTLRNTIC SURGICRL M SERUICES [|] 217 Harrisburg Ave., Suite 201 rn Lancaster, PA 17603 W (800) HERNIA 6 VA MOST INSURANCE ACCEPTED gj NEED YOUR FARM BUILDINGS PAINTED? Let us give' you a price! Write: Daniel’s Painting 637-A Georgetown Rd. Ronks, PA 17572 (or leave message) (717) 687-8262 ■■ Spray on and Brush 3 in Painting 1 I
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