GB-Lancutar Farming, Friday, January 10, 1997
Open Invitation To Farm Show
81st PENNSYLVANIA STATE FARM SHOW
January 11-16, 1997
Farm Show Complex
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Dear Friends of Agriculture:
I am pleased to extend this personal invitation to you and your family to
attend the 1997 Pennsylvania State Farm Show, January 11 -16 in Harrisburg.
This is truly a family show, one that's enjoyable and educational for our exhibi
tors and visitors alike.
The Farm Show pays tribute to the fine men and women from Pennsylvani
a's 50,000 farms who provide essential food and fiber products to our neigh
bors around the world. It showcases their achievements and affords them a
wonderful opportunity to share their livelihood with consumers on the other
end of the food chain. The Farm Show allows farmers, producers and agribusi
ness to see what advancements the industry has made each year and to plan
for their future.
Thousands of beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep, swine, horses, goats, rabbits
and poultry are in the limelight of competition and sales throughout Farm Show
Bulletin Provides Forage
Preservation Info
EBENSBURG (Cambria Co.)
—Forage crops legumes, gras
ses, and com silage form the
basis of the nutritional programs
on dairy, beef, and sheep farms.
From the moment that crops are
cut until they are delivered to ani
mals, biological processes take
place that decrease their quantity
and nutritional quality as feeds.
Silage and Hay Preservation,
NRAES-5, provides a wealth of
practical information and scientif
ic backgrounds on management
forage preservation to reduce los
ses and quality changes. Proper
management results in more effi
cient production and greater farm
profits.
The 53-page bulletin in divided
into three sections: The Biology of
Silage Preservation, Preservation
of Hay, and Additives for Silage
and Hay Preservation. In the first
two sections, the processes that
affect forage quality are
described, and management prac
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tices to control these processes are
discussed. The additives section
described their impact on forage
preservation and includes a frank
assessment of the usefulness of
eight categories of additives.
Silage and Hay Preservation,
NRAES-5, was written by R.E.
Pitts, a professor of agricultural
and biological engineeing at Cor
nell University.
Silage and Hay Preservation,
NRAES-5, is available for $8
from the Northeast Regional Agri
cultural Engineering Service
(NRAES), Cooperative Extension
Publications Distribution Center,
Penn State University, 112 Agri
culture Administration Building,
University Park, PA 16802-2602.
Postage and handling are included
for U.S. orders only. Make check
payable to Penn State University.
For more information call (814)
865-6713 or write for a free publi
cation catalog.
There Is
a difference!
Stop by our Booth
FOOD MARKK7
second noon -
week. Three hundred commercial exhibitors feature their newest innovations
in farm equipment, services and products. Daily entertainment is featured in
the large and small arenas, with rodeos, horse and pony pulling contest, draft
horse hitched competition, a folk dance festival, and a sheep to shawl contest.
A variety of informative demonstrations are held throughout the week in the
Family Corner.
Good food has long been a part of the Farm Show tradition and we now have
11 associations in the Food Court, serving up tons of delicious food all week
long. You can buy processed food products from a variety of companies in the
Pennsylvania Food Market. Cooking demonstrations take place all week in the
Food Pantry, using many of the wonderful foods produced or processed here
in the Keystone State.
The Farm Show offers the opportunity to recognize and reward the hard
work and creativity of our farm families, and to highlight the advances in tech
nology which make our farmers and business the most productive in the world.
Please make plans to join us during Farm Show Week.
tlWkey Fantt
(America’s Oldest—Since 1856)
PO Box 337 .
(717) 687-76^
Visit Our Display at the PA FARM SHOW
January 1 1 thru 1 6th - Spaces #l2O-0128
■ Scenic Horse Rides ■ EZ Hutches & Mini Barns ■
■ Lapp Energy-Free Drinkers ■ Humane Stall & Trailer Mats
■ Stallion information on Appaloosa, Paint, Quarter
Cook's Forest
Scenic Rides
May thru October
Bring your horse or ride one of ours,
and ride with us through the remote
areas of Northwestern PA on the
Southern borders of the Allegheny
National Forest. You will be watering
your horses in cool spring fed
springs. Each day we cover different
trails.
Stop by our booth at the
PA FARM SHOW
WAYLO ACRES
RD #l, Box 148, Fairmont City, PA 16224
314-365-5100 FAX 814-365-2120
Home of 'Santa Fc Sonny” AQHA Champion
Paradise, Pa.
Charles C. Brosius
Secretary of Agriculture
LIQUID
MANURE SPREADER
STOCK TRAILERS
Gooseneck or Bumper Pull
■ Dexter Torsion Bar Axles
■ Quality Workmanship
■ Options: Plywood Lined, mats, etc
Truly yours,