Page 20—Ag Progress Section 2, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 9, 1997 AG PROGRESS DAYS FAMILY ACTIVITIES STEP INTO TECHNOLOGICAL AGE UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - It's food, fun and learning for young and old alike at the new ImAGination Station at Penn State's Ag Progress Days, August 12-14. This year’s exhibits for the younger set have a whole new look that promise kids and adults hours of fun and an introduction to the world of interactive science. Participants can begin by making their own personal edition of the “ImAGination Station Times,” which gives children a chance to have their own computer-generated photo with their favorite bug published at Ag Progress Days. Kids of all ages can come and participate in the following -adventures and learn how computers and megabytes are advancing agricultural sciences. • Plant a "virtual" tree and watch how it will grow over the next twenty years. • Find out what separates the good bugs from the bad bugs; learn how we can’t live without them but are learning to live in balance with them. • Make your own rain gauge and see what impact weather has on our food supply. See Us At Ag Progress Days at the J-Star Booth on East y 4 Many of these products will be on display. mro-M/Xi by J-STAR Feed Mixers 'M-TEGM Manure Systems EAVERLINE Feed Carts HlSStlon Systems Lapp’s can’t be beat Sor timely and quality service and a large Inventory of parts. • Explore the science and art of agriculture in your own community through the new and innovative 4-H and FFA programs. > •Use " your personal “ImAGination Station Times” as a guide to the ag-related people, activities and places in your county. Just outside ImAGination Station, animal lovers can enjoy the fuzzy antics of baby animals in the Farm Animal Learning Center sponsored by Students for the Responsible Use of Animals. Shaver's Creek Environmental Center also will display owls, hawks, snakes and turtles outside ImAGination Station. If these two displays aren't enough of an animal fix, visitors can see Jive llamas and emus in the Dairy and Livestock Tent 2. Other activities for the younger crowd include Jr. SciQ contest, where participants test their agricultural knowledge in a TV quiz-show format. The game will be played daily at 11 a.m. and Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the College Exhibits Building Theatre. Award-winning short story author and master storyteller Jan Kinney will regale audiences with daily noon-time performances in J-SIAR Feeding Equipment • tM^UNein? Bedding Chopper • ffitchie® Waterers • PunMsm \ I Level-no Silo Pip* and Distributors LAPP’S BARN UIPMENT 5935 OLD PHILADELPHIA PIKE, GAP. 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A new preci sion agriculture demonstration heads the list of production related attractions at this year’s event, says Ag Progress Days manager Bob Oberheim. “Precision agriculture is a hot topic in the farm community right now, Oberheim says. “By using the latest technology in global positioning systems, geographic information systems and on-board computers in combines and trac tors, growers can adjust their man agement practices to become more efficient” These technologies can help producers to map variations in crop yields within a single field. “For instance, this information can enable farmers to apply pesti cides and fertilizers only where they’re needed instead of across an entire field, which saves them * OSWALT Fead Mixers Fans ■ »-r...!...i.. m ,„m>\ Barn Equipment VAN DALE* Manure Equipment educational and commercial Thursday, wife extended hours ot exhibits, tours and machinery a.m. . t 0 8 demonstrations. It is held at the Admission and parking are free. Russell E. 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