A22-Unca*tef Fanring, Saturday, April 4, 1998 Fletcher Named Adams Conservation Farmer (Continued from Page A 1) ties and office space for the agen cies and groups most directly tied to agriculture the number one industry of Adams County. Penn State Cooperative Exten sion of Adams County and the Conservation District would be the primary occupants of the of fice space. Rental space would be available for offices of affiliated state and federal agricultural agen cies. A crucial community need for classroom space and meeting rooms would be addressed with the inclusion of two classrooms, a large meeting hall, and two small er conference rooms. An attached garage would be included to fa cilitate 4-H livestock activities. The steering committee for the project, chaired by Alan Zepp, with Stanley Wolf as vice chair man, has adopted a schedule that would allow occupancy in the spring of 2000. During the banquet the district presented several awards. Harry Fletcher of Reading Father and son, Rodney and Robby Sebright accept the 1997 Outstanding Cooperator award from the Adams Coun ty ConservKlon District. Robby Is the fourth generation to work the family farm. Melvin Worley and ShlrleeCavallere accepted awards for their volunteer work Worley for 30 years, and Shiiiee tor 12 years. County Township was named the 1997 Conservation Farmer of the Year. Fletcher’s hay and grain farm spreads over four farms totaling 3SS acres in the Conewago Water shed. He leases additional land on neighboring farms to total 440 till able acres. Fletcher has been a District Co operator since the spring of 1987. He originally signed up one of his farms in the Chesapeake Bay Pro gram in the fall of 1987 and liked the program so much he signed up his home farm in 1997. He built a water and sediment control basin last year to protect crop fields and now has three wa ter control structures, almost 12,000 feet of subsurface tile drainage which has saved 20 tons of soil; 4,250 feet of waterway constructed; 5,399 feet of terraces constructed; and does 96 acres of contour farming, 61 acres of field stripcropping and 162 acres of contour stripcropping. Rodney Sebright and his son Robby Sebright accepted the Out standing Cooperator Award for 1997. The Adams County Conservation District honored the Adams County Fish And Game Association. From left, Terry Unger Sr., treasurer, fish and game; Laurence Mar tick, district manager, conservation; John Hutzell, president, fish and game; and Roger Steele, president, conservation. 4 >*s * Richard Mill* was honored for completing his Chess* peaks Bay Farmers Contract. Robby is the fourth generation to farm on the Sebright homestead which consists of 169 acres with a crop rotation of com, wheat and hay. Sebrights’ livestock operation at the present time consists of calves and heifers. Rodney has been a cooperator since 1975 and during the '6os and ’7os installed waterway and tile work on his farm. In 1995 he and his son requested assistance from the district to build a waste storage structure to deal with the problem of barnyard run-off. In 1996 this storage was con structed through the Chesapeake Bay Cost-Share Program. It is a bedded pack stacking storage with a picket dam that allows liquids to run off into a concrete apron and then be absorbed by a grass filter area. The Sebrights have also devel oped a spring to provide fresh, clean water for cattle in their pas ture. Martin Acres, owned by Wilbur and Dolores Martin, and their sons, Sam Martin and Eric Martin, received the 1997 Chesapeake Bay Clean Water Farm Award. The Martins operate a 70-head dairy operation along with a beef cow/calf operation. They own 104 acres and rent an additional 700 They signed up for the bay pro gram assistance in May of 1992 to receive technical and financial help in planning and constructing a pit for manure storage. The Mar tins did not attend the banquet be cause of illness in the family. In 1997 the Bay staff secured $229,800 for Adams County and signed 10 new contracts with farmers the second highest number since the inception of the program in 1985. On farms throughout the county three manure storages were built during 1997 and S.S acres of wa terway established. There were 8,115 feet of diversions and ter races constructed on farms with Penn State Offers Dairy Calf Nutrition Conferences UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) Dairy cattle producers, agricultural professionals and other people with an interest in the dairy industry can get updates on the Latest technology and manage ment techniques of calf rearing by watching two satellite teleconfer ences to be broadcast live Tues day, April 21, and Tuesday, April 28, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. EST. Titled “Calf Nutrition and Man agement,” the broadcast will be downlinked at some Penn State Cooperative Extension county of fices. The broadcast can be easily tuned in by anyone with a public or private satellite dish. The tele conference is sponsored by Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. Questions can be submitted during the broadcast by calling 1-800-778-1010, or before and during the teleconference by send ing a fax to (814) 863-9877. The teleconference will be moderated by Penn State’s Team Dairy, a group of facultry and ex perts from the college. Team Dairy includes Jud Heinrichs, pro fessor of dairy and animal science; Larry Hutchinson, professor of veterinary science; and Virginia Ishler, program assistant in dairy and animal science. The conference will cover 12 topics over the two one-day work shops. 10.570 feet of tile and under ground outlet installed. Six water control structures were installed. The work of the staff and farm ers has saved 1,235 tons of soil from entering county streams and waterways. Also honored at the banquet were John Hutzell, president and Terry Unger Sr., treasurer, both representing Adams County Fish and Game Association which helped the district with its annual Envirothon; Shirlee Cavaliete for 12 yean volunteer service* to the district and Melvin Worley, 30 yean of volunteer service; and Kevin Holtzinger and Richard Milles who each completed their Chesapeake Bay Farmen Con tracts. The April 21 teleconference will feature six instructional seg ments, including “Physiology and Digestion,” “Colostrum: Calf Sur vival,” “Colostrum: Quality.” ‘Colostrum: Quantity,” “Liquid Feed Alternatives” and “Milk Re placers.” The April 28 teleconference also features six segments, includ ing “Dry Feed Selection,” “Ru men Development,” “Health Con cerns: Pre-weaned Calves,” “Transition During Weaning; Management Practices.” ‘Transi tion During Weaning: Nutrition” and “Calf Growth.” For more information about participating in this program, visit the following Website: htt p;//www.das.psu.edu/calfuplink, or call 1-800-PSU-1010. For the location of the downlink site nearest you, contact the Penn State Cooperative Extension of fice in your county. The program will air from 7:30 to 9 p.m. EST on C Band, Galaxy 6, Transponder 2,3740 MHz, Polarity Vertical. Penn Slate will broadcast a test pattern at 7: IS p.m. so private satellite dish own ers can tune in their sets. Please call the toll-free line about two weeks before the broad cast to check whether the satellite coordinates have changed. For more information on the program, call Jud Heinrichs at (814) 863-3916.
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