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V 01.44 No. 41
Ag Progress, Penn State’s Showcase Event, Opens Aug. 17
Hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of visitors will
gather at this year’s Ag Progress Days, Penn State’s pre
mier agricultural exposition, at the Russell E. Larson Agri
cultural Research Center. The center is located nine miles
Twenty-five years ago, Susie and Aaron Click, center, built a milk jugging operation
and store on their Quarryville dairy farm. Today Maplehofe Dairy Farm Store is the
only place in Lancaster County that continues to bottle milk in glass. Turn to page B 6
to read about the history and the changes made by the Clicks’ sons, from left, Sam,
Merle, Elvin, and Calvin. Photo by Lou Ann Good.
Ag Progress Days Stories Index
AG PROGRESS INDEX
Daily Schedule API-5
Tours API-6
Field Machinery Demos API-8, 20
Buildings, Tents, Exhibits API-9
Six Section*
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 14, 1999
southwest of State College on Rt. 45. New and expanded
activities for the farmer and family are included throughout
this issue.
Grain Inspection API-10
Family Learning Hub API-11
Town Meeting API-12
Lyme Disease Info API-14
(Turn to Page A 46)
$31.00 Per Year
Jill Neiman, seven-year Berks County 4-H Sheep and
Lamb Club member, was recently crowed Berks County
Lamb and Wool Queen at this week’s Kutztown Fair. Read
more about Jill’s work in helping other members dress their
sheep for the fairs this season on page 813. Additional
coverage of the Kutztown Fair is included in this issue.
Photo by Andy Andrews
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ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.)
Visitors can compete in a “largest
weed” contest, walk through a
com maze, participate in a high
tech agricultural quiz show, or
view 100 years of Pennsylvania
dairy history at Ag Progress Days,
Aug. 17-19.
The event’s theme, “Harvest
2000: A Celebration of Progress,”
highlights a century of innovation
and discovery in Pennsylvania
agriculture. Sponsored by Penn
State’s College of Agricultural
Sciences, Ag Progress Days is
held at the university’s Russell E.
Larson Agricultural Research
Center at Rockspring, near State
College.
Visitors seeking a challenge can
wander down to the Crops and
Soils Tent and try to make their
way through the nearby “A Maze
N Com,” a large com maze where
adventurous types can spend a few
minutes or several hours testing
their sense of direction. Instead of
pulling pesky weeds, gardeners
and farmers can bring in two of
their largest weeds and try to win
the “Largest Weed in Pennsyl
*ntia” contest. Visitors can enter
two weeds that have been grown
in Pennsylvania, and all entries
must be cut off at ground level.
There are two categories; broad
leaf and grass. Prizes are awarded
daily.
(Turn to Page A 26)