Extension Sets Important Meetings (Continued from Pago A 32) needs, and take an optional tour. The conference is scheduled Feb. 1-3 from 9 ajn.-nooo at the Radis son Penn Harris Hotel and Con vention Center, Camp Hill. • Small Business Institute. Hus institute is designed for progres sive farmers who ate interested in sharpening their business manage ment skills, It oonsists of four ses sions with focus on leading your business and evaluation the “Sweet 16“ business plans, enter prise accounting, and managing employees for peak performance. BIG SAVINGS ON EARLY ORDER PROGRAM NOW! We Special ifertti Grain Bins/Dryers, Legs, Mills, Augers 4 FAST®™ STIRRIN MACHINE (§ukuft) MODEL4O GRAIN CLEANER Also available up to 3,000 bu/hr capacity HIGH CAPACITY GRAIN UNLOADER Tube Diameters 2”, 3”, 3 1/2”, 5” Capacity From 15 lb./Min. to 220 Ib/Min. - N * Lancaster dates arc Feb. 3,10,17, and 24. Return the enclosed form. • Training Farm Workers. Two labor training workshops have been designed for progressive dairymen to help training diem and their labor crews. The training is scheduled March 16, milking crews, in Franklin County, and training the feeding workforce, March 23 in Lancaster County. For more information and registration form, return die enclosed form. • Pennsylvania Forage and Grazing Conference and Trade Show, March 1-2 'in Grantville. ★Full Line Parts Dept.* ★Sell, Service & Install* Topics include Forgey's eight years of grazing experience, mark eting opportunities, niche markets, harvesting equipment, pasture establishment and management, and more. For more information, return the enclosed form. Other upcoming events include the Lancaster County extension annual meeting Feb. 3, dairy repro duction meeting Feb. 11, Lancas ter Dairy Days Feb. 15 and Feb. 29, and dairy biosecurity Feb. 23. For mote information, call Shirk at (717) 394-6851. FEED BIN SPECIAL (GS|)ifl IN THE INDUSTRY Approx. 5 ml. South of Lancaster on Rt. 272, 14 Herrville Road, Willow Street, PA 17584 Ph. 717-464-3321 or Toll Free 800-732-0053 Mon.-Frl. 6:30 am to Bpm Sat. 7:30 am to 6pm Sun. Clotted NEWARK, Del. —Ed Kee, co operative extension specialist for vegetable crops for the University of Delaware, has been elected pre sident of the North America Pulse Crop Improvement Association. “A pulse is an edible legume crop such as peas, soybeans and pea nuts” said Kee. “Legumes interact at the mole cular level with the bacterium Rhizobium (‘living root’), which allows the plant to take nitrogen from the air and use it in the same manner as nitrogen from the soil,” he said. “The relationship between the plant and the bacterium is a mutually beneficial relationship: the bacteria supply the plant with tes guessworl (minal .1 , . , I v, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 1, 2000-A37 Extension Specialist Elected AT THE KEYSTONE SHOW! 550 Gal 1000 Gal 1500 Gal 2100 Gal Mini Bulk Horizontal Pickup Truck Tanks Many other sizes in stock 0 RORUIESCO Also Stocking A Full Line Of Hoses, Fittings & Quick Couplers O Nin For Ag, Construction, Marine • 1/2 S&D I UPS Shipping Point Not responsible for typographical errors m | Hardware ;S <w M 1/1 nitrogen and the plant provides the bacteria with carbohydrates and other organic compounds.” The Pulse Crop Improvement Association primarily represents the seed industry and the research community throughout North American, said Kee, who has served on the board for four years and just finished a term as vice president and program chair. A M .400240 $269.00 ,400040 $329.00 .400410 $429.00 .401780 $799.00 Applicator Tanks • 5 HP B&S, 2” SS.D #785020 $219.9S
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