Pasto Museum To Conduct Silent Auction At Ag Progress Days ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.) Penn State’s Pasto Agricul tural Museum will conduct a silent auction during Penn State’s Ag Progress Days, Aug. 15-17, to help generate funds to preserve the rich heritage of ag riculture and rural living. Proceeds will benefit the Penn State Ag Alumni Endowment for the Pasto Agricultural Museum. So far, more than 40 items have been donated for this first time auction, according to Darwin Braund, volunteer cura tor. —■ Items include a John Deere lawn tractor, special edition F -20 Farmall toy tractors, a year’s supply of Penn State Creamery ice cream, meat from the-Uni versity Meats Lab, sought-after Penn State College milk bottles, antique tools and signs, a ton of Agway textured calf-starter, dinner at The Tavern restaurant in State College, a pedal tractor and doll bed painted and ac cented in Penn State Nittany Lion colors, and ten units of Holstein bull semen. Items for the young and youn g-at-heart include collector’s dolls; T-shirts with butterfly and insect motifs; “Got Milk?” shirts, hats, and glasses; “Bi zarre Bugs” books; framed art works; a framed 1936 “Sheep and Wool Map of the World”; a 100 Mhz Pentium computer with components; and a volley ball signed by the 1999 NCAA National Champion Penn State Women’s Volleyball team. A hand-carved matching pair of draft horses depicts the muse um’s current theme, “The Role of Animal Power in 19th and 20th Century Agriculture.” Carved by Don Ace, professor emeritus of dairy and animal science, the team is complete with leather harness and is hitched to a wood beam walking plow in an active plowing scene. Donations for the auction cat alogue will be accepted through June 30. For information and donor forms, call the museum office at (814) 863-1383. Items from individuals should have a minimum value of $5O and from companies, a $lOO value. Auction items will be on dis play at Ag Progress Days, Tues day and Wednesday, Aug. 15- 16, in the tent beside the museum. Bidding will close promptly on Wednesday at 6 p.m. Successful bidders can pick up their items after payment is processed Wednesday evening ROSEMDNT, 111. Dairy farmer-funded research is making major breakthroughs in meeting consumer and food in dustry needs to expand demand for milk and its many compo nents, according to Dairy Man agement Inc.™ (DMI). “We’ve always said milk is nature’s most nearly perfect food,” says Bill Haines, vice president, business to business marketing for DMI. “Thanks to farmer-funded research, we are finding out how true that is, as we find new uses for the proteins and other components of milk.” Ongoing dairy farmer-funded research programs include de veloping ways to improve prod uct performance, flavor and storage life of domestic cheeses; improving quality, taste and ap pearance of lower-fat milk prod ucts; improving consistency, functionality and stability of milk and whey proteins and identifying new uses for dry ingredients; and developing and improving ways to enhance dairy product biological and chemical safety. According to Haines, dairy farmers are working with indus try partners to develop new or make arrangements for ship ping. For more information, con tact Darwin Braund, volunteer curator, 236 Ag Administration Building, University Park, PA 16802,(814)863-1383. Penn State’s Ag Progress Days features more than 500 acres of educational and com mercial exhibits, tours, and ma chinery demonstrations. It is conducted at the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center at Rockspring, nine miles southwest of State College on Rt. 45. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 Research Plan Meets Consumer, Industry Needs product applications and iden tify additional market needs for these dairy products and ingred ients. American Dairy Association Middle Atlantic (ADA/DC Middle Atlantic) and Pennsylva nia Dairy Promotion Program (PDPP) work together with the national promotion group, Dairy Management Inc. to gather information from all parts of the dairy industry,” says Haines. These research efforts address the needs of dairy processors, cooperatives, food manufac tures, academic researchers, nu tritionists and health professionals, he adds. Farmer-funded research also helps the dairy industry better understand the nutritional and functional attributes and the composition of dairy products, and, most important, how dairy can fit into the lives of con sumers and the business of food manufacturers, says Haines. One research success story is how dairy has made improve ments in the appearance and appeal of fat-free milk. “Con sumers associate the appearance of full-fat milk with quality and Ag Progress Section 2, Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, August 12. 2000—Page Penn State Ag p.m. Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday. Admission and park ing are free. For more information, call freshness and want those same characteristics in lower-fat ver sions. Researchers have devel oped ways to improve the appearance of lower-fat milk, leading to increased consumer demand,” says Haines. Cheese research'successes in clude the development of do- Berks County Conducts Horse, Pony Roundup LEESPORT (Berks Co.) The Berks County 4-H Center was the site of the recent Berks County Horse and Pony Roundup at the Gwen Schwoyer Memorial Horse Rings. Following is a list of show placings: BERKS COUNTY HORSE AND PONY ROUNDUP RESULTS English Grooming And Showmanship, Senior 1. Liz Ehng. 2. Amanda Ruhl. 3. Kate Kocher. English Grooming And Showmanship, Junior; 1. Elizabeth Dinich. 2. Chanelle La- Bane. 3, Sarah Schofield. Hunter Seat Equitation (over fences), Junior 1. Bnanna Cooper. Working Hunter Horses: 1. Liz Ehng. Hunter Seat Equitation (on the flat), Senior 1. Liz Ehrig. 2. Kristen McGowan. 3. Laura Knng. Hunter Seat Equitation .(on the flat), Junior 1. Caitlyn Kaczor. 2. Chanelle La- Bane. 3. Elizabeth Omich. Western Riding; 1. Shanna Jones. 2. Re becca Sobjak. 3. Courtney Miller. Reining: 1. Rebecca Sobjak. Pole Bending Ponies (14.2 hands and under); 1. Heather Seifnt. 2. Ashleigh Dunlap. 3. Charles Hertzog. Pole Bending Horses; 1. Jessica Rad cliff. 2. Stephanie Kendall. Clover Leaf Barrel Race Pomes (14.2 hands and under); 1. Heather Seifnt. 2. Ashleigh Dunlap. 3. Charles Hertzog. Clover Leaf Barrel Race Horses: 1. Jes sica Radcliff. 2. Stephanie Kendall. Raised Box Keyhole Ponies (14.2 hands and under); 1. Ashleigh Dunlap. 2. Charles Hertzog. 3. Brayelle Cooper. Raised Box Keyhole Horses; 1. Stephanie Kendall. Western Grooming And Showmanship, (800) PSU-1010 toll-tree trom July 10 to Aug. 17 or visit the Ag Progress Days site on the World Wide Web at http://apd.cas.psu.edu, mestic varieties, such as Havarti, lower-fat Cheddar, Baby Swiss and Queso Blanco, to compete with imported cheeses. Other successes include improving the melting functions of pizza cheese and enhancing natural cheese flavors to better meet consumer needs. Senior 1. Jessica Sobjak. 2. Rachel Wolfe. 3. Sara Lynn Dissmger. Western Grooming And Showmanship, Junior 1. Kelly Strause. 2. Courtney Miller 3. Elisha Verger. Walk Trot: 1. Tira Schiefley. 2. Gabnelle Hauseman. Stock Seat Equitation, Senior 1. Rachel Wolfe. 2. Amanda Reed. 3. Shanna Jones. Stock Seat Equitation, Junior; 1. Court ney Miller. 2 Kelly Strause. 3. Katelyn Grumbling. Western Pleasure Ponies (13 hands and under): 1. Charles Hertzog. Western Pleasure Ponies (over 13 and not over 14.2 hands): 1. Kelly Strause. 2. Katelvn Grumbling. 3. Amanda Strause. Western Pleasure Horses, Senior Rider; 1. Amanda Reed. 2. Rachel Wolfe. 3. Jes sica Sobjak. Western Pleasure Horses, Junior Rider 1. Courtney Miller. 2. Elisha Yerger. Hunter Hack Horses: 1. Chanelle La- Barre. Hunter Under Saddle Ponies (14.2 hands and under): 1. Sarah Schofield. 2. Shannon Billings. 3. Ashton Tupper. Hunter Under Saddle Horses (Junior Rider): 1. Caitlyn Kaczor 2. Chanelle La- Barre. 3. Elizabeth Dmich. Hunter Under Saddle Horses (Senior Rider): 1. Liz Ehng. 2 Laura Knng 3 Amanda Ruhl. Pleasure Pony Driving (14.2 hands and under): 1. Kate Kocher. 2. Katelyn Grum bling. Obstacle Driving Course: 1 Kate Kocher. Pleasure Horse Pairs: 1. Elizabeth Dmich. 1. Chanelle Laßarre. 2. Jessica Sobjak. 2. Elisha Yerger. 3. Katelyn Grum bling. 3. Kelly Strause. Open Trail Ponies (14.2 hands and under); 1. Kelly Strause. 2. Amanda Strause. 3. Katelyn Grumbling. Open Trail Horses; 1. Jessica Sobjak 2 Shanna Jones. 3. Rebecca Sobjak. 247
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