Ida’s
Notebook
by
Ida Risser
My husband got me away
from writing articles, typing Sale
Reports, and freezing and can
ning fruit and vegetables to go
along with him to Tioga County.
We were just a few miles from
the New York state line and five
miles from a hard-top road. The
roads and housing are certainly
very different from Lancaster
County.
He bought a camper and put it
on ground that our children
bought. It is a completely wood
ed area that they have cut a
driveway into. It was two days of
hard work.
The three days were similar to
camping as there is no electricity,
running water, or heat. We used
a battery for light and we had
sleeping bags. He brought his
boat along and so of course, we
went fishing each day.
The first evening we stopped
at Hills Creek Lake. Here we
only caught seaweed. Some chil
dren nearby caught a few small
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The next morning we drove to
Cowanesque Lake. Here, for the
first time, we were required to
pay to launch our boat. As my
husband has been carrying a
Golden Age Passport from Yel
lowstone Park in his wallet for
years, we were entitled to a 50
percent discount. Here we only
caught a few small fish.
The next day we tried Ham
mond Lake which is operated by
the Baltimore District. I was
amazed that they controlled the
use of water so far from Mary
land. It was quite foggy early in
the morning and only a few boats
were on the lake with us. No one
seemed to be catching fish but at
least we had our lunch with us,
and so we fed ourselves if we
could not feed the fish.
We came home to buckets of
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But, I was glad to be back to fa
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‘Agroecology’ Day Looks
Deep Into Dirt
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) What’s Penn State's agrono
my department doing to protect
water quality, develop alternative
fuels, provide food for earth’s 6 bil
lion people, and more?
High school classes and the public
can find out at the College of Agri
cultural Sciences’ “AgroEcology
Day,” Friday, Sept. 29, at Penn
State’s Agronomy Farm.
“Visitors can see what soil scien
tists and agronomists are doing to
improve our quality of life and talk
with the scientists who conduct the
research,” said Steve Fales, head of
agronomy.
High school class tours run from
10 a.m. through noon. Students can
eat lunch with the presenters (bring
a bag lunch), then have free time to
explore. Tours for the public begin at
1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Each tour lasts
about* two hours and includes nine
presentations;
• “Bringing ‘Dead Soil’ Back to
Life.” Learn how scientists removed
hazardous pollutants from soils at
the Drake Chemical site in Lock
Haven, then restored the “dead soil”
so plants could thrive.
• “Soil: It's a Jungle in There!"
Underground, billions of soil mi
crobes are constantly at work, feed
ing and protecting plants. Learn
about creatures found in backyard
soils.
• “Crop Insects; The Good, The
Bad and The Ugly.” Minimizing the
harmful effects of “bad” in
sects without hurting “good”
ones helps the environment
m and boosts crop production.
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target harmful insects.
• "Living Mulch.” “Living
mulch" is a low-growing crop grown
in the same field as a tall crop. Liv
ing mulch helps soils retain water
and significantly reduces runoff, soil
erosion and pesticide loss from
sloped fields. Usually a legume, liv
ing mulch also converts nitrogen
from the air into fertilizer, helping to
feed the crop.
• “Keeping Fertilizer Where It
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drinking water and damage fish hab
itats. Learn how scientists went un
derground to examine the water
under various crop rotations and fer
tilization and tillage treatments.
• “Native Grasses for Energy,
Clean Water and Feed.” Native
grasses that once sustained vast
herds of bison on the prairies may
now sustain U.S. agriculture well
into the future. Learn how these
grasses can be used to make energy,
protect water, feed cattle and in
crease wildlife diversity.
• “White Mold: Scourge of Farm
Fields and Gardens.” Learn what
scientists are doing to reduce white
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turn vegetable gardens into a mushy
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• “Crop Rotations Benefit Every
one.” Rotating crops from field to
field each year helps dairy farmers
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izer, cut down on pests and diseases,
and increase soil quality. Hear about
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1969.
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the future, foods will last longer,
taste better, and be mure nutritious.
Learn how scientists are improving
crops through biotechnology without
creating “frankenfoods.”
Parking and admission for AgroE
cology Day are free. For more in
formation, call Steve Fales at (814)
865-6541 or visit the World Wide
Web at www.agronomy.psu.edu/
AgEcoDay.html.
High school teachers can reserve
space for their classes by calling
Kate Butler at (814) 865-2119.
The event will be held at Penn
State’s Agronomy Farm, Gate B,
The Russell E. Larson Agricultural
Research Center, Rockspring, nine
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