Bolyard Represents Pennsylvania Shelah Bolyard, daughter of Charles and Rebekah Bolyard, Mercer, PA, represented Penn sylvania in the National Beef Ambassador Competition in San Francisco, California on No vember 3-5, 2000 in the annual scholarship competition. “ It was exciting to meet people from all over the United States who take beef seriously, they had issues,” said Bolyard. “Some of them come from ranches over 1000 acres big and produce over 600 head of cattle every year. Most of them entered the competition to for future ag riculture jobs. I really learned a lot about beef and would like to speak to Pennsylvania groups about my experiences at Nation als.” The Beef Ambassador Com petition included a barbeque and rodeo at the Cow Palace, a tour of San Francisco, Embassy Suites room and air fare. Versatile: Quick and easy to install Variety of design possibilities Existing fences can be electrified Daniel’s Farm Store 324 Glenbrook Road Bolyard and her sister, Sarah, mother, Rebekah, and grand mother, Ruth Woods, also toured the Presidia Military Base and Fort Point, Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman’s Warf, Alcatraz, China Town by cable car, and the Rain Forest Restau rant. Bolyard won the Penn State Competition during 4-H State Days in August, 2000. She represented the Mercer County 4-H program. To get information on the local competitions, contact your county 4-H office and request the State Days rules and regula tions packet. The National Beef Ambassa dor Program was conceived in 1988 as a scholarship event by the National Cattlewomen and then by the National 4-H Coop erative Extension Program. In 1995, the American National Cattlewomen received beef Permanent or Portable Leola, PA 17540 717-656-6982 check-off funding from the Cat tlemen’s Beef Board to expand the program, which today in volves all youth in SO states from ages 15-19. The top seven winners re ceived monetary awards and trips to National Livestock Ex positions. The purpose of the National Beef Ambassador Program is to train spokespersons for the beef industry. Through preparing for the competition, contestants become knowledgeable about the nutritional and economic values, by-products, food safety, and versatile uses of beef. Trained youth ambassadors can address issues and miscon ceptions in schools, workplaces and in their communities both urban and rural. Contestants participating in the National Beef Ambassador Competition presented a five to eight minute illustrated talk on the promo tional aspects of beef and partic ipated in a hands-on beef education workshop. (Continued from Pago A2B) sume, or demand, oxygen. For example, the oxidation of organic matter can be carried out by microorganisms, that is, it occurs through biochemical reactions. In the presence of dis solved oxygen, the biochemical oxidation of organic matter is carried out by aerobic microor ganisms according to the follow ing generalized reaction: Organic matter + oxygen + nutrients + cells I carbon diox ide + water + ammonia + new cells The amount of oxygen needed to react with the organic matter in the above equation is equal to pSSii^agn^lllJ Vkcnr hsmm ftmai e T o Serv e ' 1 ‘ POULTRY FARMERS We Can Insure Your Buildings For As Little As $3.50 Per Thousand Of Coverage. We Also Offer Product Liability For Salmonella Claims For All Types Of Farm and Agribusiness Insurance Please Call For Quotations or Information Roger Slasher • Bob Lee • Carol Young • Cindy Beyer • Julie Miskelley • Terry Wingert 2488 Maple Ave., Quarryville, PA 17566 717) 786-1711 1800) 882-1415 AGI-POMPE Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 25, 2000-A29 Organic Matter the biochemical oxygen demand of the organic matter and is measured in the BOD test. The oxidation of organic matter can also occur through strictly chemical reactions. The amount of oxygen that reacts with the organic matter in the strictly chemical reactions is not measured using the BOD test. Instead, it is measured using the COD test, which does not in volve microorganisms. The BOD and COD tests are similar in that they both measure the amount of organic matter present in a wastewater indi rectly, by quantifying the amount of oxygen that is used up in biochemical or chemical reactions.
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