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V 01.46 No. 42
With Ridge, Pa. Becomes National Leader In Farmland Preservation
Wednesday at Ag Progress, Gov. Tom Ridge, far right,
greets, from left, Dean Robert Steele, Penn State College
of Agricultural Sciences and Graham B. Spanier, Penn
State president. Sam Hayes Jr., state ag secretary, accom
panies Ridge. Photo by Andy Andrews, editor
Students Widen Horizons
At Governor’s School
DAVELEFEVER
Lancaster Farming Staff
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) People who are con
cerned about the future of agri
culture and the environment
have 64 new reasons to be hope
Richard Ferraioli Jr., back, right, was presented with a
special Outstanding 4-H’er citation by Rep. John Lawless,
standing at left, at last week’s Montgomery County 4-H
Fair. In front, two 4-H ambassadors were also honored:
Matt, left, and brother Ryan Kadwill. See story page A 24.
Photo by Andy Andrews, editor
www.lancasterffarnning.com
ful.
That is how many high school
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Winner Chosen
Winner of the ice cream
freezer contest at Ag Progress
was Barbara Sheriff, Carlisle.
Four Sections
ANDY ANDREWS
Editor
ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.)
It is a time of celebration, and
a time of action.
State dignitaries turned out in
force Wednesday during Ag
Progress Days to provide some
groundbreaking news: Pennsyl
vania leads the nation in ag
Visitors enjoy watching alfalfa chopping during a wide array of equipment demonstra
tions at Ag Progress Days. More coverage of the event is included throughout the
issue. Photo by Andy Andrews, editor
Conservation Practices For Lanes,
Woodlots Demonstrated At Ag Progress
DAVE LEFEVER
Lancaster Farming Staff
ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.)
Visitors to Ag Progress Days
this week had opportunities to
learn about a variety of agricul
tural and woodland sustainabil
ity practices.
Besides seminars on basic
conservation ag methods, land
owners and others also took
tours that demonstrated prac
tices such as budding and main
taining farm lanes and
managing woodlots.
Woody Colbert, coordinator
of the State Conservation Com
mission (SCC) Dirt and Gravel
Office Closed
Labor Day
On Labor Day, Monday,
Sept. 3, Lancaster Farming
office isxlosed, The office
will 4.
General News noon,
Thursday, Sept. 6.
Saturday, August 18,2001
preservation. But a Farm Bill
approaches, and farmers must
make their voices heard.
The state’s “Growing
Greener” program, what state
leaders believe is the largest en
vironmental investment in
Pennsylvania history, helped to
preserve 467 farms, more than
53,000 acres since January 2000,
Road Pollution Prevention Pro
gram, said that some of the prin
ciples that work best when it
comes to road construction were
employed by the Romans centu
ries ago.
One of the ancient principles
rediscovered recently is that
road surfaces in wet areas last
longer if they are underlaid with
a “separation fabric” to prevent
fine clay particles from being
drawn by water up into the sur-
Accompanied by Linda Wagner, Misty Owens is at the
halter of Daisy, a 13-year-old draft horse, dui’ing a special
Franklin County 4-H Therapeutic Riding Center demon
stration Wednesday at Ag Progress. For more about the
benefits of the program, see story page A2l.
Photo by Andy Andrews, editor
$34.00 Per Year
the program’s start.
“It took eight years to pre
serve the first 100,000 acres,”
Ridge told hundreds of guests at
the beginning of the Govern
ment and Industry Lunch
hosted by the College of Agricul
tural Sciences in the Special
Events Building at Ag Progress.
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face layer. Clay particles in the
water make a slippery fluid at
the base stones of the surface
layer and cause it to deteriorate,
leading to potholes.
According to Colbert, materi
als used by the Romans for
laying under road surfaces in
cluded burlap and straw, but
today a geosynthetic petroleum
based fabric is used for essen
tially the same purpose.
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