Lamb Skillathon Selects Champions At Ag Progress ANDY ANDREWS at Ag Progress were announced Editor late Wednesday afternoon. ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.) Supreme champions of the Champions of the annual combined events included Kim Lamb Skillathon and Lamb Show Langhans, Denise Hardisky, Grand champion at the Lamb Skillathon at Ag Progress. Front, Kimberly Langhans. In center, back, is Deidra Smith, Pennsylvania Lamb and Wool Queen. From left, Denise Hardisky, Smith, David Neagley, and Molly Enos. Reserve champions at the Ag Progress Lamb Skillathon event. From left, Dana Hardisky, Deidra Smith, and George Peters. mm to In Dairy Bams Spray For Flies Monthly Or As Needed. Rotate 3 Treatments: • Permethrins • Cyfluthrin • Cygon BEITZEL’S SPRAYING Witmer, PA 17585 717-392-7227 or Toll Free 1-800-727-7228 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM CERTIFIED COMMERCIAL APPLICATORS LICENSED Spraying Since 1961 INSURED Radio Dispatched Trucks For More Information Call David Neagley, and Molly Enos. Reserve overall champions were Dana Hardisky, Deidra Smith, and George Peters. Showmanship judge was Keith Bryan, Penn State instructor. Steve Taylor, farm manager of Lyn-Lee Farm in State College, was type judge. Fred Rudy, Charles Itle, and several Penn State specialists helped coordi nate the show. Handing out ribbons was De idra Smith, Pennsylvania Lamb and Wool Queen. Forty-six youth participated in the skillathon. The purpose is to promote the educational aspects of livestock production, which is measured by tests in identifying equipment, identifying feedstuffs, identifying meat cuts, and a knowlege quiz on quality assur ance and one on general manage ment. The event is sponsored by the College of Agricultural Sciences and Ag Progress Days. It is con ducted by faculty and staff from the Department of Dairy and An imal Science and members of the Pennsylvania Farm Show Schol arship Foundation. Proceeds from the entry fees go to the scholarship foundation, which this year was $4OO. Winners in each age group will receive a saving bond for $2OO and the runner-up receives a $lOO bond. Rodale Schedules Field Day KUTZTOWN (Berks Co.) A Rodale Institute Field Day and Workshop is scheduled Thurs day, Aug. 23, from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. here at The Rodale Insti tute. The event will be conducted at The Rodale Institute Experimen tal Farm, 611 Siegfriedale Road, Kutztown. It is co-sponsored by Pennsyl vania Department of Environ mental Protection and USDA Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems. Agricultural Generators Spectrum Detroit Diesel ' Ik. ' ‘‘’•i ‘st L.P. Gas, Diesel, Natural Gas Generators 5 to 2,000 KW WEST CHESTER (Chester farmers the opportunity to try Co.) Thanks to a new piece of this new equipment and see how equipment, farmers in Southeast- beneficial it can be.” era Pennsylvania can transplant vegetable plants with minimal disturbance of the ground. Traditionally, vegetable farm ers have been limited to plowing, leveling fields and then finally planting the vegetable plants. With this new equipment, no-till vegetable transplanter, farmers can make a slice in the soil and place the vegetable plants in the ground all in one pass while leav ing the ground cover relatively undisturbed. On Thursday, Aug. 30 at 6 p.m. at the Peter Flynn Farm in Westtown Township, Chester County, the new style of vege table planter will be demonstrat ed to local farmers and other in terested individuals. Farmers will have the opportu nity to test the new equipment and make arrangements to use it on their own vegetable farms. The Southeastern Pennsylva nia Resource Conservation and Development (SEPA RC&D) Council purchased the no-till vegetable transplanter and is making it available to farmers for free. According to Arthur B. Hol land, chairman of the SEPA RC&D, “We wanted to give Free admission, mileage reim bursement, and lunch to the first 100 registered participants. Pre registration is required. Walk-ins must register upon arrival. Highlights include soil man agement for improved water quality, livestock/nutrient man agement for improved water quality, cover crops and rota tions, transition to organic, mar keting techniques, and farm equipment tour. For more information, call Service - Rental - New & Used Units In Stock MWMCTMUFJMf POI/l/ER systems Power Generation Systems Specialists 0330 Fonderwhite Road, Lebanon, PA 17042 Call Leonard Martin Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 18, 2001-A23 No-Till Vegetable Transplanter To Be Demonstrated In Chester County SEP A RC&D was able to pur chase the no-till vegetable trans planter thanks to grants from the PA DEP Growing Greener Grant Center and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. The transplanter was specially made and one of three in the Eastern United States. It is pat terned after Steve Groffs of Cedar Meadow Farm, Lancaster County. “Using no-till,” said Holland, “to transplant late season vege tables is one best ways to protect the fields from those summer cloud bursts and also retain moisture because of the protec tive mulch left on the surface of the field.” The Peter Flynn Farm is locat ed at near the intersection of Westtown Road and Route 926 in Westtown Township, Chester County. Signs will be posted along the roads directing people to the demonstration. For more information about the demonstration or SEPA RC&D, please contact their of- fice at 824 Main Street, Penns burg, PA or by calling (215) 541-7930. (610) 683-1432, fax; (610) 683-8548, or e-mail; info@roda leinst.org. Website is www.roda leinstitute.org. 18l I 25 to 135 KW Units In Stock! 717-273-4544 Fax 717-273-5186 1
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