E2-Ag Progress Section, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 16, 2003 AgrAbility To Provide Health Screenings At Ag Progress Days ROCKSPRING (Centre Co.) AgrAbility for Pennsylvanians has teamed up with Agromedicine for an unprecedented offering of free health screenings at the 2003 Penn State Ag Progress Days (APD) here Aug. 19-21. The screenings will take place at the AgrAbility/Agromedicine tent located at the end of West 6th Street on the APD grounds. Please note the following sched ule: • Stroke screenings - all three days. • Blood pressure screenings - all three days. • Osteoporosis screenings - all three days. • Respiratory screenings - Tues day afternoon and Wednesday. • Tetanus shots- all three days. AgrAbility for Pennsylvanians as sists farmers and farm family mem bers who are coping with a disabili ty or health condition. The project is funded through a grant of the USDA and is conducted in Pennsyl vania through a partnership be- Bus Trip To Ag Progress Days WESTMINSTER, Md. Mid A tlantic Farm Credit, along with the Baltimore, Carroll, and Harford County extension offices, is once again coordinating a bus trip to Rockspring on Wednesday, Aug. 20. The bus will leave at 6:15 a.m. from: • Baltimore Hereford Park and Ride, Parkton, Md. • Carroll Carro/I County Agri cultural Center, Westminster, Md. • Harford Mill of Whiteford, Whiteford, Md. Ag Progress Days offers farmers and producers the opportunity to see the latest technology in agricul ture. The event includes field dem- The Hatfield Fore FFA mascot stands tall at one of many food stands at the Ag Progress Days site. tween Easter Seals Central Penn sylvania and Penn State Cooperative Extension. AgrAbility is also sponsoring a daily cash drawing for those en trants who visit with 10 of 14 iden tified “AgrAbility Partners” who are also exhibiting at APD. Partici pating partners include Agromedi cine, American Trauma Society, Best Line Leasing, Bergman Manu facturing, Blazing Technologies, DeLaval, Genex Cooperative, Pennsylvania Grange, Hoober’s Equipment, Jiffy Hitch Systems, Land O’Lakes, Ryder Supply Co. , Valley Equipment Supply, and Walters Enterprises. Entry forms can be cut from farm newspapers; or may be picked up during the event at the APD information booth or from any of the partici pating partner locations. For more information regarding AgrAbility services, call toll-free within Pennsylvania, (866) 238-4434 or visit the Website: http://AgExtEd.cas.psu.edu/agrab/ onstrations, more than 350 commer cial exhibits, tours, and various hands-on demonstrations on more than 200 acres of land. “Anyone involved in agriculture can find something to see at this event. Whether you grow com, bale hay, raise horses, or operate a greenhouse there is some type of demonstration for you,” said John Stump, a MidAtiantic Farm Credit account executive. Anyone interested in attending can contact one of the local county extension offices or Mid Atlantic Farm Credit at (800) 442-7334. The cost is $lO per person, which includes dinner on the return trip. Subsoiler demonstrations proved the importance of soil husbandry at the 2002 Ag Progress Days in Rockspring. PPffW BEATS' How do you shatter the world plowing record set by a 425 hp track tractor? You don't have to get bigger. You don't have to get tracks. You just have to get better. That's what happened when the Massey Ferguson 8280 fixed frame wheeled tractor set a new world record. The MF 8280 fine tuned to deliver 387 hp, outdid the predecessor by nearly 100 acres, plowing 621 acres in 24 hours. What makes the MF 8280 better? Take a world class engine, a transmission that won't quit and add a powerful hydraulic system. Throw in a high tech control system that automatically monitors and adjusts the flow of power to the wheels for less slip and you've got better... more than 24 acres an hour better. So don't just job to do. Gei and shatter Come Set BETTI at AG PROGR DAY East Ist:1 st : SEE YOUR DEALER LISTED BELOW M.M. WEAVER LEBANON VALLEY FIELDS C.J. WONSIDLER & SON IMPLEMENT CO. IMPLEMENT STORE N. Groffdale Rd 700 E. Linden St Eighty Four, PA 15330 /oiK\ coc io*jK Leola, PA 17540 Richland, PA 17087 (724)222-1154 (717) 656-2321 (717) 866-7518 MANOR MOTORS .... i cd ECKROTH BROS. 3655 Rl. 553 IMPLeSiNC, EQ«CO. "RMEWPMENT (72^254-4753 400 North Antnm Way BechtelsviHe, PA 19505 New Ringgold. PA 17960 (610)345-2911 (570)943-2131 4910 Kernw»lB,Rd. Orefield, (^18069, NORTHEAST (610)360-2095 PEOPLE’S SALES EQUIP & SERVICE Rt 106 Oakland Milts, PA 17076 ' (717)463-2735 ' v <570)222-9090 *, Jji? (570)222-9020 >/■ » HATIO Vfmo 0 »■ A- . 777> ■■■>■<; " ■''* fMi '■" SI
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