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AGRICULTURE/MARKETING--C. A. DOUGLAS EXTENSION AWARD ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dean Cole, dairy specialist with the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing in Truro, is the 1996 C. A. Douglas Extension Award winner. The award was presented by Stephen and John Douglas, sons of the late C. A. Douglas, during the Nova Scotia Agricultural College's Open House/Alumni Weekend. The award, established in 1984, is in memory of Charles A. Douglas, who was an outstanding extension worker throughout his long career with the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing. Mr. Cole, from Elderbank, Halifax County, received his B.Sc (Agr) from the Ontario Agricultural College in 1975. Since then he has worked in the field as a Dairy Specialist with the animal industry branch of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing in both Kentville and Truro. Some of Mr. Cole's accomplishments include starting the first milking equipment analysis service in the Maritime Provinces, as well as working closely with dairy farmers all across Nova Scotia in the areas of nutrition, ration balancing and production. He was a member of the team that travelled to the Czech and Slovak Republics to provide expertise on dairy extension programs and is currently involved in collecting and analysing data for a pasture management project in Nova Scotia. Mr. Cole plans to use the award to help finance a trip to the United Kingdom later this year to study forage systems for high genetic merit/high production dairy cattle. The C. A. Douglas Award is presented annually to a person involved in agricultural extension work. Applicants are considered on a single achievement or lifetime dedication to agricultural extension. The award is to be used for a self improvement project or special program to further the development of agricultural extension in Nova Scotia. -30- Contact: George MacKenzie 902-893-6589 trp August 01, 1996 - 9:40 a.m.