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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1990
Page
11
Regional ag news announces orders for The 1990 American Directory of Agriculture. It contains over 5,300 entries on national and state ag groups, USDA offices, colleges, 4-H and FFA, and major ag media. Price is 49.95 with ordering details provided.
The Catoctin Future Farmers of America held a hog butchering with seven hogs slaughtered locally. Carcasses were processed into marketable cuts at the high school, with bacon ham shoulders loins and chops sold by advanced orders. Local helpers and vendors aided the effort to fund FFA contest participation.
Free admission marks the Carroll County Farm Museum premier summer event on Sunday June 3 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The fair showcases over 200 vendors with antiques and crafts while the farm show offers goat milking, square dancing, a hog calling contest, sheep shearing, hay wagon and pony rides. Parking is free. tours of the 1852 mansion and 19th century craft demonstrations are featured. For details contact 500 South Center St Westminster 21157 or call 848 7775 876 2667.
Governor Schaefer announces final agreement on a joint agricultural research project among the University of Maryland Maryland Department of Agriculture and the Soviet Union to study soil erosion in Armenia. US experts will visit Yerevan and Kiev this summer to collect samples and examine soil use in environmental planting as part of a broader exchange program during Schaefer's May 5 17 trip to Eastern Europe. The Thurmont and Emmitsburg community show committee plans the 4th annual show September 7 9 at Catoctin High School with officers Rodman Myers Tonjin Mayne and Bob Beavin and contributions to local groups.
The Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association held its 70th annual meeting in Hagerstown with over 1,000 members attending. President Russell S. Wachter of Keymar received a 50 year member honor for Clovertop Form, along with Jr. and LE. Day of Midland Virginia. Fredrick County and Maryland Dairy Princess Marcia Summers and Grant Cheryl Gayman, Outstanding Young Cooperator Couple of the Year, were also recognized. Production rose to 1,926 million pounds, members increased to 1,373, and milk sales totaled $287.5 million. The cooperative paid 22 cents per hundredweight in 1989 and equipment sales reached $4.76 million. New directors include Arrington III, Weddle, Paul, Blablack, Graybeal, Hardesty, McCulloh, Mosemann, and Sanford Jr. Wilcam and Shank did not seek reelection.
Dairymen weigh rye, barley, wheat, oats, and sorghum silage. Early boot harvest boosts protein. barley and oats offer flexible stages. Bean sorghum provides lower pesticide needs, about 14–15% crude protein and mid 50s TDN, with risks from Johnsongrass contamination.
A Tuesday Ag Calendar of events from the Frederick News-Post lists farm group activities next several weeks. Items include stockholder meetings, breed association shows, FFA contests, Grange meetings, fairs, signups, and conferences across Westminster, Timonium, Mount Airy, Thurmont, and Howard County with dates from April through June and contact numbers for more information.
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