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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1999
Page
6
Regional ag news reports the fourth annual Introduction to Draft Horses and Mules Clinic at the county fairgrounds. The Percheron Association and the Gen t Draft Horse 4-H Club sponsor a free event open to the public with demonstrations on riding harnessing hoof care and horse care tips rain or shine refreshments available. Information lines list two phone contacts.
The Richard N Wills 4 H Fair will be held Saturday May 15 at the Howard County Fairgrounds. The show features dairy cattle beef cattle dairy goats rabbits sheep poultry and small pets. Two $4000 scholarships are offered to Maryland dairy youth enrolled in a four year agriculture college with a dairy project. Applications must be postmarked by July 1 and include an official transcript and recent photo.
The Maryland Sheep Breeders Association sponsors a wool sheep judging school from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday April 30 at the Howard County Fairgrounds West Friendship. The session, tied to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, covers breed standards, fleece evaluation, proper oral reasons, show-ring handling, and mock judging. Registration is due by Monday April 12, with contact Pegey Howell at (410) 489-4342 for more information.
The Catoctin and Frederick Soil Conservation Districts will host a noon luncheon on Thursday April 29 to honor Soil and Water Stewardship Week. It will be held at American Legion Post 11 1450 Taney Ave Frederick. Reservations by April 20 via (301) 695-2803 ext. 3.
Local riders Joan Burger Shank of Frederick and Ananne Eyler of Thurmont were honored by the American Quarter Horse Association for logging 500 riding hours. They received a program recognition patch and western clothing gift certificates as part of the AQHA recognition program. For more information call 806 376 4811.
The American Angus Auxiliary offers 15000 in scholarships for five male and five female high school seniors graduating in 1999. Ten awards will be presented in July at the National Junior Angus Show in Tulsa Oklahoma. Applications must be postmarked by May 25. For information call Yvonne Hinman at 406 285 6735.
Carroll County Farm Museum invites applications for its award winning Living History Camp with three sessions for second to fourth graders from July 12 to 23. Activities include unsmithing candle dipping gardening open hearth cooking and blacksmithing plus old fashioned games. Camp runs 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays at $90 with 40 slots each session. For details call (410) 848 7775.
The Maryland State Fair and Agricultural Society Board expands the festival to run Friday August 27 through Monday September 6. The event features home arts exhibits livestock and horse shows live entertainment and midway rides with unchanged hours and admission. For general information contact 410 252 0200 ext 226.
The Frederick County Farm Bureau Women's spring luncheon will be held at 12:16 p.m. Wednesday, April 14 at the New Midway Fire Hall. Memories of the Past will be the featured entertainment. For tickets call 301-888-7560 or 301-998-5871. In photo, luncheon committee chairs Louise Stup and Alice Wilcom display antique farm items from Mrs. Wilcom's Woodsboro home highlighted for the program.
A veterinary article details Neospora caninum biology and the dog as the definitive host, its spread via dog feces into cattle feed, and how infection prompts mid-gestation abortion or carrier calves. It urges feed protection, prompt disposal of fetal material, and veterinary collaboration for diagnosis and potential culling.
Dave and Carole Doody and their daughters Cathleen and Caris sa earned the herd management award at the Frederick and Montgomery County Dairy Herd Improvement Association banquet. Clayton Smith family of O-C-S Dairy won the top award for milk butterfat protein and greatest increase in energy corrected milk at the local awards banquet. Pictured left to right are Linda Redmond of Southern States award sponsor Cody C C and Chase Smith Gaylene Gardener Britanny Clay and Chance Smith.
The Agriculture Calendar in Frederick News-Post invites group event submissions at no charge with a Friday noon deadline for the Tuesday issue. Read lists include University of Maryland alumni reunion April 6 at Turf Valley Ellicott City, Holstein show April 16 in Timonium, and county Farm Bureau events among others in Maryland.
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