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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1987
Page
5
A roundup of upcoming agriculture related meetings and events planned in Frederick County and nearby areas. Details include dates venues and participating groups. The listings cover extension programs farmers association and community workshops across the region.
The 23rd annual Maryland Agricultural Pesticides Conference will be held today at the Sheraton Inn Frederick from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The daylong program includes regulatory updates on pesticides spray drift and weather assessment herbicide action groundwater protection and protective clothing selection and laundering. For more information call 454-7127.
The Frederick County Ag Week Committee will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20 at the Frederick Towne Mall. Organizations wishing to participate should have a representative at this meeting. For more information, call Jaime Zimmerman at 898-7718 or Ted Albaugh at 898-3342.
Frederick County Pomona Grange invites orders for a butchering sale at Woodsboro Livestock Grounds on Friday February 13. Proceeds fund community service projects. Order by February 1 via Rodman Myers Maurice Wiles John Barkier Tom Reese Gloria Walters Merhle Duvall or Roger Troxell. Pickup 8 am to noon February 14 at the grounds.
Grange and Junior Grange members visited community citizens during the annual Christmas caroling party and gave fruit baskets. Several residents and local Grange members received baskets, followed by a program on Swedish Christmas customs. The next Grange meeting is set for 7:30 p.m. Monday Jan 26 at the Grange hall.
The 13th annual achievement banquet of the Catoctin and Frederick Soil Conservation Districts awarded top cooperators including the Steve Leatherman family of the Catoctin District and the George Davis family of the Frederick District. Other honorees included Ron Albaugh of Loy's Station for most practices and Everett Moser and Todd Estell for Remsburg Awards. Charles B. Cramer IV was named Conservation Teacher of the Year. Coloring contest winners across districts were announced, with Carena Guyton, Deanne Guyton, Kelly Olson, Daniel Olson, Diana Herndon, and Karen Hess among the top winners.
Dr E Kim Cassel advises evaluating herd size and culling unproductive cows to reduce waste, while using by product feeds and silage as forage substitutes. Notes wet brewers grain and cottonseed as options with limits, warns soybean hulls and apple pomace are poor fiber sources, and urges least cost ration balancing with UMDATA.
In a drought year dairymen face choosing between hay grain silage and alternatives like peanut hulls or apple pomace. A 1,400 lb cow needs about 21 lb hay daily. lower forage requires more silage. Computers optimize diets, showing costs and tradeoffs among orchardgrass alfalfa and other feeds, with drought program price supports influencing choices through April 30.
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