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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1993
Page
10
The Maryland Hampshire Sheep Association will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday May 4 at the Agriculture Center in Westminster Dr Ray Ediger field veterinarian for Frederick and Washington counties will speak about scrapie before the business meeting begins
A list of upcoming events includes a Frederick Pony Club hunter jumper show at Moxiey Field Sjamsville on May 8 9 with warm up at 7 am. Also a May 6 Potomac River nutrient meeting at Bethesda Chevy Chase High School co sponsored by the state and Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay. Further events: Walk and trot show May 22 near Urbana benefiting St Jude Hospital, Free State Open Warm Up May 16 in Keedysville for youth riders, Maryland Beef Festival June 6 in Westminster with Roy Rogers look alike contest and chef competition, plus a trivia coloring contest and a horse drawn wagon tour of the Carroll County Farm Museum.
The Maryland Draft Horse and Mule Association schedules an old fashioned field day at 9 a.m. Saturday May 8 on Spurrier Farm Md 75 north of Libertytown featuring draft horses and mules plowing disc harrowing and planting. Admission is free. Call Sonny Burdette or Bud Lentaner for details. The Carroll County 4 H Beef Club also hosts a field day at 11 a.m. Saturday May 8 at the Agriculture Center in Westminster with information from the Extension office and Ann Harrison.
The Montgomery County 4-H Beer Club held its tour day at Warnock Farm near Laytonsville with demonstrations on neck rope and halter making injections tail balling and fitting and showing steers and heifers. Members took a grain identification quiz.
The Mid Atlantic Aquaculture Conference and Trade Show runs June 8 to 10 at the Sheraton Inn in Dover Delaware. Seminars cover commercial planning broodstock genetics pond production species nutrition health management and marketing. For details call Max Chambers at (410) 651-9339.
A long list of upcoming Maryland agricultural events includes meetings of the Hampshire Sheep Association in Westminster on May 4 at 7 30 p m and the Frederick County Beekeepers Association on May 20 at 7 30 p m at the Extension Office. Other gatherings span Spurrier Farm Libertytown and Moxley Field Tamsville for horse shows, the National Dairy Promotion Board meeting in Washington D C May 18 26, and the Atlantic National Angus Show at Timonium May 29. Additional items cover county fairs 4 H and FFA activities, saddleview ranch events, grange meetings, dairy princess contests, and national conferences through June 30 with venues in Westminster Jefferson Timonium and College Park Ohio and Iowa.
Matua bromegrass is promoted as a perennial forage fit for hay and pasture. Experts warn of powdery mildew outbreaks in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, high management demands, poor fall/winter stockpiling, and variable winter survival. The crop yields late, tolerates high nitrogen needs, and should be allowed to seed before grazing to establish stands.
The Madison Wisconsin event drew about 15,000 attendees from the U.S. and 16 foreign countries. Fifteen cattle shows featured producers from 24 states with six breed sales. The Angus sale led with 52 lots totaling 108,275 dollars, while a Simmental sold for 14,900. Polled Hereford averaged 2,037 dollars across 42% of lots, totaling 86,575 dollars. Over 280 companies attended the trade show and youth contests offered more than 10,000 dollars in prizes. Mandy Hilbert of Littlestown Pennsylvania earned fourth in the overall sweepstakes after top finishes in senior public speaking, senior quiz, and showmanship.
Frederick County Commissioners joined Catoctin and Frederick Soil Conservation Districts in observing Soil and Water Stewardship Week from April 25 to May 2. Districts distributed literature, encouraged schools and churches to participate, and hosted contests with Erin Brown as grand champion.
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