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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1987
Page
6
A summary of upcoming agriculture related meetings and events planned in Frederick County and nearby regions. Includes public notices from local farm bureaus cooperative extensions and agribusiness groups. Dates and locations are listed for community participation and educational sessions.
A one day program titled Soil fertility to be discussed will be held at Heathcote Center at 21360 Heathcote Road Free land from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday Oct 17. Grace Gershuny will lead with focus on soil management, composting, crop rotations, and erosion control. Registration is on a sliding scale $18 to $330. call 343-0280 for details.
Entries for the Maryland Holstein Futurity No. 7 are due by October 31. The program by the Maryland Holstein Association aims to boost interest in the breed with calves nominated and a series of payments toward a final three year contest. Nominees show as three year olds for a purse estimated at 3960 dollars. Contact John B Hall for blanks at Chestertown Maryland.
The Maryland Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners will administer the state board examination at 9 am on Thursday December 3 at the Maryland Department of Agriculture 50 Harry S Truman Parkway Annapolis. Completed applications and the 75 registration fee must be received no later than Tuesday November 3. For information contact MDA at 841-5862.
A forestry seminar will run 9 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. Saturday November 7 at the Quality Inn in Frederick. Topics cover urbanizing and classifying forestland conservation incentives first home fire protection disease and insect issues and wildlife management. Call Terry Poole at 694-1594 for information.
Western Maryland 4 H competitors lead the tractor operators contest at the Maryland State Fair in Timonium and Northeast Maryland wins top honors in state 4 H automotive. Maryland riders advance to the Eastern regional U S 4 H Engineering Event in Richmond with seven state winners competing in the bowl.
United States per capita consumption shows beef and veal leading, with pork and lamb declining in 1988 forecasts. The report notes U.S. beef per person at about 68 pounds and world averages for poultry, lamb, and pork, including regional comparisons such as Saudi Arabia and Israel.
Moscow reports four months of drizzle with only 14 sun days and cold highs. Residents urged to harvest by hand as half the potato crop and other vegetables lag behind last year. Grain threshing reached 77 percent of last year’s pace, with Siberia and Kazakh lands hit hardest and storage rotting in wet fields.
Article outlines surface timber harvesting to supply fuelwood, thinning to favor high quality trees, and the role of professional foresters. Encourages early thinning, weed saplings, values by diameter, using tops and cull logs, and directs readers to a conservation field office at 6919-A Baltimore National Pike Frederick or call 473-4755.
The American Horse Council released a Peat, Marwick report estimating 3.25 million U.S. horses contributing about 15.2 billion to GNP. Maryland hosts about 71,000 horses, led by thoroughbreds 39 percent, quarter horses 11 percent, and standardbreds 10 percent. Maryland ranks 18th among identified states and 42nd in area, with Texas, California, and Oklahoma leading. The study notes 28,000 Thoroughbreds in Maryland, placing it fifth behind California, Florida, Kentucky, and New York. A 1986 Blood-Horse study placed Maryland seventh in foaled Thoroughbreds and fourth in average earnings, with Maryland first in foals per 1,000 acres among five states.
Five Montgomery County and surrounding area 4-H families welcomed Landjugend youths from Hessen as part of a 21 day cultural exchange run by the National 4-H Council. German visitors stayed with local families to experience American family life and agriculture while also sightseeing. Aries Barroce of Portugal also stayed with Maryland families to learn about U.S. farming.
Dr William M Engel of Mount Airy attended the fall conference of the Society for Theriogenology in Austin Texas. Twenty nine authorities presented papers on animal reproduction focusing on equine bovine canine and feline topics and estrous cycle control. The society has over two thousand members in the United States Canada and foreign countries with Dr Robert Snyder of Groton South Dakota as president and Dr Ron Elmore of College Station Texas as conference chairman.
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