More than $l6l billion in has been extended to ■ sras’STSJ Md. meat animal field day July 21 under the Veterans Ad- *> * nroJram *° 3n COLLEGE PARK, Md. - the farm office building. Following lunch, a short location to help guide 8113 iyp 8 ’ Hay quality is a timely topic Walking tours of the corral speaking program is visitors. on the Mid-Atlantic livestock facilities will originate at the scheduled, also under the big A mimeographed Beef and scene this summer, since registration area, on a tent. It will include Sheep Research Report will wet Spring weather resulted continuous basis, from 9:45 “Livestock and Marketing again be handed out to field in most first-crop hay being a.m. to noon. Outlook” statements by the day participants. Single overmature by the tune is Concurrently, a livestock animal science faculty copies will also be available was harvested. judging school for youth will members from the free, on request, after the Some implications of this be held from 9:30 to noon in University of Maryland at field day from the office of situation, plus a hay judging the main corral nearby. It College Park. Dr. William E. Kunkle, contest, will be new ad- will be a clinic to prepare 4-H Department of Animal ditions on the program for and FFA youth on To find the beef and sheep Science, 2107 Jull Hall, next week’s second techniques for judging field day site, go north on University of Maryland, statewide University of contests involving sheep and highway 32 from U.S. College Park, MD 20742; Maryland beef and sheep beef cattle. highway 1-70. After crossing phone: (301)454-3732. Summer field day. the Patapsco river (south The handout will report on The field day is set for July The hay judging contest branch) bridge on the animal science projects 21 at the university’s meat for all ages will be held m the Howard-Carroll county line, completed in recent years by animal research farm near exhibit area under the big proceed four tenths of a mile research workers for the Sykesville (Carroll county) tent. It, too, will run from and turn right on Marriott- Maryland Agricultural in the north central part of 9.30 a.m. to noon. sville road at the east edge of Experiment Station. Some the Old Line State. Lunch will be served Sykesville. Then go 1 1/4 reports on appropriate U.S. The Saturday event will during the noon hour at miles and turn left on Slacks Department of Agriculture get under way with moderate cost under the big roa d; proceed one mile to research projects at Belt registration at 9 a.m. under tent. It will feature roast the field day area. Signs will sville, Md., will also be in a big tent to be set up near beef and lamb sandwiches. b e posted at strategic eluded. BATCH MAKER NPPC concerned over hog slaughtering facilitiei DES MOINES, lowa - The depressed prices. He said, ad JUSt to today s hog study the situation and tha National Pork Producers “there is already confirming n umbers. However,’ he Bergland do whatever v Council, concerned over evidence of such a back up in continued, “inadequate possible to encourage mon reports of shortages of hog Mississippi and NPPC has slaughter facilities in some ra P ld conversion o slaughtering facilities received scattered reports areas may restrict hog slaughtering faculties t nationwide, has called on on similar situations from slaughter thus reducing the P° r k operations when Agriculture Secretary other areas. pass-through of price- Bergland to ease such “Consumer demand for savings to the consumer. use of additional manpowei shortages. pork,” Duller said, “is in- Bldler a sked that the to handle available port NPPC President Bill creasing as pork prices Agriculture Department supplies Buller, Brookings, in a telegram to Bergland and Senators from lowa and South Dakota, says scat- PEQUEA - The Pequea president; Lisa King, Slaymaker and Barbar tered reports indicate a lack valley 4-H cooking and secr etarv Nadine *.i of available slaughtering sew ing club is presently secretary ’ *aame Edith Yoder wdl be the 4-1 facilities may reach the involvedmmanyactivities. Slaymaker, treasurer; js?¥ or ( l ue ?! 1 and Mary “critical stage”, and that Recently officers were Dawn Martin, news Elderly be 1116 smc pork producers are concern- elected, including Edith reporter; Wanda Smoker . , ed that a back up of hogs at Yoder, president; Mary and Nancy Bloom, song Jjf g T r< ? UbS fastuon sho ' packing plants will cause Anne Bassalin, vice- leaders; and Nancy wmbeJuiyi4,/p,m. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 14,1979 4-H club meets 127
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