Maryland Ag Week to run February 4 to 9
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -
Maryland agriculture will be
highlighted from February
4-9 when Maryland
Agriculture Week is ob
served at Salisbury Mall in
Wicomico County.
“Maryland Agriculture-
Food and Energy for
People” is the slogan for this
year’s activities which will
inform the public on the role
of agriculture from food
producers to consumers
Following the initial Ag
week, there foil be a tour of
five additional counties with
displays for the public to
view free of charge.
By 1990 thousands of
Maryland farms may be in
the direct energy production
business in that they could
have a still as part of their
operations to process
agricultural surpluses and
waste into ethanol or
methanol alcohol.
The fuel produced would
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8:00 a.m.-
9:00 a.m.-
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Mycoplasmal Pneumonia and
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Del Meyer, D.V.M.
Atrophic Rhinitis in Swine,
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Reproductive and Respiratory
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Mark Keister, D.V.M.
11:45 a.m.- Bloat in Cattle Film, Paul Futch
12:00 noon- Lunch
10:00 a.m.-
10:45 a.m.-
Meet the major manufacturers of animal health
products and personally consult with them and
other experts as well as examine the many
products on exhibit. The product display will be
separated from the seminar area enabling you to
talk with company representatives at product
displays when the lecture at a particular moment
does not apply to your type of livestock.
be used to heat buildings and
in engines to power
everything from the family
car to tractors and com
bines. Surplus fuel could also
be sold.
If that farm is home to
large numbers of livestock
such as cows, beef cattle,
hogs, turkeys or chickens it
also might have a methane
processing operation added
to process animal wastes by
capturing useable methane
gas which in turn can be
used as a source of heat to
make electricity or even
engine fuel.
When it comes to solar
energy, farmers are right at
home as they arfe the largest
direct users of solar energy
already. The sun powers
plant growth and that’s what
gram, fruit, vegetable and
forage production is all
about.
The 1980’s are probably
going to see an mtesification
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Mastitis Control and the Dry Cow,
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The Positive Approach to Disease
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Eugene Barefoot, 8.5., M.S.
Management of T.G.E., Ron
Goddard
More effective Erysipelas Control,
Mark Keister, D.V.M.
of solar energy applications
on the farm aimed at heating
buildings, heating water,
drying gram, and, perhaps,
even for the production of on
fami electricity.
By 1990 the farm in
Maryland is more likely to
be the place where non
farmers go to buy things
direct. Pick your own fruit
and vegetable operations
have been expanding
because they are a happy
marriage of producer and
consumer with advantages
to both in the form of more
profit for the farmer, fresh
quality for the consumer,
minimized transportation
and packaging costs, and
better understanding.
The farm of the 1990’s is
also likely to be an en
vironmental showcase too.
Farmers are finding better
methods to make sure fer
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errosion is reduced through
such practices as no-till
cropping, and they are
employing pest
management techniques to
reduce the need for per
ticides.
There’s a cost bonus in
that for the farmer and
there’s an energy bonus in it
for all of us too: pesticides
and fertilizers require
energy to manufacture and
transport. Reduced need for
such inputs by farmers is
another step in energy
conservation.
Another development of
the future taking place now
is the increased use of
computers by farmers and
even on the farm. Within 10
years many farmers will add
the trade of computer
programmer to their array
of skills.
Agricultural computers
will be used to monitor the
energy production systems
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switching them back and
forth to mate production
with demand. Some farmers
may even be able to sell
surplus electricity back to
the power company!
Farmers are a friend of
the future and look forward
to it. They have always
gambled to produce the food
Stabled horses
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When horses are kept in a
stable for long periods of
time as during the winter,
they can get out of condition.
And they may develop some
bad habits. Avoid this by the
following tips.
Being natural athletes,
horses need a daily work-out
to keep their muscles, feet,
and legs in good condition.
Twenty or twenty-five
minutes on the end of a long
line or exercise rope is one of
the best ways. Let the horse
run circles around you; this
keeps him from getting fat
and flabby and developing
weak feet and legs.
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need exercise
that we usually think of only
when we need it.
So, by 1990 when Maryland
Ag Week rolls around, the
state’s farmers will again
proudly proclaim that
“Maryland Agriculture:
Food and Energy For
People” is truer than it is
today!
A horse without exercise
can also develop bad habits
such as chewing on fence
posts, gates, and the stable
door. He may start sucking
wind or cribbing.
Either habit can cause a
horse to go off his feed
because he’s too busy
gnawing or sucking wind or
cribbing to eat.
It’s usually difficult to
cure a bad habit so in ad
dition to the daily work-out,
give your horse a change of
quarters. Or provide him
with a larger exercise area.
Or feed him adequate
roughage with a balanced
ration.
These are effective
treatments to keep a horse m
good health and high spirits
throughout the winter.
For those who desire more
information about horses,
their selection, feeding,
care, management, housing,
equitation, and equipment,
Penn State provides a
Correspondence Course f
titled, Light Horses.
You can get the course by
sending $6.00 plus 50 cents
postage to HORSES, Box
5000, University Park, PA
16802.