Cl6—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 12,1980
Delaware ag field day scheduled for August 13 #
GEORGETOWN, Del -
Plans are well underway for
the 36th annual Farm and
Home Field Day at the
University of Delaware’s
Agricultural Substation near
Georgetown.
This event, set for August
13, 1980, gives farmers and
non-farmers alike a chance
to observe what the
University’s Agricultural
Experiment Station and
Cooperative Extension
Service are doing for the
people who live in Delaware
Activities will begin at 9 30
a m During the day, there
will be special wagon and
bus tours of com, soybean,
vegetable, and poultry
projects around the Sub
station, as well as tours of
the University swine
facihties
There will be a plant clinic
where farmers and home
gardeners can brmg plant
problems for diagnosis by a
panel of experts There will
also be a consumer
education program in the
grove, emphasizing energy
conservation and also the art
of pepper pickling
Some of the highlights of
the crops projects that will
be on view are variety
testing, irrigation, tillage
practices, fertility studies,
chemical weed control,
spacing studies, and disease
control
One field experiment
begun this year by
Agricultural Experiment
Station researcher Donald L
Sparks will help farmers
determine the rates of boron
and potassium fertilizers
needed to maximize corn
yields under intense
management situations
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involving irrigation and high
plant populations
Growers will also have a
chance to take a look at Elf
soybeans According to
researcher David L Regehr,
these Midwestern-bred
beans are good for growmg
under center-pivot irrigation
in high fertility situations
(e g after several years of
com) without lodging
Regehr is comparing Elf
beans grown with and
without irrigation, while
researcher William F Ritter
and research associate
Robert P Eastburn are
monitoring evapotran
spiration to determine the
amount of water use under
both conditions
At noon a traditional fried
chicken luncheon will be
served in the farm grove by
members of the Delaware
Poultry Improvement
Association Additional
refreshments will be on sale
throughout the day.
Field Day will also feature
a number of educational
exhibits of interest to far
mers and consumers. The
event will conclude at 3 30
p m. with free watermelon
for all those m attendance
The Substation is located 6
imles west of Georgetown on
the Laurel-Georgetown
Highway (Route 9)
Schedule of Events
9 30 a.m - Wagon tour of
corn and soybean projects
(approximately 14 hours)
10 00 a m. - Bus tours of
entire Substation (bus tours
run continuously ap
proximately 1 hour)
Wagon tour of corn and
soybean projects (ap
proximately hours)
Plant lime for farmers and
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•Consumer education
program on energy savmgs
and pickling peppers
Exhibits on display in
grove area
10 15 a m - Wagon tour of
vegetable projects (ap
proximately 14 hours)
10 30 a m - Wagon tour of
vegetable projects i ap
proximately 14 hours i
Bus tour to swine facilities
I approximately 1 hour)
il 00 am - Consumer
education program on energy
savings and pickling peppers
peppers
NOON - Fried chicken
luncheon served by
Delaware Poultry Im
provement Association
Refreshments by Sussex
County 4-H leaders
1 15 p m - Welcome Ed
Ralph, Substation Director
Remarks and In
troductions Dr Donald F
Crossan, Dean, College of
Agriculture Sciences and
Director, Agricultural
Experiment Station
1.45 pm - Eas tours of
entire Substation (bus tours
run continuously - ap
proximately 1 hour)
Wagon tour of corn and
soybean projects (ap
proximately 14 hours)
Wagon tour of vegetable
projects (approximately 11/2l l/ 2
hours)
Plant dime for farmers
and home gardeners
Bus tour to swine facilities
(approximately 1 hour)
4-H fashions on review
Exhibits on display m
grove area
3 30 p m
- Watermelon
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break be in the grove. No activities rooms located m the Sub
consumers’ program will will be held m the meetmg station office building
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