A22—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 1,1981 The top five winners in the Women’s Judging are from left to right; first place Evie Landis, Manheim; second place, Thelma Hess, Strasburg: fifth place, Betty Kreider, Lan caster; fourth place, Lois Petersheim, Morgantown: third place, Barbara Stauffer, Ephrata. The winners in the Under 18 Judging contest are; front row, first place Jeff Martin, 15, Ephrata; third place Karen Long, 16, Vyiilow Street; back row left to right, fifth place, Neal Crouse, 18, Stevens; second place, Jeff Burkholder, 17, Washington Boro. Md. Field Day features no-till soybean herbicide research COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The University of Maryland’s agricultural research center at Wye Mills near Queenstown will host its annual “Crops and Soils Research Field Day” Tuesday, August 18. More than 1,000 people from Maryland’s professional agricultural and lay communities are expected to attend the event, jointly sponsored by the univer sity’s Agricultural Experiment Station, Cooperative Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Wye Institute. 4 This year, the research center field day will focus on a number of on-going, long-term projects with commercial com and soybean crops, plus some experimental varieties not yet released, ac cording to David B. Jones, assistant professor of agronomy. Among major studies are those dealing with 140 different corn hybrids and 40 soybean varieties, said Jones, a grain and oil crops Extension specialist. That research includes long term fertility studies, crop breeding, variety development, nutrient depletion and weed control, he said. Research on soybeans this year was supported by the Maryland Soybean Board, he added. New this year, said Jones, are results from full-season no-till soybean herbicide trials. In addition to field demon strations, the center will feature farm machinery and its ap plication at the research center, and a home economics display Wagon tours of research plots will begin at 9 a.m. and continue every 15 minutes until 11 a.m The Wye Research Center is located near the Wye Institute, off Carmichael Road from U.S 50 east, between Queenstown and Maryland route 213 on Maryland’s Eastern Shore Lancaster (Continued from Page Al) points and the three classes in cluded aged cows, 4-year-olds and senior calves. la the Men’s division, Jim Hess, Quanyville, topped the com petition as well as the overall with a perfect 150 points. Tom Miller, Carlisle took second, followed by Don Eckman, Peach Bottom, third, Ellis Denlmger, Strasburg, fourth and Leonard Stoltztus, Gap, tilth Evie Landis, Manhiem, captured the first place honors in the Women’s class with a high score of 145. Thelma Hess, Strasburg, placed second followed by Barb Stauffer, Ephrata, third, Lois Petersheim, Morgantown, fourth and Betty Kreider, Lancaster, fifth. in the Under 18 division, Jett Martin,- Ephrata, topped the competition with a near-perfect 149. Jett Burkholder, Washington Boro, placed second, followed by Karen Long, Willow Street, third, Mark Welk, Peach Bottom, fourth and Neal Crouse, Stevens, titth. John Dochtor catered the annual event with a chicken barbeque lunch and plenty ot ice cream and milk. Twenty-two sponsors provided prizes that included, grease guns, call starter, semen and ice chests. Visitors had a chance to tour the Landis’ 200-head dairy which has been the site ot many tours in the past. National Holstein Director. Donald Seipt, left, Galen Crouse, Stevens, center and Robert standing, shares some of his experience using Wenger, Quarryville, right. Discussion embryo transplants. Seipt is joined by other ET mediator, Glenn Shirk, Lancaster County participants, Bob Kauffman, Elizabethtown, Agent, is seated behind the panel. It may be another six months before this practical storing and inseminating of frozen specially designed straw which allows for embryos appears on the market. 'Sv/l* The John Landis family hosted the Lancaster County Holstein Field Day on Thursday. In the foreground is Lucinda, 19, left, Doris, right. The back row includes John, Jr., 16, and John Sr. K ■< A Vi ■- * 4. -*v W *■ *\ •* ;1/
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