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Members of the Pennsylvania
House and Senate Agricultural
Committees, as well as the Con
servation Committee, will be in
Attendance.
General Manger of APD, Joseph
Harrington; is expecting a record
turn-out for what he terms as the
“largest annual outdoor
educational event for agriculture
in the East.” More than 75,000
people turned out for the 1981
event.
Although much of the Rock
Springs show is geared to the
fanning community, Harrington
notes that APD is a “family af
fair,” and will feature several
demonstrations and exhibits with
the consumer in mind.
In the dairy and livestock tent,
Pena State will unveil the most
recent member to its research
team —an African blue duiker.
The foot-tali antelope, which
resembles a tiny spike-horned doe,
combines small size with a
digestive system similar to cows
and sheep. The blue duiker may
make it possible to conduct large
scale digestive studies with forage
grown under controlled
greenhouse conditions.
After an odyssey that spanned
more than five years, Penn State
animal scientist Robert Cowan
was able to bring 23 of the en
dangered species to Penn State.
Beef cattle can be found grazing
on plots of the USDA's Pasture
Research Laboratory. The cattle,
grazing highly digestible turnips
instead of grass will one of the
newest features of the three day
show.
Averaging 90 percent digestible
in tests at Rock Springs, turnips
are part of the brassica family of
forage crops- They’re becoming
popular among farmers needing
pasture in fall and early winter
when most grasses are no longer
productive or nutritious, in ad
dition to forage turnips, the beef
cattle will be grazing on a brassica
named rape.
Brassica crops were grown by
farmers more than 50 years ago,
but were hand-harvested and not
grazed as pastures. Gerald Jung,
USDA crops scientist is pioneering
the return of brassieas to Penn
sylvania and other mid-Atlantic
states.
“Forage-type turnips and rape
resist frost and retain their
nutrients and yields right into
early winter,” Jung says. "In the
milder climate areas, farmers can
graze cattle on such pastures right
up to Christmas."
Jung describes rape as closely
resembling broccoli without, the
flowers. A rape pasture in
November can look like a giant
garden overgrown with large,
leafy broccoli plants. As with
broccoli or brussel sprouts,
another close relative, rape
generally maintains its nutrient
quality into fall and early winter.
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In southern Pennsylvania and
most of Maryland, brassica
planting can be delayed until mid
or late August for grazing in Oc
tober and November which takes
advantage of the cold hardiness of
the brassieas.
Poultry research will be among
the many features included in
research tours which leave every
20 minutes between 10 a.m. and 3
p.m. across from the Pasto
Agricultural Museum. Visitors can
see broiler flocks undergoing
experiments to control salmonella,
a widespread disease that scientist
hope can be eradicated in animals
and humans.
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The poultry health center is also
studying the prevalence of
salmonella in poultry flocks, says
Dr. Dwight Schwartz, Penn State
Extension veterinarian.
Although visitors are not per
mitted to enter the research pens,
the flocks can be viewed through
an observation window.
The three-day show is admission
free, there is ample parking and
facilities include numerous food
concessions for those planning to
spend a day touring the midway
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