Lairds are Angus Family of Year
DOVER - “I never liked to milk
com,” grins Walter Laird, his
eyes twinkling in a face creased
with a permanent expression of
good humor.
“But 1 still wanted to farm,”
adds laird.
As an “excuse" to stay on the
{arm, Laird and wife, Nellie, putin
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BELTSVILLE, Md. - What do
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Obviously, anything be want»-as
long as it meets the recommended
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Yes, the tiny honeybee does a
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that provide human and livestock
foods, the honeybee affects a fall
third of our food supply.
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an inexpensive artificial diet for
honeybees that makes life easier
around the hive, and more im
portantly, makes beekeeping more
profitable, according to the Ag
Research Service at USD A.
Earlier this year, the Beltsville
Bee Diet went on the commercial
market after ten years of bee
nutrition research at the ARS
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one of 51 laboratories at USDA’s
Beltsville Agricultural Research
Crater in Central Maryland.
Beekeepers often use artificial
diets instead of natural pollens and
nectars to build up honeybee
broods in time to pollinate early
Spring crops such as blueberries
and almonds. Artificial diets are
also needed when bees are con
fined during extreme weather and
when colonies are isolated from
areas of pesticide spraying.
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Angus cattle instead of a herd of
milkers.
Thirty years, or thereabouts,
later, the Lairds maintain a herd of
100 purebred Angus cattle on their
200-acre farm, plus additional
rented ground, on Rohrers Church
Road, R 3, Dover.
Pennsylvania Angus breeders
selected the Lairds as their family
is mightiest
The Beltsville Bee Diet can allow
colonies of bees to build up their
populations faster and earlier in
the season. Thus, bees will produce
more honey in a season.
Also, the BBD is a foolproof way
to avoid transmitting diseases to a
colony through bee food, according
to Herbert’s colleague, ARS
microbiologist Hachiro
Shimanuki.
To find the right formula for the
BBD, the ARS scientists first
needed to Identify the exact
nutrients honeybees require to
reproduce efficiently. “Then, we
faced perhaps the more difficult
task of making the bees eat it. We
mixed and matched many
ingredients until recently we hit on
a diet that not only serves
honeybees what we knew they
needed, but also what they want to
eat,” says Herbert.
To fill the Critical protein
requirement-tbe pollen sutetitute
the scientists settled for, or rather
the bees settled for a whey-yeast
compound. Whey is a byproduct of
cheese making. The yeast provides
honeybees with needed vitamins
and minerals. Sugars ixythe BBD
provide also
help preserve the diet.
The BBD can be.kept at room
temperatures for many months
without spoiling or hardening-it
looks like peanut butter in color
and viscosity.
of the year, honoring the couple
during the Association’s annual
dinner and meeting on Tuesday of
Farm Show week at the Penn
Harris.
Why Angus?
“Everyone knows you get only
prime steaks from Angus,” teases
the gung-ho promoter of the
popular black breed, and of the
beef industry in general.
“I could also tell you about the
calving ease, milking ability, and
bow they grade out to a higher
percentage of choice than those
other breeds,” he tosses in as an
afterthought.
A long-time activist in breed and
promotional organizations, and
supporter of youth activities, Laird
is a past-president of the Penn
sylvania Angus Association and
the South-Central Pennsylvania
Cattlemen’s Association, and a
director id the Pa. Cattlemen’s
organization. J.B.
PDA, Penn State announce
HARRISBURG - The first
Agricultural Liaison Program in
history between the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture and
Pom State was announced last
Friday by Samuel H. Smith, Dean
of the Penn State College of
Agriculture ami Secretary of
Agriculture Penrose Hallowell.
In a joint statement, Smith and
Hallowell said, “The program has
been designed to expand our
services to the agricultural
community of Pennsylvania by
improving communication bet
ween Penn State and the Depart
ment of Agriculture.’’
Terri Reinhart-Rallis of State
College has been appointed as
Agriculture Liaison, working
For their years of service and devotion to Hie Angus breed.
Walter and Nellie Laird were named family of the year by the
Pennsylvania Angus Association.
liaison program
through the Agriculture Depart
ment’s Bureau of Agricultural
Development. In ber new position,
she will focus efforts in three
major areas: public information,
marketing and job recruitment.
Smith said the three areas of
concentration were agreed to
during a series of meetings bet
ween himself and Hallowell. “Both
the Agriculture Department and
Penn State provide essential
services to the state’s agriculture
and food industry,” Smith said.
“The Agriculture Liaison Program
will take advantage of the
strengths of both and help unite
Pennsylvania agriculture. ”
Hallowell said sharing of staff
and communications resources
can boost our ability to get in
formation to farmers and
agribusinesses quickly and ef
fectively. “The Penn State
Cooperative Extension Service
with its 67 county offices can also
support work in improving the
marketing of Pennsylvania
agricultural products,” he said.
“Cooperation in providing up-to
date market information and in
promoting sales of products
through the ‘We’re Growing Bet
ter’ program will benefit Penn
sylvania farmers.”
The two agriculture leaders also
said the program would yield a
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