Md. forage conference set Dec. 7
WESTMINSTER, Md. - A
discussion of bay marketing by
five area farmers and dealers will
be among the highlights of the
Central Maryland Forage Con
ference Wednesday, Dec. 7, at the
Carroll County Agricultural Center
in Westminster, Md.
John Myers, a Prince George’s
County hay dealer whose
customers include many area
horse breeders, and Frank Wilmot,
a Montgomery County farmer who
operates a solar hay dryer, will be
among the five panelists.
The day-long conference is
sponsored by the Maryland
Cooperative Extension Service and
several agribusiness firms and will
feature both an educational
program and commercial
displays.
More than 20 agribusiness firms,
including chemical, seed and
equipment dealers, will have
exhibits at the conference. Several
of the machinery exhibitors are
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Henry Barley
Lancaster, PA
717-872-5562
The Agronomy Center
Thom psontown, PA
717-535-5X51
Samuel Musser, Jr.
Shippensburg, PA
717-264-4878
Chester Soltys, Jr.
Spring City, PA
215-948-3647
Brown A Rm, Inc.
Atglen, PA
215-593-5149
We put more research in,
so you get more yield out
expected to have large equipment
on display outside the building in
which the conference will be held.
The educational program will
begin at 9:30 a.m. with a showing
of “Hay Today”. Following the
film, Jack Crane, director of
engineering, research and
development for Sperry-New
Holland, will discuss the latest
innovations in forage handling
equipment.
At 10:40 a.m., Morris Decker, an
Extension forage specialist at the
University of Maryland, will
outline recommendations for a
winter grazing program. In the
last few years, Decker has been
able to graze cattle into March on
tall fescue-red clover pasture at
the Beltsville Agricultural
Research Center.
Following Decker, John Baylor,
a former Extension specialist at
Penn State University, will discuss
a program for maximizing alfalfa
yields. Baylor, who currently
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980
117 days
excellent for either silage or
grain, 980 conies out of the
ground fast and keeps growing
strong.
967
114 days
the dominant hybrid in its
maturity class, 967 shows big
girthy ears and outstanding
yield potential. A must!
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Carlisle, PA
717-776-5672
Fred England
Williamsburg, PA
814-832-2776
Tidewater Agra, Inc.
Hanover, PA
717-632-8829
Klingler, Inc.
MkMlecreek, PA
717-658-9782
James Keiper
Elizabethtown, PA
717-367-5723
serves as a consultant for the
Beachley-Hardy Seed Company,
helped organize the Pennsylvania
Forage and Grasslands Council.
For many years, he conducted that
state’s alfalfa yield contest.
After lunch, the program will
resume at 1 p.m. with a brief talk
by Les Vough, another Extension
forage specialist at the University
of Maryland, outlining the
organization and goals of the newly
formed Maryland-Delaware
Forage Council.
Then, Ken Evans, an Extension
agronomist at the University of
Kentucky, will discuss making
silage in a bale. The relatively new
practice reportedly reduces
storage losses and allows farmers
to bale at higher moisture levels.
The hay marketing panel will
conclude the program, scheduled
to end by 3 p.m.
An admission ticket, which costs
$5, includes lunch, which will be
served at the Ag. Center. Tickets
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William Buttermore
Mt. Pleasant, Pa.
412-696-3216
Clifford Hawbaker
Chambersburg, PA
717-263-9577
FrodMast
Elverson, PA
215-286-9053
Don Fretts
Scott dale, PA
412-887-4908
Dean Salvatora
Gibsonia, PA
412-443-3521
must be purchased by Thursday, Registration will begin at 9 a.m.
Dec. 1. Call your local Extension on the day of the conference. Free
Office for details. coffee and donuts will be available.
The Board of Directors of the
Southeast Farm Credit Association
is pleased to announce the
availability of its third annual
$500.00 scholarship toward the
higher education of a student
planning to pursue a career in
agriculture.
The Southeast Associations have
offices in Avondale, Silverdale and
West Chester serving over 2,000
members of the agricultural
community in Bucks, Chester,
Delaware, Montgomery and
Philadelphia counties with long
and short term financing.
One of the requirements of the
applicant is that his or her
parent(s) or guardian(s) must
reside in one of these counties. The
applicant must be a high school
senior planning to attend a four
year college on a full-time basis
with sericulture or aeri-business
924
109 days
consistent year in and year
out, 924 produces richly colored
kernels of high test weight grain
and is a good picking corn.
108 days
genetic yield potential is 921’s
strength. 921 dries down fast and
should be planted on your
best ground.
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, Navambar 26,1983—D13
Scholarship reported
Lyn Stoner
Waynesboro, PA
717-762-1969
M. Lamar Miller
Manheim, PA
717-653-4254
Mike Nelson
Westminster, MD
301-857-5688
Ray Weaver
Fairplay, MO
301-582-0489
Nutrena Foods
Walkeravflle. Md.
301-898-7117
Farm
Credit
News
as the major emphasis of study.
Notification of the availability of
the scholarship is being sent to the
Administrators of the secondary
schools in the five county area. We
also intend to reach as many of the
private schools in the area as
possible; the scholarship is not
limited to the public school system.
Anyone whose educational in
stitution was not contacted should
not consider himself or herself
excluded from requesting an
application form. They are en
couraged to contact the Southeast
Farm Credit Associations, Ad
ministrative Offices, P.O. Box 514,
West Chester, Pa. 19360 or
telephone (215 ) 431-1257.
The Southeast Associations’
Board of Directors views it as an
investment in the future of
agriculture.
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