225 attend turfgrass HIGH POINTS HEIGHTS, Md. About 225 persons turned out for the first research field day and equipment show at the University of Maryland’s new Turfgrass Research and Education Facility m Highpoint Heights (Prince Georges county)on Aug. 2. Located across Cherry Hill road from the Hopkins plant research farm near Calverton, operated by the university’s Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station, the turfgrass facility was dedicated on Sept. 29,1983. The morning tour of ex perimental plots featured research being conducted in the areas of turfgrass fertility, weed control, plant growth regulators and non target effects of fungicides. There also were studies on tall fescue seeding rates, zoysiagrass establishment and management, jsitors to the University of Maryland’s turf grass fiei jy 0,. jg.. get close h Kentucky bluegrass varieties being compared under the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program conducted jointly with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Results from this test will be used in formulating variety recommendations for Maryland and Virginia. Exactly 22 of the 84 varieties being tested are already on the “recommended" list. See Us At Ag Progress Days Area Field Consultants John Peachy Harold Eby RD 2, Box 73 R t 3 i Box 159 Mihlmburg, PA 17844 Clearville, PA 15535 PH: 717-966-0465 PH: 814-767-9651 „ Dan Martin Casey H. Small RD 1 Box 395-8. Black Creek Dev RD 4 Box 437 East Earl, PA 17519 Blairville, PA 15717 PH: 215-445-7161 PH: 412-459-5008 Regional Field Consultant Leslie Yoder RD 2, Parksburg, PA 19365 PH: 215-857-3744 Star Rt.-Miltersburg, Ohio 44654 Telephone 215-893-2732 and cold hardiness of ber mudagrass. Other tour stops included: Rooting effects of tran splanted sod treated with an titranspirants and wetting agents; Comparisons of perennial ryegrass, Kentucky bluegrass, tall fescue and fine fescue cultivars under the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program; Establishing bermudagrass under plastic covers. At the latter stop, it was pointed out the best results in this one-year study were obtained from Midiron bermudagrass sprigged under plastic in the fall. Trying to establish ber mudagrass under plastic during summer months gave no ad vantage over sprigging under straw or on bare ground. In fact, most varieties suffered some heat Why Farmers Like Silo Sym On Baled Hay: allows you to bale less problems with tougher Gandy Applicator a definite hedge - non-toxic to hve against the weather stock saves more leaves non-corrosive to the higher protein con baler tent - it really works on enhances palat- square bales, round ability of hay bales and stacks easy to apply with Gandy Applicator Silo Sym can also be applied on haylage. For more information and special early order prices on Silo Sym and Gandy Applicators, write or call us collect. Symo-Life, Inc. Home Office field day damage were established under plastic in the summer. Tufcote was the lone exception. Field day coordinator was Dr. Peter H. Demoeden, Extension turfgrass management specialist and assistant professor of agronomy at the University of Maryland in College Park. The Maryland Turfgrass Council sponsored a crab feast at noon. Afterward, field day visitors heard short talks from University of Maryland agricultural ad ministrators, participated in in-, formal tours to research plots of particular interest, and viewed product displays and demon strations by commercial exhibitors. One of the products displayed was a commercial ryegrass seed purported to have gentic insect repellent qualities. Welcomes You To Ag Progress Days Visit our booth in the dairy tent and see how Inter-State has helped dairy become the largest agri-business in Pennsylvania. Variations in green color intensity among turfgrass varieties create checkerboard pattern in fungicide test plots at the University of Maryland's new Turfgrass Research and Education Facility*in Highpoint Heights (Prince Georges county). Darker plots in rear are perennial ryegrasses. Clearview Farms (Continued from Page D 24) identification number. Each boar is also recorded on the computer. From the computer printout, Joe and Ed are able to determine when a particular boar’s reception rate is low. The use of the computer eliminates much time spent on bookkeeping and allows Clearview Farms to pinpoint any areas of waste, thus saving money. Maintaining high quality grain feeding, persistence and patience all contribute to raising good pigs. Even though Cliff and Peg Anthony have an established operation, Inter-State Inter-State Milk Producer’s Cooperative Serving 3,100 Mid-Atlantic dairy farmers daily 215-322-0200 iSsfeK X. ' -iW. 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