NEWARK, Del.—A com
prehensive survey of poultry man
ure management methods includ
ing collection, storage, nutrient
sampling and crop application will
be part of Farm and Home Field
Day, Wednesday, Aug. 12rat the
University of Delaware Research
and Education Center near
Georgetown.
“We expect to present the total
picture in about two hours,” says
Dan Palmer, extension poultry
specialist and coordinator of this
event. “In addition, Sussex County
farmers who attend the sessions
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Del. Field Day To Highlight Poultry Manure Management
from 10 a.m. to noon will meet the
educational requirements needed
to apply for a poultry-manure bam,
cost-share program.”
A representative from the Agri
cultural Stabilization and Conser
vation Service will be present at
Field Day to discuss this cost-share
plan, which requires a sign-off by
Delaware Cooperative Extension.
The poultry manure manage
ment program will begin at 10 a.m.
with an introduction by J. Ross
Harris Jr., extension specialist on
environmental quality. A 20-mi-
Ronald Hissong, Franklin County, Pa.
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Ronald Hissong (Seated) and Son Rodney With Their Infarmation System
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nute slide presentation of the
effects of poultry manure on irri
gated com will then be presented
by soil scientist Dr. J. Thomas
Sims, director of the university’s
soil laboratory. Mark Isaacs, uni
versity crop research associate,
will then present a brief slide show
on the effects of poultry manure on
winter wheat.
Harris will give the final sfide
presentation from 10:40 a.m. to"l 1
a.m. His subject will be the MAN
URE program. The title is an
acronym for “Managing Agricul
tural Nutrients and Utilitizing
Resources Effectively.”
An outdoor tour will follow the
slide presentations. Participants
can visit six demonstration plots in
which irrigated com was treated
with different amounts of poultry
manure, both alone and in combi
nation with commercial fertilizers.
Proper poultry manure storage
methods will be demonstrated
next. Participants will learn how to
stack and shape a manure pile and
how to cover it properly. Isaacs
will then show how to sample the
piles for nitrogen and other nutri
ents to determine the necessary
application rates.
The program will end with a
demonstration of proper spreader
calibration from 11:30 a.m. to
11:55 a.m.
In addition to the formal prog
ram, field day participants will be
Washington Co. Lists Steer Results
The Washington County Open
Jackpot Steer Show was held on
June 27, with 61 entrants. The
Show continues to grow each year.
Following is a list of class winners.
Cash prizes given were $250 for
grand champion, $lOO for reserve
champion and $25 for each class
winner.
• Class 1- Gregg Wilson,
McClellandtown PA
• Class 2- Tim
PEN W. HOSTETTER
RD2 Annville Pa
Ph (717)867 2896
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RD 2 Box 2332
Mt Bethel Pa
Ph 717-897 5141
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 18, 1987-E7
able to visit an equipment exhibit
featuring several different types of
manure spreaders, “cake” removal
machines and loaders.
Farm and Home Field Day
begins at 8:30 a.m. and will feature
other tours and programs of inter
est to grain, vegetable and pork
products as well as to consumers
and home gardeners. The half-day
event will conclude with a catered
lunch in the farm grove.
Washington PA
• Class 3- Ken Bell, Terra Alta
WVA
• Class 4-
Melcroft PA
• Class 5- Heath Lilley, Doneg
al PA
• Class 6- Ken Donaldson, Mel
croft PA, Grand Champion; Roy
Shearer, Avonmore PA, Reserve
Champion.
Rohaley,
» Class 7- Raquelle Fava, Scen
ery Hill PA
• Class 8- Debbie Parks, New
Concord OH
• Class 9- Jim Shaffer, New
Salem PA
• Class 10- Ron Parks, New
Concord OH
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