A22-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 25, 1987
TIMONIUM, Md. Plans are
underway for the 1987 Maryland
PDCA Junior Dairyman of the
Year Contest to be held Thursday,
Sept 3, during the Maryland State
Fair in Timoniutn. Registration
will be held at 12:30 p.m. in the
Cow Palace,’ with the contest start
ing promptly at 1 p.m.
The contest sponsored by the
Maryland Purebred Dairy Cattle
Association Inc., features a $3OO
scholarship for die top individual
winner. Premiums will also be pre
Maryland Farmer Wins
Conservation Award
Montgomery County fanner
Howard Williams and his wife,
Christina, have won the presti
gious award given by the National
Endowment for Soil and Water
Conservation and the DuPont
Company for integrating the
implementation of sound, innova
tive, and cost-effective conserva
tion techniques into the manage
ment program of their 700-acre
farm m Boyds, Maryland.
W. Lee McFarlane, State Coor
dinator for the National Endow
ment Awards Program, presenting
the award at the annual meeting of
the Maryland Association of Con
servation Districts in Ocean City,
stressed the importance of public
recognition for farmers who make
conservation a priority in their
day-to-day operations.
“Conservation is an essential
investment in a healthy agricul
ture, said McFarlane. “Maryland’s
number one industry is agricul
ture,” he continued, “but many
folks see us an an urban state. Here
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Maryland Junior Dairyman Contest Slated
sented to the top junior and top 10
senior contestants and the top three
senior teams.
The Junior Dairyman Contest
covers all aspects of the dairy
industry. There are four judging
classes including dairy heifers,
dairy cows, dairy goats and dairy
steers. Identification classes
include dairy products, milking
system and the milking process,
and feedstuffs and weeds. The
contest has a management problem
pertaining to animal health, breed-
is a farmer who farms right in the
middle of an urban area under the
nose of Congress. We want the
people of Maryland and the coun
try to know that both agriculture
and conservation are alive and
well. We are very proud of How
ard Williams and all the farmers
like him!”
Williams and his wife, Christ
ina, have incorporated practices
such as no-till, contour strips, crop
rotations, waterways, diversions,
sediment control ponds, and inte
grated pest management into their
farm management plan. “With a
dwindling base of good farmland
in our area, coupled with low com
modity prices in recent years, we
must make the most of our avail
able land,” says Williams. “Far
mers have an obligation to prevent
adverse effects to other elements
of society caused by runoff from
their farming operations,” he con
tinued. “Farmers also have an obli
gation to help conserve the
nation’s resources for future gen
erations,” Williams concluded.
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717-284-3111
ing or genetics. A written exam of
SO questions is also given, with the
questions being taken from the
Hoard’s Dairyman Magazine
dated Aug. 10,1986 through Aug.
10. 1987.
Competition is open to all 4-H,
FFA and FAA members who have
passed their eighth birthday by
Jan. 1, 1987 and must not have
passed their 19th birthday prior to
Jan. 1, 1987.
Teams of three members from
the same 4-H club or FFA, FAA
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contest.
Individuals or teams may enter
the Junior Dairyman Contest by
mailing their team name, individu
al name, address, phone number
and age of all team members to
MD PDCA Junior Dairyman of the
Year Contest, Carroll County
Extension Service, 700 Agricul
ture Center, Westminster, Mary-
Cage Systems Specialists.
For more information caH: (717)569-2702
FLYWAY BUSINESS PARK
139 A West Airport Rd. Lititz, PA 17543
land 21157. Entries must be post
marked no later than Friday,
August 21, 1987.
For more information concern
ing the MD PDCA Junior Dairy
man Contest contact the following
superintendents: Diane G. Flickin
ger 301-635-6166, Carol S. Kahler
301-775-7177, Betty L. Cole
301-374-2888, David Patricki
301-489-4160 or E. Kim Cassel,
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