Lancaster farming. (Lancaster, Pa., etc.) 1955-current, March 11, 1989, Image 22

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    A22-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 11,1989
Farm Calendar
(Continued from Pago Aid)
14th Annual Spring Auction and
Seminar, Sheraton Inn, W.
Middlesex; runs through March
13.
23rd annual Ornamental Horticul
ture Open House, Alfred Slate
College, Alfred. N.Y., 5:00
p.m. to 10:00 p.m.; continues
Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Pennsylvania Ayrshire Breeders
meeting. Embers Restaurant,
Carlisle, 11:30 a.m.
Sunday, March 12
Pennsylvania 4-H Week; runs
through March 18.
Monday, March 13
Vocational Education Hearing,
York Area Vo-Tech School,
Main Auditorium, York, 9:30
a.m.
Atlantic Dairy Co-Op banquet.
District 7, Country Table
Restaurant, Mount Joy, noon.
Bank of Lancaster Farm Apprecia
tion dinner. West Fallowficld
Christian Day School near
Cochranville, 6:45 p.m.
Cumberland County 4-H Dairy
banquet, Penn Township Fire
Hall. 7:00 p.m.
Post Weaning Ewe Care meeting,
Lancaster Farm & Home Cen-
ter, Lancaster, 7:30 p.m.
National Holstein Winter Forum,
Sheraton Penn State, State Col
lege; runs through March 14.
Tuesday, March 14
Lehigh County Crops & Soils Day,
UGI Auditorium, Bethlehem,
9:15 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Potter County Crops & Soils Day,
Port Allegany Vo-Tech School,
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Butler Winter Potato meeting,
Bonanza Sirloin Pit, Lyndora,
10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Atlantic Dairy Co-Op banquet,
Juniata County Local, Family
House Restaurant, Mifflin
town, 7:00 p.m.
Child Care Givers Short Course 1,
Day Care Taxes & Recordkeep-
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215-285-6519 1-800-527-7675
ing, York County extension
office, 7:00 p.m.; call
717/7579657 for reservations.
Mercer County Dairy Manage
ment Seminar, Mercer County
Extension Center. 7:30 p.m.
Manure Ordinance Proposal meet
ing, Ephrata Senior High
School Audion, 7:45 p.m.
Western Pennsylvania Swine
Health Check. Hirsch’s Meats
in Kossuth on March 14 and
Clarion County Park on March
IS; contact Dave Fowler
814/226-8230 for more
information.
National Alfalfa Symposium, Her
shey Convention Center, Her
shey, 8:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Eastern Milk Producers Coopera
tive delegate meeting, the
Hotels at Syracuse Square, Syr
acuse. N.Y., 10:00 a.m.
Wednesday, March 15
Regional Fruit Growers Seminar,
Mountain View Inn, Greens-
burg, 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Disabled Farmers Option work
shop, Eden Resort Inn. Lancas-
ter, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Bucks-Montgomery County
Crops Day, Heritage Restaur-
ant, Fraconia, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m.
RCMA Region 8 meeting. Town
Hall, Bainbridge, N.Y., 1:00
p.m.
RCMA Region 2 meeting. Holiday
Inn, While River Junction. Vt.,
1:30 p.m.
Maryland Ag Dinner, Martin’s
West, Baltimore County,; call
Robert Blades at 301/754-8184
for more information.
Thursday, March 16
Disabled Farmers Option work
shop, Rustic Lodge, Indiana,
9:00 a.m.
Chester County Crops Day, E.
Brandywine Fire Hall,
Guthriesville, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00
p,m.
Blair/Huntingdon Counties Dairy
Day, Alexander Fire Hall.
Alexandria, 9:30 a.m. to 3:00
p.m.
Dairy Day/New Bethlehem Farm
Day, New Bethlehem Fire Hall,
9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Adams County Conservation Dis
trict annual banquet, York
Springs Fire Hall, 6:30 p.m.;
make reservations by March 6,
334-2317.
Mcchanicsburg Chamber of Com
merce 4-H Beef & Lamb ban
quet, Citizens Fire Hall,
Mechanicsburg, 6:30 p.m.
Lancaster County Conservation
District Banquet, Yoder’s Ban
quet Hall, New Holland, 7:00
p.m.; call 717/299-5361 for
reservations.
Fayette County Cooperative
Extension meeting, Dolfi’s
Restaurant, Masontown, 7:00
p.m.
Atlantic Breeders Cooperative
meeting, Juniata Valley
Elementary School, 7:00 p.m.
Bradford County 4-H Leaders ban
quet. lona Grange Hall. lona,
7:45 p.m.
National Conference on Organic/
Sustainable Agriculture,
Washington Plaza Hotel,
Washington. D.C.; runs
through Match 17.
Friday, March 17
Crop Damage By Deers workshop,
Broadway Grange, Trenton,
NJ., 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.;
make reservations by March 8,
call 609/393-7163.
Pennsylvania Jersey Breeders
Association meeting. Best
Western University Inn. India-
na, Pa.; runs through March 18.
Pennsylvania Cattlemen’s Confer
ence, Altoona Sheraton, Altoo
na; runs through March 19.
Pennsylvania Guernsey Breeders’
Association meeting, Sheraton
Penn State, State College; runs
through March 18.
Saturday, March 18
1989 Intensive Grazing Manage
ment Seminar, 4-H Center, Jef
ferson, Md., 7:00 a.m.
PA Simmental Association annual
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Remember The Drought Last Year, Buy Early
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Nelson
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A. 8.1.
Agrain
Chapin
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meeting, Altoona Sheraton,
7:30 a.m.
Monday, March 20
National Agriculture Day
PcnnAg Free Trade Conference,
Delaware Valley College, Doy
les
town, 9:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Water Quality Fair, Penn State
Fruit & Research Lab, Bigler
ville, 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Pennsylvania Forage & Grassland
Council hay auction. Plum Bot
tom Farm, Belleville, 1:00 p.m.
Future of Chester County Agricul
ture meeting, Salisbury Fire
Hall, Salisbury, 7:30 p.m. to
9:30 p.m
Mercer County Pork Producers
meeting, Mercer County Exten
sion Center, Mercer. 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 21
Luzerne County Pesticide Certifi
cation Exam, Luzerne County
Extension Office, Wilkes-
Barre, 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Southeast Pennsylvania Vegetable
& Small Fruit meeting, Mont
gomery County Extension
Office, Creamery, 8:30 a.m. to
4:00 p.m.
Financial Management for Farm
Families, Hunterdon County
Extension Center, Flemington,
NJ., 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.;
make reservations by March 14
at 201/788-1342.
Elco FFA banquet, Elco Middle
School Cafeteria, Myerstown,
7:00 p.m.
Northern Lebanon FFA banquet,
Northern Lebanon High
School, Fredericksburg, 7:00
p.m.
Child Caregivers Short Course 2,
Health Concerns for Day Care
Providers. York County Exten
sion Office, York, 7:00 p.m.;
call 717/757-9657 for
reservations.
Mercer County Field Crop Pesti
cide Management meeting.
Mercer County Extension
Office, Mercer, 7:00 p,m. to
9:00 p.m.
Hydroponics Workshop, Pennsyl
vania Department of Agricul-
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Travelers In Stock,
Miles Of New and Used
Pipe In Stock
lufacturers Represen
T-Tape
Roberts
Kuriyama
Kroy Plastics
Netlfim
Travis
Pierce
Man
ture Building, Room 309, Har
risburg, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.;
call 717/757-9657 for
reservations.
Ephrata Area Young Fanners
Association meeting, Ephrata
High School Agriculture
Department, Ephrata, 7:45 p.m. -
Wednesday, March 22
NIR van visits Gettysburg High
School, Gettysburg, 1:00 p.m.
to 3:00 p.m.; caU 814/863-3917
for information.
Franklin County Sheep Producers
meeting, Franklin County
Extension Office, Chambers
burg, 7:30 p.m.
Pennsylvania Turkey Conference,
Sheraton Inn, Gettysburg, 1:00
p.m.; runs through March 23.
Thursday, March 23
Animal Rights & Animal Con
cepts meeting, Hunterdon
County Extension Center, Fle
mington, NJ.. 8:00 p.m.; for
more information, call Bob
Mickel at 201/526-6293.
Home Landscaping workshop,
Adams County Extension
Office; continues March 30,
April 6 and 13.
Friday, March 24
Pennsylvania Holstein Spring
Show, Farm Show Building,
Harrisburg.
Saturday, March 25
Adams County Beef Ball, New
Oxford Social Hall, New
Oxford, hors d’oevres at 5:30
p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m.; pa
rade of bulls following the
mod. Call Mary Grimes at
717/334-1022 for more
information.
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