A24-Uncaster Fanning, Saturday, June 18, 1994
ARLINGTON. Va. Dairy
fanner Horace H. Waybright, of
Gettysburg, retired from service
on the National Dairy Board recen
tly after completing the maximum
of two consecutive three-year
terms.
Waybright over the past six
years served on the NDB’s Public
Relations. Program Evaluation,
and Finance and Audit
committees.
In recognition of his efforts to
improve the market positioning of
milk, he was presented with a cer
tificate of appreciation from U.S.
Secretary qf Agriculture Mike
Espy. The certificate was pre-
Three Farms To Host
Visitation Day
FOREST HILL, Md. Sun
day, June 26 is the date for the
annual Harford County “Farm
Visitation Day.” This event gives
the urban and suburban communi
ties a chance to see first hand how
the agricultural community workl
The event is scheduled to begin at
1:00 pm and last until 5:00 pm.
This year there are three “Wel
come Farms” for the Sunday event
My-Lady’s-Manor Farm at
Black Horse, Pond View Farm at
White Hall and Meny-Lar Farm at
Forest Hill.
My-Lady’s-Manor Farm is
owned and operated by the Ross
E. Smith family of Monkton
located on Old York Road. This
220 dairy utilizes one of the most
up-to-date techniques in milking
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Waybright Retires From National Deary Board Service
sented to him by Patricia Jensen,
acting assistant secretary for
USDA’s Marketing and Inspection
Services during a reception held at
the Hart Senate Building in
Washington. D.C.
Waybright directed the NDB*s
promotion, research and commu
nications activities which are
funded by dairy producer assess
ments of IS cents per hundred
pounds (cwt) of milk, with 5 cents
per cwt automatically going to the
national program.
Individual dairy producers can
direct the rest of the assessment to
a local program or to the national
program.
systems and milking machinery.
A purebred Holstein operation,
the My-Lady’s-Manor Farm uses
artificial insemination for herd
breeding. Replacement calves are
also raising for the milking string.
The entire operation involves
com, alfafa, soybeans and cereal
grains.
The second “Welcome Farm” is
Pond View Farm owned and Oper
ated by Rayston and Rickey
Smithson. This purebred and com
mercial beef operation is main
tained on approximately 70 acres
of farmland. In addition to the
beef cattle located on the farm are
4-H sheep and swine project ani
mals. Field production of alfalfa,
com and oats are the major crops
produced on the farm.
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The third “Welcome Farm" is
Meny-Lar dairy farm owned and
operated by James. Mertyman and
Larry Johnson. This dairy farm is
located on 130 acres in the Forest
Hill section of Harford County
and is composed of a milking
string of 75 Holstein cows. Also
located on the farm are 80 heifers
of various age groups.
TJie Harford County Farm Vis-
.eft, Patricia Jenaen,. ig assistant secretary of USDA’s Marketing and
Inspection Services, presents a certificate of appreciation to Horace Waybright, for
his years of service on the National Dairy Board.
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itation Day “Welcome Farm” is
designed as an educational and
fun event for the whole family. All
three farms are different, operate
at differing production goals and
are within a maximum of half hour
driving distance of each other. A
tour of all three is recommended.
Along with the host “Welcome
Farm Families” the Harford Coun
ty Farm Bureau and the Harford
County Cooperative Extension
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10 aid in farm visitation identi
fication, there will be “Welcome
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roads leading to the farm sites. For
more information on Farm Visita
tion Day and the farms involved,
contact the Harford County Exten
sion Service at 638-32 SS. Thc host
families look forward to your vis
it; so come and enjoy the
afternoon.
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