On being
a farm wife
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Joyce Bnpp jHBII
-And other
hazards
Just another day at the “zoo”.
“Is it full moon?” I ask The Far
mer. In every comer of the mater
nity pens, there seems to be a new
born calf.
One stands near its first-time
calved mother, seeming to debate
if it wants to nurse a bit for supper.
Another snoozes, curled up on the
soft haylage in die concrete feed
trough.
Three areJounging on the pen’s
sawdust bedding around Ada, a
recently-calved older cow. With
this sudden rash of calvings in a
few-hour period, we haven’t yet
moved all the calves into their
individual pens in the calf nursery.
Ada has stretched out in the pen
to rest and chew her cud after
being milked earlier. Almost
under her head and against the
bam wall lies the bull calf belong
ing to Splendor, who had also
calved recently. A hefty, chunky
little fellow, he is so motionless,
stretched on his side with his legs
sprawled on the bedding, that he
appears to be sick.
To be sure he is getting enough
to eat, we’ve been offering him a
supplemental bottle of his
mother’s warm milk. I crawl
around Ada’s big head to get in
the right position to pry open the
calf’s mouth. He tentatively sucks
a bit, tasting the contents of the
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Ac(a swings her broad, heavy
head around and props it on my
back while I crouch there. Sud
denly the cairs appetite over
comes his sound sleep; he hops to
his feet to bump and bang at the
bottle. Wedged between the sud
den actions of the two, I nearly fall
on my face on the pen floor.
Just another day at the z 00...
Outside the bam, the multi
hued flock of half-grown chickens
are vigorously uprooting gera
niums out of the flower border
while scratching for bugs and
worms. Calm has finally settled
over them, after several days of
fussing for reunification with their
mother hen.
She had abandoned them to
take up with the two biggest roos
ters, one on each side of her, jeal
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worked their way around the yard.
A younger pair of roosters trailed
after, also interested in the little
brown hen, but no match for the
older, tougher birds.
For a day or so, the squawking,
squabbling, and screeching from
the amorous roosters and the
pleadings of the youngsters trying
to reunite with their mother got so
intense and loud I plotted to relo
cate the old birds to another bam
or the freezer. But they roosted
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Maryland Farm Queen, who will
be selected at the Maryland Farm
Queen Contest, Sunday, August
28, 7 p.m., in the State Fair Cow
Palace.
“I consider it an honor to have
served as the 1993 Maryland Farm
Queen and as spokesperson for the
Maryland Farm Bureau,” said
that night in a spot just out of my
easy reach and won a temporary
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Just another day at the z 00....
Bits of what looks like giant
bread crumbs litter the patio and I
wonder what the mess might be.
Then the “light bulb” goes on and
I know - the squirrels have chewed
up another lawn chair cushion.
This is the second one partially
shredded, with bits of the foam
stuffing strewn all over the place.
What can a squirrel possibly be
interested in to munch through a
synthetic-fabric cushion cover and
root in the foam stuffing? Nesting
materials?
“Probably the same thing
they’re hunting when they chew
up the tractor seats in the shop,”
wryly observes The Farmer, veter
an of several tractor seat shred
dings by our fluffy-tailed friends.
Solomon scratches at the front
door, plotting to sneak a day-long
doggy nap on the cool concrete of
the basement. Monk, the cat,
rushes to the screen, jumps up and
hisses at the dog. He backs off,
instead stretching out in front of
the door so we trip over him every
time we pass through.
Just another day at the z 00....
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with whom I met the many excit
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Young women, between the
ages of 16 and 19, who have
earned their place in the 1994
Maryland Farm Queen Contest by
winning county Farm Bureau
sponsored contests, will compete
for this renowned title, tiaras sup
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berry Mall, and scholarship and
cash awards in the amount of
$4,000. The 23 Maryland county
farm queens, will be critiqued,
during a two-day competition, pri
marily on their agricultural know
ledge and experience and their
civic involvement. Each must
spontaneously respond to a “fish
bowl” question either related to
career opportunities or specific
farming issues. Poise, appearance,
personality, communication skills,
and civic involvement are secon
dary requirements.
The 1994 Maryland Farm
Queen will be present throughout
the 10-day Slate Fair to award
prizes, and mingle with fairgoers,
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continue throughout the year as
she will participate in a number of
activities representing Maryland
agriculture. The runners-up will
assist the Farm Queen with award
presentations and serve as hostes
ses for dignitaries.
The 113th Maryland State Fair,
which will offer a variety of lives
tock and horse shows, arts and
crafts and home arts exhibts, runs
from Saturday, August 27,
through Monday, September 5.
The Fairgrounds open at 8 a.m.
for livestock and horse shows,
demonstration halls open at 10
a.m„ and the Midway opens at 12
noon on weekdays, and 11 a.m. on
weekends. Admission is $4 for
adults, children under 12 are
admitted free. Admittance to the
race track is included in the admis
sion price of the Fair. Parking is
available at the Fairgrounds with
handicapped parking at the North
Gate entrance to the 4-H Home
Arts Building. Free parking is
available on a first-come, first
serve basis at the Park and Ride
location on Deereco Road. The
Fairgrounds encourage use of the
Light Rail with an easily assessi
ble Light Rail stop at the Fair
grounds Cow Palace Gate. For
general information call (410)
252-0200, ext. 226.