X&lMcaMr' FaMWjj. SatuhUy, DMrttm «. HM Corn, Soy Producers Join Forces With Vegetable Growers COLLEGE PARK, Md. Commercial vegetable growers in Maryland and Delaware are invit ed to join their com and soybean counterparts on the Delmarva peninsula for the first-ever Del marva Corn/Soybean and Veg etable Conference. The two-day educational event is scheduled January 12 & 13 at the Sheraton Inn on U.S. Highway 13 north of Dover, Del. Sponsors include agribusiness organizations along with the cooperative exten sion service at land-grant univer sities in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. Now in its 15th year, the Del marva Com and Soybean Confer ence will lead off the joint pro gram with a general session carry ing out the theme, “Ag Technolo gy: New Horizons/Old Prob lems.” Topics will include predictions on the proposed 1995 Farm Bill, nitrogen fertility management of soybeans, crop insurance reform, and new products for fighting tough weeds. The com and soybean confer ence continues after lunch, but vegetable growers will have the opportunity to attend concurrent sessions on processing crops or direct marketing. Corn and soybean conference afternoon topics will include pre- GOLDEN LEAF TOBACCO CO. INC. ATTENTION TOBACCO FARMERS Sincere best wishes for a blessed holiday season and a happy new year. We are receiving tobacco at our New Locations We will reopen Tuesday, December 27, starting at 8 a.m. at our new location K mile east of Rt. 23 on GrayblU Rd. Next to Harry’s Auction in the village of Barevllle, Pa. (the old scales factory). Telephone No. 717-354-8177 717-656-8452 Our other location is the Kirkwood Hay Auction Bam at the Intersection of Noble Rd. and Rt. 472. We will be receiving tobacco Wednesday, December 28, 8-4. Telephone No. 717-529-2886 Consider Golden Leaf Tobacco Co. when marketing your 609 or 41 type tobacco. A company with an outstanding reputation for supporting Lancaster tobacco farmers year after year. Golden Leaf Tobacco Co. Mac Bailey (717) 354-8177 (717) 575-4229 Dennis Hess Michael Bailey Aaron Miller (717)627-4075 (717)529-2886 Ans. Serv. (717)572-2575 (717)656-6109 Clark Stauffer (717) 733-8921 (717) 575-0622 (717) 738-2328 V N» (ST (m)* K- 1 —‘"1 JIL. Blue Star Milk is. “SST iiowvxi f*AI r Mil If 50# CAI - $00.75 BLIE*STAR" ] RtrLACCR ] W/DeCCOX mr«T nfUWVVA " w CALF MILK , Gold Star Milk w/Deccox SALE YEAR END SALE CASH 8c CARRY J AA/ DEC. 26 THRU DEC. 31 II I 7/\ ON EVERYTHING IN STOCK I Except: Pet Fooda, Power Toole, Wormere, Implants * Sale Heme se a ■ i(CE Hardware 1739 West Main St. Ephrata, PA 17522 , (717) 7904341 HOMSMMI i • Store Howa: . m Mon.-Frldav 7:00 am to 9:oopm Sat »;00am to s;oopm.ia. sentations on micronutrients in crop production, slugs and bugs affecting corn and soybeans, pre cision fanning, and the first Gary Smith Memorial lecture. The latter presentation honors the memory of Gary L. Smith, for mer agricultural engineer and farm safety specialist for the Cooperative Extension Service, University of Maryland at College Park. Smith died in 1991 from a form of blood cancer. He had requested that memorial donations be used for pesticide safety educa tion. Giving the memorial lecture will be Stanley H. Schuman, med ical director of the Agromedicine Program, a joint project of the Medical University of South Car olina and Clemson University. Schuman will speak on “Cancer, Diet and Pesticides.” The Mid-Atlantic Soybean Association will hold its 25th anniversary meeting at the same location, from 3:15 to 5 p.m., fol lowing the com and soybean edu cational session. Delmarva Corn and Soybean Conference scholarships will be presented during a Thursday evening banquet, along with career recognition for industry leaders by the Maryland and Delaware vegetable growers associations. Friday morning’s program on Jan. 13 will start off with a ple nary session on “The Coastal Zone Management Act and How It Can Affect Your Farming Busi- ness.” Following will be concurrent sessions on general vegetable crops, potatoes and fruit produc tion. The vegetable session con tinues in the afternoon, along Somerset DHIA Achievements GAY N. BROWNLEE Somerset Co. Correspondent BERLIN (Somerset Co.) The Somerset County Dairy Herd Improvement Association held its annual meeting at the Berlin com munity building. About 120 per sons attended. Two men were elected to three year terms as directors. Gary Lynch, Friedens, and Jeff Hille gass, Berlin. High individual cow for milk and protein production per cow was North View Farm (Berlin, RDl),lcon 3X 39,020 m 1242 p. High individual cow for fat production per cow, George C. Stahl (Somerset, RD3), Pam 2X 1251 f. Low herd for somatic ceil count, William Yoder (Meyers dale, RDI), 171,000. agri systems Northeast with a separate series of reports on farm-oriented research pro jects related to Profitable Agri culture and a Clean Environment (PACE), a cooperative extension service sustainable agriculture program begun in 1991 for Mary land and Delaware farmers. Admission on both days of the conference is free. Noon lunch is High herd for milk, fat and pro tein, North View Farm, 3X 27,276 m 9451f896p. The herd management award Lacings were first. North View Farm, operated by brothers Jim, John and Dan Will; second, Ger ald and Judy Weigle, Friedens and third, Harry Rhoads, Berlin, RDI. The average number of herds in Somerset County is 116 and the average number of cows, 7,918. Average number of cows per herd is 68.3 compared to the state aver age of 64.8 cows per herd. The county milk per cow aver age was 18,687, with per- god, g 7 cent of fat at 3.71 or 694 pounds. Percent of protein was 3.24, or 60S pounds. Average days in milk per cow were 321. Value for CWT milk, $13.60; CWT grain, $7.57; CWT hay. Northeast Agri Systems, Inc. QB) Flyway Business Park store hours Mon -fll 7.30 to 430 OBEj 305 UNIVERSITY AVE. ISOA Sat 800 to Noon f9M (Formtriy Long Lumber) 139 A West Airport Road 24 Hr 7 D R jf |ce 1-800-735-6381 LititZ, PA 17543 WjM STORE HOURS: <7 ' 7) 569 2702 1-800-673-2580 9 W&\ S available at moderate cost on an individual basis. Tickets to the Thursday night banquet are avail able in advance at $2O each, or they may be purchased at the door for $25. To order tickets in advance, call Ed Kee during weekday office hours at (302) 856-7303. $3.95; CWT silage,sl.36; milk per cow, $2,542. Pounds of grain consumed per cow was 8,153; pounds hay, 1,823; pounds silage consumed per cow, 15,471. Days on pasture per cow were 73. Total feed costs, at $921 per cow, were slightly lower than the state average of $976. Grain costs are almost level with the state average, but the costs of hay per cow here are notably lower than the state average. So is the average cost of silage per cow, when com pared to the average figure record ed for the state. Income over feed costs here exceeds the state average by about $l5O, according to official num bers. Feed costs per CWT milk are 4.93 percent while 5.34 percent is the state average according to DHIA year-end reports for Somer set County.
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