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National
OCEAN CITY, Md. More
than 600 poultry industry leaders
from across the country and
around the world are expected to
attend the October 23-25, 1996
National Meeting on Poultry
Health and Processing in Ocean
City, Maryland. This highly
respected meeting is sponsored by
Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc.
(DPI), the trade association work
ing for the continued progress of
the Delmarva Peninsula’s 1.5
Approval Given For 12 Farm
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.)
Agriculture Secretary Charles
C. Brosius has announced the ap
proval of easement purchases for
12 farms encompassing 1,279
acres of prime farmland.
“Gov. Ridge is committed to
continuing Pennsylvania’s agri
cultural tradition,” Brosius said.
“This program protects thousands
of acres of quality farmland for fu
ture generations.”
The Farmland Protection Pro
gram was initiated in 1989 with a
$lOO million bond issue approved
by Pennsylvania voters. The pro
gram allows the state and counties
to purchase development rights
referred to as casements to
guarantee that farms will remain
as agricultural land.
Including easements approved
today, 630 farms in 31 counties
National Farm-City
Conference Ready To Roll
BALTIMORE, Md. Build
ing good relations between far
mers and urban dwellers will be
the major topic during the Nation
al Farm-City conference sche
duled July 28-30 in the Wyndham
Garden Hotel at Annapolis.
All interested persons through
out the Mid-Atlantic area are
invited to attend this nationwide
forum being held for the first time
in Maryland.
Sponsors include the National
Farm-City Council, Maryland
agricultural organizations (espe
cially the Maryland Farm Bureau)
and the Maryland Department of
Agriculture.
Room reservations for over
night guests will be available in
the conference hotel through July
19, and walk-in registrations will
be accepted from persons plan
ning to commute. However,
advance registration is preferable.
An $BO registration fee will
include a Sunday evening ‘Taste
of Maryland” poolside buffet on
July 28. breakfast and lunch on
Dairy Farmers
nati
Topics:
Holistic Approach to Animal Care - Introduction to Homeopathic Acute
Care - Complementing Supportive Therapy - Grazing & Organic
Farming to Increase Farm Profitability - Use of Homeopathic Medicine
In Prevention and Treatment of Disease
July 30,1996 - 9 AM to 4 PM
At Watson's Restaurant In Frederick, Maryland
$ll.OO Registration Fee (includes lunch)
For information call; Bob Pooler, MDA (410) 841-5770
Don Schwartz, Washington Cty. Coop Ext. Service (301) 791-1404
Stan Fultz, Frederick Cty. Coop Ext. Service (301) 694-1594
Sponsored by Maryland Dept, of Ag. Organic Certification Program,
Organic Valley Dairy Cooperative & Maryland Cooperative Extension Service
Poultry Health And Processing Meeting Set
billion-dollar-a-year poultry mince. “There is a great deal of . Monitoring System *
industry. emphasis on food safety in the The second half of the com-
“With the poultry industry con- Combined Session to open the bined session has as its theme .
tinually striving to meet custom- meeting and in the Pressing f ° r . immune Response to Respir
ers’ expectation and improve bird Session, Dr. Dekich state. batay. There wilt oe presenta atory Vaccines
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“Current Research on Marek’s
Food safety topics abound m »«
the PnKession Sroion the after- . Development of In Ovo
noon of October 24, with a theme . p
“Improving an Already Superior V
Product Matek’s Disease
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Research Updale . C«.rcM Research o« March s
• New Eviscerating Systems— Disease .
Where Are We Now P* 1 further information about
. Maintaining Effective Patho- thc 31 stNalionnl lS^ctin g on
gen Reduction Programs Poultry Health and Processing,
• How to Develop and Live contact DPI at R.D. 6, Box 47,
with SOPs and HACCP Georgetown, Delaware
In the Grow-Out Session the 19947-9622 or (302) 856-9037 or
afternoon of October 24, there will fa* (302) 856-1845.
Easement Purchases
will have joined the program or
had easements approved, protect
ing 78,703 acres.
Following is a list of the 12
properties approved today, includ
ing owner, township, acreage and
purchase cost.
♦ Adams Donald and Marion
Peters, Mount Pleasant Township,
49 acres, $55,688.
• Berks Franklin M. Trout
man, Marion Township, 94 acres,
$188,600.
* Berks McCullough Hook,
Marion Township, 116 acres,
$232,800.
• Blair James L. Keller and
W. Jay Keller, Tyrone Township,
291 acres, $174,470.
• Lancaster Gerald A. and
Lorraine G. Ruhl, East Donegal
Township, 46 acres, $192,039.
* Lehigh Paul and Elizabeth
Monday and Tuesday, and a Mon
day afternoon bus tour to Beltsvil
le and Baltimore. The conference
hotel room rate is $65 per night
More information is available
from John Butler at the Maryland
Farm Bureau, (410) 922-3426,
Steve Connelly at the Maryland
Agricultural Education Founda
tion, (410) 752-0671, or Milt Nel
son at the University of Maryland
Cooperative Extension Service,
(301) 405-4596.
idicine & Hen
Bittner, Heidelberg Township,
106 acres, $191,389.
• Lehigh Leslie and George
Howatt, Lower Milford Town
ship, 149 acres, $373,355.
• Lehigh—Charles J. and Shir
ley A. Rauch. Lynn Township,
107 acres, $213,364.
• Lehigh Franklin, Shirley,
William, and Sandra Reith, Lower
Milford Township, 49 acres,
$147,810.
• Montgomery Mary Emma,
Davis, and Patricia Haldeman,
Douglass Township, 43 acres.
$153,000.
• Montgomery Frederick A.
Hansen, Douglass Township, 122
acres. $511,052.
• Westmoreland Robert E.
and Edith K. Smith, Salem Town
ship, 107 acres, $214,082.
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