(Continued from Pago A 10)
Churchtown.
Pa. Sheep Producers Field Day, Ag
Arena, Penn State, 10 a.m.
Pa. Performance Ram Test Field
Day, Ag Arena, Penn State, 10
a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Pa. Performance Tested Ram and
Invitational Ewe Sale, Ag Are
na, Penn State, 3 p.m.
Adams County 4-H Fair, South
Mountain Fairgrounds,
Arendtsville.
Horse and Pony Roundup, Twin
10.
Schuylkill County Fair, thru Aug.
10.
West End Fair-Union County, thru
Aug. 10.
Adams County Farm Bureau annu
al summer picnic. South Moun-
Cochnnton
Aug. 10.
Dawson Grange Community Fair,
thni Aug. 10.
Tioga County Fair, thru Aug. 10.
mnity Fair,
Penn State, thru Aug. 8.
Ephrata Area Young Fanners
Annual Educational Bus trip to
New York state, thru Aug. 8.
Elk County Fair, thru Aug. 10.
1996 Empire Farm Days, Seneca
Falls, N.Y., thru Aug. 8.
York County Holstein picnic at
David and Norma
Lucabaugh’s.
Harrold Fair, thru Aug. 10.
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Ohio Processing Tomato and Veg
etable Crops Day, OARDCs
Vegetable Crops Branch,
Fremont
Ohio Sugar Beet Twilight Tour,
OARDC’s Vegetable Crops
Branch, Fremont
Carlisle Fair, thru Aug. 10.
Farm Showgrounds, Butler,
noon.
Mifflin County Holstein Show,
Reedsville, 6:30 p.m.
Chester County Holstein Field
Day, Tim Barlow Farm,
ciation Annual Summer Con-
fcrcnce, Hampshire College,
Amherst, Mass., thru Aug. 11.
Frederick County, Md., Pasture
Walk, Heiiiand Farm, Steve
and Ruth Ann Derrenbacher,
Woodsboro, Md., 10
a.m.-noon.
Clinton County Holstein Show,
Fairgrounds, Mackeyville, 9:30
a.m.
Wayne County Holstein Show,
Fairgrounds, Honesdale, 10
a.m.
Tioga County Holstein Show,
Fairgrounds, Whitneyville, 11
a.m.
Lancaster Holstein Club Field
Championship Show, Ship
pensburg Fairgrounds, Ship
pensburg, 9:30 a.m.
MtL Holstein annual picnic, W«nd
65’ Diameter SCS Approved Circular Manure Storage
Maryland Ag Department Speeds Up
ANNAPOLIS, Md. Mary
land Department of Agriculture
(MDA) Secretary Lewis R, Riley
recently announced that eligible
farmers should be receiving their
conservation grant payments
much sooner under the newly
streamlined Maryland Agricultur
al Water Quality Cost-Share
(MACS) Program. The improved
turnaround is the result of a move
by the State Soil Conservation
Committee to eliminate duplica
tion in the MACS program by
shifting bond authority for eligible
conservation practices from the
Maryland Department of the En
vironment (MDE) to MDA.
“What this means is that Mary
land farmers will be getting their
grant allocations quicker. We esti
mate that we’ll be able to reduce
the turnaround time for payments
from five weeks to three,” said
Riley.
sor Manor Farm, New Windsor,
Md., 11 a.m.
7th Annual Summer Plowing
Show, Old Time Plow Boys
Club. Pa. German Cultural Her
itage Center Farm, Kulztown
Aug. 18.
Bullsldn Township Community
Fair, thru Aug. 17.
Huntingdon County Fair, thru
Aug. 17.
McKean County Fair, thru Aug.
17.
Montour-Delong Community
Fair, thru Aug. 17.
Mercer County summer picnic,
David Philscn Farm, Fredonia,
noon.
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Conservation Grant Payments
Uncarter Farming, Saturday, July 27, 1996-All
In the past, bond fund applica
tions and allocations were pro
cessed through (MDE). Beginning
July 1,19%, all unspent bond bal
ances originally handled by MDE
will be transferred to MDA.
“What we essentially wanted to
do was cut down on government
red tape in an effort to make the
program more farmer friendly,”
explained Riley.
MDA estimates that the
changes will also speed up the ini
tial grant approval process. Ques
tions concerning the status of a
grant application claim for pay
ment will also be answered in a
more timely manner.
Established in 1983, the Mary
land Agricultural Water Quality
Cost-Share program is a key fea
ture in Maryland’s efforts to pro
tect water quality in the Chesa
peake Bay and its tributaries.
Field Trip Aug. 10
READING (Berks Co.) The
Berks/Southeast Cattlemen’s
Association has scheduled its
annual educational field trip Aug.
10 to beef farms in Columbia and
Schuylkill counties.
The bus will leave the Berks
County Agricultural Center in
Bern Township at 7:30 a.m. on
Saturday.
Three farms in Columbia Coun
ty and one in Schuylkill County
wil be visited to observe opera
tions, which will include a variety
of breeds of cattle, feeding
methods, spring development, and
intensive grazing.
Lunch, which is included, will
be at Pennsylvania Power & Light
Tractor Pull "Petting Zoo ’Free Ei
Demolition Derby—Saturday, August 3" - 7»30 PM
Lebanon Area Fairgrounds
Cornwall & Rocherty Roads, Lebanon, PA 17042 (717) 273-3795
FREE PARKING Admission; 12 ft Over $2.00, Under 12 Free
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! With 1 Paid Admission With Coupon
|l) Have you ever attended the Lebanon Area Fair before?
I yes no
J 2) Where did you hear about the Lebanon Area Fair’
| Radio (list station) Newspaper (list publication)
■ TV Other (please list)
• 3) Please rate the following on a scale of 1 to 10 - 1 being no
| interest and 10 being tremendous interest.
■ 4-H & FFA Exhibits Food Entertainment I
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14) If you have visited the Lebanon Area Fair before, what can we |
improve to make your visit more satisfactory? I -j
Through the program, farmers are
provided with a up to 87.5 percent
of the cost to install eligible best
management practices to prevent
soil erosion and control nutrient
runoff from farm fields and live
stock operations. Grassed water
ways. animal waste management
systems and stream protection
measures are among more than 25
best management practices
(BMPs) currently eligible for
MACS funding.
Since 1984, more than 7,000
BMPs have been installed under
the program with approximately
$3B million in public funds
matched by $4.5 million from in
dividual fanners.
Farmers interested in applying
for cost-share assistance through
the MACS Program should call
their local soil conservation dis
trict
Company’s Monture Nature Pre
serve and Outdoor Recreational
Area on Lake Chillisquaque.
There will be a visit to and a lec
ture about the nature center fol
lowing lunch.
An evening meal will be
included on the way home.
The cost is S2S for nonmem
bers. Besides being educational,
good fellowship is enjoyed by all
and a movie will be shown on the
bus.
Please send reservations to Viv
ian Faust 201 Chapel Hill Rd.,
Reading, PA 19608. Include your
phone number. Reservations are
on a first-come basis. For more
information, call (610) 678-9326.
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