D4-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 13, 1997
ELLICOTT CITY. Md. The
Maryland Simmental Association
Field Day was held at the Howard
County Fairgrounds.
Dr. John Bargeloh, Southern
State, manager of ruminant nutri
tion, was introduced by Rick Law
rence. the local Southern States
field sales and tech manager.
Bargeloh described mineral
utilization in various feeding sys
tems. He concentrated on the
utilization of the trace elements in
forage and pasture programs.
Ned Sayre of Waffle Hill Farm
continued the seminar. The pro
gram consisted of explanations of
pasture utilization by using electr
ic fencing to rotate pastures, to
increase leaf surfaces rather than
stem surfaces. Stock-piling fescue
growth was described for year
round grazing. Water distribution
was described and products were
shown to imitate the programs.
The Junior Cattle Show was
judged by Ned Sayre. The
showmanship contests of three
classes were judged by a com
mittee.
Shane Smithson, White Hall,
Md., became champion showman.
Judge Sayre selected Pond
View Tobassy shown by Shane
Smithson in the January 1997 and
later class. Shane Smithson was
Ist in the November and Decem
ber 1996 class.
Watersheds To Receive Funds
To Clean Up Natural
Resource Problems
LEESPORT (Berks Co.)
Funds soon will be available for
agricultural and livestock pro
ducers in all watersheds in Berks
County in the Tulpehocken,
Maidencreek, and Little Swatara
to correct natural resource prob
lems, said Randy McCormack,
district conservationist for the
Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS).
These watersheds in 1997 will
receive the following allocation:
$141,500 for the Tulpehocken,
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Tiffany Harward with the champion steer.
C.F. Alfalfa Autumn, shown by
Grant Coleman, Elmer, NJ., won
the September-October class.
Keith Brown Jr., Joppa, Md. with
FJplley’s Red Sunset Kasey, was at
the lead of the July-August class.
Geneva of Echo Valley, shown by
Tammy Nelson, Forest Hill, Md.,
won the March class.
Shane Smithson’s May-June
heifer. Pond View Hot Tamale,
$121,500 for the Maidencreek,
and $121,500 for the Little Swa
tara Creek Watershed through the
Environmental Quality Incentives
Program (EQIP).
EQIP,- a voluntary program,
provides financial assistance of up
to 75 percent of the costs to install
or apply certain conservation
practices such as grassed water
ways and manure storage struc-
lures. Tulpehocken, Maidencreek,
and Little Swatara were among 20
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was junior champion. Tammy
Nelson won reserve champion.
In the February 1996 class,
Simme Valley Finesse, shown by
Shane Smithson, led the class.
Justin Harward’s Pond View Tara
was Ist in the January class. Ray
mond Stough, Spring Grove, PA.,
led th November-December 1995
class with Black Leggacy. Mel
lissa McNutt, Street, Md., walked
to the head of the class
(September-October) with Pond
View E-9.
Shane Smithson had the senior
champion heifer and Justin Har
ward, reserve champion, Judge
Sayre selected Shane Smithson’s
junior champion for grand champ
ion and his senior champion as re
serve champion of the show.
Tammy Nelson’s Wheatley
Winter Red with her twin heifers
Shane Smithson exhibits the champion heifer,'Pond
View Hot Tamale.
Tammy Nelson shows the cow/calf champion, Weatley
Winter Red.
was an outstanding cow/calf
champion. Judge Sayre selected
the steer shown by Tiffany Har
ward. Forest Hill, Md., a medium
weight steer, as champion. Justin
Harward’s 1,225-pound steer won
reserve champion.
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The annual meeting followed a
shrimp and ear com meal.
The highlight of the meeting
was a telephone conference with
the American Simmental Assodl
tion’s Chief Executive Officer Jer
ry Lipsey.