A24-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 30, 1998
Maryland University Clarksville Farm Has New Dairy Facilities
(Continued from Pago A 1)
Declaration of Independence. In
1951, the farm was purchased by
the state of Maryland for use by the
Department of Mental Hygiene to
both produce and process milk for
the state mental hospitals.
In 1957, the farm was transfered
to the University of Maryland with
the stipulation that the milk pro
duced continue to supply the men
tal hospitals. For a number of years
after the university gained title to
the farm, milk continued to be pro
cessed on site and shipped to the
Central Maryland
Research and Education Center
Clarksville Facility Field Day
and Dedication
July 9, 1998
Three concurrent tours highlight how the
research and extension programs of the
College of Agriculture and Natural
Resources benefit dairy farming in
Maryland. Participate in as many tours as
possible while the junior dairy judges
practice their skills. Then, join us as we
celebrate, during lunch, the completion of
the construction projects that have
modernized our dairy research facility.
10 a.m.-l 1 am
Registration
A local 4-H club will sell coffee and
donuts.
10 a.m.-noon
State Dairy Judging Practice Session
Dr. Lee Majeskie
Dept of Animal and Avian Sciences
and
Mr. Thomas Moreland
CMREC-Clarksville
10:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m
Tours
Each tour takes approximately
45 minutes.
Dairy Tour One (A walking tour)
Somatic Cell Counts: Is There a
Relation to Milk Product Quality
Dr. Scott Rankin
Dept of Animal and
Avian Sciences
Handling Dauy Manure An
Overview ot the Clarksville System
Mr. 1 lerbert Brodie (Retired)
Dept, of Biological
Resources Engineering
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Mr. Curt Gooch
MAES Research Facilities
Management Office
Marketing Milk with futures
Dr Kevin McNew
Dept of Agricultural
and Resource Economics
Dairy Tour Two (A walking tour)
Tools for Managing 1 leifer Growth
Dr. Richard Erdman
Dept of Ammai and
Avian Sciences
Effects of Early-Lactation, 6X
Milking on Subsequent Milk Yield
Dr. Mark Varner
Dept, of Animal and
Avian Sciences
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RSVP slip
will attend Field Day
will have lunch
• Lunch will be available at a modest price
I Please return to
j CMREC-Headquarters
I 11975-A Homewood Road
; Ellicott City, MD 21042
state mental hospitals. In the early
1960’5, the university opened its
processing plant on campus as a
teaching facility. From that date,
milk produced at Clarksville was
sent to College Park for processing
but continued to supply the state’s
mental hospitals. In the late 80’s
the agreement between the Depart
ment of Mental Hygiene and the
university was rescinded. Since
that time, milk produced on the
farm has been marketed through
tme of the local milk cooperatives,
currently Land O’Lakes.
Agronomy Tour
(Ride wagons to field site)
Informational Exhibits
Converse with representatives from
farm-related businesses. University
departments, State agencies, and other
organizations.
12:30 p.m.
Lunch and Dedication Ceremony
Enjoy a barbecued roast beef lunch, for a
small fee, while you visit with your
neighbors. Then, join representatives of
the College of Agriculture and Natural
Resources as they celebrate completion of
the state-of-the-art dairy facilities, with a
short dedication and ribbon-cutting
ceremony.
1:45 p.m.-3 p.m.
Walking Tours of the Dairy Facilities
How to Reach the Clarksville Facility
From the west, take Interstate 70 east to
Route 32 south. Follow Route 32 south to
Route 108 east. Take Route 108 east
approximately 7/10 mile to Sheppard
Lane and turn left. Stay on Sheppard
Lane approximately 2.5 miles until you
reach its intersection with Homewood
Road. Cross Homewood Road and the
facility will be 1 /3 mile on your left.
From the north, take Interstate 70 west to
Route 32 south and then follow directions
given above,
From the south, take Interstate 95 north
from Washington Beltway to Route 32
west. Proceed to Route 108 east. At that
point follow the directions in the first
paragraph.
From the Eastern Shore, take Interstate 97,
at Annapolis, to Route 32 west. Proceed to
Route 108 east and then follow directions
in the first paragraph.
For Further Information
Call either CMREC at (301) 596-9330 or
your local Extension office.
Please fill out the form at left
and let us know how many
people will be attending and
how many will be having
The most recent renovation of
the facility began seven or eight
years ago with money obtained
from funds stashed away from the
sale of the university’s research
farm located on Cherry Hill Road
in College Park. Now the first-clsss
research facility supports the uni
versity’s dairy science programs
and is booked full with agribusi
ness research projects both large
and small.
“The primary focus here is in
support of the dairy science prog
ram at College Park,” Kratochvil
A Bright Future: Phofopenod
Management
Dr. Geoffrey Dahl
Dept, of Animal and
Avian Sciences
Phosphorus Legislation and Its
Impact on Dairy Producers
Dr. Frank Coale
Dept, of Natutal
Resource Sciences and
Landscape Architecture
Forages; Your Key to Nutrient
Management Planning
Dr. l.es Vough
Dept of Natural
Resource Sciences and
Landscape Architecture
lunch
Benny Erez at the University of Maryland’s Clarksville
research farm shows shows compost made from cow man
ure. After using a seperator to obtain the solids from the liq
uid, the solids are composted and the liquid is irrigated on
the fields, returned to be reused in the flush system in the
dairy bams, and used in a wetlands research project.
said. “We have a considerable
amount of activity in agronomic
work with forage production as a
nutrient management tool This
includes the development of wet
lands as part of the ongoing
research. We expect to see an
increase in environmental work
because of the; new regulations
now in effect in Maryland. We arc
an animal operation, and all animal
operations will now be faced with
the same sort of problems as the
poultry industry.
The 120-cow Holstein milking
herd and 80 head of replacement
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Benny Erez shows the manure seperator that releases
the solids down through the grate and sends the liquids Into
the tank for pumping across the road to the lagoons.
stock are housed in new open truss
bams. Facilities are present to feed
and moniter excretion from indivi
dual cows. The milking parlor
operates semi-automatically so
that individual cows can be hand
led for blood testing or othcr spc
cial treatment while the other cows
in the parlor continue to come and
go as they are milked.
A new experiment expected to
be completed by open house day
will be water bowls installed in
place of the feeding places in the
parlor. Tom Moreland, dairy prog
(Turn to Pago A 25)