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Approximate 200 farmers from Maryland and Pennsylvania attended the Ag Show
case Day as part of the Cecil County Fair on Tuesday. Field demonstrations and edu
cational programs were again part of this annual event.
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For the 18th year, local equip
ment dealers, ag suppliers, the
Cecil County Fair board and the
Maryland Cooperative extension
teamed up to put on Ag Showcase
Day at the fair. Held at the Fair Hill
Natural Resources Management
Area, this year’s program included
educational features on interactive
hay and forage judging demonstra
tions conducted by Dr. Les Vough,
extension forage specialist
David Wilson, Cecil County
extension agent said this educa
tional feature was for those who
are buying or selling hay or silage.
Farmers buying want to get the
most for their money, and those
selling want to know how to price
their forages according to nutri
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Beekeeping Focus
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Beekeeping is a rapidly
changing avocation. Not only
must beekeepers manage their
bees, they also must deal with re
cent infestations of parasitic mites
and related diseases that can deci
mate their colonies.
To help current and prospective
beekeepers keep their hives
healthy and productive, Mid-At
lantic Apiculture a five-state
conosorlium administered by
Penn State’s Department of Ento
mology is sponsoring a short
course titled “The Changing
Fundamentals of Beekeeping,”
Aug. 28-30. The course will be
held in State College at the Elays
Inn-Penn State, with laboratory
and field sessions at various loca-
tions around Penn State’s Univer-
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 1, 1998-A3l
Ag Showcase Again
Part Of Cecil Fair
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Wilson said die showcase has
become a social event as well as a
place for farmers to get to see dif
ferent brands of the newest equip
ment working in the fields side by
side. In addition, the popular trac
tor ride and drive course gave
interested farmers to a hands-on
view of the new tractors and skid
loaders.
Field demonstrations included
mower/conditioner; wet hay bal
ing and wrapping; and dry hay bal
ing. Equipment dealers working
the demonstrations induced
Stackey, Kennedyville; Hoober,
Inc., Middletown, Ag Industrial,
Rising Sun, and Cooper Equip
ment, Cecilton.
sity Park campus.
Bee experts from Penn Stale,
the Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture, and the University of
Delaware will offer sessions on
honey bee biology, seasonal man
agement, mites and diseases, hon
ey bee behavior, computer soft
ware and the Internet, honey bee
research, honey crops, and mar
keting.
A registration fee of $9O in
cludes all conference sessions,
parking, and a reception. Registra
tions received after Aug. 14 are
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Walk-in registrations will be ac
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