"News You Can Use from the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center"

March 1996; Vol. 7, No. 3

IN THIS ISSUE:
THE QUOTE OF THE MONTH:
"You ask your shadow, 'What way from here?'" (- Han-shan)

TEN PLACES YOU NOW KNOW BETTER ... AND 15 WAYS YOU CAN FIND OUT MORE
(The end is a beginning - field days are another way to see our branches)
In February we ended our series on OARDC's Outlying Branches . You got capsule reports on what each branch is doing. You read about the soils, crops, animals and regions that make each branch vital. And maybe you called the branch nearest you or even stopped in. We encourage you to keep up with the work at our branches. One good way to do this: come to our field days and special events. If you've been to them before, you know the "meat" you get - research results, plot tours and often one-on-one talk with our scientists. You stay current in your field and see some pretty special places. Our 1996 schedule, which was just announced, is featured in this issue. Get out your Daybook and pencil (pen! pen!) and read on!

DETAILS: The main office for OARDC's Outlying Branches is on our Wooster campus. For information, call Jim Trotter, Assistant to the Director for Field Operations, at (216) 263-3771. (Area code 330 after March 6.) There are two more ways you can follow the branches. The Northwestern Branch Liaison Committee and the Grape Research Branch Liaison Committee both put out fine newsletters . To get your name on their mailing lists (and no others!), ask for #165 (Northwestern) or #166 (Grape Research). Contact SCT, OSU/OARDC, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, OH 44691 or martin.881@osu.edu.

DID YOU KNOW ... OARDC manages a total of about 7,200 acres at Columbus, Wooster and the Outlying Branches?

FIELD CROPS AND FORAGES: 5 WAYS YOU CAN GROW 'EM EVEN BETTER

(All 5 events are free and open to the public)
Do you grow grain or forages? Then you'll want to know about these five events: Small Grains Field Day, June 19, OARDC's Northwestern Branch, Hoytville. Sustainable Forage/Animal Systems, June 20, OARDC's North Appalachian Experimental Watershed , Coshocton. Hay and Pasture Day, July 2, OARDC's Southern Branch, Ripley. Field Crops Day, July 30, OARDC's Northwestern Branch , Hoytville. And Horticulture and Crop Science Field Day, Aug. 15, Ohio State's Waterman Learning Laboratory, Columbus.

DETAILS: The events are sponsored by Ohio State's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences and two of its components, OARDC and Ohio State University Extension. A FREE pocket schedule (big pocket!) of these and all of our 1996 events is available. Ask for #167. Contact SCT, OSU/OARDC, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, OH 44691, or martin.881@osu.edu.

WHERE TO SEND YOUR E-MAIL REQUESTS
(Here's JoAnn Cantrell's address; we didn't make it clear last month)
Remember, you can request information from us by e-mail. Just write to martin.881@osu.edu . As always, you can mail us your requests, too: write to SCT, OSU/OARDC, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, OH 44691. You might know all this by heart already. Either way, send away! JoAnn is standing by!

FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTS: 7 WAYS TO TURN EVEN GREENER
(Plant Discovery Day is one example of what's in store; it's May 4)
Maybe you grow processing tomatoes near Fremont. Or grapes near Lake Erie. Or maybe you're trying to find an Abies alba for your backyard conifer collection. Then here are the events for you: Plant Discovery Day (rare plant sale and auction), May 4, OARDC's Wooster campus. Piketon Horticulture Field Day and Open House, June 18, Ohio State's Piketon Research and Extension Center , Piketon. Muck Crops Day, July 25, OARDC's Muck Crops Branch , Celeryville. Processing Tomato and Vegetable Crops Day, Aug. 7, OARDC's Vegetable Crops Branch, Fremont. Sugar Beet Twilight Tour, Aug. 7, OARDC's Vegetable Crops Branch , Fremont. Horticulture and Crop Science Field Day, Aug. 15, Ohio State's Waterman Learning Laboratory, Columbus. And Ohio Grape Day, Aug. 27, OARDC's Grape Research Branch, Kingsville.

DETAILS: These events, too, are sponsored by the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences and OARDC and OSUE. The FREE pocket schedule includes these and all of our 1996 events. And it still takes a pretty big pocket, too. Ask for #167. Contact SCT, OSU/OARDC, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, OH 44691; martin.881@osu.edu.

LIVESTOCK: HELP YOUR HERD ON THESE 3 DAYS

(The bulls aren't free, but admission sure is)
Do you raise livestock? Then check out these three events, which can help you improve performance, sustainability or both: Performance Tested Bull Sale, April 20, OARDC's Eastern Ohio Resource Development Center , Caldwell. Sustainable Forage/Animal Systems, June 20, OARDC's North Appalachian Experimental Watershed , Coshocton. And Stockman's Spectacular, July 9, OARDC's Jackson Branch, Jackson.

DETAILS: These events, too, are sponsored by the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, OARDC, and OSUE. The FREE pocket schedule lists all of our 1996 events. Required: One (1) big pocket! #167. SCT, OSU/OARDC, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, OH 44691; martin.881@osu.edu

TWO BIG EVENTS FEATURE BIG PICTURE, BIG FUN

(Celebrate Ohio agriculture: BioHio 96)
Want the big picture about Ohio agriculture? Then come to these big events: BioHio 96: An Open House, July 19-21, OARDC's Wooster campus and the adjacent campus of Ohio State's Agricultural Technical Institute. (The theme is "Celebrate Agriculture in Your Life." ) And Farm Science Review, Sept. 17-19, Ohio State's Molly Caren Agricultural Center, London.

DETAILS: The events are sponsored by the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, OARDC, OSUE, and Ohio State ATI. All of our 1996 events are listed in the FREE pocket schedule that's not getting any smaller! Request one or more soon! #167. SCT, OSU/OARDC, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, OH 44691; martin.881@osu.edu.

DID YOU KNOW ... the area code for OARDC's Wooster campus is changing on March 6? (Well, it is.) 216 becomes 330.

ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER

OARDC Report is published monthly by the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center. Hard-copy subscriptions are free upon request. Write to OARDC Report, SCT, Ohio State University/OARDC, 1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, OH 44691.

Purpose: To keep you up to date about agricultural science in Ohio. To tell you about the latest OARDC results and how those results benefit you. To bring this information to you quickly and efficiently. To offer you direct access to further information and OARDC experts.

Editor: Kurt Knebusch, (216) 263-3776, knebusch.1@osu.edu. Designer: Bonnie Bing. Photography and prepress: Ken Chamberlain, Margaret Latta. Printing: Jim Henry, Gary Warren. Distribution: June Young, Bonnie Bing, JoAnn Cantrell, Marty Klepper, LaVerneWinkler.

OARDC is part of Ohio State's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. OARDC programs are available to clientele on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, gender, age, disability or Vietnam-era veteran status.