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Poultry Calendar of Events for 1998

Livestock Update, November 1997

Phillip J. Clauer, Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech

March 21
Northern Virginia 4-H Poultry Judging Qualifying Event. Frying Pan Park, Fairfax County. For more information contact: Ann Marlow, Fairfax, County Extension Office, telephone (703) 324-5343.

March 28
Pullorum Testing Certification/Recertification Clinic. Harrisonburg State Diagnostic Laboratory, 116 Reservoir Street, Harrisonburg, VA 22801. Contact Dr. Gabe Meza at (540) 434-3897 or address listed above.

April 4
Pullorum Testing Certification/ Recertification Clinic. 11:00 am. Harrisonburg State Diagnostic Laboratory, 116 Reservoir Street, Harrisonburg, VA 22801. Contact Dr. Gabe Meza at (540) 434-3897 or address listed above.

April 14-15
Rockingham Poultry Serviceman's Committee/Virginia Cooperative Extension Health and Management Seminar, Holiday Inn (Tanglewood), Roanoke, Va. Contact Derek Emmerson or Julian Brake, Animal and Poultry Sciences Department, Virginia Tech (0306), Blacksburg, VA 24061.

April 25
Blue Ridge Poultry Club Spring Show. Fairview Ruritan Building, Fairview, Va. Contact Roger Jones, Rt. 4, Box 394, Galax, VA 24333.

May 8
Virginia Poultry Federation Youth Convention and State 4-H Poultry Judging Contest. Rockingham County Fairgrounds. Contact Phillip J. Clauer, Animal and Poultry Sciences Department, 3300 Litton Reaves Hall, Virginia Tech (0306), Blacksburg, VA 24061. PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

June 16-19
State 4-H Congress, Virginia Tech Campus, Blacksburg, Va.

June 17
Poultry Presentation and Cookery Contests, Baptist Student Center, Blacksburg, VA. Contact Phillip J. Clauer, Animal and Poultry Sciences Department, Virginia Tech (0306), Blacksburg, VA 24061.

June 17
Avian Bowl Contest, location to be announced, Blacksburg, VA. Contact Phillip J. Clauer, Animal and Poultry Sciences Department, Virginia Tech (0306), Blacksburg, VA 24061

June 22-25
State FFA Convention. Virginia Tech Campus, Blacksburg, Va.

June 23
State FFA Poultry Judging Contest, Lane Stadium, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. Contact Phillip J. Clauer, Animal and Poultry Sciences Department, Virginia Tech (0306), Blacksburg, VA 24061.



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