TIEING FOR FIRST PLACE in the adult
division Friday at the Guernsey Breeders
Field Bay were, 1 to r, Wilbur Houser,
Lampeter, a former Holstein breeder who
is now a DHIA tester; John R. Breneman,
Brucellosis and mastitis are the
major chronic diseases of cattle,
according to the American Veter
inary Medical Association.
THE NEW
mount
QUEENS
Johnson’s Hatchery j
Ephrata, Pa. RE-3-2980
R 1 Kirkwood; and summer assistant coun
ty agent, Robert Heilman. P* crowd esti
mated at 200 attended the annual event
held at the farm of B. Sanvely Garber, R 1
Willow Street. (LF Photo)
Hay in Dairy Rations Best Feed,
Guernsey Field Day Speaker Says
The manager of Hominy Hill
Farms, Harvey Dreibelbis, told
a crowd of 200 dairyman and
their wives at the Guernsey
FOR SALE
* Used Spinet Piano
* Rebuilt Grands
Also New Pianos
and Organs
HESS MUSIC SHOP
1660 S. Market St.
Elizabethtown
Breeders Field Day that quality
hay is the best feed for dairy
cattle.
■He said that at Hominy Hill
some cows icceive practically a
pure hay diet and that no cow
receives more than seven pounds
of gram a day
All hay on the farm is dried
artifically and no silage is used
When water is available, the
alfalfa is irrigated Another in
novation is that several kinds of
• hay are made and these hays are
rotated in the feeding program
In the judging contest the
junior division and ladies divi
sion winners were high scorers
m the overall contest Taking
ladies honors was Mrs Rohrer
Witmer, R 2 Willow Street, and
the junior champion was Roy
Breneman, R 1 Willow Street.
Breneman is the son of Mr and
Mis John A Breneman
Three men tied for first place
m the men s division but none
had a score that equaled Mrs
Witmer or Breneman
The three were John R. Brene
man, R 1 Kirkwood, Robert Heil
man, State College, and Wilbur
Houser, Lampeter
Mrs Clarence Harnish, R 7 Lan
caster, was runner-up m the
ladies class while Miriam Gray
bill, R 1 New Providence placed
second and James Huber, R 7
Lancaster was third in the youth
division
Also speaking at the Field
Swine Pneumonia
Treatment Found
Vetennanans in southern On
tario are testing a new treatment
developed at Ontario Veterinary
College for virus pneumonia of
pigs.
This disease, although it seldom
kills, is a cause of heavy losses in
widespread areas of swine raising
the American Veterinary Medical
Association savs Approximately
50 per cent of the swine in some
parts of the U S and Canada are
infected According to the Asso
ciation, virus pneumonia may re
duce the growth rate of infected
animals 14 to 16 per cent and re
tard food conversion to pork by
Lancaster Farming, Friday, August 23, 1957—13
TIEING FOR TOP HONORS at the Guernsey Field Day
judging contest were Mrs. Rohrer Witmer and Roy Brene
man. Mrs. Witmer won as her award a sterling cream
pitcher and sugar bowl and Breneman a 17 jewel wrist
watch. (LF Photo)
Day held at the B Suavely Gar
ber Farm, Rl Willow Street, was
William H Juzi, business man
ager of the Pennsylvania Guern
sey Breeders Assn
He explained the recent court
decision concerning Golden
Guernsey milk marketing He
said it is not known if the de
cision will be appealed.
PASTURES
For year round grazing sow
a Swiss Permanent Pasture.
Ready to pasture in 8 weeks.
No more reseeding.
We also have an excellent
Hay Pasture Silage Mix
2-3 cows per acre grazing.
Casupa Super Green
Pastures.
FRED FREY
QUARRYVILLE, PA.
ST 6-2235
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