13—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, July 11. 1§59 USDA'Vets Guard Areia By Dr. L M. 'Soturen Veterinarian Livestock Inspector ' Animal Disease Eradication Division Ag. Research - Service, Lancaster Stock Yards - After being located in the same room on the second floor of the stockyards main office building as far back as most everyone around the yards remembers, the recent move to the corner room puts the former USBAI office in the spotlight. Federal stockyards veter inary inspection has a -long and important history, hav ing been instrumental ,in maintaining a constant check on* the health of animals pas sing thru the yards. This inspection service provides an important daily cross-section of our livestock industry for signs of disease that cans cause havoc for livestock producers and handlers? -A few old-timers still re member the problems exper ienced in Lancaster during the early 190t)’s with Foot & Mouth'Disease. We have indeed been fortunate that more recent outbreaks WHITEN, BRIGHTEN and SANITIZE your barn with Carbola disinfecting white paint GET ALL 4 ADVANTAGES with 1 easy spraying 1. Sprays a clean bright white 2. Kills disease germs 3. Eliminates cobwebs for months 4. Kills flies, lice and other pests Your barn smells clean because it is clean Carbola clean I For a "Grade A” job see your Certified Carbola Sprayman or askyour dealer about the Carbola Rental Sprayer. Fop further Information write Dept. LF 79 Carbola CHEMICAL CO., Inc. Natural Bridge, N.T. in Mexico and Canada did not reach us. On the other' hand we. Recently, a “system of all were not quite so lucky disease reporting, has been when Vesicular, Exanthema inaugurated to- provide l a spread like wildfire across regular annual, seasonal and the continent in the early monthly index of the inci -1950’5. dence of all kinds of health The old -federal Bureau of Problems in the various Animal Industry was reorg- s P ecies * or statistical pur ganized in 1954 when the Poses. present Agricultural Re- Thanks to the cooperation search .was formed to include between State and- Federal both Animal and Plant re- governments, a close super search and disease regula- vision is applied to the large Livestock tion. Now, former BAI functions are included in the three chief .regulatory division: Meat Inspection Division, Animal Inspection and'Quar antine Division and the wide spread Animal Disease Era dication Division. Stockyards inspection du ties are included in the lat- ter division. office in the yards pro Vld N source of the u. i £S te Jn r “«« s numbers of Tuberculoses and Certificates | Brucellosis reactor cattle that interstate have been moved through on and certiß stockyards, without • being a healthy ,outgo ln . source of contamination -for are issued f or £ • the greater bulk of healthy species, according livestoclc'that stream through Quirements of a/ our" Public Stockyards by nestmation 1 railroad or truck transporta- Finally, the tion. ~ • - nel are al ways Interstate regulations- can C be quite complicated; espec- give ially, when different. States ferstatet™ m rt {i have different requirements’ At ‘ regarding imports-or move-, c tn# ;i r vJL L * nc «sil "“»• »*«“» thdr borders . In order to assist shippers 1853 - by J,v ! of livestock. The Animal since 1956 bv t 1 Disease Eradication Division Henry. - From Disease BURLINGS CHIC FIT FARMERS' NEf You can find just what you want at Bill Burling’s hatch ery. You' have eight top strains and crosses to-choose from. „ Our Leghorn eggs hardly need gfading—they’re so uniform. Our Sexlinks are very popular with near by farmers. <c—imutm Then there are the “pick” of the best strains and cross es for Broilers, or -meat-and eggs. " Our many top wing -at Chick and Egg Shows prove their quality in competition. One customer said our Carey Leghorns are: “Just wonderful birds to handle”. That’s important in high powered Leghorns. - Take your pick to suit your needs. Burling's Big 8 Carey's Famous Random Sample Test-winning Leg- A Chick for every Farm or Business-flock BURLING’S HATCfII Box F, horns. A tusto* 270-egg birds! Merryknoll Si*] x Red)—Bred by methods Golden Sexhnß male x Andrews | female. They're tot great layers Cobb's White ,j Broiler Test m good'layers too Vantress x Col Rocks Popular! Garrison Cornu! Cobb While Bid Super meat quality Gove's Barred B a favorite of many; Stirling's New 1 Carefully selected When you're real der (and its jd pick up file phone Oxford 286 collect Oxford, MARTI! LIMESTO A line aid for the pi tion of top-ranking cl • Corrects acid in s ( • Increases crop yield* • Insures growth c *°' legumes. , • Saves money each Ivan M. Martin? ® BLUE BALL. P H New Holland EL9 in Terre Hill' Hiller® 5 * I
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