-■i^.-^S Wh ru I SCSHiBwkHSr < “m >mh.M 5 NO. 14 iry Day >gram Is nounced ussion on subjects fr adern hay making me to the problem of des in milk," demon ns of water softners, iry equipment and of ng station milk trans- Lon systems and exhi f dairy equipment will i the program during day scheduled to be i/larch 3, in the Guem avihon, Lincoln High east of Lancaster, nty Agent Max Smith lan for the event has need the following im Modern Hay mak tethods and emergency for the dairy barn by i McCurdy, extension Engineer from Penn 1a State University, e followed by a discus n tire basis of selection ulk tank investments olden Davis, fieldman iterstate Milk Produc oopeiative. sph Taylor, Extension specialist from PSU, hscuss the reasons for ions in butterfat test the problem of anti s and pesticides in mi ll be discussed by Rob iistuct of the Food and tanfill, Chief, Philadel- Admmistration. mg the afternoon He enusan, Extension ento st from PSU will re the spraying recomme is for forage crops. The otic problem and the inship of ketosis and ig programs will bedis 1 by Dr Samuel B. Veternary Science ex n specialist from PSU. panel of local dairy moderated by Taylor, Seal with proper herd foment practices, ich will be available e grounds at a nomin- m Equipment aiers Elect, ar Reports * Population explosion create tremendous re gents for agricultural •ction m the next few and this in turn will p maß y sales opportuni or top notch salesmen, equipment dealers were ?t their meeting last ] Kam of the Elmer ■ter Sales Training In the group meet mo Plain and Fancy wmnt m Bird-In-Hand 03 opportunities for , s s ‘>lesmen will con nf ° K! CAV - hut the need Jenor salesmen will dis tniM Passmore - field Sf >Ve of the State Piation of Farm Equip > uV'lo r ‘ S fiM r ° Ught the aUo n djle on recent kion 0 f ° f ncerning trans thf i , farm equipment Ule highways. >ssn 8 oi 0 business session r Cted the foll°w dent p or two-yr terms a Pam a o 1 Mount * Con ’ »WlS Serv iP e - Quarry 'uied on Page 13) NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS OF the Elizabethtown Valley chapter of Future Farmers of America as they were inducted by members of the Manheim Chapter on Monday night. Seated left to right are secretary, Carl Hoover, Eliza bethtown Rl; president, Dennis Garber, 737 Groff Ave., Elizabethtown; vice president, Foster Noll, Jr., Bainbridge Rl Standing left to right are Wilbur Hosier, Manheim R 3, president of the Manheim chapter; David Keener, chaplain, Elizabethtown Rl; Marlin Henmnger, teacher of vocational agriculture at Elizabethtown Area High School; Paul Wol gemuth, sentmal, Elizabethtown R 3; and Carl Myer, Lititz R 2, secretary of the Manheim Chapter. The officers from Manheim initiated 22 new greenhands into the FFA during the same meeting. This is the second year vocational agri culture has been taught in the school at Elizabethtown Farmers Assn. Meets With Legislators Funds allocated'to the De partment of Agriculture by the State have not been ear marked for any specific pur pose. The division of those funds is up to the secretary, Senator Edward Kessler told the sixteen members of the Lancaster County Farmers Association attending the luncheon for the local legis lators at the Hotel Douglas on Thursday. Hollis Hatfield, state rep resentative of the Farmers Association outlined the poli cy of the organization for the benefit of the senator and representatives in attendance The Farmers Association is organized for the purpose of presenting resolutions deriv ed at local meetings to legis lators on the state and na tional levels. Speaking on behalf of the state group, Hatfield said that the Farmers Association is in favor of the one cent per gallon gasoline tax under consideration at the present time. The association, which has approximately 500 members m the conty, is affiliated with the American Farm Bureau Federation. Arrangements for the meet ing were made by J. Roy Greider, Mt. Joy R 1 FIVE - DAY WEATHER FORECAST Saturday • Wednesday Temperatures will aver age about four degrees be- low normal for the next 5 days. Normal tempera tures for this time of year range from a low of 28 at night to a high of 45 in the afternoon. Cold ov er the weekend with war mer on Monday. Colder a gain about Tuesday or Wednesday. Some rain or snow likely again about Monday. Precipitation for the week was slightly over a half inch of mixed snow and rain. Lancaster, Pa.. Saturday, February 27, 1960 Farm Calendar February 29—8 00 p.m. Live stock marketing school at Artificial Breeders Build ing, Landisville. 7.30 p. m.—County FFA meeting at Garden Spot High School, New Hol land. March I—B-30 a.m. Mar ket hog show and sale sponsored by the Lancast er County Swine Produc ers Assn, at the Lancaster Union Stock Yards. Sale begins at 2:30 pm. 10:00 a.m. Dairy Herd Improvement Assn, work shop on how to use rec ords to -best advantage. (Turn to page 16) LITTLE FARMERETTE VICKIE ANDERSON is a pert re minder that National Egg Month will be observed national ly throughout the month of March. The big promotion is sponsored by the Poultry and Egg National Board. The coast-to-coast publicity campaign will utilize newspapers, magazines, radio and television, tie-ins, proclamations by governors and other government officials, and point-of-sale materiols. Also cooperating in the promotion are the u. b- Department of Agriculture, state extension personnel, and many other agricultural food and business groups. Udder Problems Subject Of Letter To Dairymen Editor's Note: Lancaster County Agent, M. M. Smith has requested that the fol lowing letter to dairymen of the county be published. We are interested in help ing you prevent udder prob lems in your herd through proper HERD MANAGE MENT PRACTICES. PRE VENTION IS BETTER THAN ATTEMPTED CURE. We are listing the follow ing most common causes of udder infection: MILKING MACHINE: Is the vacuum operated at man ufacturer’s directions Is the machine left on the udder too long? Machine stripping will also prevent undue ud der irritation. STALL SIZE: If the stall is too small, udders and tea ts will be -tramped; udders may be injured over the ed ge of the gutter. BEDDING- Should be un der the udder at all times; bruising and chilling could cause udder problems. VENTILATION; Drafts ha ve caused many cases of the infection; automatically con trolled electric fan exhaust systems work we l l. —LF PHOTO HEREDITY:; No evidence that Mastitis is' inherited; however, udder faults such as weak attachments and pendulous shape, appear to be influenced by heredity. Select breeding animals care fully. FEEDING- Influence of fe eding on udder problems is easily over-emphasized. Low ered resistance may be cau sed by overfeeding or un der feeding of both protein and grain. Forage Testing and a suggested grain ration will reveal this trouble. Ab- $2 Per Year rupt changes in feeding be avoided. DRY COW and FRESH COW CARE- Special care at these times is vital; the dry cow should gam weight wi thout getting too fat; keep protein levels high; treat on ly cows that have had udder inflamation. Keep udder con geslion to a minimum in the fresh cow; provide proper stall, well bedded, prevent chilling and udder injury. LOOSE HOUSING- Is not necessarily the cure for ud der trouble; udder injury, dampness, drafts, and chill ing may still cause the tro uble Extra bedding and car ful management is still im portant. We ask that you study th above points and observe how they are being handled in your herd Additional in formation and bulletins are available You are urged to comply with requests regarding the use of antibodies THIS PROGRAM WARRANTS YOUR COOPERATION! ! M. M. Smith, County Agricultural Agent Local Men Go To Co-op Convention Each year, every distribu tion station of Eastern Stat es Farmers’ Exchange elects one member to attend the cooperatives’s annual meet ing in Springfield, Mass., and to become one of its own advisory committeemen - for three years. At a mail ballot this win ter, members of the station at Bird-in-Hand elected Am os G. Hanck, Strasburg, for this honor. They named John E Kreider, Lancaster, and Harry M. Landis, Lancaster, as first and second alternat es, one of which will attend the 1960 annual meeting if the elected member is un able to The meeting this year will be March 4-5 at Springfield, Mass. The cooperative pays the expenses of the elected mem ber or, if he is unable to attend, for one alternate. This election and expense payment is to make sure th at every station is represen ted at the annual meeting of this nine-state farmer-ow ned cooperative, explains Enos R Buckwalter, Lanc aster, local Eastern States representative. Of course, any member may attend and participate in the annual meeting, he 'states. The Eastern States annual meeting is one of the larg est agricultural conventions in the East. More than 1000 farmer-members from New England, Pennsylvania, Dela ware and Maryland will at tend. Eastern States was in corporated m Massachcuset ts and must by law hold its annual meetings there. Dean Hoffer, of Manhenn will be a special guest at (Turn lo page 9)
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