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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 ’
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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.
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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
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