ll—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 24, 1961 US Counties Are 80 Per Cent Signed-Up To Fight Brucellosis The number of counties 152 in the United States and now participating in the na- its possessions are work tion-wide brucellosis eradica- mg to eradicate this costly tion program has just passed, livestock disease,” the 80 per cent mark, the , , ~, U. S. Department of Agncul- , Just a httle mon * ture announced today. m _ T That mark was reached P ® l". cent a ' when Williamsburg County tlons counties were parhel ia South Carolina joined the P at n S ™ the brucellossi pro cooperative State-Federal pro Sram A year ago the figure gram to eradicate this d.sea- was per cent, se of livestock “This means,” Dr Ander- Dr R. J. Anderson, direct- son pointed out, “that 9 per or of the animal disease era- cent of the Nation’s counties d.cat.on division of USDA’s came into the program in the Agricultural Research Ser- i as t year—s per cent in the vice pointed out that counties last' six months. If counties are now joining the program continue to request the pro at a much faster rate than in gram at this rate, the entire {he past. country could be part c pat “ With the addition of W’T- mg in this cooperative eradi liamsburg County”, he said, cation program within the “more than 80 per cent of the next two years ” I count es 2,523 of the 3,- Brucellosis, one of the Na- S 1941— 20th Anniversary— l96l 5 iSUMMER SALES! | PROMOTION | | Now-Bigger Than Ever! i j SAVE-Special Anniversary Prices | E MANY-MANY SPECIALS | ■ See Us Today! ■ I ill. Charles B. Hooker; 5 MTIIWnwU * ■ ■"""■■ INTERCOURSE PH. SO 8-3501 5 avaaaaaaaaaiiaaaaßßaaaiar aaaaaaav BRAND NEW! For the Average Hay Producer FORD 150 HAY BALER You don’t have to have big acreages of hay to make a baler pay for itself—not if it’s a Ford 150 hay baler! Low cost and dependable, this compact baler has many of the same features that have proved so successful on larger Ford balers. It’ll make top quality bales at minimum cost! And with your own baler, you’ll be able to time haying operations more precisely to the crop condition. Come in and Check Feature for Feature ...See why it’s today’s outstanding baler for the average hay producer ... Right for limited acreages Farmers Supply, Inc. Elizabethtown Phone EM 7-1341 Keener Equip. Co. Conestoga Rts. 230 & 72, Lancaster Farm Service Park Ave., Quarryville Phone ST 6-2597 Phone LO 9-9 881 Sctuder Bros. New Holland Phone EX. 4-8721 Allen H. Matz Denver Phone AN 7-6502 turn’s most important live- tered with the Secretary or stock diseases, is also a pub- Agriculture to buy and sell lie health hazard, since con- livestock for his own ac tact with infected animals or count, is charged wth selling an mal products can cause livestock at more than actual brucellosis in man. weights and with engaging in illegal dealer partnerships USDA said. Mellinger, USDA charges, bought livestock at stock yards .n New Holland and Lancaster, resold it the same day or the following day, and billed the purchaser on weights other than the actual stockyard weights. A hearing will be held to determ'ne whether Mellinger The brucellosis eradication program, conducted coopera tively by ARS and the vari ous States, has succeeded in cutting the nationw de infect ion in cattle by 61 per cent a nee 1954. During the same •>eriod, the number of re ported cases of human bru cellosis, or undulant fever, has dropped correspondingly. charged, unless he waives USDA ChrtrOflS the hearing specifically or by a failing to answer the USDA p ea | er complaint within 20 days Charges of violation of the Creature comforts for all Packers and Stockyards Act j ves tock—good barn ventila have been brought against fcon shade in hot wea ther, Jay Mellmger of Smoketown fly - control) parasite control ; the U. S. D ept of Agncul- ready access to salt and wa ture announced today. ter —these create profits Mellinger, a dealer regis- for the stockman. Before You Buy Any Hoy Machine See The Meyer Hay Conditioner / J. PAUL NOLT Lincoln Hwy., Gap, Pa. > 600 pounds of PIONEER “MYAND FRESHENING 19 yields an EXTRA TON of milk! 60 DAYS ON PIONEER DRY AND FRESHENING WILL IMPROVE PROFITABILITY OF YOUR HERS) PIONEER DRY AND FRESHENING DELIVERS • Up to 25% more milk • Higher breeding efficiency • Strong, vigorous calves • Ease in calving' • Quick elimination of placenta • Less udder congestion • Better herd health J oseph M. Good & Sons has violated the P&S Act as ■EFORE CAL VINO This cow wa» filled an Fto near program for AO days bafara tolv> log. Note lha excellent "dry caw" bady candlltan. Calving stimulates a cow to produce far beyond her ability to convert feed into milk. So, during the first months of her lactation, she "steals” milk-making nutri ents from her body. It requires only 600 pounds of Pioneer Dry and Freshening feed to repair the body tissue used during the previous lac tation ... to build a reserve of body con dition for the next lactation ~. and to produce a vigorous calf. Pioneer Dry and Fresh, fed dur: dry period, is a sound investment health, sustained high productio longevity for your pro ducing herd. LEOLA - QUARRYVILLE Farm Calendar (From page 1) man’s Church to prepare float for Bicentennial pa r . ade. June 28 Dispersal sale u[ the Byars and Allen An gus herd at Gettysburg 9.00 am. - 4-H dairy judg. ing practice at Masoniy Homes Farms, Elizabeth ' town June 29-30 Pennsylvania Poultry Federat.on annual meeting at Pennsylvania State University. June 29—8.00 p.m. Lancaster County Council meets in the Farm Bureau Auditor ium, Dillerville Rd., L,m caster Stanley H. Deiter Auctioneer & Appraiser LAMPETER Ph. Lancaster EX 4-1796 Arm m COMPLETIM# RECORD Tht some cere mfltr havm( produced 23,* 044 lbs. el milk and 9dl lbs. of fot <1 a 4 year ole. Not# the from* dairy* n«s> on< • xctptio l ’* l body condl* lion ebewil after Tint <•* produced 11 Vi l*n> " milk. •mg the in her® m, eiiu
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