Sheep Scabies C*-is4as*afi/'tn under the skin of sheep CraOlCallOll causing inflamation and-'itch, ra The sheep, in scratching the rTOQren? jrariea affected'areas, will rub out T rnnntv farmers Patches of wool and become Lan asW Ss week to co- very ragged looking. The Sate with the Pennsyl- skin cond t ltior \ becomes so operate wji annoying to the sheep that vama Sta e n(Jrarn . the animal will refuse to eat Agriculture i P S and become thin and emaci eradicate s p •. aled However, the disease is County agent M. M Smith seldom fatal, Smith said said this week, employees of Over 800 farms in the the Bureau of Animal Indus- Gardenspot have already try, under the direction of been visited and several sus- Dr. Homer Forney, district pect flocks have been report veterinarian for the agency, ed After a suspect flock has will inspect every sheep farm been reported, a veternanan in the commonwealth for the visits the farm within a presence of sheep scabies or week any other skin disease. All When scabies is diagnosed, sheep flocks, no matter how the flock will be quarantined small must be inspected until the sheep can be dip- JohnDeereDay Mon., Feb. 12 STARTING AT II A. M. At Our Store Cfc\ SHOTZBERGER’S Tomorrow’s Poultry Profits START WITH Eby’s Chick-to-Egg Feeding Program EBY’S MILL, he. Scabies, Smith explained is a disease caused by a small mite which burrows )J EBY’S Servicemen Will Be Glad To Explain Eby CHICK-TO-EGG Feeding Program SEE OR CALL US TODAY Our The LITITZ Phone MAdison 6*2106 ped with an insecticide un der the supervision of the Bureau of Animal Industry. Infected sheep will be given two dippings at 10 to 14 day intervals and after - 60 days the flock will be re-mspect ed. No flock will be condemn ed or slaughtered. Smith said in making his appeal for all flock owners to co operate with the state agency personnel. There is no cost to the individual and it is for the benefit of the flock own- Flock owners who plan to enter sheep in a show or of fer any sheep for public sale in the state will be required to have a flock certificate All sheep in shows and sales must be dipped under the supervision of a veterinarian within six months of the date of the show or sale. "Sheep from a flock having a certi ficate are eligible for ship ment anywhere in the world, Smith said Three Tractors Cross The Block At Gregg Sale Tractors sold for $l,OlO mower $125, elevator, $130; and $1,050 at the sale of corn binder, $135, lime drill Walter and Curtis Gregg at $l6O Iron kettles brought up Quarryville R 2 last Saturday to $l6 each Another tractor changed Milker units changed hands at $755 hands at $l2O each and milk Cow prices began at $4lB cans sold for $7 to $9 25 ea - with several head selling ov- Corn brought $35 per ton er $3OO Some of the repre- while hay sold for $27 50 per sentative cow sales were ton Oats and barley both Start your chicks by feeding V 2 lb, Eby’s Pre-Chick Starter per chick, for fast start and less mortality. The extra food power; higher protein, high vitamin and antibiotics fortification will save extra chicks to start on the right road to tomorrow’s egg profits HEMPFIELD MILLS, Inc. EAST PETERSBURG Phone Londisville TW 8-3031 Lancaster Farming. Saturday, February 10, 1962 Farmers' Day Assn. Elects Five Directors The New Holland Farmers Day Association elected five directors to three-year terms during the annual dinner of the association on Tuesday night m the Liberty Fire Hall Directors elected were Mrs Martha Bowers, Rob ert O Whitmore, Robert Lowry, Park Hershey and Pa*-k Groff The Rev Paul D Wenger, Leacock, was introduced as guest speaker by B Roy Witmer, master of ceremon ies A brief talk was also presented by Max M Smith, county farm agent, who was introduced by Samuel Zim merman, president. Over 100 persons attended he af fair $385, $3Bl 50, $377 50, $365, and $360 Farm machinery sold as follows hay crimper, $550, wagon, $290, manure spread er, $255, hay rake, $190; of a 4-H Tractor Club Members Give Demonstration By: John Fox, reporter At the last meeting of the Northeast 4-H Tractor Club in the shop of Chester Longs machinery company m Ak ron. Bill Haldeman and Bob Kramer presented a demon stration “Keep Shields in Place,” which was very good We 'discussed whether we wanted parents to attend the meetings, hut decided it was not necessary All members were present After David 2Bmmerman, club president, adjourned the meeting, we went to our classes with John Zimmer man as first-year teacher and Ivan Nolt as second-year teacher Next meeting will be held in the Wolf Implement Shop at South State Street, Ephrata sold for $1 OVVa per bushel and silage m the silo brought $l5 per foot Diller and Ki eider were the auctioneers • Livestock Exchange (From page 1> R F Johnson, secretary treasurer of the Johnson Cat tle Company, was elected treasurer of the governing body of the Lancaster Union Stockyards The outgoing treasurer was Walter M, Dunlap Sr who had been in the post for 54 years All the new officers are affiliated with one of the ten commission firms making up the Lancaster Livestock Ex change The officers reported their first business would be to make- plans for a testimonial dinner to honor the retiring officers for their service. KICK OUT LOAFERS Dexter Putnam, extension dairy specialist at Penn State, says record keeping is the only way dairymen can tell the profit-makers from the boarders in the herd. Several record systems are available to dairymen, and systematic culling is the an swer to the problem of dairy loafers in the herd Try a Classified. We’re looking for our ooo’ 000 McCULLOCH CHAIN SAW! ' 9*. WIN valuable prizes by helping us find our MILLIONTH CHAIN SAW! Prizes will also be awarded for registering the oldest McCulloch saw of each of the 37 models! COME IN TODAY for complete details, and register for val uable door prizes. LANDIS BROS., Inc. Phone Lanc»"*»r. EX ,3-3906 5
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