10—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, ;Fol?ruarspl6, Artificial "Breeders*!
(Continued Irom Page 9)
he writes up the receipt which
includes the name ’and/or the
ear tag number of the cow, the
name of the bull, the date,
whether it is a “first service”
or a “repeat”, and whether it
is a cash or charge service
Next the mloi mation is entei
ed on the barm chait for the
danvman’s lecoid.
A inbbei g'love washed in
waim watei and suigical soap
goes all the way to the techni
cian's shoulder to pioteet both
the cow and the insemmatoi
A plastic tube a new onctoi,
eveiv cow pi events the
spread ot disease tiom one
herd to anothei
Clyde woiks quickly, but
quietly, in the barn so that th“
cow is not unduly excited.
He put a polyethylene bulb
on'the end of the plastic tube
and drew one cubic centemetei
of diluted semen fioiu the cor
rect three-c c test tube m his
kit A different coloied dye in
the semen ot each breed helps
avoid errors With a clean pap-
BEFORE THE DAY ON THE ROAD starts, every er t ° we1 ’ + ’ he remov , ed man :
. . v ure from the vaginal area ot
technician pitches in and helps prepare the semen tjj e COV r an( j qmckiy inserted
cases for all the breeders Here Clyde Dubble checks to the semen
make sure the insulated cases have just the right
amount of refrigerant in - them to keep the semen
between 35 and 40 degrees during the day.
IN THE BARN a rubber glove protects both the
technician and the cow A new plastic semen tube for
each cow insures that disease will not be carried from
one herd to another Bubble works swifty but quietly
so that the cow is not excited unduly On Wednesday
he inseminated 20 cows on 17 farms. L. F. Photo.
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BOOTS ARE WASHED EACH TIME before the
technician leaves a farm The water contains a disin
fectant soap which prevents disease being carried from
farm to farm Cleanliness is the watchword with Dab
ble as it is with all SPABC technicians. L. F. Photo.
After a thorough washing ot
the i übber glove and another
spi inkling of the antiseptic
soap, we were leady to go to
the next farm, I thought, but
one thing remained
Clyde made sure I wore
boots, and now I found out
whv Betore we left each taini,
boots got a thoiough sciubbmg
in the same waim watei
suigical soap solution, applied
with a stiff biusli.
The newspaper under the
kit,, the used paper'towels and
the polyethelene bulb stayed in
the manuie guttei on the farm.
The plastic semen tube went in
to a special -container for later
disposal, and we were on our
m way
Practicallj the same loutine,
■ the same meticulous care for
sanitation and the same newsy
visit with the farmer was repe
atedated on each of the seven
teen farms visited that day.
Clyde’s schedule is seven da vs
“on” and one dav off with al
ternate Sundays fiee except in]
busy periods or emergencies
“It’s a good excuse -toi getting
out ot teaching Sunday School
class ” he, explained, but I got
the feeling that he might rath
ei have been in Sunday School
sometimes.
L F. Photo
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“I may not have the best
job in itbe world, and I could
piobably make moie mone\
somewheie else, but the coop
eiative has been good to me,
and I enjoy the work. I beleive
we have the best program, and
the best selection of bulls of
any breeding service m the cou
nty ” be explained.
Though Clyde made bis last
assigned call sometime betoie
five p m bis day is not always
over when he breeds the last
cow He is always on the look
out toi new prospects and of
ten calls on othei danymen in
a public relations, eapacitv
When a new daily business is
started m Ins ai.ea, Clyde calls
on the tarmei to explain the co
op’s piogram and solicit new
ousine&s He isastnctly on a sa
lary basis, and no commission
is invohed, hut he leahzes the
stiength ot the oigamzation is
the coopeiation ol all inembeis
and emplojees
Attei discussing the possibil
ity of a 20-j-e-ii class leunion,
we paited company I hoped he
would get home satelv without
a spaie tue in his ti unk and
went on my way thinking how
our \ocatinnal aguculture
tiannng had taken us on such
diveise paths I lealized anew r
what a woild of opportunity
theie is for farm bovs who can
not or do not choose to
iemain on the farm.
This, too, is agriculture, I
NEITHER SNOW NOR COLD NOR LACK of
spare tire can stay the artificial breeding technician
from the swift completion of his appointed rounds.
Clyde Dubble awoke Wednesday morning to find a
flat tire on his car. Undaunted, he changed the tire
and completed the day’s business without a spare.
CLYDE DUBBLE AND EDWARD SAUDER, tech
nicians at the Southeastern Artificial Breeders Co
operative pour diluted semen into the three-cubie
centemeter test tubes for packing into the inseminator’s
kits. Temperature in the room is kept at 38 degrees
Fahrenheit, to keep the semen fresh and in good condi
tion. ‘ L. F. Photo,
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