•- Artificial Breeders
(Continued from Paige i)' '
aning and disinfecting of his
kit and repliuiahing the stofck
of sterile plastic tubes and cl
ean paper towels.
When he had finished this,
Clyde, who has worked for the
cooperatne for 13 yeais and
serviced over 35,000
packed the insulated semen
boxes for the day While sevei
al of the technicians washed
glasswaie, including bottles,
test tubes and beakers, Clyde
checked the ice packs in the
boxes to make sure the semen
would be maintained between
35 and 40 degrees dm mg the
day.
As soon as the insulated bo
xes were ready. Clyde went in-
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to the cold room to help pour
diluted semen in the test tubes
that each man . would carry
with him for the day No sem
en is carried more than one
day on the road (except a sm
all amount of frozen
ftom bulls that are not working
well or popular bulls that can
not keep up with the cunent
demand)
By nine o’clock Clyde had
made his leport of milage,
cows hied and money collected
on the pievious day Clyde re
ported on 28 cows bred the day
betore just about an aver
age day, he said
He stepped into the office to
get his list ot early calls foi
the day, and we were xeady to
go He would call back later to
pick up any late calls While
all this was going on, labora
tory technicians had been busy
collecting the fresh semen from
the bulls in the barn and pre
paring it for use Raw semen
is brought in from the barn at
about 90 degrees F and tested
for quality The numbei ot live
sperm, and the quality of sp
erm is recorded for each col
lection and the raw-semen is
diluted with a solution ot gh
cerol and homogenized milk It
goes to the cold room where it
is diluted further with the sol
ution and is cooled to about 38
degrees
As soon as we arrived on the
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farm, Clyde carried the kit in
to the barn, stopping in the
milk house to draw a pail of
warm watei. A piece of news
paper goes undei the kit on ea
ch faim This was the first of
a series of sanitation measuies
I observed on every taim we
visited
A check of the held showed
a cow with a string tied on hei
tail On some taims, Clyde
finds a note explaining which
cow is to be bred and which
bull is reguested, and at some
places the farmer istheiehim
sell to chat with the msemina
,tor w'ho acts as an advisoi, con
fidante, and traveling news ag
ency
Before Clyde opens his kit,
(Continued on Page 10)
• Celery Growers
(Continued From Page 8)
it, he said. Cracking of the
stalk, one of the symptoms of
boron deficiency, does not al
ways mean the soil is low in
this element Cracking on the
outside of the stalk may mean
boron deficiency, but wacking
on the inside definitely is not
lack of boron
■Bergman also cautioned gr
owers to keep the potassium le
vel of the soil under 400 pou
nds per acre If potassium is
too high, he said, magnesium
intake will be depressed as will
the intake of calcium to a les
sez degree
James Dutt, vegetable exten
sion specialist from tPSU agreed
with Bergman He said the ad
dition of another 100 pounds
of potash to a field might not
hurt anything, but if there is
a shortage ot calcium in the
field, the problem may be ag
gravated-Why apply potash if
you don’t need it’, he asked
Some, crops would respond well
to applications of IG-46-0 or
18-4 S-0 fertilizer, he said, but
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 16, 1963
• Manor FFA
(continued from page 1)
and the rising sun within the
cross section of an ear of corn,
which is surmounted by the
Ameucan eagle The owl is
symbolic of wisdom and know
ledge, the plow is the symbol
ol laboi and tillage of the soil,
the using sun is emblematic of
pi ogress and the new day that
will dawn when all farmers are
ti amed and have learned to co
opeiate, the cross section of an
ear of corn represents common
agricultural interests since
coin is native to America and
is grown in every state, and the
eagle is indicative of the nat
ional scope of the organization.
Aims Ami Purposes
The primary aim of the Fu
ture Farmers of America is the
development of agricultural
leadership, cooperation and cit
izenship The specific purposes
tor which this organization was
formed are as follows;
1. To develop competent, ag
gressive, rural and agricultural
leadership.
2 To participate in coopera
tive efforts. The motto of the
organization is “Learning to
do Doing to learn Earning to
live Living to serve ” The col
ors are National Blue and Corn
Gold
Business in a meeting is con
ducted according to the follow-
added it might not be available
to the growers in these analy-
Dutt added a word of advice
to growers who imgate their
ci ops. “Don’t wait until you see
damage to the plants before
you apply water ” The damage
done by then he said, and
some of the plants will never
fully recover.
Brown & Rea
Atglen, Pa.
mg order. Opening ceremony,
minutes of previous meeting,
ordeis of the day, officers re
poi ts, report on chapter prog
rani of work, and special feat
ures
What Is FFA?
The FFA is a national organ
ization ot, for and by boys
studying locational agncultuie
in public secondary schools un
dei the piovisions of the Nat
ional Vocational Educational
Acts In Pennsylvania thei e are
approximately 10,000 FFA
members and approximately
385,000 niembeis in the United.
States and its island possess
ions
The officers to be elected, by
the local chapter are president,
vice piesident, secretary, trea
surer, reporter, sentinel and
chaplain State and national of
ficers are elected at state and
national conventions
Degrees
There are four degrees a
Future Farmer may earn He
becomes a Greenhand upon en
tering. After one year, he may
become a Chapter Farmer if he
has a satisfactory record of ac
hievement and has earned at
least $5O from
farming programs. After three
years in FFA, a‘member may
leceive .the State Farmer deg
ree if he has a satisfactory re
cord and has earned at least
$5OO fiom farming A few boys
each year receive the coveted
American Farmer degree, the
highest degiee given by the or
ganization
A farming program is requir
ed of all agncultufe‘ students
as a part of the vocational agri
culture couise
PUBLIC SALE
Full Line of
Farm Equipment
Hoy - Strow - Corn
12 Shoots
. 7 Stock Bulls
Tues., March 5/ 1963
12 o'clock noon
On the premises along 890
(Strasburg Pike) 1 mi. north
of Strasburg, north side of
concrete bridge across PcquCa
Creek.
Farm Implements: J,o h.u
Deere Model A tractor w/mow
or, cultivator, plow and man
ure loader; Case Model SO
tractor w/live PTO and cult.;
McDeering Model “A” tractor
n /cult, and corn planter.
N. H. Baler Model 69 lik«
new; AC corn harvester w/-
grass head; McDeering plovr
like new; Coop rubber tiro
grain drill; Case hay rake;
Case 28 tractor disc; Pequea
hammer mill w/selt feeder.*
Cultipacker; 33 ft. elevatbr
with motor; Case corn planter.
New Idea tobacco planter;
Xew Idea manure spreaders;
rubber tire wagon xv / silag*
nnloadcv; tobacco ladders and
nagon; roller manure sled;
oats crimper, corn shelter;
garden and tree sprayer with
Briggs and Stratton motor; to
bacco press; corn weeder and
tractor grass seeder; 3 MeC.
milker units \\ /DeDaval milk
er pump; stainless steel mil's
buckets and strainers; feed
carts; electric fencer and fence
post; 2 pump troughs; dinner
bell, iron kettle; forks; sho
vels; grease guns, etc.
Mixed hay straw silage, ap
proximately 20 tons ot ear
corn. Steel silo IS'S’’ x 2*> ft.
and son household goods.
Terms by
Paul G. Longenecker
Alvin L. 'Miller, Auct,
E. Day Kessler, Clerk
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