—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 23, 1965 16 Conservation Research Program To Improve Appalachia Economy Ways of helping the 17 million people In tlu> Appala chia region Improve their t.'onoiny through the be l *! possible use ot soil and water lesonrces will bo intensively I lUoellK.ll od. s.ivs ,i r S Po p.ulmont oi Aginuliuie an nouncement ■ A research loam of soil scientists and agricultural eu- Kinoovs from VRPA's Agnoul tni.il Uoseanh Service the 12 Appalachian States, and other lederal agencies will be based at the Cinveisity ot "West Virginia at Alorgantown and investigate piolilenis pe uiliar to Appalachia pioh lems not beuiK studied clse wheie 'lhev also will adapt mtoi mation lioni roseaith in othei aieas to solving piob lenis in Appalachia, a lesion that envois .173 counties in the dozen States Although the pioaram cot eis a bioad aiea the scien tists ha\e spec.tie goals (I) piovidiug mote clean watet tot communities and for agn cultuie lecieation and indus nial uses In uupioving watei stoiage facilities and bv mini mizing pollution and (2) de veloping soil and water con seivatiou practices that ■will nisiue more elticient use of Milk Promotion Will Require 8 Million $ In ’66 Next j eai, dairy termers ■will imest a total of 58 2- ■million in the American Dairy Association's non-brand adver tising, merchandising, re peal ch, and public lelatious piogram A budget for that amount was appioied by the Board of Dnectors of ADA at a lecent meeting in Denier Xon-btand consumei adxei n&ing tor milk and other dairj toods will take 71 per cent ot the budget The le mamder w ill he used to fi nance ADAs lesearch mei chandising and public rela tions aetmties Adierti&mg foi the vari ous pioducts is allocated ac coidmg to milk producers’ re fiuests In the ADA piogiam datri taimeis nnest two cents for each 100 pounds ot milk mar keted Pan of ithe fund is used foi in-state programs, the 'balance foi the nation wide ettoits • Conservation Needs (Continued irom Page 1) of the Depai tment s studx lepoited that 6 018 tiacts ot land in lit counties will he examined The mtoimation gained w.ll indicate the kind ot umnmeiit ihe land needs 101 uon an 1 niipioi ed ii't' It will he .nailable to lo il and state agencies ])'• 'lining aionp- I uid dei el opnis i.id oihei land moi lin'. -t nd\ M K< o\ o -lid «'U undue the o’lamal Con sr i' i 1 ’op \i< d- ln\ eiito’ \ i o i'!' ' (ti 111 Pc nine h aim in i'l'i'i \ st 11 • c (.nimutee will si i>f i \ ~ r the sunfi whnh w 'll lx rinied out b\ local coil' nation needs committees oigam/ed ni each ot the c online s '1 Ik sunn is expected to be completed b\ I'KiT atvd the imoi mation will be pub lished and made mailable to inlciested people agencies, and oi ganizatiom MuoughouT the Commonwealth. avallalde water and soli erosion losses. The scientists will conduct other basic similes to deter mine hoiy best to revitalize subsoils laid bare bv erosion, strip mining or uvlnn devel opment They aNo will study methods lor improving vege tative cover in these cntical areas Funds for this work will come from monies appropii ated U> Congress to promote economic development of the Appalaclra legion The work will be done in cooperation with agncultuial evpoi uncut st.u.otis in Ala bima Gooigia Kentu'kj Ma.- i\’and .New Yoik North Cai oli’ia Giro Pennsvlvama South Ciiolina Tennessee. 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They use a newly designed thermometer fitted into the animal’s ear canal to help find reasons for reduced milk production dur ing hot weather Medical researches have found the ear thermometer moie reliable than the rectal thermometer to measure the effect of heat on humans ARS dany husbandman A J Guidry and research dairy husband man R E. McDowell thought the ear thermometer might be equally useful for related daii% cattle icseaich reduce To adapt the ear thermo metei to their needs, the scien tists studied the cow's eai canal caiefully and fashioned a flexible piobe that leaches 4'.- inches into her ear within ‘s inch of the ear dmm. 01 tjmpanic membuine This Ever Before explains the new tool’s scienti fic name: tympanic thermo meter. The cows did not seem to mind the tympanic thermo meter; once the thermometers were in place, they showed no sign of discomfort. Closeness to the ear drum Is a major advantage of the tym panic thermometer for heat stress research. The ear drum piovides the most practical ap proach from outside the body to the hypothalamus, the or gan at the base of the brain where all "body reactions to heat are believed to originate. When the barn temperature changes; the ear thermometer quickly shows the resultant change of temperature in the body to which the hypothala mus would respond. Dining a recent test, tym panic thermometers remained in cows’ ears for as long as 7 hours ARS technicians took eai tempeiature leadings every BOOKING! WE ARE NOW 2 minutes -while *<hey -cycled air temperature in the-experi mental barn from 95 degrees to 112 degrees F. and back to 95 degrees. To the scientists’ satisfac tion, tympanic measurement sensed changes as -minor as one-fiftieth of a degree Fah renheit. Ear temperature prov ed to be highly responsive to changes of temperature in the barn and undisturbed by tem perature fluctuations caused by passage of waste material. These temperature fluctuations distort prolonged readings made with a rectal thermo meter. Body temperature is, of course, only one of the re actions Guidry and McDowell measure when they increase the heat in the barn. They also check functions such as breath ing, blood pressure, sweating, and digestion in a continu ing effort to discover ways to keep cows as productive as possible despite hot weather. \ .* yj \ lr„ hm A* my
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