VOL. 13 NO. 5
Co, Poultrymen
Set Education
Meetings
The Lancaster County Poul
try Association this week an
nounced three educational meet
ings to he held in January
and February. The speakers
and places of meeting are as
follows
January SO - Business and
Management. Speakers - Herb
Jordan and Homer Bixler En
tertainment and refreshments
are part of this meeting The
meeting will be held at the Lit
itz Recreation Center.
Pebmany 13 - Marketing?
What is your marketing stra
tegy? Speakers - Kerroit 'Birth
and Larry Yeager. Refresh
ments will be served and this
meeting is also to be held at the
Ljiutz Recreation Center
February 27 - Trends. Speak
ers - Sam Berenson and 'Richard
I Ammon. Entertainment and
refreshments wdi'l be served and
the meeting will hopefully be
held in the new Farm & Home
Center building
AH meetings are scheduled
to begin at >7.45-p.m.
According to Claude Hess,
Committee ohadrm'an t Berks,
Lebanon and York Counties will
also be invited to attend these
meeting®.
Persuoding People To
Accept New Methods
Of Forming Needed
WASHINGTON, D.C. An
agricultural economist from
Kansas State University urg
ed last week that the Social
Science* 'be given greater em
phasais in> the college agricul
tural curriculum.
Social science is a necessary
part of professional education
in agriculture, said Dr. John
Sjo, because the great prob
lems of today are so deeply
rooted in social, economic, cul
tural, and political behavior.
'Sjo spoke at a Conference
on Undergraduate Teaching in
Agronomy. The 2-day event is
held tn. connection with the
meetings of the American So
ciety of Agronomy, Crop Sci
ence 'Society of America, and
the Soil Science Society of
America.
Sjo called the world food
shortage one of the great prob
lems facing mankind, today He
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Farm Calendar
Wednesday, January 3,1968
3-5 Northeastern Weed
Control Conference, Hotel
Commodore, New York City.
Thursday, January 4
2.00 p.m. Southeastern Pa.
Nursery Meeting, Presidential
Apts., City Line & Schuylkill
Expressway, Phila.
430 pm. Vo-Ag teachers
meeting at Pequea Valley
High School.
8:00 p.m. Lancaster County
Poultry Directors Meet at the
Farm. Credit Bldg.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 30, 1967
Research study cow with head m air-conditioned
enclosure At 85= F, test cows produced only 75 percent
of normal; when heads and necks were in enclosures
cooled to 60° F, production shot to 91 percent of normal.
“Cool-Headed” Cows Give
More Milk, Study Shows
Cows that keep “cool heads”
during long, hot summers give
more, imlk than cows that do
not, a U.S. Department of Agri
culture study shows
In tests, cows gave 15 to 20
percent more milk when their
heads and necks were held an
enclosures cooled to 60 degrees
F. than when they were housed
in an 85 degree F. barn. This
study of how various tempera
tures affect milk production in
hot climates was conducted by
agricultural engineer G Leßoy
Hahn of USDA’s Agricultural
Research Service, in coopera
tion with the University of Mis
souri, Columbia.
Previous ARS research shows
that cool, pleasant environments
benefit milk production Most
dairymen hesitate to air condi
tion their barns, however, be
cause of high installation oper
ating, and maintenance costs.
Reduced cost is the main ad
vantage fiom cooling only cows’
heads and necks to reduce milk
production losses an hot weath
er. It is less expensive to cool
a relatively small enclosure
than to Sir condition an entire
bam And cooling only the air
within the enclosure presents no
dust, odor, or ammonia accumu
lation problems as are asso
ciated with recirculated am
since ventilating fans can oper
ate normally in the rest of the
barn
Hahn became interested in
this alternative to total adr con
ditioning 'after learning that
“zone” or “snout” cooling had
increased hog production. His
tests were earned out in the
Missouri Climatic Laboratory on
the University campus
To measure the effects on
milk production of cooling cows’
heads and necks and providing
them with 'cool air to breath,
Mr. Hahn first determined milk
production levels of 10 Holstein
oows by placing them in a room
cooled to 65 degrees He then
confined the cows with their
heads and necks in individual
air-conditioned enclosures. Temr
peratures within the enclosures
could be varied from that of the
room. During all tests, room
temperature was 85 degrees
By regulating the tempera
ture m the enclosures, the engi
neer learned that
' When cows breathed air
warmed to room temperatures
—B5 degrees—milk production
declined to 75 percent of what
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-Hear view of head enclosures in re
search project, showing flexible seal
Local Hogmen To Start
Self-Help Program Jan. 1
A voluntaiy self-help program
to increase the profits of hog
producers is scheduled to begin
January I, 1968
Actively supported b\ the
Lancaster County Swine Pro
ducers Association, the program
entitled “Nickels For Profit” is
designed to unite all local hog
fanners into a combined pro
gram featuring quahty-improi e
ment and product promotion.
Pork producers are being
asked to contribute five cents
per market hog or two cents
City Representation
Now Provided In
Conservation Plan
Honusburg For the fust
time in Pennsylvania history,
soil and water conservation
planning will become a joint re
sponsibility of urban and ruial
areas throughout the state
City representation now is
provided under a new law
(House Bill 1511) which was
signed by Governor Raymond P.
Shafer December 19
State Agriculture Secretary
Leiand H. Bull said the new law
“recognizes the mounting prob
lems of sml and water needs for
our expanded population and
strengthens the state’s efforts
to conserve these natural i'e
sources for all people, now and
in the future.”
Under provisions of the new
law, urban representation, is
mandatory at local and state
levels.
Local boards in each of Penn
sylvania’s 64 conservation dis
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pei- feeder pig when they are
sold, whether nt be direct,
through auction or stockyards
According to John H Henkel,
Strasburg HI, the local associa
tion has already lined up Vin
tage Sales Stables, Kunaler &
Co, Inc and Ezra W Martin
Company to provide the service
of collecting the “Profit Nick
els ”
The five cents deducted from
the 'sale of each hog will be di
vided as follows
—1 cent to National Live
stock and Meat Board,
—3 6 cents to stay in Penn
sylvania to support programs
on state and county levels.
—.4 cent to National Pork
Producers to support national
program.
The program is entirely pro
ducer financed and controlled
Only active hogmen may serve
on state and national boards of
directors, so both program and
program spending is complete
ly in the hands of hog farmers.
In stressing the importance of
this program, Henkel said it
should be noted that only hiog
producers have any say in the
program and it is on a volun
tary basis “Should you decide
against investing in the profit
future of your hog business,
simply notify your buyer that
you’re not cooperating and your
nickels will be returned,” he
said. “But,” he added, “we sin
cerely hope all producers wall
support this program. If it does
not get going this time, it will
take a long tame to get Start
ed again”
The local pork ’association has
about 100 members.
around cow’s necks. Room temperature
outside enclosure is about 85° F.
$2 Per Year