B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 9,1968 MR. AND MRS. LEROY R. PFAUTZ, Stevens RI, received a colored air photo graph of their farm Tuesday night, after being named “Conservation Farmer of 1967’', by the Lancaster County Soil and • Soil & Water (Continued fiom Page 1) cause of the stup cropping Mc- Keevei estimated these stups. if placed end to end would en circle the earth four times ‘ Pennsylvania was slow in starting conservation,’’ he said “But they haie made up for it as the years ha\e passed ’’ In the awards program, Le- Roy R Pfautz, Stevens Rl, was tecognized for his outstanding work of conservation on his farm and was presented a colored air photograph of his farm by the District Abner J Houseknecht, veteran Soil Conservation Serv ice worker was picsented a plaque foi “Outstand ng Serv ice'’ Farmers who have been long- Penn State Researchers Find Cure For Ketosis A highly effective treatment that the farmer can continue for ketosis a puzzling disease the treatment himself after a that afflicts cows at the peak ot single visit from the veterman milk production has been de- an, the report explained The veloped by a team of research- new experimental treatment ap ers from Penn State University pears to give quicker recoveries . , , than other treatments which in- One injection of a vital nutn- volve insu i in an d cortisone-like ent called methionine, followed dru g Si jjjg scientists pointed out jy treatment with capsules con- Within three days after dis daining a well-known poultry eased covvs were injected with eed supplement quickly brings methlomne th e n given daily liseased cows back to normal. doses of the poultry feed chem . R D McCarthy andG lca j m capsu le form, the cows A Poiter of Penn State s De- VV ere brought back to high level partment of Dairy Science and mdk prot j U ction At the -same ? r !f 1 , Jr ° f ® epart ' time, the metabolic upset re ment of \ etermary Science sponsible for the disease was Their findings, supported, in corrected part by the Penna State Depart- The matenal m the capsules 1S ment of Agriculture, appear in chemicall related t 0 methion (he Maich issue of the Journal me and has been used for years of Dairy Science as a pou it r y f eed supplement Ketosis which bears a su- its official chemical name is perficial resemblance to human ql alpha hydroxy gamma me diabetes annually afflicts thylmeicapto butyrate calcium about a million cows in this The Penn State team suggests country, causing them to go off that the capsules might also be •eed, lose weight and reduce used to prevent the disease from milk output At the same time, developing while it is still in the their milk develops an off flavor, “sub-clinical” stage due to the accumulation of sub- Scientists ha\e been studying stances called ketones in the ketosis for about 45 years, but blood stream In some cases, until now they haven’t been able this disease results in serious t 0 pr o\e why it appears sudden mental disorders in the affect- j y and spreads quickly through ed cows an entire dairy herd They knew ■A major advantage of the in- that it was not caused by a jection-capsule combination is ‘‘gcrrp” or yirys, Jjiit yyqs, prpb:. Water Conservation District at their an nual meeting. Making the presentation at the Quarryville Methodist Church is Abram D. Dombach, (right) County Com missioner. L. F, Photo time supporters of conservation Victor Keene, Clayton Keener, were also honored They are John Kindig. Clyde Kreider, Ch a i 1e s Anderson, Melvin John Kreider, Edgar Lefevre, Boyce, John A Breneman, Rob- Joseph Lesley, John J Long, eit Bnnton, Arthur Brown, Le\i Milo McClune, John McCol- Brubaker William Bucher. Leh- lough, Clyde McSparren. Rich man Burkins Ross Donley Cy- ard Melhnger. Elam Mull, Clyde K Mylm, R V Pennington, Charles Preston, Elmer Probst, J A Railing, Charles Ressler, William C Ressler, Carl Rey nolds, Claude T Roland, Her man Shirk, See Other Photo Page 13 ms Ferguson, Walter Ferguson, Claud Fuller. Amos Funk, J Clarence Garber, Monroe Garber Norman Garber. Earl Groff, Owen Groff, Paul Groff, P M Habecker, Charles Hart, Abram Harmsh. A Huber Har msh, J Lloyd Harmsh, Sam Har nish, Henry H Hackman, Hir old C Herr. Ivan Herr, John Herr, Ezra Hershey, James Hess Paul Hess. Harry Houser. G Jackson, Roy Keene Almus Shoemaker, Arthur Shoemaker, Lewis Shoemaker, John Slaymaker, A B Stottle myer, Mrs Howard Wagner, Roy H Weaver, Mrs Gertrude Weicksel, Samuel Wiker, Clair H Witmer, James Wood, Rich ard Reese, W Martin Muth, Ivan McKeever, Ralph Ruble, Abner J Houseknecht ably due to variations in the cow’s feed Because the disease usually occurs when the cow’s system is in “high gear”, producing milk at such a level that she can’t eat enough to keep up, the research team theorized that ketosis was linked to the temporary lack of some vital nutrient The Penn State researchers believe that they have now pin pointed the cause of the disease as a methionine deficiency which triggers off a chain of detri mental events in the cow’s milk producing machinery Previous ly an upset in carbohydrate me tabolism had been blamed Their suspicions were aroused by the fact that methionine an ammo acid building block for good milk protein is produced at a very low level by the ver satile bacteria in the cow’s first stomach or rumen Any drain on the methionine supply could therefore have serious nutrition al repercussions Careful analysis ot the blood of the University’s Holstein dairy herd clarified what may happen when the methiomne-de ficient cow gets ketosis The analysis showed a decline in cer tain blood serum proteins and a rise in the amount of “fatty ac ids” that the blood contained In the complex chemistry un derlying milk production, meth ionine appears to help hook up essential proteins with substanc es in the blood called phospho lipids, the Penn State team f0und,........ . ... ‘‘Actually In bandying about this Impressive-sounding deficit the $1.9 billion (travel deficit) to well under $5