ift— Lancaster Farming. Saturday. November 30,1968
Do you remember the good
old days when two could live
cheaper than one?
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Everybody loves a good
listener.
CRIB FILLER
1969
For complete details on the profit potential from
See your local Crib Filler dealer below:
FARMERS SUPPLY CO. F. M. BROWN’S
Lancaster SONS, INC.
Sinking Spring
MUSSER’S MILL WEAVER’S
The Buck FIX-IT SHOP
KIRKWOOD R. D. New Holland
FEED & GRAIN E - H - KEEN & SON
Kirkwood Parkesburg
H. H. GOOD MILL
MARTIN’S Fivepointville
FEED MILL, INC. nTITPRIUAIV
R. D. Ephrata A
FEED MILLS, INC.
GEHMAN Mt Airy
FEED MILL, INC. BOMBERGER’S STORE
Denver Elm
LANCASTER BONE FERTILIZER CO., INC.
Quarryville
STANFORD SEED CO.
Box 230, Plymouth Meeting, Pa. 19462
Moldy Feeds: Source Of
Livestock Losses & Death
A clearer understanding of
livestock damage caused by
moldy feed is leading to better
diagnosis and control of fungus
caused problems.
Research indicates that mold
can reduce production effi
ciency and cause death, ARS
specialists suggest that farmers
seek laboratory tests and post
mortem examinations to esta
blish the cause of unexplained
abortions in cattle or poor
growth and death losses in
swine.
The mold Aspergillus fumiga
tus, for example, causes several
diseases in poultry and live
stock, including fungal abortion
in cattle. Livestock need not
eat contaminated feed to get in
to trouble; mold spores enter as
easily when animals merely
breathe spore-laden dust from
moldy hay.
Aspergillus flavus causes
damage indirectly by produc
ing a poison called aflatoxin,
which may kill swine by disor
ganizing and destroying liver
cells. Small amounts of afla
toxin administered experiment
ally over a period of time cause
pigs to use feed inefficiently
and grow slower; a single, larg
er dose produces death in 1 to 7
days.
ARS veterinarian S. J. Cysew
ski and scientists at the Nation-
Crib Filler
al Animal Disease Laboratory,
Ames, lowa, followed the exact
progression of aflatoxin dam
age.
Young pigs weighing about
33 pounds became listless and
began shivering 6 hours after
receiving orally about 29 mg. of
crude aflatoxin a dose known
to be lethal. They stopped eat
ing but continued drinking.
Droppings were stained with
blood after 24 hours, and pigs
started dying from then on.
Post-mortem examination of
pigs at various stages of the
study confirmed that liver dam
age started 3 hours after afla
toxin was administered. Ex
tent and severity of damage in
creased, and many liver cells
were destroyed within 72 hours.
Remaining cells showed various
signs of internal disorganiza
tion.
Plant poisons or tars that pigs
may chew out of old roofing and
clay pigeons cause liver changes
similar to those caused by afla
toxin. The best specific diagno
sis, Cysewski found, is to check
either the feed or urine of
stricken pigs first for traces of
aflatoxin in natural or meta
bolically altered form. This is
readily done by thin-layer chro
matography, a chemical method
for separating and identifying
related substances in complex
mixtures. Aflatoxin poisoning
is then confirmed bv finding
the toxin and typical liver dam
age in autopsied pigs.
Pigs in these tests received
aflatoxin derived from known
strains of mold grown on rice
in the laboratory. Buy Cysewski
says that the symptoms and eIS-'
dence of liver damage were i*t
distinguishable from those ob
served by other scientists in
field cases.
A woman seldom comes out
of a sullen spell until she’s sure
her husband has suffered as
much as she thinks he should.
OLIVER 1750 r
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W Now available with economical Over/Under Hydraul-Shift. IV Choice of 3
speeds in each of 6 forward gears. 11 Smooth, on-the-go shifting with a single
lever. 9 Eight forward speeds in the 2 to 6 mph range. V Positive gear drive,
no power break, no erratic operation. V Underdrive gives you 20 percent more
pull for the tough spots. W Overdrive gives you a 20 percent faster pace when
the load lets up, without lugging the engine. W Your pick of 6-cylinder engines
(gasoline, diesel, LP-gas). W Three hydraulic systems, including Hydra-lectrio
and depth-stop types. W Choice of pto speed: 1000 or 540 rpm, or dual-speed
unit. IV Tilt-telescope power steering and weight-indicator seat. V Optional
Continental cab with air conditioning, fender tanks holding extra 78 gallons,
W Row crop, Wheatland/Ricefield, 4-Wheel Drive models.
CHAS. J. McCOMSEY FARMERSVILLE N. G. HERSHEY
& SONS EQUIPMENT CO. & SON
Hickory Hill, Pa. B. D. 2, Ephrata, Pa. Manheim, Pa.
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STARTING AT 10 A. M.
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Some Lawn and Garden Equipment
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