, 1 V t ~ ATTENTION GRAIN GROWERS -> * x DUAL See a Brock Grain Drying System in Operation on Our Own Form. R. D. 1, Willow Street BROCK PURPOSE ' .; a. , . ISsSg KgSSj is l^Bi jags! I'tfit'Wgßiij ottM&gg For Grain Storage and Drying 48 Models 18 to 40 Foot Diameter Bins Capacity From 2200 to 40000 Bushels WE SELL, SERVICE AND INSTALL E. M. HERR EQUIPMENT, INC. Horse Vaccine Extended to Maryland, Delaware Secretary of Agriculture Clif ford M. Hardin has authorized the vaccination of horses against Venezuelan equine en cephalomyelitis (VEE) at Government expense in two more States adjoining the lower Mississippi Valley and in the District of Columbia and six States along the Atlantic Coast. The eight States included in the extended program are Ken tucky, Tennessee, North Caro lina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and New TIME TO LIME TOP DRESS ALFALFA, GRASSES AND MIXED HAY NO ORDER TOO LARGE OR TOO SMALL plantfbodV KSTORE INTERCOURSE, PA, 17534 ——- PHONE (717) 768-8451 Air s i y • (FA4/V fl/VJ ••■'•' 'V V s -v. •v. \ 717-464-3321 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 28,1971 Jersey. The 11 States already in the program, directed by USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, include the southern tier of States from California to Florida, plus Georgia, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. “We want to block the poten tial spread of VEE by immuni zing a high percentage of horses in this country,” said Dr. Ned D. Bayley, USDA’s Director of Science and Education. “Vac cinating horses in the Mississip pi River Valley and along the Coastal Plains is receiving priority because of the pre valence of mosquitoes and pos sibly other vectors that can transmit VEE to both horses and humans.” At a meeting here yester day with State regulatory offi cials, ARS and Department of Defense scientists emphasized that unless 90 per cent or more of the horses are vaccinated in a given area, the disease may continue to move particular ly where the horse population is dense. The goal of the program is to vaccinate all horses in the 19 States and District of Columbia before November 1, when the threat from VEE infection will be reduced as mosquitoes and other vectors are killed by cold weather. These 19 States have about half of the horses in the United States. Representatives of all design ated States agreed to cooperate in the effort. They will submit plans for the program and esta blish necessary vaccine distribu tion points. As soon as the States are pre pared to use it, USDA will sup ply the vaccine made available from the Department of De fense. Commercial supplies of vaccine will be available Sep tember 1 for use on a voluntary basis in States outside those in the program.' Tests on horses by ARS animal health scientists in Texas and Mexico have shown the vaccine to be safe, thus per mitting removal of the “experi mental” classification and dis continuance of the use of waiv ers required initially in the program. A control center, specially equipped at ARS’s Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Md., for coordinating emergency programs, is in operation now; and the VEE emergency head quarter at Houston, Tex., is being phased out. At the peak of the VEE pro gram, more than 4,000 workers were engaged in fighting the disease including practicing veterinarians, State employees, and Federal personnel drawn from across the Nation. More than 1.7 million horses have been vaccinated; and more than 8 million acres of the Texas Rio Grande Valley and Gulf Coast areas of Texas and Louisiana were treated to control mos quitoes, carriers of the disease. The U.S. Air Force treated about 25 per cent of the acres and private contractors about 75 per cent. Spraying was com pleted August 13. VEE was first confirmed by laboratory tests in Cameron County, Tex., July 9, and later in 15 other South Texas coun ties. VEE has not been found outside Texas. Calf Study is Reported Short-scrotum calves yielded more and leaner meat than steers in a recent study report ed at the annual meeting of the American Society of Animal Science at Davis, Calif. Dr. Earl Ray, associate pro fessor of animal science at New Mexico State University, said the testicles of the calves had been pushed up against the body and held there by an elas trator band, thus increasing the temperature of the testicle and causing sterility without loss of the male hormone testosterone As a result, the calves grew faster and yielded five per cent more salable meat than bulls, although they didn’t grade as high as steers. Consumers rated retail cuts from short-scrotum carcasses higher than those from steers for over-all acceptability. Help leseaich cut the cancel cleatli i.ite Since 1936 it has fallen steadily among women. Give to the Amencan Cancel 11
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