Lancaster Co. 4-H’ers
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—Guernsey, Marlin M. Stoltz
fus, Honks RDI, Grand Cham
pion; Peter C. Witmer, Willow' —Jersey, Ellen L. Schmuck,
Street RDI, Reserve Grand Peach Bottom RD2, Reserve
Champion. Grand Champion.'
—Ayrshire, Stephen Horton, —Holsteins, John Prey Jr,
Elizabethtown, Grand Cham- Beaver Valley Pike, Lancaster,
pion; Paul Walmer, Elizabeth- Reserve Junior Champion, and
town, Reserve Junior Cham- Lynn Royer, Lancaster, first
pion.place two year old.
Linda Sue Witmer had this Grand Champion Brown Swiss
at the District 4-H Show.
USD A Says Horse Vaccine
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Western types of encephalomye
litis. None of the horses be
came clinically ill from the VEE
vaccine.
On the Calaghan ranch, 150
horses were vaccinated for VEE.
None had been vaccinated for
EEE or WEE previously. Re
sults were identical'to the King
Ranch tests.
The horses at both sites were
under constant surveillance for
clinical signs - of disease, and
laboratory' tests were conducted
on selected animals. Observa
tions and tests are being con
tinued.
Tests also were recently com
pleted in Mexico to determine if
the vaccine reverted to viru
lence after administration. The
work was carried out by ARS
veterinary scientists in coopera
tion with Mexico’s National In
stitute for Livestock Research,
Palo Alto. 'Five groups of five
horses - each were selected.
The first group was vaccinated
—Brown Swiss, Linda Sue
Witmer, Willow Street RD2,
Grand Champion.
with VEE; and,> after allowing
time for the virus to multiply,
the second group of five was in
noculated with blood from the
first group, the third group in
noculated with blood from the
second, etc. repeated through
a total of five passages. In no
ease did the virus return to
virulence.
Laboratory tests have also
been carried out by U.S. Army
medical research and by other
laboratories in Colombia and
Panama with similar results.-.!.
-A special one-year license was
issued to Richardson-Merrell,
Inc., of Kansas City, Mo., to pro
duce commercial quantities of
VEE vaccine in the Company’s
Jensen-Salsbery Laboratories.
The license requires the Com
pany to furnish additional data
on the safety and effectiveness
of the product in order to ob
tain a license for continuing pro
duction after the one-year
period. Commercial supplies of
the vaccine are expected to be
available in late August.
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Lancaster County 4-H’ers claimed the top Ronks RDI, shows his Grand Champion and
two spots in Guernsey competition Thursday Peter C. Witmer, Willow Street RDI, his Re
at Harrisburg. Marlin M. Stoltzfus, left, serve Grand Champion.
Win in District FFA Dairy Show
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Grand Championships were
registered in Guernsey and Jer
sey competition and Reserve
Grand Championships were
scored m Guernsey and Hol
stein breeds. The local winners
included:
Earl Stauffer, Ephrata RDI, had the re
serve senior and reserve grand champion
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Among top winners in the district FFA
dairy show at Harrisburg Wednesday are
Fred Edwards, Quarryville RDI, with his
junior champion Brown Swiss, and Dave Bit-
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—Guernsey, Jess Balmer, Lit
itz RD4, Grand Champion, and
Dave Bitter, Peach Bottom RD2,
Reserve Grand Champion.
—Jersey, Thomas Aaron,
Quarryville RDI, Grand Cham
pion.
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Holstein in the FFA show this week.
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ler, Peach Bottom KD2, with his reserve
grand champion Guernsey. Jess Balmer, Lit
itz RD4, had the grand champion FFA Guern
sey.
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—Holstein, Earl Stauffer,
Ephrata RDI, Reserve Grand
Champion, and Paul Horning,
Stevens RDI, first place in the
junior calf class.
—Brown Swiss, Fred Ed
wards, Quarryville RDI, junior
champion.
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