Twin Valley YF Seeks Members On Thursday evening, January 6, 1972, a regular meeting of the Twin Valley Young Farmers Association will be held in the vocational agriculture classroom of the Twin Valley High School. Topic for this meeting will be “The Aims and Purposes of the Young Farmers.” The program will feature a panel discussion by past presidents of the Twin Valley Young Farmers, slides of State Young Farmer activities, and a short address by a State Young Farmer officer. The Young Farmers Association is composed of far mers in the Twin Valley School District seeking to further their knowledge of agriculture. By definition, a “young” farmer is any farmer willing to learn, regardless of age. The Association operates under the guidance of the vocational agriculture department of the Twin Valley High School. Activities of the Association include eight to 10 instructional meeting with topics for each meeting chosen by the officers. These meetings are held from Up to three weeks protection against scours/pneumonia complex from a single injection. Administered routinely to each calf at birth, 80-Bac Antibacterial Serum will (1) give protection for as much as 21 days against scours and pneumonia; (2) supply antibody protection normally found in colostrum; (3) provide immediate protection against scour/pneumonia-causative organisms. As a treatment, 80-Bac can be used alone or in advantageous combination with antibiotics, sulfas, and other drugs. It is excellent for use prior to assembling or shipping calves to reduce problems of stress and exposure. nA DAT choose 80-BAC To save calves right from the start J. MELVIN WENGER RDI, ELIZABETHTOWN, PA. 17022 PHONE 717-367-2126 November to April, with only one meeting being devoted to a topic. Meetings for this year include the following topics Waste Disposal, Corn Contest Evaluation, Safe Water Supplies, New Com Growing Ideas, Grain Sorghum as a Substitute for Cora, and the Soil Conservation Ser vice. Other activities include a summer barbecue, an annual spring banquet, a corn contest with divisions for both corn grain and corn for silage, and summer on-the-farm meetings. Services of the local vo-ag teacher are available to all local farmers through the Young Farmer Association. Local membership is open to all local farmers, with no local membership dues. Local members may also become members of the State Young Farmer Association. Highlights of the State Association’s yearly activities are its summer picnic and farm tour and an autumn convention. At present the local Young Farmer organization is com- AORI-SSRVICC posed of a small group of full time farmers. However, we would like to take this op portunity to invite all farmers full-time or part-time within the Twin Valley School District to join our organization. Pony Club Meets The December meetiiig of the Broken-Bit Light Horse and Pony Club was held Friday, December 17. The meeting was held at the home of club members Martha, Jane and Debra Gregory, Lititz RD4. Vice presdient Natalie Immel presided over the club’s Christmas party. The club made plans for a Skating party. Natalie had some games which the club played before the meeting. A new movie was shown by Robert Gregory called “A Horse Made For Our Mountains.” The club members enjoyed it very much. Club leader Mrs. Risser had a gift for each club member. The gifts all were something to help Other Anchor products to help you save and raise more healthy calves. CALF SCOUR FORMULA Bolus or Liquid Specially formulated com bination of ingredients for the treatment of stubborn calf scour problems bac- „ tcrral calf diarrhea (scours) and diar / 5 rhea of dietary origin where comph * / cated with bactenal pneumonia \ P • Neomycin, an antibiotic \ _ to fight scout-causing bac »>)«► A' tena *- Pectin * COdts> intes >- | final lining, acts as a sooth- XdHr ‘ agent- 1 > Hoirwfropme - methylbromida, to relieve ’ - intestinal spasm and dchy > dration • Activated aftapulgite. ad sorbs liquids, toxins and vuuses in the gut Sulfas, to fight bactenal infections • Vitamins A and D, to piovide supple mental nutntion VITA-TREET POWDER ' ) For bucket-fed-calves—an excellent milk-soluble form - , At} aid in the prevention and reduction of bacterial calf _j.z ~ < scours A ready source of vitamins and minerals to help maintain health during periods of stress and low feed consumption n JOHN H* GISH RD 2, LITITZ, PA. 17543 PHONE 717-626-2612 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 1,1972 New Finnsheep Average Up to 5 Lambs Per Ewe : . iiumti I * - on State and Federal experiment stations Dwight Holaway of Pipestone, Minn., is president of the new association and John F Redding of Asheboro, N.C , vice president. An important objective of the association is to encourage and support breeding research to discover how the Finnsheep breed can be used most ef fectively in crossbreeding to improve efficiency of com mercial lamb production The association also has the objective of striving to con tinuously improve and promote Finnsheep in the interests of more profitable sheep en terprises Production records are required for registration and every certificate of registration will include information on numbers of lambs born from animals in the pedigree Fmnsheep have lambing rates which are about double those of most domestic breeds in this country Flock averages of 3, 4 and 5 lambs born per ewe have been reported in Finland They are expected to be very useful in crossbreeding to in crease efficiency of lamb meat production and to develop more productive strains of sheep For more information contact Dwight Holaway, Secretary, Fmnsheep Breeders Association, Pipestone, Minn 56164 Telephone 507 - 825-5471 or 507 - 825-3651 Ml Governor Gets Local Mushrooms Insisting that it was the “spirit of the holiday season and not just gloating”, Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Jim McHale presented a bushel of mushrooms to Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel Pennsylvania Governor Milton J Shapp late this summer wagered a bushel of mushrooms against a bushel of Maryland crabs on the outcome of the world senes Shortly after Pittsburgh nipped Baltimore, four games to three. Gov Mandel paid off the bet Recently, Secretary McHale told Maryland’s chief executive, “We can’t see denying you the pleasure of the world’s best mushrooms at the holiday season. So Governor Mandel, please accept with Governor Shapp’s best wishes his half of the World Senes wager.” Pennsylvania leads the nation and the world in the production of mushrooms, growing 123,000,000 pounds in the past year or 63 per cent of the total U. S. harvest. Also participating in the presentation were Charles Lucido and A 1 Bazzoli, Chester County, representing the Mushroom Growers Co-operative Association of Pennsylvania, which provided the mushrooms. In the Kitchen HAM-YAM HASH % cups chopped cooked ham 3 cups diced cooked yams % cup chopped fresh onions y* cup snipped parsley % cup milk 2 tbsps. salad fell Combine ham, yams, onions, parsley and milk. Heat oil in large skillet. Spread yam mixture evenly in skillet. Cook over low heat 30 minutes or until bottom is crusty. Makes 4 servings. 7