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What's New?
Farm Panels
A new family of interior finish
products for livestock and
poultry buildings have been in
troduced by Conwed Corp
The products, Farmpanel, are
said to be cleanable
Three types of 4 x 8 foot panels
are available: standard, super
strength Farmpanel and fire
protective
Standard is an economical
interior panel which provides
cleanability, brightness, and
insulation.
Super strength is a high density
panel with impact resistance,
cleanability, brightness and
insulation value
The fire protective panels have
a vinyl film surface, provides
insulation value, and moisture
protection, and are cleanable and
fire retardant
The interior surface of each
product can be cleaned with a
pressurized hose or sponged with
soap and water or disinfectants
Each resists acids and alkalies
and is inert to mold and fungi
Advance Metalworking
Company, Kewanee, 111, has
developed a line of utility tran
sporters with beds that can be
lowered to ground level to reduce
labor costs in loading or
unloading supplies or equipment
Life Time Utility Transporters
have one piece steel beds, 69”
wide and 12 feet long
Load capacity is rated at 5000
pounds The steel trailer bed is
moved up or down by hydraulic
cylinders that are actuated from
farm tractors or other vehicles
equipped with hydraulic controls
Electric or hand operated
hydraulic systems are available
for use with other types of towing
vehicles. The trailer is designed
to be lowered or raised while
week ended June 12 in Lancaster
rpi -■ County totaled 575 at 50 degrees
USD A Study Demonstrates
■wTTrp-B-i m than normal), according to the
V Hi Hi V accine Hiiectiveness pennsylvania Crop Re p° rtmg
Service
Tests of the vaccine presently
recommended to protect horses
against Venezuelan equine en
cephalomyelitis (VEE) con
firmed that the recommended
level (5,000 infections viruses per
vaccination) produces immunity
the U S Department of
Agriculture (USDA) reports
In the tests conducted at
Denver, Colo , by veterinary
scientists of USDA’s Agricultural
Research Service (ARS), 10
vaccinated horses were exposed
to virulent VEE virus 14 days
after vaccination at the
For
FARM
ASSISTANCE
See the “GREEN BACKERS”at
Martin is New Interstate
Daniel L Martin, R D 1,
Manheim, Pa , has been elected
vice president of Inter-State Milk
Producers’ Cooperative Martin
operates a family farm with his
sons. Daniel, Jr and David His
farm operation includes 45
registered Holsteins on 168 acres
in Lancaster County The Mar
tins also raise steers
Martin is past treasurer of the
Lancaster County Holstein
Breeders Association, member
of the Penn Township Zoning-
Hearing Board, and an active
member of the Manheim Men
nonite Church
Inter-State Milk Producers'
Cooperative has a membership of
3000 dairy farmers in Delaware.
Maryland, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania, Virginia and West
Virginia The cooperative has a
24-man board of directors The
main office is located in
Philadelphia, Pa
hooked to the towing vehicle
The transporters can be
equipped with a removable
livestock rack for farm animals
recommended level None of the
exposed horses showed clinical
signs of illness
Following vaccination, only a
slight elevation of temperature
for one day was noted
In another group of horses
vaccinated with one-tenth the
recommended dose, only 80
percent were protected from
VEE when exposed to the
virulent virus This substantiates
the necessity of using the full
recommended dose of vaccine
virus, the ARS scientists em
phasized
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Lancaster Farming. Saturday. June 17.197?
Co-op Vice-President
'tke Inlendly. 1 but
Keeping a farm ' green , both m terms of
planting and profits is usually essential
to keeping the farm, itself And the folks
at the Friendly First, with their special,
long-time understanding of agriculture
and business, are the ones to see about
financial backing for your farm plans
For comprehensive counseling in farm
money matters —from loans for operation
to trust planning which will assure that
your farm remains in your family's hands
—visit the "Green Backers at the First
National Bank of Strasburg the friendly
Lancaster County bank where YOU are
always first
Hka First
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oft StoaAbun^
STRASBURG EAST KING STREET WILLOW STREET
687-7617 LANCASTER 464-3421
Growing
Degree
Days
\ !
Growing degree d a -ys for the
Degree day computations
started April 1 They are
designed to help farmers gauge
crop performance and to
determine suitable times for
pesticide applications
Temperatures for the week
ranged from a high of 84 to a low
of 41, and averaged 64 degrees
The normal average temperature
for the period is 69 degrees
Rainfall for the week measured
0 05 inch, which is 0 82 inch less
than normal Since April I, 885
inches of rain had lallcn on
Lancaster County, wtnch is 0 18
inch less than normal
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