—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 10, 1973
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PSU
Find
Swine Bacteria
For the second time in two
years, veterinary scientists at
The Pennsylvania State
University have identified a new
group of disease-producing
organisms among the E.coli
bacteria m the intestinal tract of
baby pigs and calves.
The identification, the first in
the United States, was made by
Dr Paul J Glantz and associates
of the Department of Veterinary
Science at Penn State. Known as
1C coli 0157, the organism has also
been tound in Canada. The
bacteria produces a powerful
toxin in the intestine and results
m diarrhea and sudden death of
voung animals
Dr. Glantz believes the newly
identified strain of E. coli may
have been present in the U.S. for
some time, due to lack of a
specific serum for identifying it
By determining the specific
agent responsible for the disease,
research workers can now ex-
2 Milk Coops
Plan to Merge
Dairylea Cooperative Inc. and
the Northeast Dairy Cooperative
Federation (NEDCO) said
Thursday they were creating a
joint agency to market the milk
of their 11,000 dairy-farmer
members
Total sales of milk by the
common marketing agency are
expected to exceed $250 million
annually, the co-ops said The
agreement affects dairymen
mainly in New York State, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania who
produce milk for the New York-
New Jersey region, known for
mally as the Federal Order 2
Marketing Area
The agency is expected to go
into formal operation on or about
April l and will assume the
pickup, sale and delivery of milk
from members’ farms
Scientists
Harmful
periment with the organism to
develop methods for preventing
and treating it.
In recent years Dr. Glantz has
attained an international
reputation for his work in iden
tifying certain hitherto unknown
E. COLI strains. In 1970 he was
the first US. scientist to suc
cessfully use anti-serums to
identify the disease-producing
strain known as 0149. Over the
years he perfected a technique
for separating harmless E. coli
organisms from pathogenic ones.
The technique is called
serotyping.
Identification of such
organisms is carried out at the E.
coli Reference Center at Penn
State, the only headquarters of its
type for animals in the United
States Penn State Agricultural
Experiment Station scientists
work in close collaboration with
the Center for Disease Control in
Atlanta, Ga , and with the In
ternational E.coli Center in
Copenhagen, Denmark.
Beef Cow Clinic
A beef cow management clinic
will be held on three successive
Tuesday nights at the York
County 4-H center. The clinics
will start at 7 -30 pm each night,
and will be held February 27,
March 6 and March 13.
The 4-H Center is located five
miles west of York on U.S. Route
30 From U S 30, go south on Pa.
116 for 1 Va mile and turn left on
Bair Station Road.
Below is the program for each
night All speakers are faculty
members from the Penn State
College of Agriculture.
February 27:
“Better Breeding for More
Profit” - Dr Lowell L Wilson -
Slated for York
Grain Stock Below 72 in State, U.S.
Stocks of the four grains
(wheat, corn, oats and barley) in
Pennsylvania storages on
January 1, 1973, totaled 73.8
million bushels according to a
report this week from the Penn
sylvania Crop Reporting Service.
This compares with 90.8 million
bushels of the same four grains
on January 1, 1972.
Wheat stocks in all positions
are 12 percent below the previous
year. On-farm stocks decreased
19 percent and off-farm stocks
decreased 8 percent from a year
earlier.
Corn in storage was down 18
percent from one year ago. Off-
Mrs. Donald R. Aikens
To Speak At Luncheon
Mrs. Donald R. Aikens,
president of the Pennsylvania
Council of Republican Women,
will be the speaker at the annual
fingertip luncheon of the
Women’s Republican Club of
Lancaster County at the Iris
Club, North Duke Street, Lan
caster, on Tuesday, February 13,
at noon.
The meeting is open to the
public and reservations should be
made by February 9 by calling
the clubrooms between 9 a.m.
and l p.m Mondays through
Fridays.
Baby sitting will be available.
Professor of Animal Science or
Dr Erskine H. Cash - Assistant
Professor of Animal Science;
“Healthier Cows and Happier
Cowboys” Dr. Samuel B. Guss -
Extension Veterinarian or Dr. L
Dwight Schwartz - Extension
Veterinarian
March 6;
“Greener Pastures and More
Hay” Dr. John Baylor - Ex
tension Agronomist; “Feed-em
Right for Greater Production”
Dr Lester A. Burdette - Extenson
Animal Scientist.
March 13:
“How, When and Why of Beef
Cattle Management” Ben
Morgan - Extension Animal
Scientist, “The Dollars and Cents
of Keeping Beef Cows” Dr. Virgil
Crowley - Extension Farm
Management Specialist.
farm stocks were down 49 per
cent. However, the bulk of corn is
stored on-farms, which showed a
14 percent decrease.
Oats stocks were down 25
percent from a year earlier. On
farm stocks were down 26 per
cent and off-farm stocks down 6
percent.
Barley stocks were down 21
percent from a year earlier. On
farm stocks were down 26 per
cent and off-farm stocks down 6
percent.
Nationally all wheat in storage
on January 1, 1973 totaled 1,393
HALES 0 HUNTER CO.
Franklin & High St.
"Boy, those heifers ore an everloving pain in
the ..." Hold it! This is a family publication!
That guy was just complaining about having
to tote feed to the other farm for his heifers. I
guess it could be a pain to do that every day, so
here is a prescription to relieve the suffering.
You take a group of heifers, place gently in a
large pasture lot, heaping full of succulent
green grass. Next take one 46V*" x 36" x 22"
box, equipted with a free moving wheel in the
top. Next fill to capacity with CIS controlled
release liquid supplement. Measure con
sumption of supplement regularly. When
consumption exceeds two pounds per day,
provide more roughage or pasture.
Can't do that you say? Might eat too much,
you say? Urea poisoning real danger, you
say? Phooey, I say. Our research boys pumped
eleven pounds of the stuff right into the rumens
of 700 pound steers. Know what happened?
Now class, we'll hear from the competition
next.
KINDA MAKES A BODY WONDER.
DON'T IT?
® ELMER M. SHREINER
Trading at Good’s Feed Mill
Specializing in DAIRY & HOG FEEDS
New Providence, Pa.
Phone 786-2500
SINCE 1870
million bushels, 10 percent below
a year earlier and 1 percent
below the January 1, 1971 total.
Off-farm stocks at 886 million
bushels were 4 percent above a
year earlier but farm holdings of
507 million were down 27 percent.
Disappearance from all storage
positions from October through
December is indicated at 473
million bushels, compared with
326 million a year earlier. The
Commodity Credit Corporation
owned 267 million bushels and
had loans outstanding on 305
million.
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