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Breeders of expensive- cattle
and race horses have found
similar systems invaluable.
Nelson Martin, Clyde’s son,
reported seeing a TV system in
operation on a Chilicothe,
Missouri, Charolais breeding
farm. “They had twelve monitors
there,” he said, “but they had
really expensive animals. If they
lost a calf, they figured they were
losing about $5000.”
Less exotic operations, though,
have shown the practicality of
closed-circuit TV. It saved Ken
Longmire of Olympia,
Washington, the services of one
of his best Holsteins along with
‘\k don’t think fora minute
that you’d bank with us just
because of our new building.
her calf.
Early one morning, Longmire
was having a cup of coffee before
breakfast. He entered the living
room and switched on the closed
circuit TV for a view of the
maternity pen where one of his
highest producers was near
calving.
As Joy, Mrs. Longmire, tells it,
“Right away, Ken saw that the
cow was on her side. She had dug
a hole in the sawdust bedding and
got caught. She was stuck and
couldn’t move, and she was
bloated from being out of
position. We had to get her up
right away. Ken got a neighbor to
help and with a tractor we were
“But, if you would think for
a minute, it may seem worth
while to visit the Penn Hill office
of Farmers National Bank of
Quarryville.
“Because we offer more than
shiny, modern facilities and a
convenient, country location at
the intersection of Routes 222
and 272, Peach Bottom.
“Now that our grand opening
is over, we can settle down to
providing what we believe is the
best banking in Southern Lan
caster County. Consider;
“1. Absolutely free checking
for everyone, regardless of
age—and without any min
imum balance.
“2. The highest bank interest
allowed by law, paid on
your savings.
“3. Complete loan service.
“4. Drive-in convenience.
“5. Five trained, courteous
tellers.
“If this reads like the kind of
banking you prefer, why not
Farmers National Bank of Quarry ville
Banking the way youZd do it.
Member. Federal Dcpuml Insurum.c 1 Corpurution.
Now you can watch your sick cows in the barn without
leaving your living room. Here’s a closed-circuit TV scene of
bovine distress as seen by the Clyde Martin family, East Earl
RDI. Just like “As the World Turns”, only more interesting.
And no commercials.
able to hoist her to her feet.”
The Longmires felt that, had it
not been for the TV system, it
would have been another 45
minutes before anybody would
have noticed the cow’s plight.
And by then, it could have been
too late.
One significant feature of the
system is that anybody, including
wives and children, can keep an
eye on problem animals. Far
mers wanting more information
on the system can contact
Robinson at Garden Spot High
School, New Holland.
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come in and say hello. And,
should you really like our new
building and handsome furnish
ings, we won’t mind a bit.”
AMOS B. MYERS
Manager, Penn Hill office
AMOS B. MYERS Manager, Penn Hill office
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 27,1973
More Freight Carriers
Orders for new and rebuilt
freight cars during the first
eight months of 1973 were
more than twice those placed
during the same period of
last year, according to the
Association of American
Railroads and the American
Railway Car Institute.
Ll/S APPLO&NCES
X®fBji?f
XitS
“It’s a lot easier to get
credit than to be one.”
Reject Export
Controls, Says
Farm Bureau
The Amencan Farm Bu
reau Federation has urged
the Senate Banking Com
mittee to reject legislative
proposals to authorize the
Administration to control ex
ports of agricultural com
modities.
Clifford G. Melntire, AFBF
legislative director, and Don
ald E. Hirsch, assistant leg
islative director, said “the
imposition of export controls
on certain agricultural com
modities earlier this year was
a disastrous mistake.
“The long-iun result is
likely to be a loss of some
hard-won markets due to
shattered faith-on the part
of foreign buyers confronted
by broken sales contracts—in
the dependability of the U.S.
as a source of supplies. Fur
thermore, the effectiveness of
U.S. representatives in up
coming trade negotiations
has been reduced. It will be
harder to persuade foreign
countries to lower their bar
riers to imports of our com
modities,” the Farm Bureau
spokesman said.
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