i2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 6. 1976
5:
Fowl sold at auctions
must be pulloram free
HARRISBURG • En
forcement of recent
regulation* tinted to go Into
effect May IS will require
proof that fowl told at
auction* originate from
pnllorum-free flocks, it was
announced today by the
Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture.
Currently, the depart
ment’s Bureau of Animal
Industry monitors the
movements of commercial
flocks to protect against
outbreaks of pullorum, a
fatal, bacterially caused
disease of poultry.
According to Dr. Edward
T. Mallinson, chief of the
bureau’s Poultry Health
Division, recent regulations
concerning inter and in
trastate movement of
poultry including shipments
to auctions are aimed at
preventing and detecting
pullorum both in com
mercial and backyard
poultry flocks. “Outbreaks
of this disease among
backyard flocks can be very
costly to the owner and poses
a hazard to commercial
hatcheries,’’ said Mallinson.
“These are the reasons for
broadened enforcement and
•• *
drafts of regulations af
fecting poultry auctions."
As of May 15, poultry sold
at auctions for raising or
breeding will have to
originate from flocks tested
for pullorum disease.
Poultry sold for slaughter
within two weeks of pur
chase can pass through
without restrictions.
The regulations will affect
chickens, turkeys and
barnyard types of waterfowl
and game fowl such as
pheasants, quail and guinea
fowl.
Mallinson explained that
anyone buying poultry at an
auction for purposes other
than slaughter should
request proof that they are
from a tested flock.
Mallinson added that
people interested in good
sources of breeds should
check the list of fowl
exhibitors. This list is
available at the depart
ment’s Bureau of Foods and
Chemistry, Poultry and Egg
Division.
Maliinson stressed that the
new regulations place the
responsibility on the seller
for insuring that birds are
free of pullorum disease. He
said that information on
where to get birds bled for
Longwood program
KENNETT SQUARE - On
March 10, Dr. Darrel A.
Apps, newly appointed Head
of the Education Depart
ment at Longwood Gardens,
will present the last of the
1976 Wednesday Evening
Lectures, Perennials" for
Your Garden. The lecture
will be given at 8:30 p.m. in
the Ballroom off Longwood’s
Main Conservatory. Ad-
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Two most effective and time tested products—
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test* can be obtained from
the department’s Bureau of
Animal Industry. “We have
a list of veterinarians and
lay technicians who can do
the testing job,” Mallinson
said.
Poultry may also be sold at
auctions if accompanied by
National Poultry Im
provement Plan (NPIP)
certificates which assure
that the birds originate from
healthy flocks.
Of the 51 auctions in the
commonwealth, only a few
deal with poultry returning
to farms, according to
Mallinson. This makes the
job of maintaining an ef
fective surveillance
relatively easy.
Mallinson cautioned that
some birds arrive in the
commonwealth by air parcel
post. “Buyers of hatching
eggs or poultry shipped by
air should be careful that the
originating flocks have been
rated ‘II.S. Pullorum
Clean,’” said Mallinson.
Pullorum test
requirements’wilL not apply
to pet birds such as parrots,
parrakeets, pigeons,
canaries and certain types of
rare, exotic water or game
fowl.
mission will be by payment
of the $l.OO weekday ad
mission fee to the gardens.
Using slides. Dr. Apps will
discuss color, texture and
form of herbaceous
perennials, explain their use
in me landscape and
recommend selections for
bloom in the garden
throughout the growing
season.
Milk orders altered
After approval by dairy
farmers through their
cooperative associations, the
U. S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA)' has
amended and merged the
Boston Regional and Con
necticut federal milk
marketing orders and
combined the marketing
areas they now cover. The
changes will' become ef
fective April 1.
The new single order will
Dairyman
For a healthy start at
pennies a day '
ATTENTION:
Feed Milk Replacer No. 22
Good dairymen know the importance of
getting newborn calves off to a healthy
start and getting mother back in the
string. That's why Vigortone developed
Milk Replacer No. 22. This easy-to-mix
product contains high levels of important
vitamins, minerals, antibiotics and milk
proteins. Your calves will do better, and
you'll save money because you can
market all of the whole milk you get.
New 18% Calf Starter Formula
After calves are settled on Milk Replacer
No. 22. introduce Vigortone’s 18% calf
starter formula. This highly ra
tion is built around Kalf Ayd No. 23 a
potent blend of vitamins, minerals, trace
VIGORTONE
50 warehouses —over 4500 servicemen BBCmMIYCC
3 manufacturing plants rKE M niAEw -
RON L. HERSHEY
R 2 Gap. PA
717 442-8573
LEON B. HERSHEY
Box 166 Paradise. PA
717 442-4807
JASON E. MILLER
R 4 Lancaster, PA
717-393 7244
WM.J. YODER
Rl. Conestoga. PA
717-872-8047
H. MELVIN CHARLES
Rl Washington Boro, PA
717-684-5783
PETE CALDWELL
Rl Windsor, PA
717-246-1046
WAYNE STRADLING
York, PA
717-741 1334
FRED MYERS, JR.
Big Mount RDI. PA
717-292-2750
LYNN HARRIS
Stillwater, PA
717-925-6576
JOHNNY E.CORLE
RDI Imler. PA
814-276 3006
RALPH RITCHEY
Hopewell, PA
814-928 4248
COVE DEHYDRATING
RDI Hartmsburg, PA
814-7932118
EARLOESHONG
Petersburg, PA
814-669 9036
be known •• the New
England federal milk
marketing ordor.
H. L. Forest, dairy official
in USDA’s Agricultural
Marketing Service (AMS),
■aid the required two-thirds
majority approval of the
merger by producers was
determined by polling
cooperatives representing a
large majority of dairy
fanners serving the market.
Terms of the merged order
elements and antibiotics. By using your
own grain, you can grind and mix this
18% ration and enjoy big savings over
the cost of a commcrical starter.
A 14% growing ration for heifers
Vigortone also has a 14% growing ration
for heifers that can be introduced at 15
weeks of age. This special ration can be
built at a substantial savings and should
be fed at specific levels until maturing
heifers are ready to go into the produc
tion line.
Check with your Vigortone serviceman
for all the details on Vigortone's new life
cycle feeding programs for dairy. You'll
soon learn why more dairymen are feed
ing Vigortone —especially now.
JOHN MICHENER
Kelton, PA
Day-215 869-9595
J. RAYMOND HARNISH
R 3 Oxford. PA
215-932 8999
CHRISTIAN LSTOLTZFUS
R 2 Box 409 Elverson, PA
215-286-5995
CHESTER SALTY, JR.
Spring City, PA
215-948-3647
- TOMNEUBERT
Allentown, PA
215-432-9281
WILLIAM BISSINGER
R 1 Zionsville, PA
215-679-2380
JAMES STUTZMAN SONS
R 3 Kutztown, PA
215 683-7198
AMOS L. NISSLEY
-R2 Dover, Del
302-674-2207
WALTER L. PLATTS
Bridgeton, Hi
609-451-1739
EDMOND H. SHIMP, JR
Woodsfown, NJ
609-769-3481
LEON M. TICE
R 2 Elmer, NJ
609-358-2622
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are the same as Uiom of
final dadafoa fit Jan. -
which wia submitted for
dairy farmar approval.
Minor changes have <
been made In the New Yo
New Jersey federal n
order. This was done, For
said, to accommodate
discontinuance of
"Connecticut order pn
differential,” which has lx
used to price some m
moving between the
necticut and New York - N<
Jersey markets.
PAUL L. KREIDER
R 2 Palmyra, PA
717-964-3791
WILMERJ. WEAVER
R 1 Fredericksburg. PA
717-865-6710
MARLIN GEESAMAN
R 2 New Port. PA
717-582 4598
RUSSELL FRY
R 1 New Port, PA
717-567-3406
NORMAN YODER
Belleville, PA
717-935-2994
FARNSWORTH FARM SUPPLY
Hughesville, PA
717-584-2106
ELWIN REAM
Hughesville, PA
717-584-4085
RALPH E.BRUNGART
Loganton, PA
717-725 2355
KENNETH SMITH
R 1 Middleburg, PA .
717-837-3535
JAMES A. RITCHEY
Zullmger. PA
717-762-7800
JOERANALLI
McCleilandtown, PA
412 438-0834
JERRY ANDERSON
Hagerstown. MO
301-791-3860
ROMAN YODER
RUlrantsville, MD
301-895-5302
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