COWAMP agricultural area map approved
HARRISBURG - The
ludy Advlaory Committee
turh la it public committee
ml la reviewing Pcnn
ylvanla'a (Comprehensive
! liter Quality Management
Inn (COWAMP) met
hursday night and en
oricd the effort of
cultural representatives
bo have worked together
ith COWAMP staff to
reduce a map of sensitive
cultural areas
Several months ago the
ommlttec felt that coo
idcration of agricultural
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areas in (X)WAMP ahould
not be limited to areas with
the beat aoils daastfiralion
which was what had been
proposed Many of the
productive orchards and
dairy lands are on the lower
class soils Therefore, at a
previous meeting they
recommended that the
agricultural representatives
In each of the nine counties
attempt to produce a map of
agriculturally sensitive
areas The county meetings
were held in May and June
and the map that resulted
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example of the way in which
the public U Influencing the
formation of the Com
pirhmalvr Water Quality
Management Plan
(COWAMP) »o that It
reflect* the need* of the
region
Gideon Yachln,
representing Adam* County,
questioned whether the
purpose of mapping
agricultural area* is to
discourage development and
whether the map will be used
for evaluation of non-point
pollution sources of
pollution Terry Righlnour of
Gannett. Fleming, Cord dry,
and Carpenter, Inc, the
consultant to DER for
COWAMP explained that
placing sewer lines near an
agricultural area can induce
development in that area.
COWAMP will point out
conflicts between sewer lines
and agricultural areas He
added that the placement of
sewers alone will not
determine where develop
ment will occur but it can be
used as one tool to help
implement local land use
planning. He stated that the
sensitive agricultural areas
map will not be used to
evaluate non-point source
pollution. Eugene Hoffman
from the Lebanon County
Farmers Association pointed
out that non-point sources of
pollution are not limited to
storm water runoff from
farms but also include storm
water runoff from urban
areas.
The (X)WAMP consultant
also gave a presentation on
its proposed revisions to the
Department of En
vironmental Resources
stream standards Stream
standards were adopted in
1973 for every stream in
Pennsylvania In nearly all
cases the stream standards
will meet the V cderal goal of
having every stream
Vacuum pressure fluctuations may
induce mastitis , study shows
RALEIGH, N C
Pressure fluctuations in
vacuum lines of milking
machines can induce
mastitis by causing air to
rush against the cow’s teats
The rush of air can carry
milk containing mastitis
bacteria into the teat canal,
says Dr. Paul D. Thompson
of USDA’s Agricultural
Research Service.
Dr. Thompson subjected 12
Holstein cows to milking
routines in which he varied
fluctuations in vacuum
pressure. Two teats of each
cow were subjected to an
abrupt vacuum loss after
milk flow had ended. Air let
into the long milk tube at its
connection to the milker
bucket caused a back-rush of
air. This tube was con
taminated with large
amounts of mastitis bac
teria. The other two teats
were used as controls and
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19M Many industrial and
community waste treatment
plants may be required to
upgrade so the stream
standards can be met
Persons who would like to
receive additional in
formation on COWAMP or
become active members of
the committee can write to
the short milk tubes to those
teat cups were clamped
before the teal cups were
removed. Clamping the
short milk tubes prevented a
back-rush of air from the
long milk tube towards the
control teats Only five per
cent of the control teats
became infected with
mastitis while 22 per cent of
the teats subjected to
vacuum fluctuations became
infected.
Based on this and other
research he has conducted
on mastitis, Dr. Thompson
makes the following
recommendations to
dairymen to help control
mastitis infections;
Selected milking machines
that do not have vacuum
fluctuations; that have cups
which stay on the cow and do
not slip off easily; and that
have large milk lines and
large capacity claw bowls so
that milk flows freely.
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The committee will meet
next on September 30 nl 7 00
pm nt the Holiday Hast
Motor Hotel, Ht 283 and the
Pennsylvania Turnpike to
further discuss and com
ment on the stream stan
dards The public Li en
couraged to attend this
meeting.
Shut off the vacuum at the
short milk tube before
removing individual teat
cups; shut off the vacuum at
the long milk tube before
removing milking unit
Dr. Thompson reported his
research before the 71st
Annual Meeting of the
American Dairy Science
Association.
Operate machines with
low milk lines or use
receiver jars.
Buy machines from a
company with a good service
record m the local area;
keepmg machines in top
working order is important.
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