—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 21, 1976 86 FFA livestock award programs acquire sponsors ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A. 0. Smith Harvestore Products, Inc., of Arlington Heights, Illinois, has an nounced that they will join the Keystone Steel and Wire Company of Peoria, Illinois, m co-sponsoring the National Future Farmers of America Diversified Livestock Production Proficiency Award program through the National FFA Foundation, Inc. The sponsoring agreement was signed recently at Harvestore’s headquarters in Arlington Heights by Harold D. Davis, New L j LINCOMIX APPROVED Swine producers now have Lmcomix 20, a highly ef fective new starter to finisher feed additive, for the treatment and control of swine dysentery (bloody scours). The Food and Drug Ad ministration (FDA) has approved this lincomycin based premix for use in Bus ready A bus will be leaving from the Lancaster Farm and Home Center on Wednesday, August 25 at 7:00 a.m. To make reservations, call Nelson Habecker at 285- 5738 by Monday evening, August 23. DAIRY FARMERS, MILK JUGGERS, EGG PROCESSORS, BUTCHER SHOPS & FRUIT PACKERS. 1 our own free Hot water from your existing refrigeration com pressor on bulk tank, cooling rooms, freezers, and air-conditioners, etc. Make Also Reduces Total Electrical consumption on compressor by 8 to 10 percent Reduces Head pressure Reduces fan running Reduces compressor wear Does not interfere with normal operation of system Installed anywhere in Eastern Pa., Md. & Del. Prices at a fraction of competitive systems. Check below for approx, amount of hot water. 3 H.P Compressor 8.7 gal. 150 degree water per hour 5 H.P. Compressor 14.4 gal. 150 degree water per hour IVz H.P. Compressor 21.5 gal. 150 degree water per hour Take the gal per Hr xHrs per day to get hot water per day STOLTZFUS REFRIGERATION & HEATING ASK ABOUT OTHER ENERGY saving systems director of marketing. A. 0. Smith Harvestore Products is the world’s leading manufacturer of automated feeding equipment. “We are especially pleased to sponsor this FFA award in livestock production, because A. O. Smith Harvestore and its dealers and salesmen are deeply committed to the future of animal agriculture,” Davis said. “We recognize the value of such programs in helping FFA members to advance their skills, and encouraging swine feeds at the 100 gm-ton level for treatment and the 40 gm-ton level for control of swine dysentery, formerly known as vibrionic dysen tery. Lmcomix is supplied by TUCO, Division of The Upjohn Company, which already markets lincomycin in other product forms for certain mycoplasma in fections in swine and for growth promotion in poultry. READ LANCASTER FARMING FOR FULL MARKET REPORTS ATTENTION CALL TODAY FOR MORE INFORMATION E. Eby Road RDI Leola, PA 17540 Phone 717-656-6800 Also Commercial & Industrial and Farm Refrigeration Service them to consider futures in the livestock business. We look forward to our association with the FFA Foundation, and wish con tinued success to all Future Farmers of America in their fine programs and project o The Diversified Livestock Production Proficiency Award is one of 19 FFA proficiency award programs recognizing achievement in activities leading to careers in agriculture. The award is presented at local, state, and national levels to FFA members whose achievements in educational and work experience ac tivities are aimed at careers in the livestock industry. Several factors are con sidered in selecting the award winners including application of modern management practices, levels of feeding and breeding efficiency, ear nings from the enterprise, and personal development through participation in FFA and other activities. The purpose of the Diversified Livestock Production Award is to encourage students to ex plore career opportunities in the livestock industry. Participation in the award program is‘an incentive to students to turn lessons learned in the vocational agriculture classroom into profit making practical applications. As co-sponsors of the Diversified Livestock Production Proficiency Award program, Keystone Steel and Wire Company, and A. O. Smith Harvestore Products, Inc., will provide funds for the 1976-77 award program of certificates, plaques, cash and travel awards. All members of th FFA who complete supervised experience programs in which they produce and market a combination of beef, swine, or sheep, are eligible for the award. The award also is available to students in specialized livestock areas such as production of rabbits, bees, mink, and their animals. At the local chapter level, students earn a medal and become eligible for the state award competition. State winners compete for recognition in each of the four FFA administrative regions. The four regional winners in Diversified Livestock Production earn a check for $250 and a plaque plus a travel allowance to attend the National FFA Convention in Kansas City, Missouri. At the convention, applications of the four regional winners are com pared and a panel of judges selects a national winner. During the convention a plaque and a check forssoo is presented to one of the four regional winners judged to have made the most progress toward a career in the livestock industry. The FFA is a national organization for students of vocational agriculture. The National FFA Foundation, Inc., makes nearly $BOO,OOO WHO’S MIMDIHG THE MIIKP available to the half a million member organization for use in incentive award programs like the Diversified Livestock Production Award. Funds for the GRAVITY BOXES 6 to 10 Ton SALE PRICE RUNNING GEARS 165 Bu. - $300.00 F 0 B 15 PERCENT OFF w MILLER'S REPAIR e, onc-shot insurance you can get is the Sentinel the 10-inch recorder which charts temperature of your milk-cooling or holding tank Here’s what it provides; • Permanent proof that proper temperature was maintained. Record of cooling equipment effic ancy. Cleaning temperature recording on the same chart The Sentinel is also available with provision for actuating an alarm or warning light if pre-set tempera ture is exceeded. Remember —if It prevents the loss of only one tank of product, the Slentinel has paid for itself. It minds your milk. ryi PART LOW See your dealer about the Sentinel —or drop us a line RO. Box 433 Elizabethtown, PA 17022 Foundation are all mad available through con tributions of U. S. business and industry, as well as organizations and in dividuals. 1205 Bu. - $595.00 F. 0.8 RDI, Bird-in-Hand, PA Gibbons Road Ph. 656-7013 if you depend upon your milk check for a living, who’s minding your milk?
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